Forum Members,
I am a lifelong firearms owner/collector/hunter/shooter/FFL with very little air rifle experience. Many years ago (we are talking probably 1970 here) my father bought me a Crosman 761XL BB gun (which is long gone of course!). The only air powered rifle I have purchased in my lifetime is a BSA limited edition (I have gun 121 of 1000) single stroke .177 pellet rifle I purchased in the early 1980s while stationed with the USAF in the UK. I still have it to this day. It is a beautiful gun that shoots well as far as a amateur can tell... LOL
I recently viewed some videos on YouTube about the Avenger. I was pretty impressed by all the features it has for such a low priced rifle. Honestly speaking, I had never even heard of a PCP gun so all of this is new and actually quite interesting to a guy like me. Gun powder driven ammunition has become somewhat expensive and I like to "plink" so I thought I would give it a try. I purchased the rifle and have added a Hawke Airmax 3-9x40 scope w/ UTG Medium Quick Detach Rings and a UTG RECON 360TL bipod. I also chose to use FX Hybrid 22 grain hollow point slugs to start with the gun. I made the pellet choice based on one of the videos.
I purchased a 3-stage hand pump from eBay and it seems to do the trick as far as pressurizing the reservoir. It doesn't take the fill to the maximum as it should have according to the seller (4500) but it does get me to 3500 so for the price I paid (Originally $35 but they sent me back another $16 since it doesn't get to 4500) I think this is good enough for now. I don't mind hand pumping the gun. It actually fills pretty rapidly in my opinion.
I'd like to purchase a reasonably priced Chronograph (for tweaking/playing) and am also interested in a DonnyFL Tanto silencer to use with the rifle.
With all of this in mind, I am open to any ideas/opinions/suggestions regarding the two items above plus any other information you might have for one of the new guys... I am one with a curious mind who enjoys learning as much as possible about the things that interest me so please throw it out there!
Thank you in advance!!!
Paul
I am a lifelong firearms owner/collector/hunter/shooter/FFL with very little air rifle experience. Many years ago (we are talking probably 1970 here) my father bought me a Crosman 761XL BB gun (which is long gone of course!). The only air powered rifle I have purchased in my lifetime is a BSA limited edition (I have gun 121 of 1000) single stroke .177 pellet rifle I purchased in the early 1980s while stationed with the USAF in the UK. I still have it to this day. It is a beautiful gun that shoots well as far as a amateur can tell... LOL
I recently viewed some videos on YouTube about the Avenger. I was pretty impressed by all the features it has for such a low priced rifle. Honestly speaking, I had never even heard of a PCP gun so all of this is new and actually quite interesting to a guy like me. Gun powder driven ammunition has become somewhat expensive and I like to "plink" so I thought I would give it a try. I purchased the rifle and have added a Hawke Airmax 3-9x40 scope w/ UTG Medium Quick Detach Rings and a UTG RECON 360TL bipod. I also chose to use FX Hybrid 22 grain hollow point slugs to start with the gun. I made the pellet choice based on one of the videos.
I purchased a 3-stage hand pump from eBay and it seems to do the trick as far as pressurizing the reservoir. It doesn't take the fill to the maximum as it should have according to the seller (4500) but it does get me to 3500 so for the price I paid (Originally $35 but they sent me back another $16 since it doesn't get to 4500) I think this is good enough for now. I don't mind hand pumping the gun. It actually fills pretty rapidly in my opinion.
I'd like to purchase a reasonably priced Chronograph (for tweaking/playing) and am also interested in a DonnyFL Tanto silencer to use with the rifle.
With all of this in mind, I am open to any ideas/opinions/suggestions regarding the two items above plus any other information you might have for one of the new guys... I am one with a curious mind who enjoys learning as much as possible about the things that interest me so please throw it out there!
Thank you in advance!!!
Paul