Pro's of tube over bottel and shot count?

[Goldwing]

I honestly prefer the feel and look of a tube rifle even at half the shot count. 

Yes it's a absolute fact that bottle rifles have a better shot count at the expense of being heaver at times

For those that rather have a more conventional looking rifle over the utilitarian function of a bottle rifle and it's shot count being higher, what makes you happy about the conventional looking tube rifle and how you made peace with the lower shot count?

Those with the devil's advocate opinions welcome

Thank you!

 

[c_m_shooter]

If you turn the power down the shot count ain't bad. My BSA Scorpion was only good for a 24 shot string stock. I have turned it down to 12 ft lbs and get 80 good shots now from a lower fill pressure. 

 

[MikeVV]

For those that wander the backwoods with their air rifles, the aluminum/Titanium, tube cylinder is much tougher also. Rifle leaned against a tree, the rifle slides and falls...the carbon fiber cylinder is at GREAT risk of damage, vs the tubing cylinder getting normally not much more than a scratch or two. 



Mike

 

[hawkeye69]

I prefer the higher shot count of bottle guns. But that's just me.

 

[madeintheuk]

The bigger the caliber, the more prone I am to use a bottle gun. My smaller caliber stuff does just fine in tube form. Even my wildcat in .25 tuned by Augie gets almost 40 shots at 75fpe. That’s pretty good in my book for a tube. My .30 prophet on the other hand is an air hog even at 80fpe. It all depends what you’re shooting, what caliber, and how much power you’re set up for. 

 

[harrymoreland]

For me a gun is first s foremost a tool, so

Where I able to choose any airgun , Huben K1, tube gun.

Where I able to improve (for me) the K1, I would replace the fore end and tube with a 300 bar 580cc bottle.

Function over form.

There are however many tube guns I would like, where that a possibility.

 

[Long_Gun_Dallas]

Profile. That is all. 

 

[Goldwing]

Profile. That is all.

Jimmy for the Crown

Marilyn for the Dreamline

 

[LMNOP]

Tube for me, nothing wrong with a bottle, but the weight distribution is a bit off. Tube PCPs tend to have a rail mounted forward of where the bottle would normally position as well so you get a better balance (for me) on a bipod. Consider the Brocock Concept or Daystate Renegate/Pulsar to the Commander or Redwolf.

I've found the shot count to be a bit hit or miss with comparsion -- example 300cc Pulsar versus 480cc Commander.

At the end of the day I'm thankful for the variety though. To each their own

 

[Long_Gun_Dallas]

Profile. That is all.

Jimmy for the Crown

Marilyn for the Dreamline

Haha, I think the crown is a looker, too. But in the hands it's a pig, lol. Albeit a very light, balanced, and sophisticated pig, lol

 

[Long_Gun_Dallas]

duplicate

 

[Goldwing]

 

[CyberDyneSystems]

My first two PCP were a Kratos (bottle) and Marauder SAM (Tube)

Despite specs which places them at about the same weight, my Kratos weighs slightly less than advertised, and the e Tube rifle is more than a pound heavier!, and much more front heavy. I honestly don't like to shoot it hand held at all it's so awkward. So oddly for me this entire discussion is counterintuitive,. I live in the Bizzaro world apparently

I am about to swap the aluminum bottle on the Kratos for CF, and lose even more weight

 

[Glem.Chally]

I like bottle guns for rifles, tubes are great for pistols. (For me)

 

[SteveV]

Just recently got in on the bottle craze, sort of through the diy backdoor via drop block/bottle conversions of Crosman co2 and 1720 type guns.

Learned some do's and don'ts, but the shot count is definitely the motivation for these bottle builds.

I've been shooting spring guns for years and got used to just needing pellets.

The bottle gun, for me, gives me that same sense of only having to worry about running out of ammo - no need to keep up (worry?) with shot count.

 

[darylm]

I’m all about the bottles. My airguns are for pesting and hunting. They don’t need to win any beauty contests. I just want as many shots as possible before I have to refill.

 

[L.Leon]

My Compatto (tube gun) is svelte and I get 30 shots, plenty for pesting. My Bantam (bottle gun) 100 shots, great for pesting and plinking and then some more pesting on one fill. If I could only have one? My Compatto.

 

[Gerry52]

PERSONAL PREFERENCE! I only have 2 bottle rifles. I didn't care for the aesthetics of bottle guns AT FIRST. Then I realized that function over form was more important. A CF bottle on a rifle weighs about the same or even less than a metal tube. 

 

[L.Leon]

I believe one of the main advantages to a tube PCP is that you can hand pump a lot of them. No HPA compressor needed.

 

[hitech]

I like tube guns for the simple fact that I can use a hand pump to fill them just as L.Leon stated. Yes, I have tanks and a compressor, but I find that I don't generally shoot more than 30-40 shots at a time, and for hunting that count is a lot lower.