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If you do decide to give it a go, i hope you can find someone in your area who has been doing it for a while to sorta show you the ropes, do's and don'ts. Maybe find a match or a range that have people shooting airguns. I think after you've watched the process of filling and shooting them a few times you'd be more comfortable. I agree, with the guy who said, "you got the ticket, take the ride". It's a ton of fun, and a great way to hunt, plink, and enjoy shooting. Something piqued your interest in the sport/hobby. Pursue it, cautiously if you must,
 
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Buzzman -
It looks like you have a fine collection, and with a little mentoring and experience, you will be off to a great start in your new hobby.

I am sure you have already seen this thread, but if not, it may give you a few leads to air gunners in your area.

California Airgunners

Can we get a roll call of all the CA shooters in here? Would be great to meet up and do some comparing and checking out of other guns and accessories that we might be interested in. Maybe if enough people post up we can divide it into Norcal and Socal. I'll start. Brian from Sacramento
www.airgunnation.com www.airgunnation.com
 
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buzzman said:
I have powerful big bore air guns that I purchased and never used. Never even filled them up with air. I bought a carbon fiber tank, that I never even opened from the box as well as a Chinese compressor from Ebay. I also bought a nice aluminum dessicant that attaches to the compressor to prevent liquid from building up in the tank. I also bought high powerful scopes for all my guns. I was all set to go.

Then before I got the chance to start setting things up, I saw a video on Youtube where somebody really hurt themselves with one of these guns when working on them. A part went through their leg from one side and came out the other like a real bullet. WTF. They got lucky it was only their leg and not through a essential organ.

I then read horror stories of these high power compressors blowing up with shrapnel flying around, and the dessicant blowing up and causing similar dangers. Since then I have not touched my guns. They are in their cases and never been used. I'm going to post them for sale here when I am granted access (I'm a new user).

Has anybody had any scary moments with their pcp air guns? I'm terrified that a malfunction can happen since these are really powerful rifles/machines. For me it's not worth the potential risk when I have a young son who will eventually want to get into air guns as well.
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I KNOW this individual and have for the better part of 10+ years. Had many a Beer while talking about the incident and seen first hand the .58 caliber hole threw his thigh. Entered on top, was surgically removed from the back.

Case in point being accident was a culmination of a few factors .... MODIFIED Co2 gun to PCP converted .... Use of a non certified or DOT approved HIGH PRESSURE internal air cylinders. And the user mistake of not Depressurizing before working on. Even tho work being done at the time was not HP service related.
It was the perfect storm of many things all finding there breaking point at the same time ... Yes HE was a very lucky man to have not died from this incident.

SAFETY with factory manufactured PCP's, The tanks and gear to fill them have proven VERY SAFE when used in accordance to established instructions & practices.
 
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buzzman said:
You'd be surprised. I have a motorcycle, just bought it
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When I stopped skydiving I bought a street bike. Mustard yellow, not that an oncoming driver sees much color on a motorcycle, but in one month three cars came head on at me in a turning lane, and bikes headlight could not even be turned off except with a hammer or oncoming car. Sold it. Skydiving was much safer. Airguns are at least a hundred times safer than skydiving.
 
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rcs9250 said:
When I stopped skydiving I bought a street bike. Mustard yellow, not that an oncoming driver sees much color on a motorcycle, but in one month three cars came head on at me in a turning lane, and bikes headlight could not even be turned off except with a hammer or oncoming car. Sold it. Skydiving was much safer. Airguns are at least a hundred times safer than skydiving.
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Don't ride any more .. but having logged likely 1/4 million miles on street bikes and unknown 1000's off road would kind of agree in these more recent times ... Motor Bikes on the street are crazy dangerous & unless you ride VERY defensively as if EVERYONE else on the road is out to kill you, they just might !!
 
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Northwoods22 said:
Buzzman,

I remember reading a post here by a member who severed the end of one of his fingers at the knuckle. Pretty graphic stuff. He was troubleshooting a magnum springer and managed to pull the trigger while the barrel was in the down and cocked position. Barrel snapped up and cut the end of a finger clean off. I saw this right after I bought my first break barrel springer, and I'll admit that it spooked me.

In the end seeing that was a good thing, because it cemented in my mind what not to do when handling a springer, and it caused me to follow proper safety procedures to the letter every single time I'm handling or shooting one of my rifles. I now have six springers, and I safely and respectfully enjoy shooting them all.

My advice would be to learn from other's mistakes, follow safety procedures religiously and to the letter, and go out there and enjoy safely shooting those airguns.your
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Well let's see, Broken Ankle, Broken Left Wrist, missing the end of my FU finger, right hand. In sequence MC, MC WORK. Work messes up your life, avoid it.
 
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You do not need to be afraid on the Bulldog, wear ear protection and go shoot it. You can pump it to 3000 with a hand pump, I did that for longer than I wanted.

The Texan LSS CF would be worth at least $1000 used. If AF would transfer a warranty then it should be worth more. If you want to dump it, I'll make an offer.

Other people would probably be interested in the AEA stuff, few want a Bulldog, but the BD is pretty fun to shoot.
 
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The only gun I was ever truly intimidated by was the 120mm main gun on the M1A1 Abrams. I remember the first time I sent a sabot round downrange. Scared the crap out of me. Simply awesome. If the driver had the tank in neutral and didn't have the brake set the recoil would roll all 69 tons of the thing backwards a good ten feet. Like anything, you eventually get used to it. Fun stuff.
 
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buzzman said:
So you can’t help a fellow human being out? That’s sounds pretty selfish to me. Are you one of those people who likes to find things in the trash? I have other scary and dangerous things I can throw away. Just let me know.
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Why would I. Didn't you hear the guy working on his pcp and it blew a metal piece right through his legs leaving like a 2 inch hole? That's scary asf. And the guy who compressor blow up sending metal pieces across his living room.
 
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