Hi everyone.
Am a newb to this forum, but not new to the useage of air/firearms.
Living here in Denmark prohibits by law that people can own/shoot ANY airguns that are using a caliber bigger than the 4.5mm/ .177
So if someone owns a .22 or bigger cal airgun, then the gun is considered illegal and one will be fined and/or even have the risk of going to jail if the police should come around for some matter, and not having a valid hunting/weapons certificate (people here have to go to "hunting school" to achieve such a license which is a good thing in my opinion as it also works as a limit for people just randomly buying guns.
My interest lays within plinking, shooting targets on a range between 50-100 metres, and also "offing rats/mice" in our stables/barn and riding arena, and I´ve had multiple various spring-piston powered airguns that have been doing the job really good, although, trying to get them rats with a spring powered air rifle doesn´t give the chance to get of multiple shots quickly without risking that the critters get scared off, and one has to wait a while before the appear again, so therefore I´ve used air-rifles such as the Diana 54, and Hatsan 125 (.177) for shooting at a far distance, but the Diana was best at being benched, which limits a lot where I could hide and await the rats to appear, and the Hatsan simply begun to fall apart after shooting the first 100 pellets, and also ruined 2 finde scopes as well, because of the excessive recoil.
But recently I had a friend come visit who has purchased a pcp pistol at a local hardwarestore (maxRanger was the brand name) And by searching online I found out that the maxRanger pcp guns are similar to various Artemis/Snowpeak models (even the Diana Stormrider has similarities), although if reading the specs on the various models, they might look alike, same size air-reservoirs/pressure etc, but pellet speeds don´t match whatsoever.
And then I had my farrier come by yesterday to shoe some horses, and he´s an hunting enthusiast, who goes on hunting trips to various other contrys, and he told me he has a Hatsan pcp, also for offing rats/mice/crows/pidgeons, and it was really quiet when being shot, but of course, he´s also got hunting license and everything in order, so his pcp packs quite a lot of power and shoots much bigger pellets than the .177cal.
So I spent the rest of the day to look around online to find suitable .177cals and came across the Benjamin Marauder, Benjamin Discovery, Gamo Coyote Whisper, Air Venturi Avenger, as pcp rifles that might be within a reasonable price range, but still be "packing a punch" and durability, accuracy, to be able to enjoy the long range plinking, and also offing them rats/mice if needed.
But again, as a newb within the PCP world, I thought I´d hear peoples opinions about the various models that I have looked at .... Are there "do´s and donts" considering the brands/models?
Also, I´ve had surgery some years ago in my arm, so any PCP airrifle in the same weight-league as the Diana 54, is a big NO for me.
Best regards.
Am a newb to this forum, but not new to the useage of air/firearms.
Living here in Denmark prohibits by law that people can own/shoot ANY airguns that are using a caliber bigger than the 4.5mm/ .177
So if someone owns a .22 or bigger cal airgun, then the gun is considered illegal and one will be fined and/or even have the risk of going to jail if the police should come around for some matter, and not having a valid hunting/weapons certificate (people here have to go to "hunting school" to achieve such a license which is a good thing in my opinion as it also works as a limit for people just randomly buying guns.
My interest lays within plinking, shooting targets on a range between 50-100 metres, and also "offing rats/mice" in our stables/barn and riding arena, and I´ve had multiple various spring-piston powered airguns that have been doing the job really good, although, trying to get them rats with a spring powered air rifle doesn´t give the chance to get of multiple shots quickly without risking that the critters get scared off, and one has to wait a while before the appear again, so therefore I´ve used air-rifles such as the Diana 54, and Hatsan 125 (.177) for shooting at a far distance, but the Diana was best at being benched, which limits a lot where I could hide and await the rats to appear, and the Hatsan simply begun to fall apart after shooting the first 100 pellets, and also ruined 2 finde scopes as well, because of the excessive recoil.
But recently I had a friend come visit who has purchased a pcp pistol at a local hardwarestore (maxRanger was the brand name) And by searching online I found out that the maxRanger pcp guns are similar to various Artemis/Snowpeak models (even the Diana Stormrider has similarities), although if reading the specs on the various models, they might look alike, same size air-reservoirs/pressure etc, but pellet speeds don´t match whatsoever.
And then I had my farrier come by yesterday to shoe some horses, and he´s an hunting enthusiast, who goes on hunting trips to various other contrys, and he told me he has a Hatsan pcp, also for offing rats/mice/crows/pidgeons, and it was really quiet when being shot, but of course, he´s also got hunting license and everything in order, so his pcp packs quite a lot of power and shoots much bigger pellets than the .177cal.
So I spent the rest of the day to look around online to find suitable .177cals and came across the Benjamin Marauder, Benjamin Discovery, Gamo Coyote Whisper, Air Venturi Avenger, as pcp rifles that might be within a reasonable price range, but still be "packing a punch" and durability, accuracy, to be able to enjoy the long range plinking, and also offing them rats/mice if needed.
But again, as a newb within the PCP world, I thought I´d hear peoples opinions about the various models that I have looked at .... Are there "do´s and donts" considering the brands/models?
Also, I´ve had surgery some years ago in my arm, so any PCP airrifle in the same weight-league as the Diana 54, is a big NO for me.
Best regards.
