lol, I'm have a lefty 457 getting put in a Pdc chassis and a 1.25inch truck axle put on it for prs. The only thing left original is the action and bolt. After my back surgery I just say miss on the positions that compromise it. lol.
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Do you ever get fed up with Airguns?
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Yes they are annoying at times. I’ve reduced my inventory substantially to just have a few to worry about
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You know your made me think about my PBs, and they all have accuracy issues. I've spent $600 in upgrades on my 45 acp and got it from record size groups to softball size at 25y. The 7mm 08, with match ammo is shooting large groups? Maybe it needs a Crown job? I built a custom Kidd 10/22, that barley out shot the old Marlin. So I understand how you can get wore out.
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I have airguns, rimfire, and centerfire. All are mid- to top-end examples. I hand load my centerfire for maximum accuracy and I lot match my 22lR ammo.
Airguns are great because of the low noise, safety, and low cost of consumables. I had one FX with knobs and stuff but now my PCPs are standard regulated. Nothing too fancy and the reliability has been pretty good. Pellet quality and wind drift can really dampen the capabilities.
Rimfire you have two options: play the ammo game for maximum accuracy, or don’t. It’s expensive and frustrating especially when you know there are competitors spending tens of $k per year on ammo and staying out of reach on that side of things. But it’s out there, kinda, if you have the money and time. And shooting for less than maximum accuracy is boring to me. Shooting legally suppressed RF though is quite the enjoyable experience.
Centerfire is just so expensive. Even 25 rounds of handloads cost more than a full tin of pellets. I enjoy it but it’s a good way to make money vanish. And barrels do NOT last forever - some lasting the equivalent of three tins of pellets - and good ones cost $700 to rebarrel with a 12 month wait if there anything uncommon about the specs.
I like my airguns and spend more hours shooting them than the others.
Airguns are great because of the low noise, safety, and low cost of consumables. I had one FX with knobs and stuff but now my PCPs are standard regulated. Nothing too fancy and the reliability has been pretty good. Pellet quality and wind drift can really dampen the capabilities.
Rimfire you have two options: play the ammo game for maximum accuracy, or don’t. It’s expensive and frustrating especially when you know there are competitors spending tens of $k per year on ammo and staying out of reach on that side of things. But it’s out there, kinda, if you have the money and time. And shooting for less than maximum accuracy is boring to me. Shooting legally suppressed RF though is quite the enjoyable experience.
Centerfire is just so expensive. Even 25 rounds of handloads cost more than a full tin of pellets. I enjoy it but it’s a good way to make money vanish. And barrels do NOT last forever - some lasting the equivalent of three tins of pellets - and good ones cost $700 to rebarrel with a 12 month wait if there anything uncommon about the specs.
I like my airguns and spend more hours shooting them than the others.
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I agree barrels don't last forever but for most people They will never see that life of that barrel degrade to the point of needing a replacement. Most deer rifles are shot what 4 to 10 times a year that includes checking zero and taking of game. But yes my competition center fire barrels usually shoot out at about 1200 to 1500 round
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Man with 1022's Kidds can be frustrating because one semi auto and two there's always a flyer it seems like with them that messes your group up. Yeah I'll just find the right lot of its preferred ammo and that usually helps to an extent.
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Firearms can be troublesome as well but usually it's a simple fix because it's only a few things that can go wrong. 1911's can be very frustrating well at least they have for me at times when I was shooting bull's-eye.
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I have seen your post's .your a good shooter ! I was just through Oklahoma city ,it is 9.5 hours drive from here . easy.
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I don't really hunt. I am not sure the rimfire world is less obsessive. Temperature changes, winds all those things are looked at. Instead of regulators, there is bolt and barrel shims. There is action screws torque.
I love shooting air. The main thing that frustrates my lack of skill.
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Some do the bolt shims. I have never had to with my czs,bergara, or vudoos. Skill is an acquired attribute that can be improved upon with the right type of practice in any shooting discipline. Some disciplines take longer to master because they are more involved. More to areas to practice at
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I wish my guns liked them. Some do okay an 1" at 50 with it but generally more like 1.5-2".
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Airguns and rimfires are at the mercy of quality ammo. You can have the best of the best with both rifles and if the ammo is of poor quality it's a poor performer. Chasing lots with both is mind numbing at times
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Yeah the PB game is much more expensive on the ammo side for sure. I have an impact that I have way too much on and it shoots good in its proper environment off a bench. My hunting PCPs are simpler guns some regulated and some not. I have had the skouts,redwolfs and they were good shooters but to me just not at the price tag I paid for them. My favorite hunting pcp is my 25cal maurader it just performs and is not sensitive to poi shifts from touching the barrel or leaning it against the tree. The others not so much. If I just shot off the bench it wouldn't bother me as much because I can adjust to bring it back to where it needs to be. I don't want to have to do that with my hunting guns. It all a learning process like knowing where your cold bore shot will go
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I have not ever gotten fed up with airguns. I get fed up with work, chores, people... Not airguns. Not yet, anyway. If I get fed up with a hobby, I'll move on to something else.
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I don't mind work I get paid good for it and people I don't like or fed up with I just stop being around them. Chores never go away. Lol. Airguns are like to me sometimes my annoying city cousins that come over and really have no clue how life is not surrounded by concrete and uber and some meal delivery service. lol.
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