FX Are expensive PCPs worth it?
- Thread starter phoenix_cow
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the way i see it, most shooters aren’t looking to shoot 100+ yards. $1k+ guns are pretty much novelty items with purpose. at this point i dont think i can call them an investment just because i know that it’s highly unlikely for me to make a positive return on them.
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I'm not sure if that's your cheek sweat or you drooling all over your stock after you shot a good string. I would have had to immediately wipe that off my super-expensive laminate stock. So maybe it's not worth it? Nah! It's worth it.
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People here are either rich or addicted.@phoenix_cow one day since posted and you have over 1K views and 72 replies.....You're my new hero!
New math to date from the poll,
_ Are expensive PCP's worth it 50.6 %
_ Yes, but 2K is too much 20.7 %
Grand Total 71.3 %
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A $2000 airgun is slightly better than a $500 air gun, all things being equal.
But all things are not equal !
A good shooter with a tuned $500 airgun will outshoot (accuracy wise) an average shooter with a $2000 airgun.
Good shooters tune their airguns.
Average shooters with expensive airguns expect their airguns to do the work for them
And by the way, enough wind will make your $2000 airgun shoot like a BB gun.
But all things are not equal !
A good shooter with a tuned $500 airgun will outshoot (accuracy wise) an average shooter with a $2000 airgun.
Good shooters tune their airguns.
Average shooters with expensive airguns expect their airguns to do the work for them
And by the way, enough wind will make your $2000 airgun shoot like a BB gun.
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i think it depends on the specific airgun. some can be worth it because they cannot be matched with a cheaper alternative and other airguns are just very overpriced and there are better/similair cheaper alternatives, so then it might be not worth it.
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I'm not sure if that's your cheek sweat or you drooling all over your stock after you shot a good string. I would have had to immediately wipe that off my super-expensive laminate stock. So maybe it's not worth it? Nah! It's worth it.
Nope, those are tears
from the guy with the laminate stock that got beat by my lowly Gauntlet shooting $5 WalMart pellets, lol.Upvote 0
I am new to PCP's and I bought a Maverick VP in .25 cal and absolutely love it! I had it set up to my specifications, so it was ready to shoot when I pulled it out of the box. I have been taking squirrels out easily at 40+yards. I don't think you would have buyer's remorse, it took me some time to pull the trigger on the purchase but glad I did.
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This is nonsense. My biggest issues were on my 1 over $1k gun. My 5 under $500 guns have not collectively had as many issues. The one gun I have not changed the regulator on has been completely trouble free. If by quality you are strictly talking about machining quality you may have a point but the comment is either under informed or deliberately misleading. You are welcome to tell yourself or your wife this to justify your purchases but it is not true.
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I've never had any hobby that was cheap, so you accept that going in. Like anything else, things progress and just like benchrest shooting, it depends on how much money you spend who wins. We all have to decide where we fit in that scenero. There are good airguns at all levels. They will need some minor tuning or tweaking to be great, but nothing major. The Marauder and Avenger come to mind. Then you step up to even more powerful, tunable airguns like the Dreamline and guns like that. The next level is the top of the line guns. They have the great innovations like barrel swapping and dual regs or some such. But all of this is a decision you have to make. The best barrels, the best triggers, on and on.
Yes, they're worth it, no question in my mind. But i also reworked the trigger on my friends Avenger and the way it shot was amazing, it's hard to imagine more money making a big difference. I guess it's one of those things where you reach diminishing returns.
Yes, they're worth it, no question in my mind. But i also reworked the trigger on my friends Avenger and the way it shot was amazing, it's hard to imagine more money making a big difference. I guess it's one of those things where you reach diminishing returns.
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I never said that a rifle under 1k would not shoot at all not that necesarly Wolf be unaccurate.
When you have a Daystate, a FX, a Vulcan (and many others) in your hands, you FEEL the quality!
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This sounds like a personal choice but, to me it's a big NO. I am a hunter and sometime I do shoot targets out to 400 yards. It's not the gun/PCP that makes a good shot. Sure, they may be regulated or computer controlled so you can make that same exact shot but as a hunter all you need is one well-placed shot within your limit. Some of them if something goes wrong with them do you have to send back to the place of purchase or if you have a simple design 9 times out of ten you can if it your self.
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Just to clarify:
A PCP under 1k can be as accurate and powerful as a very expensive one.
The quality of a Daystate, a Vulcan, a FX and many others that are above 1k, is something that you FEEL once you have in your hands.
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well... I've competed VS all gammas of FX guns and Vulcans... yet I've managed to beat a lot of those high end rifles with my .22 Avenge-x...
I got 3 second places on benchrest so far... Trying to get a 1srt place...
I got 3 second places on benchrest so far... Trying to get a 1srt place...
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This is a question that cannot be answered.
What is expensive? What is 'high end'? I just bought a Subaru Crosstrek. $32,000 was a lot of money for a car to me. Many others may consider it a cheap car. Is it high end? Compared to the Tacoma I had been driving for the past 25 years.... YUP even though it is an inexpensive vehicle by today's standards.
Subaru is now the most dependable car on the road. Mercedes isn't even in the top10, yet Mercedes is 'considered' by many to be high end. Those people have different standards than me.
Does price dictate quality/performance? Quality=Usually yes. Performance... not always. I will use Skout as an example. Skout sister company makes a high end paintball gun (Luxe) and a midrange gun (Shocker). Luxe is almost double the price of the Shocker... performance is basically the same.
What is expensive? What is 'high end'? I just bought a Subaru Crosstrek. $32,000 was a lot of money for a car to me. Many others may consider it a cheap car. Is it high end? Compared to the Tacoma I had been driving for the past 25 years.... YUP even though it is an inexpensive vehicle by today's standards.
Subaru is now the most dependable car on the road. Mercedes isn't even in the top10, yet Mercedes is 'considered' by many to be high end. Those people have different standards than me.
Does price dictate quality/performance? Quality=Usually yes. Performance... not always. I will use Skout as an example. Skout sister company makes a high end paintball gun (Luxe) and a midrange gun (Shocker). Luxe is almost double the price of the Shocker... performance is basically the same.
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