AEA on the classifieds

[Guest]

I’m seeing a lot of AEA guns for sale on the classifieds. Are they quality guns? Meeting everybody’s expectations? I know this is a buy and sell/trade kind of hobby. Just more curious than anything else as to why so many are coming up for sale/trade.

 

[TxMaligator]

Keep searching,the consistency is there.

Some love'em and are content,others it seems is hit and miss.

Just when I get close to fetch'n one up a reminder gets posted of a chronic fail point.

So I continue to wait,maybe next years gen 3 will be,but likely not.......

I want semi without an L2 investment.

 

[AirNGasman]

I can almost assure you that the reason you see AEAs for sale so often is disappointment from buyers with inflated expectations. I would not recommend AEAs to airgunners spoiled to (much) higher sophistications; nor anyone that doesn't ENJOY eeking out great potentials from hidden gems. 

My .30 AEA Challenger Bullpup is (now) at least as accurate at 100 yards as any airgun I've owned (over 500). 

Among the best airguns modern manufacturing can muster that I've owned, that cannot outshoot The Beast are- .25 Delta Wolf, .22 Red Wolf HP, .30 FX Boss, .25 Kalibrgun Cricket, .25 AGT Vulcan 2, .22 AGT Uragan, .22 Brocock Bantam Sniper XR, and probably a few I'm forgetting (likely on purpose). My .30 AEA required very heavy-handed airgunsmithing techniques to CONSISTENTLY OUTSHOOT aforementioned high-$$$ diva-guns, and the diva-guns haven't responded to virtually any level(s) of coddling.

If I could massage the AEA trigger closer to the near-telepathic let-offs of the divas' triggers, rather than the crisp two-pound lightest break I can achieve... 

I could sell all my diva-PCPs and buy a Ferrari! 

 

[darylm]

Mine runs great, I’m definitely not selling it.

 

[markT]

Are aea totally designed and manufactured in China? Trying to understand how these rifles out perform FX and Daystate. 

 

[AirNGasman]

"Are aea totally designed and manufactured in China? Trying to understand how these rifles out perform FX and Daystate."

Truth is, AEAs are designed by Tibetan monks after fasting longer than previously thought humanly possible, and manufactured in Taiwan by Uyghurs under threat of forced castration if the guns won't outshoot FXs and Daystates. But even then some AEAs require massaging by a demented Texan to do so.

No BS!

 

[markT]

That’s right I did read that on their webpage or did I see that reported on cnn? Well that makes perfect sense as long as they are vaccinated and wearing a mask. 

 

[Nelson86m]

I sold an Aea .25 hp ss plus on here, thought I ordered a .22 cal. So when the .25 sold I bought a 22 and is what I got now. Out of the 2 guns the .25 shot really good, good accuracy and never had a problem cycling. The .22 I have had nothing but problems with it, wouldn't cycle right out of the box and at 25 yards shoots a 8" group at best. I'm slowly working the bugs out of it but would of been nice to get a good working gun like I did with the .25 cal. Definitely a hit or miss gun.

 

[MrP]

The hp max is a very nicely laid out gun - easy to access hammer, transfer port, and easy to swap springs or change spring preload. No little fiddly bits - everything just pieces of metal basically. I have heard the trigger has been improved in some way over earlier guns - I’m not super picky about triggers (yet) and it feels nice to me but I can’t say more than that.

I am just waiting for an adapter to quiet it down before I can test it properly. 

Not hand-pumpable to 4500 psi for me but the side of the gun mentions 3600 psi fill if using their light hammer spring (which maybe has not been released). I am now looking for a source of 8mm springs in a variety of weights 

 

[markT]

Can one deduct they are hit or miss on quality and a tinkers wish come true? 

 

[darylm]

All the biathletes in Beijing had their Feinwerkbau and Anschutz rifles confiscated upon arrival by the CCP. They will now all be shooting .30 AEA HP carbines in competition……..should be interesting.

 

[MrP]

This has to be a joke but I’m just gullible enough to say “really?”



The question is which one got the one with a leak? lol

 

[Wiseguy]

I purchased the .25 HP SS Plus from Nelson86m, so far so good! Zero issues. This is my third HP SS, first two nothing but problems, they didnt cycle correctly and they both leaked. Never got a chance to hunt with either one. But once this new Plus version came out and reading alot about issues they fixed I decided to get one. I really just like the compact tactical look of this Plus version. I'm happy so far! It went on its first hunt last week if you care to look in the hunting section here.

 

[MrP]

One aea site listed a semi-auto conversion kit that worked on all hp series guns, and am wondering if it will also work with the HP max. I am not clear on what differences there are between the max, ss, ss-plus in terms of hammers and valves and various dimensions. 

 

[jbryan820]

One aea site listed a semi-auto conversion kit that worked on all hp series guns, and am wondering if it will also work with the HP max. I am not clear on what differences there are between the max, ss, ss-plus in terms of hammers and valves and various dimensions.

I’m pretty sure it won’t work with the max