When I discovered adult air guns over the last six months and how I could shoot in my backyard, I went all-in on PCPs for target and varmint hunting (all .22s). Once my PCP collection grew I got curious about springers.
I didn’t consider them before because I thought they would be underpowered (wrong!), and I wondered why because the thought of not needing anything else except pellets was great. I guess the convenience of multiple shot availability and follow-up shot speed of PCPs won and still wins the day, but at a substantial price premium.
Now that I have a Diana 54 and an HW97 inbound, I’m enjoying the springers more than my PCPs. I can see that PCPs are more powerful, but there’s something cool about loading your shots one at a time on a high quality, steel springer that I find to be much more appealing.
Am I being a weirdo or are there like-minded shooters out there as well?
I didn’t consider them before because I thought they would be underpowered (wrong!), and I wondered why because the thought of not needing anything else except pellets was great. I guess the convenience of multiple shot availability and follow-up shot speed of PCPs won and still wins the day, but at a substantial price premium.
Now that I have a Diana 54 and an HW97 inbound, I’m enjoying the springers more than my PCPs. I can see that PCPs are more powerful, but there’s something cool about loading your shots one at a time on a high quality, steel springer that I find to be much more appealing.
Am I being a weirdo or are there like-minded shooters out there as well?