It's a hell of a first gun and would spoil you for most other brands on the market. If you really wanna "buy once, cry once", go for it!
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Daystate, BSA, or Air Arms
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It's a hell of a first gun and would spoil you for most other brands on the market. If you really wanna "buy once, cry once", go for it!
My first PCP was a Benjamin Marauder, amazingly accurate gun at $529. The Huntsman unregulated is double that and the regulated is 2.75 times more than the Marauder. None of them are adjustable externally like FX Crowns, Impacts or Wildcats, and other guns. But they come, from the factory, tuned and ready to shoot very accurately. Any of them are accurate for hunting or target and you will be very happy with them. In my local FT club there are guys using all three models in competition. Either Huntsman will be a joy to own. The Marauder, if you stick with PCP’s is an excellent gun but if your budget allows the Daystate, I’d go for it.
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I agree, the Atom works well with a shrouded gun. I use mine to around 30-35 fpe, any more than that, I use something with more volume.
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Here we are almost three months later and I now have all three brands . . . My Daystate is a pre-owned Air Wolf in .22 - My BSA is a brand new R10 in .177 and my most recent purchase is a pre-owned AA S510 carbine in .22. All three rifles are in the upper echelon of beautiful, accurate and reliable traditional Walnut-stocked rifles that are of family heirloom quality. The Air Wolf is a bottle gun, but it has sold me on the Daystate brand as one of, if not the best made PCP air rifles (digital or analog) Of the three, only the BSA is regulated, with a slender bottle. The Daystate has the Harper Patent sling shot valve and the non-regulated AA just keeps on shooting and shooting and doesn't show signs of moving off the 190cc mark yet on the manometer.
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The Revere for sure. It's too bad AOA doesn't offer the regulated Revere without that cheap scope. There are better options for sure. I opted for the unregulated version and have not regretted that decision. I get lottsa shots throughout the pressure range and accuracy is consistent. IMO, I would buy the unregulated version for $1099 and look for a better quality scope.
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I bought Grackleblast’s Revere stock and stripped the factory finish, rubbed in Tru-Oil and put it on my Regal .22 unregulated (Regal and Revere use the same stock)…
… ain’t she pretty?
Recommend a Revere - either .22 or .177 - you can skip the regulator - then you get a foster fitting instead of a fill probe.
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