To me the stumbling block for airguns has always been about air. The trend in new guns for the last 5 years has only made it worse. Buying a 2000 psi max fill gun was daunting enough for the beginner. Hand pumps were a marginal solution at best. But a used scuba tank and yoke could be had reasonably. But they are useless as manufacturers blew by the 3000 psi fill in the blink of an eye. Finding shops to fill to 4500psi and having a DOT certified tank is expensive on top of the$3-400 for a beginner Airgun. For those of us in the sport we see air as a cost worth paying but tough to convince a newcomer. For many of us years ago we shot SPP guns to get quiet basement trigger time to make us better competitive PB shooters. We didn’t even know what fpe stood for let alone think we needed 25 fpe plus or it’s not worth pulling the trigger. There is a lot of growth left in this sport it just needs to be in all directions.
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