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AEA airguns are the biggest pile of steaming sh.. ever.
They are so unreliable that they are dangerous.

You may think you have pulled the trigger and shot the pellet out, but you may have a big hole in your window later.
See my window after the AEA HP SS failed to shoot a pellet and I believed that I shot the pellet.
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I have owned and been glad to have sold all my AEA airguns:
AEA HP SS .22
AEA Challenger Pro .22

They have many issues and I have written a lot about them here, and not many positives:

AEA - AEA semiauto after a week of ownership

A week ago I just bought my 22 AEA HP semiauto (in like new condition) and the rod disconnected from the bolt in 8-10 magazines for the first time. Then it started disconnecting every 3-4-5 magazines, 3 times so far. The Pellet Shop have the bolt handle and the rod. But, I decided that I will...
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AEA - AEA has the most unreliable air guns

The AEA HP SS should take the prize for the most unreliable air gun ever. I had many issues with my AEA HP SS bought about 10 days ago: -broken magazines -stripped rod disconnecting from the bolt handle -very rough and loud, recoil action in semiauto (reminds me of my springer days) I fixed...
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AEA - AEA AKA YAJ

AEA also known as YAJ (Yet Another Jam). My AEA (whatever that stands for) had yet another jam, after the many jams I had before. A design is deeply flawed if a bad magazine will make your trigger fail. A failing trigger will put holes in the places you least expect (like a window). If you...
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If you are just an average guy who expects their airgun to shoot:
  • Ignore Sicumj and Firewalker
Their airgunsmith skills are far above average.
  • Ignore the other guys (Perle, etc) who sent their AEAs to other people to fix.
 
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nobody1 said:
AEA airguns are the biggest pile of steaming sh.. ever.
They are so unreliable that they are dangerous.

You may think you have pulled the trigger and shot the pellet out, but you may have a big hole in your window later.
See my window after the AEA HP SS failed to shoot a pellet and I believed that I shot the pellet.
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I have owned and been glad to have sold all my AEA airguns:
AEA HP SS .22
AEA Challenger Pro .22

They have many issues and I have written a lot about them here, and not many positives:

AEA - AEA semiauto after a week of ownership

A week ago I just bought my 22 AEA HP semiauto (in like new condition) and the rod disconnected from the bolt in 8-10 magazines for the first time. Then it started disconnecting every 3-4-5 magazines, 3 times so far. The Pellet Shop have the bolt handle and the rod. But, I decided that I will...
www.airgunnation.com www.airgunnation.com

AEA - AEA has the most unreliable air guns

The AEA HP SS should take the prize for the most unreliable air gun ever. I had many issues with my AEA HP SS bought about 10 days ago: -broken magazines -stripped rod disconnecting from the bolt handle -very rough and loud, recoil action in semiauto (reminds me of my springer days) I fixed...
www.airgunnation.com www.airgunnation.com

AEA - AEA AKA YAJ

AEA also known as YAJ (Yet Another Jam). My AEA (whatever that stands for) had yet another jam, after the many jams I had before. A design is deeply flawed if a bad magazine will make your trigger fail. A failing trigger will put holes in the places you least expect (like a window). If you...
www.airgunnation.com www.airgunnation.com

If you are just an average guy who expects their airgun to shoot:
  • Ignore Sicumj and Firewalker
Their airgunsmith skills are far above average.
  • Ignore the other guys (Perle, etc) who sent their AEAs to other people to fix.
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Let me be clear I sent my HPCarbine to be tuned and to proactively upgrade some parts. It never “ needed” to be fixed.



The HPSS was previous to me made into bolt action and was sent out to be tuned just the same.

Since their “tune” they have been problem free…. and this is well over a year of problem free operation

I sent mine to Sicumj.

Nobody1 pulled the trigger on his gun that fired into his window.
It was not a bump fire or “ spontaneous “ event.

YMMV
 
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Perle said:
Nobody1 pulled the trigger on his gun that fired into his window.
It was not a bump fire or “ spontaneous “ event.
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If you pull the trigger you would expect the pellet to be shot.
In this case the trigger did not work because there was a pellet in the trigger area which blocked the sear.

When I pulled the trigger there was an unexpected pellet in the barrel.
Is that dangerous or what?

Pellets in the trigger area and failure to shoot are another feature of the AEA HP SS.
Well known issue that can be revealed with a search on this site.
 
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30clipslinger said:
Beautiful. I’m not big into bullpups but the 30 is looking handsome as hell.

I would prefer it to have a magazine for sure. Semi isn’t that important to me though but a magazine helps. Ironically I have been trying to decide between the talon p and the Rex p lately even though they are both single shot lol
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I'm not aware of any big bore air pistol apart from AEA that has a magazine. If you include rifles, some non-AEA rifles that have them are the hatsan Hercules bully, The Winchester 70-45, the benjamin bulldog (3 shot gravity fed for the .45), and if you can spend a whole lot, the AAA slayer, or a rattler. These are pretty much the only ones I can think of. I've never had any of them but if I got one I suppose the bulldog is probably what I'd go for
 
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SpindleB said:
Not too worried, matter of perspective, half dollar vs dime. I really only use the rifle for Raccoons and they are much bigger than a half dollar. Tough buggers though, nailed them center chest (upright on two legs), knocked them over and had them get up and run a ways before I could get a 2nd shot lined up.

