RUINED!!!!!
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I have been eyeing an Air Force Texan 457 carbine that has been languishing on the rack at the local shop. Gun, scope, air stripper and a bunch of slugs go with. For $1,200.00.
My fear was recognized when I shot it. Hooked like big ol sucker fish right in the lip. Until the guy who owns the shop said don’t go big bore until you have a good compressor that will fill SCBA tanks easily. You will only regret it.
Dream on hold or now.
My fear was recognized when I shot it. Hooked like big ol sucker fish right in the lip. Until the guy who owns the shop said don’t go big bore until you have a good compressor that will fill SCBA tanks easily. You will only regret it.
Dream on hold or now.
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I have been a firearms guy for forty years. I don’t recall what inspired me to look into air guns but the whole PCP concept was new to me just three years ago. I am so glad I did. Having a ball with these things.
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I feel that
I had 23 springers at one time Now I’m down to 4.
The ones I have shoot well and are satisfying.
Now Pcps are a whole diffent level More accurate, powerful and quite but also more delicate and dependent on an air source
Love my PCPs …..
Your journey to the dark side is …..complete !
What’s the saying.?
Once you go pcp you never go back!
I had 23 springers at one time Now I’m down to 4.
The ones I have shoot well and are satisfying.
Now Pcps are a whole diffent level More accurate, powerful and quite but also more delicate and dependent on an air source
Love my PCPs …..
Your journey to the dark side is …..complete !
What’s the saying.?
Once you go pcp you never go back!
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Honestly, the compressor is ok, the bottle is way more convenient, minus the trip to get it filled. Refilling the bottle at home with a compressor is a slooooow process. Refilling a gun takes 10 minutes, but with the bottle it takes seconds. Also, there are some cheap compressors out there. Yeah, you get what you pay for with those, but I just spent 700 on an air venturi compressor and got the SAME 2-3 hundred dollar quality, so I wouldn't hesitate to buy a cheap one unless you're rich enough to buy the $4k models. I surely am not.
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the closest place to fill my bottle is 1/2 an hour away. For some that may not seem far but with my tight schedule it takes an hour and a half out of my day.
I had/have an Air Venturi Nomad II. It is on it’s way back to the factory. Turn around is 6-8 weeks, so back to the bottle I go for a while. The Nomad did just fine filling guns, until it didn’t.
When and if the Nomad comes back it will go back into service with a full SCBA along as back up. The trust is gone.
I want a compressor that is made to fill bottles. Pricing I have found so far is expensive to way over my pay scale.
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Well here I am preaching to the choir, because that Nomad 2 is EXACTLY what I was talking about when I said 200$ quality for a 700$ price. Mine hasn't broke yet so I guess you know this better than I do. Yeah the actual good ones, 4500 area, I do pretty well and that's above my pay grade too. One can only hope that as PCPs become the mainstream quality and prices will improve.
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I got to say, I know exactly where you're coming from! I grew up shooting all kinds of springers, I never had any of the higher end ones but I still loved shooting them nonetheless. AND then it happened. Bought a Benjamin Discovery in .22, just going from a springer to an 'entry' level pcp was a huge difference and I loved it! When I got that PCP all I could afford at the time was a hand pump and let me tell you, I definitely got my workout in on that thing because I was shooting every single day for months on end! Now fast forward to today. Got an impact m3 a few weeks back and I can not get enough of it.....I guess we'll see each other at the divorce court for our wives leaving us haha!!
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