That's exactly how I use mine. Barrels on the floor board. I treat my guns the same as I would a firearm. No babying from me they are tools not show pieces and get treated as such.
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N/A PCP With Solid Barrel
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If your buddy is a must have a FX guy then he will have to look at the reservoir over barrel line of guns. I have a DRS classic and you can treat it like a real gun. AAA, Taipan, AGT, RTI and probably a couple others are firearm tough.
I’m currently out of state at my sisters and we will all be shooting as a family. Guns will not be treated like a piece of China. Taipan and AAA Evol will not have us wasting time chasing anything. POI or failure issues. They are what I brought.
I’m currently out of state at my sisters and we will all be shooting as a family. Guns will not be treated like a piece of China. Taipan and AAA Evol will not have us wasting time chasing anything. POI or failure issues. They are what I brought.
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Yeah, so much for the bent barrel theory. Too many experts.
My old, lowly Walther Reign, in .22, has been leaning on a wall at "least" a month now. Not only that, but the muffler...has been the point of contact, not just the barrel. So that adds another 4-1/2" to the length to the "arm".
After reading some of this thread, and thinking sure, that's why SO...many things are made of tubing (SAME as a barrel !). It had plenty of air, I added a magazine of pellets, and wouldn't yeah know it...NO...accuracy change from the last time it was used !!
Mike
My old, lowly Walther Reign, in .22, has been leaning on a wall at "least" a month now. Not only that, but the muffler...has been the point of contact, not just the barrel. So that adds another 4-1/2" to the length to the "arm".
After reading some of this thread, and thinking sure, that's why SO...many things are made of tubing (SAME as a barrel !). It had plenty of air, I added a magazine of pellets, and wouldn't yeah know it...NO...accuracy change from the last time it was used !!
Mike
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I know bolt action PBs have barrels threaded to the action and many are free floated meaning there is no other contact between the barrel and the stock. If there is contact it is not to structurally support the barrel it is to dampen vibration. But the threads at the attachment point are an inch or more in diameter. I am pretty sure that no airgun uses 1 inch diameter threads to attach it's barrel.
Most airguns seem to attach their barrels with grub screws which is definitely less robust than even a much smaller threaded attachment. Some but not all airguns have clamps along the barrel to attach the airtube and/or action to the barrel. This has the effect of stiffening the barrel significantly and making the attachment more secure. Most airguns have a shroud over at least part of the barrel typically the muzzle is enclosed mainly to reduce the noise when the gun is fired. But the shroud also protects the barrel from direct contact with objects.
If I was looking for a "truck gun" which seems to be the objective I would be more concerned about the attachment of the barrel to the rest of the gun. Threaded attachment is best but I think the clamps along the barrel are more important. I also think a shroud over the barrel is preferred especially if the connection between the two is something like an O-ring with some give. The barrel diameter is also potentially significant with larger preferable.
My P35s have 13mm diameter barrels (not whimpy but not especially big) with clamps at about 6 and 11 inches from the breech tieing them to the airtube. The barrels are 450mm or about 18 inches long. The barrel is attached at the breech by one grub screw. From the second clamp they are shrouded by an aluminum shroud supported in the rear by a threaded aluminum nut and at the front by a machined aluminum diverter piece screwed to the barrel with an O-ring touching the shroud. They came with thick walled plastic stocks. They are less than $500. I think these attributes would make them a pretty good truck gun. The POI does not change in my experience from normal handling including leaning them against objects.
I would avoid a free floating barrel except possibly if the barrel is threaded into the action or otherwise very securely attached. I think a gun that clamps the barrel to the action at several points is preferable from a durability standpoint. Probably preferable to even a screwed in free floated barrel. The more the barrel sticks out past the last attachment point the more leverage there is for a bump to disturb the barrel. PBs prove a screwed in attachment can be fine but they also seem to give an idea what sort of diameter in the threads is desirable and I don't think airguns get there.
Most airguns seem to attach their barrels with grub screws which is definitely less robust than even a much smaller threaded attachment. Some but not all airguns have clamps along the barrel to attach the airtube and/or action to the barrel. This has the effect of stiffening the barrel significantly and making the attachment more secure. Most airguns have a shroud over at least part of the barrel typically the muzzle is enclosed mainly to reduce the noise when the gun is fired. But the shroud also protects the barrel from direct contact with objects.
If I was looking for a "truck gun" which seems to be the objective I would be more concerned about the attachment of the barrel to the rest of the gun. Threaded attachment is best but I think the clamps along the barrel are more important. I also think a shroud over the barrel is preferred especially if the connection between the two is something like an O-ring with some give. The barrel diameter is also potentially significant with larger preferable.
My P35s have 13mm diameter barrels (not whimpy but not especially big) with clamps at about 6 and 11 inches from the breech tieing them to the airtube. The barrels are 450mm or about 18 inches long. The barrel is attached at the breech by one grub screw. From the second clamp they are shrouded by an aluminum shroud supported in the rear by a threaded aluminum nut and at the front by a machined aluminum diverter piece screwed to the barrel with an O-ring touching the shroud. They came with thick walled plastic stocks. They are less than $500. I think these attributes would make them a pretty good truck gun. The POI does not change in my experience from normal handling including leaning them against objects.
I would avoid a free floating barrel except possibly if the barrel is threaded into the action or otherwise very securely attached. I think a gun that clamps the barrel to the action at several points is preferable from a durability standpoint. Probably preferable to even a screwed in free floated barrel. The more the barrel sticks out past the last attachment point the more leverage there is for a bump to disturb the barrel. PBs prove a screwed in attachment can be fine but they also seem to give an idea what sort of diameter in the threads is desirable and I don't think airguns get there.
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