Is your bottle a mod and is that a plenum?
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Yep I have a 700 cc CF bottle on the front and nothing on the back, by the stock. Put a different stock on. Gun is much lighter. I have no plenum or regulator on. You need to try to head shoot coon. They are tuff to kill with rimfire rounds let alone air rifles. You may try something like Hades or Polymags if you want to chest shoot them. I get better penetration with slugs. You might try them also.

I use to coon hunt a lot. Coon was worth $25-35 bucks and you could average 3 a night. Average. Fox were $50 so I made more in a couple nights than I did working all week. Hunted them with dogs at night it was quite the sport. Being a decent pistol shot I was the designated shooter. Shot most out of trees and our technique was someone would stand slightly behind you illuminating your sights while lighting the coon. Generally we waited for them to look at us and we would shoot at their eyes. A coon can take several in the chest unless you hit the spine or cut some big arteries, their pretty pissed when they come down.
 
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I have a Challenger and an HP SS in both .25 and .30. I have found HP’s cycle much better between 2200 psi and 3100 psi. Because of the limited shot counts I invested in larger carbon bottle set ups. I have owned these guns for two years now and I shoot “thousands” of rounds. 0 issues. Yes, they are raw but that is what makes them so much fun! I have purchased all 3 guns from Bin and his customer service is top notch.

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Asher said:
I had a aea terminator and it was my most despised airgun ever. I currently have an AEA challenger bullpup with upgraded valve and the sear broke on me, it's made of very poor quality metal. I had a fabricator replicate the part in hardened tool steel like a wrench is made from and the gun has worked well since then but I can't say I recommend even their non-semi autos, although I think they have a better reputation than the semis. Yeah, last I looked the talon only went up to .25, shame. It could easily be made In larger calibers.

I used to have a Rex p and it is ok, I sold it once I bought my don cothran though
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What did the fabricator charge for making you a new sear? I think mine is broken too in my .457 challenger bullpup, although I haven't taken it apart to figure it out yet. My rifle won't cock and catch the sear, ao i can only assume thats what is jacked up in mine. Thanx
 
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nobody1 said:
If you are just an average guy who expects their airgun to shoot:
  • Ignore Sicumj and Firewalker
Their airgunsmith skills are far above average.
  • Ignore the other guys (Perle, etc) who sent their AEAs to other people to fix.
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Yupper, please ignore me if you want truth, facts, experience, a perfectly working AEA HP Semi Auto .22 with a regulator and plenum.

Run away, Run away! AEA's are evil! 🤣😅😆😁🤪😜
 
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Arkansas_Airgunner said:
What did the fabricator charge for making you a new sear? I think mine is broken too in my .457 challenger bullpup, although I haven't taken it apart to figure it out yet. My rifle won't cock and catch the sear, ao i can only assume thats what is jacked up in mine. Thanx
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Sears do seem to be soft. I have resurfaced several and they still dent slightly after a few rounds. For the most part it stops there but on my terminator this is a pic of the sear after 200 rounds. This is a brand new sear. This surprised me for the hammer catch on the Terminator is wider than the catch say on the round hammer from an HP. I heated it up and quenched it in oil but without knowing the metal its just a wild ass guess if it helps. I have an old one that I faced with A2 rod Tigged. I may go back to that. I have an A2 piece that I am considering grinding to make a sear. It is just more work than I want to do at the moment. It is easier for me to pull the sear stone it and put it back in for another several hundred rounds. The picture is not clear but above the red line is a big chunk missing from the sear, represented by the dark area above the red line. You can see on the lower area of the sear where it has deformed outward. That should never happen. Shows how soft the sear is and shows frankly an alignment issue. But that is the difference between 1g and 2 gs n cost. Say like an FX. this is most likely an issue of improper heat treatment and or too much rearward blast on the cycling mechanism.

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What did the fabricator charge for making you a new sear? I think mine is broken too in my .457 challenger bullpup, although I haven't taken it apart to figure it out yet. My rifle won't cock and catch the sear, ao i can only assume thats what is jacked up in mine. Thanx
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I wanna say it was around $80? If you do it, I recommend having them use hardened steel like a wrench would be made out of. Taking the rifle apart isn't too difficult. There's pins that hold the sear parts in place that are a bit of a pain to push out. Here's pics of my broken one:
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Sears do seem to be soft. I have resurfaced several and they still dent slightly after a few rounds. For the most part it stops there but on my terminator this is a pic of the sear after 200 rounds. This is a brand new sear. This surprised me for the hammer catch on the Terminator is wider than the catch say on the round hammer from an HP. I heated it up and quenched it in oil but without knowing the metal its just a wild ass guess if it helps. I have an old one that I faced with A2 rod Tigged. I may go back to that. I have an A2 piece that I am considering grinding to make a sear. It is just more work than I want to do at the moment. It is easier for me to pull the sear stone it and put it back in for another several hundred rounds. The picture is not clear but above the red line is a big chunk missing from the sear, represented by the dark area above the red line. You can see on the lower area of the sear where it has deformed outward. That should never happen. Shows how soft the sear is and shows frankly an alignment issue. But that is the difference between 1g and 2 gs n cost. Say like an FX. this is most likely an issue of improper heat treatment and or too much rearward blast on the cycling mechanism.

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AEA uses hardened steel on big bores. Almost no visible wear found after ~150 slugs. It was not easy to polish, too.
 
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