I’m pretty sure Airforce still has quite a market share on hunting guns. But since it’s not the latest/coolest it’s not in the limelight anymore. The panther may be good for hunting because of power and being a non-pup but Airforce has a lot more power options available.
A gun that has a scope close to the bore is way more conducive to hunting where your shot opportunity might nary from 6 yards to 40 + yards compared to a gun that has a scope high over the bore like Pups have to since your cheek trsy is the action.
That picture looks like it has something in front, a 38 " rifle is a 38" rifle the Panthera 500 is indeed a short rifle
I have zero issue cheeking my rifles for any shots, at any distances, I think when weighing it all out if this is the BIGGEST "why" to your equation then you sir are an odd man out and thats perfectly ok but I will take my caiman for a 6 yard shot any day of the week over an elephant trunk.
1 thats the 700mm version which I stated in that post, clearly you didn't read. 2 , a 38 inch rifle is not a short rifle, its all relative. Maybe to the unaverage 6'2'' human being sure, but to me IT ISNT.
You clearly do not hundrstand, the high scope over the bore has a much bigger fluctuation in holdover and holdunder for distances that the rifle is not zeroed to compared to a gun with a scope super low to the bore,...that is the reason I prefer a rifle over a pup for hunting where shot opportunities come in a big variety of distances.
..... I'm 5'7" and consider a 38" rifle pretty short. again that 700 has someting added to the front so it makes look even longer, you just focused so much on the 700 and that one is the one I've never, ever mentioned in any of my posts, I always talk about the 500 or the 600
My caiman is longer than the panthera 500? you wanna put your money where your mouth is? because that simply is not true at all, its the shortest rifle on the market.You clearly do not hundrstand, the high scope over the bore has a much bigger fluctuation in holdover and holdunder for distances that the rifle is not zeroed to compared to a gun with a scope super low to the bore,...that is the reason I prefer a rifle over a pup for hunting where shot opportunities come in a big variety of distances.
BTW your Cayman is longer then the Panthera 500 and your marauder is the same length of the Panthera 600
I don't know what kind of rifle the Caiman is ( I though was the Benjamin one ) but by the sound of it it seems like a low power rifle,.........so You would take that one for a 6 yards shot on a 200 pounds Wild boar on the ground over a 130 FPE .30 cal ?
6 yards Manny?!?!
Guess we reading posts differently, seen plenty in the 6-8 threads running about the Panthera with quotes like " Not for hunting ! " ......" Not a hunting gun" or long those absolute lines
Just out of curiosity, what is your hunting gun or guns ? what do you hunt and how ?It's not a gun I would choose for hunting. And guess what? The Market will decide that, and I'll bet Ya dimes to donuts that it's a small market for these.
I'll review this thread about this time next year....when there all on discounted
