I am returning hatsan .22 cal pcp. I’m looking for the most powerful and the most reliable 22 caliber or 25 caliber, semi automatic PCP. my budget is around $850-$1000 thank you!
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Those semis are spendy. At that price range you're gona have to pick between power or reliability. Or just spend more and pick both. I'd recommend a marauder for reliability. Or at least for their warranty and far superior customer support compared to hatsan.
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Yes, I read up on the Benjamin marauder 22 caliber, semi automatic but I’ve read a lot of people saying that they’re not reliable and they jam up.
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WHY semi? Look for something DEPENDABLE & low maintenance (words that usually DON'T describe semi-autos!)
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Well, basically. Yeah, just save up a bit more for a huben. They're on sale at airguns of arizona now. Can likely find one second hand if you watch the classfieds here too. The cost will be well worth the reliability and outstanding performance as well. (they are also VERY powerful AND accurate) That is if you HAVE to have a semi auto. My main hunting rifle cost roughly the same. But I prefer using single shot loaders.....
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I use my air rifle, mainly for squirrel hunting. If you take a shot and you miss the squirrel, then you have to cock the gun and then look for it again in the tree. A semi auto would work so much better. The rifle I have works great, but it’s just too heavy. It’s not practical to hold that up hunting all day.
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I would have to second Long_Gun_Dallas, the Huben on 22 it is a great option. Super accurate, you are able to adjust the power all the way to 80+ ft.lb and all the way down to 20, super reliable and accurate. Save a couple of hundred more and wait for a well taken care 22 in the classifieds. Been so accurate you won't need a 25 cal for squirrels and you will have tons of fun with the semi. Something to mention is the magazine is not removable and been hammerless semi it is always ready to shoot so safety has to be on most of the time.
I have a AEA SF in 30 as well (long barrel). It is a lower price but you cannot compare the quality. Great gun and super fun but cannot be compared.
By the way, Huben K1 is out of stock in AOA.
I have a AEA SF in 30 as well (long barrel). It is a lower price but you cannot compare the quality. Great gun and super fun but cannot be compared.
By the way, Huben K1 is out of stock in AOA.
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Well, I will say this. With my main rifle (fx crown mk1, .22, 380mm), I have yet to miss one single shot on any greys. I have not even needed a follow up on any I have hit. %90 of them have been thru the computer as well. Even out to 70 yards. That just using pellets. Slugs have the potential to be even more precise at long range due to cutting thru wind better, and mine will shoot sub moa easily with slugs (with 500mm superior reinforced barrel). One of the nicer things about this gun is the barrel weighs almost nothing. Which makes the gun feel so, so much lighter. With the synthetic stock, and a 4x scope I have weighed this at 7lbs on the dot.
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I don’t mean to take sides against you on the semi auto and Gerry’s suggestion on getting something reliable, but hear me out- Mr Squirrel, since the dawn of time when adult Airguns were first out(ok, how about just saying since Airguns period came out), Mr Squirrel has been THE number 1 target of choice, poor fella, lol. 99.9% of the time whenever someone wants his first airgun it’s all about popping off squirrels. That’s right!
So with that said, back to your comment about if you miss the first shot, you’d have to re cock and possibly take eyes off the squirrel- think if the pump up pneumatics we had as lids, the break barrel springers as we got older, etc, there was never really “a problem” most of the time, in getting a second shot off. Yeah, he(Mr Squirrel) might jump over onto another limb, but he’d do thst anyway if you missed him with a semi auto, right? So think on that for a bit.
In the end, you’re going to get what you want, and you should get what you desire and what makes uou happy cause it’s your $$, just understand to buy a semi auto that’s reliable, has the availability to ramp up in power, and is of any high quality it’s going to cost above your budget.
But just know with the $$ you’re budgeted for, you can get a really nice, top tier side cocking(biathlon style) platform out of the classifieds section, for sure. It’ll dispatch Mr Squirrel just as dead as a semi auto will.
But if you prefer buying brand new, with the requirements you’re asking for, you’re going to have to pony up a bit more than you’re budgeted for.
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The Umarex Notos seems to be a big hit with the hunting crowd. Light weight and accurate. Well within your price range and some money left over for optics.
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The Umarex Notos is a lightweight pcp carbine air rifle that gets 700 fps/13 fpe and can be used for small game hunting.
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Sounds like you just need more trigger time. Misses in the field are no good and just creates stress, for me it is cometely unacceptable. I hunt for food, so it is then a disappointment of time involved in prep and failure when it counts. I learned long ago that the proper habits will show when it counts,using a semiauto just for miss followups just enables the bad practice.
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I would tend to agree, but I'm sure semi has some practical use. Personally, I'm just not sure what. Not to say Native doesn't have a legitimate use or need for it.
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Save the money and wait untill you can buy a Huben "new" (they are in about the seventh iterations) or a Sidewinder.
No sense to spend in cheap products again and again.
No sense to spend in cheap products again and again.
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Virtually all I do is hunt. I rarely lose sight of my quarry if I happen to miss. I never let it leave the field of view of my scope while cocking for a 2nd shot if needed! Maybe it's TECHNIQUE & not the GUN that causes you to have to re-acquire your target.
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