What Are Your Top 3 Semi-Autos?

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From the look of this thread, there's few people that have fully explored the market, so comparisons are few and far between.

I'm in that boat. I have the Leshiy 2, and have not tried any of the others. I've had it for around two years now, and it's been everything I was looking for. Well, it would be perfect if it was a little more quiet. But it's reliable, accurate and easily packable, which were my primary concerns. The semi-auto feature wasn't my highest priority, but it comes in handy. I only use the Leshiy 2 for pesting.
 
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Sicumj said:
First 30 cal Terminator. Shoots 47.2 slugs at 940 fps. Second is a TD in 25 cal. Shoots 26.8 slugs at 900. It has a Sumo moderator and short shroud. Both rifles are capable of hitting 12 ga shotshells hulls at 50 yards. I carry one or the other every day in my dog walks. The TD is light and easy to carry in single point sling. I carry this rifle mostly and have taken several racoon size game with it. The Terminator is an animal. Shooting close to 100 ft lb and I have it turned down it is a real hammer. I've removed the OEM bottles and installed a .7L carbon bottle and a Hogue stock.


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That’s quite the custom bottle on the terminator. I never took note of that until now
 
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AEA Terminator .30
Absolute teeth rattling beast.
Bintac special, upgraded dual tanks.
Never done anything but feed it air and pellets. Been faultless.
We also no longer have a raccoon problem.

Hatsan Barrage .22.
Contrary to EVERYTHING I read about it mine is great. Had to find the right return spring after I put on a moderator but I get quarter size holes at 45 yards in my targets. Took a heavy rifle and made it REALLY heavy with a Huben Dream Valve and a 1.1l CF bottle.

-- Matt
 
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I was shooting slugs in my Terminator 30. But recently I tried the 50.2 g FX pellets. Accuracy is the best I have seen. I have golf balls hanging that are hooked to wires run through the balls so they hold up good. I can hit the balls swinging with the Terminator 4 out of 5 times at 50 yds. I shot a crow recently at 82 yards, shot through his chest, dropped like a rock. It is a true hammer at 100 ft lbs. I like mine a lot.

Recently worked with a member who can make the wheel for the mags on these rifles. The 30 carbine mags are hard to find. You can use the 35 cal mag wheels inside the 30 cal case. But you have to purchase a 35 mag. You do get a mag spring too so not such a bad deal if you are out of mags. The mags and the trigger are my only complaint. But I do like this rifle.
 
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RAMJET66 said:
# 1=GK1 #2= GK1 # 3= GK1 , I have only owned. still have edgun L2, which didn't work from the start, an AEA hpss 1st gen , & AEA hpss plus, that is too hard to cock, if something was to happen to the GK1 , it would be the only one replaced
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DonEnzone said:
The Leshiy 2 and my Hatsan Blitz Bullpup (both in .30) are my personal favourites. Obviously, the Blitz is not a class act in terms of accuracy, but gosh darn if it isn't fun shooting it at mid-range. Especially with the extended 33 round magazines, and of course the "fun switch".

I briefly owned an SK19 but it wasn't really for me, so I doubt the Rattler and Sidewinder will do it for me either. Not that they're available where I live anyway. The AEA semi-auto lineup has left a sour taste in my mouth after my valve pin broke on day 1, and spare parts were impossible to get in my country. I've read that quite a lot of people experience similar problems, even with the newer models. Broken valve pins and busted magazines galore. Unless they fix these issues and make spare parts more readily available here, I don't think I'm gonna revisit AEA anytime soon. It's a shame because the guns look beautiful and pack a punch.

And that's where my experience with semi-auto rifles ends. I've never had the privilege of shooting the Huben K1 unfortunately, but given it's popularity, I have no doubt that it's amazing.

