And coming back in is even more exciting than it's ever been...just, WOW! I got in this game with Spring Guns about two years before Benjamin set the world on its ear with the First Gen Marauder at an affordable, everyman price point. I still have my Gen I Marauder and it's still a tackdriver...but, I spent a lot of time with it tuning, installing an LW barrel, custom, laminated stock...but it still puts 50 shots per fill at an average of 930fps....
But I see they have regulators for them now that anyone that can change their own oil can do...exciting. I see guns like the Umarex Gauntlet at $300 price point...shot one a couple of weeks ago...unbeleivable...I picked up a Gamo (never been a fan) Urban a couple of years ago from a buddy for the wife, finally cut the original can off of it and put a full shroud on it. I did some tuning and it's an extremely viable rifle...squirrel killing machine...now we have semi auto Mrods, a hoard of companies building high quality airguns...just incredible to me.
The Big Bore world has matured from an extreme Niche market, with only Quackenbush and Jack Haley (RIP) building a few one-off guns each year, to mainstream gun manufacturers making guns more and more powerful....and easily in the medium to big game hunting world. I dipped my foot in the big bore world a year or so ago with a Gamo/Winchester/Evanix 70-45. Not the fastest gun on the market, but dependable and accurate...I killed a couple of deer and a few coyotes with it after testing the heck out of it with different bullets....1.5 MOA accuracy at 100 yards...fantastic.
Our world has sure come a LONG way in the last 10-12 years. For you guys that have only been in the game for a few years...enjoy this period....It's a great time to have an expensive hobby!
s/f
Jamie
But I see they have regulators for them now that anyone that can change their own oil can do...exciting. I see guns like the Umarex Gauntlet at $300 price point...shot one a couple of weeks ago...unbeleivable...I picked up a Gamo (never been a fan) Urban a couple of years ago from a buddy for the wife, finally cut the original can off of it and put a full shroud on it. I did some tuning and it's an extremely viable rifle...squirrel killing machine...now we have semi auto Mrods, a hoard of companies building high quality airguns...just incredible to me.
The Big Bore world has matured from an extreme Niche market, with only Quackenbush and Jack Haley (RIP) building a few one-off guns each year, to mainstream gun manufacturers making guns more and more powerful....and easily in the medium to big game hunting world. I dipped my foot in the big bore world a year or so ago with a Gamo/Winchester/Evanix 70-45. Not the fastest gun on the market, but dependable and accurate...I killed a couple of deer and a few coyotes with it after testing the heck out of it with different bullets....1.5 MOA accuracy at 100 yards...fantastic.
Our world has sure come a LONG way in the last 10-12 years. For you guys that have only been in the game for a few years...enjoy this period....It's a great time to have an expensive hobby!
s/f
Jamie
