New to PCP - heres my line up!

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Hi everyone. I am new to pcp. I have 200 acres to hunt on and thinking of buying these 3 to hunt while having some fun. The land has wild boar, deer, turkey, quail, and dove.

Bintac mcar 45 with good thermal or day and night scope.

Wetern sidewinder /or rattler

Western Morodax /or Huben gk1

I have been hunting since I was a boy with my grandpa. Now 46 and wanna get back into it and teach my kids. Let me know your thoughts. Pros and cons. Thank you
 
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mauiinfinity said:
Hi everyone. I am new to pcp. I have 200 acres to hunt on and thinking of buying these 3 to hunt while having some fun. The land has wild boar, deer, turkey, quail, and dove.

Bintac mcar 45 with good thermal or day and night scope.

Wetern sidewinder /or rattler

Western Morodax /or Huben gk1

I have been hunting since I was a boy with my grandpa. Now 46 and wanna get back into it and teach my kids. Let me know your thoughts. Pros and cons. Thank you
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@mauiinfinity Welcome to AGN. As a newb I wouldn't suggest jumping in with the MCAR. It's too new. If you need support, parts, etc, how much info and support is out there? There are also bound to be bugs to be worked out. Try not to get so caught up into the YoutTube hype. Maybe consider looking into an AIrforce Texan, A Hatsan PIledriver, or a Benjamin Bulldog for a big-bore .45 or .50 cal air rifle. Or at least consider looking around the airgun forums and see what big bores folks have been hunting with successfully for a while and read about their experiences.

Hubens are nice, but have their quirks as do Western Sidewinder/Rattlers. The benefit of the Rattlers is that they are semi-auto from .30 -.45 caliber. With the Sidewinder you have .22, .25, and .30 with the benefit of a removable magazine, but they produce less power than the Rattler does with a fixed mag.
 
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mauiinfinity said:
Hi everyone. I am new to pcp. I have 200 acres to hunt on and thinking of buying these 3 to hunt while having some fun. The land has wild boar, deer, turkey, quail, and dove.

Bintac mcar 45 with good thermal or day and night scope.

Wetern sidewinder /or rattler

Western Morodax /or Huben gk1

I have been hunting since I was a boy with my grandpa. Now 46 and wanna get back into it and teach my kids. Let me know your thoughts. Pros and cons. Thank you
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Check local game laws on using air guns for some of those species. Some require certain calibers for certain species. Good luck, happy hunting, and welcome to the forum!
 
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I knew nothing about a bintac mcar 45 so I googled it. It looks like the 45 has a 38 inch barrell, is 58 inches long and weighs 18 lbs. Maybe I messed up. If you will hunt from a stand maybe but I'd hate to try and move around with that. I also saw where the manufacturer talks about 1000 yd competition. You might target shoot at 1000 yards but you certainly can't hunt anywhere close to that. 50 yards is more like it or possibly 100 if you are really good with range and wind. Air powered guns are somewhat similar to black powder or big bore pistol hunting. Big wide chunks of lead moving relatively slowly.

Turkey and quail cannot legally be taken with rifles everywhere. A 177 would be enough for quail if it's legal. A body shot on a turkey seems like 30 caliber or at least a stout 25.
 
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Alternate suggestions are a 45 caliber bulldog for hogs and deer (much lighter and shorter, similar power, and much less expensive), 30 caliber m60b for turkeys and small stuff if you want and P35 in 177 or 22 for quail and other small game. No semi autos, all side levers and all short and fairly light. Probably can get all 3 for what that 18 lb cannon costs.
 
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Yeah be aware of the early adoption hype because most airgun Co's would rather ask for forgiveness than get their guns sorted out well to begin with. That means you get to be the glorious "Beta Tester".

Might have something to do with "recouping capital" ASAP, LOL.

Funny thing is that reliability and high customer satisfaction to begin with would offset dismal sales once the word gets out that the Beta Testers were pissed off about problems.

Just take your time and research fully before you go "hog wild".
 
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