When it comes to pistols, I'd say the Evanix Viper is currently on top in terms of power and size. I have the Hatsan Sortie, which barely classifies as a pistol in my opinion (way too bulky) and has less power than the Viper despite it's bigger size. But with the Huben GK1 around the corner, I think it's safe to say that it will take the crown. More power and a better shot count. Looks better too!
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interesting your take on the hatsan blitz and LCS.. I've had a blitz for a couple years.. and there's several things I'd like different.. major is a heavy hard trigger pull.. I've been told the only thing it needs to make that better is more pellets, it's probably only had a tin.. and it cycles a lot faster than I'd prefer..
I shot a friend's GK1 and LCS and I loved the trigger.. and I liked the LCS cycle rate.. plus it's a bit quieter than the blitz..
I think I also read somewhere it's cycling speed is adjustable..
Mark
 
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markhooper said:
interesting your take on the hatsan blitz and LCS.. I've had a blitz for a couple years.. and there's several things I'd like different.. major is a heavy hard trigger pull.. I've been told the only thing it needs to make that better is more pellets, it's probably only had a tin.. and it cycles a lot faster than I'd prefer..
I shot a friend's GK1 and LCS and I loved the trigger.. and I liked the LCS cycle rate.. plus it's a bit quieter than the blitz..
I think I also read somewhere it's cycling speed is adjustable..
Mark
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Yeah it's purely a matter of taste of course. The Blitz's cycling rate is indeed a bit fast for my taste. But the LCS is slower than a grease gun. And back when I owned it I didn't know the cycling rate could be adjusted. That wasn't listed in the manual.

I also prefer the removeable magazines and shot count of the Blitz. The LCS was a bit of an air hog in my experience, even on moderate power settings. With the Blitz I'm able to shoot 4 extended magazines (32-rounds each) on one fill and still have air to spare. The LCS was near empty after about 2 mags (38 rounds total).

Of course, both have their pro's and cons. The build quality of the LCS is miles ahead of the Blitz. Same goes for the trigger. But I simply had more fun shooting the Blitz. That, and it was cheaper haha.
 
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Many many moons ago now i picked up a 22cal Kral Puncher Auto.
All was well, for a brief while.
It was accurate enough, not an issue, but far from reliable.

It would, to the letter, hammer the stock mag innards out of shape was anything changed from the stock setup. Margin of error simply put zero.

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So we came to CNC mag innards out of 7075 for it. Look at the stock rotor out of plastic and you soon enough get the idea.

As i then started to fool around with power output.. Let me put it this way, that thing is still in pieces and put on the back burner.

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Here the working innards of that thing
 
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DonEnzone said:
Yeah it's purely a matter of taste of course. The Blitz's cycling rate is indeed a bit fast for my taste. But the LCS is slower than a grease gun. And back when I owned it I didn't know the cycling rate could be adjusted. That wasn't listed in the manual.

I also prefer the removeable magazines and shot count of the Blitz. The LCS was a bit of an air hog in my experience, even on moderate power settings. With the Blitz I'm able to shoot 4 extended magazines (32-rounds each) on one fill and still have air to spare. The LCS was near empty after about 2 mags (38 rounds total).

Of course, both have their pro's and cons. The build quality of the LCS is miles ahead of the Blitz. Same goes for the trigger. But I simply had more fun shooting the Blitz. That, and it was cheaper haha.
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I didn't know that the LCS had such a low shot count..I took prefer removable magazine..I also prefer 22 caliber..
so do I just need to shoot the blitz more on semi auto to get the trigger pull better, I did put some very high quality bearing grease on the hammer,sear engagement and it's better but it's a awful hard trigger pull.. I also removed the trigger group and it is a very light trigger pull when out of the gun..so I assume that it is compounded by the hammer spring tension?? I'd appreciate any suggestions on this.
Mark
 
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RAMJET66 said:
# 1=GK1 #2= GK1 # 3= GK1 , I have only owned. still have edgun L2, which didn't work from the start, an AEA hpss 1st gen , & AEA hpss plus, that is too hard to cock, if something was to happen to the GK1 , it would be the only one replaced
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I made some longer handles for mine. Makes it much easier to cock. Racing member that is the same damage as I see in my AEA mags. I was going to purchase an indexing head for my mill to make some out of aluminum but thought I would try some different plastics first.

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