What is your FAVORITE Air Rifle?

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My Impact M3.

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North East Airguns said:
At Northeast Airguns we carry a variety of brands including:
As we look back at which air rifle we sold the most over 2023, it was the FX Impact M3 Air Rifle.
If you're curious as to why, we put together a little video over on YouTube.

But we want to hear from you.
What is your FAVORITE Air Rifle and why?

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My favorites are the AEA Challenger 357 Big Bore Standard for its power, delivering 340 FPE, and accuracy at a price point of $600, unmatched in its class. The 308 Texan is also a favorite for the same reasons; they are exceptional hunting PCPs with a simple design that makes them very easy to maintain.
 
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Ezana4CE said:
Toss up between these two for me. Both are reliable guns meaning I can pick them up, fill their reservoirs, load mags, verify my zero, and go hunting. No POI shifts or foolishness to deal with. This is a consistent trend .

.357 Benjamin Bulldog for the following reasons:
The .357 Benjamin Bulldog is a versatile Airgun that shoots slugs, pellets, and airbolts. It’s a repeater, pretty simple to learn, not difficult to maintain, there are three aftermarket shops that can perform maintenance and upgrades (two of them are in my state), good product support from the manufacturer (in my experience), relatively easy to obtain replacement and extra parts. I’m still exploring the latest iteration of the Benjamin Bulldog M357. I like it so far. It’s already out down a spike in the Texas 2023-2024 whitetail deer season.

Brocock Bantam Sniper HR .25:
This has been a dependable air rifle. Good build quality, helluva barrel on mine, and aesthetically it’s a good looking Airgun. She’s put down her fair share of fur and it’s just a fun gin to shoot. Manufacturer’s support is not good and trying to get Brocock to release a parts list that corresponds to their exploded diagram has proven very difficult. The good thing is that this gun is so well built it has few issues. I’ve only dealt with a bad fill port seal and a regulator issue.
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Is it true that the Benjamin needs to be refilled after only 5 shots?
 
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Chief Ten-Beers said:
Is it true that the Benjamin needs to be refilled after only 5 shots?
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@Chief Ten-Beers It depends upon which .357 Benjamin Bulldog you’re talking about and which ammo you’re shooting. I was referring to the original .357 Benjamin Bulldog. With it, I was able squeeze out up to 15 shots shooting 81 grain JSB diabolo pellets with it and had memorized my holds at various distances and pressure levels. I remember having to holdover substantially for the last 3-5 shots. For good shots I can recall getting 8-10 decent shots from the original .357 Bulldog up to about 60-65 yards. It used to stack pellets from 50 yards within the first 7-8 shots. I mean stack them to where occasionally a pellet or 2 would fly back out of the wooden backstop when they lead amassed and formed a dense enough clump in that spot.

Over time I began to shoot slugs more and hunt with them. I don’t recall off the top of my head how many good shots I got shooting various weight slugs. I don’t want to guess. I am more familiar with the pellet shot count because I shot way more paper with the pellets early on. To answer your question more definitely I think that you would have to refill the original .357 Bulldog after 5 shots when shooting slugs around 140-145 grains. I really prefer lighter slugs in the .357 Bulldog. I’m sure there are details buried in some of my older .357 Benjamin Bulldog threads as well as threads others have created.
 
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Ezana4CE said:
@Chief Ten-Beers It depends upon which .357 Benjamin Bulldog you’re talking about and which ammo you’re shooting. I was referring to the original .357 Benjamin Bulldog. With it, I was able squeeze out up to 15 shots shooting 81 grain JSB diabolo pellets with it and had memorized my holds at various distances and pressure levels. I remember having to holdover substantially for the last 3-5 shots. For good shots I can recall getting 8-10 decent shots from the original .357 Bulldog up to about 60-65 yards. It used to stack pellets from 50 yards within the first 7-8 shots. I mean stack them to where occasionally a pellet or 2 would fly back out of the wooden backstop when they lead amassed and formed a dense enough clump in that spot.

Over time I began to shoot slugs more and hunt with them. I don’t recall off the top of my head how many good shots I got shooting various weight slugs. I don’t want to guess. I am more familiar with the pellet shot count because I shot way more paper with the pellets early on. To answer your question more definitely I think that you would have to refill the original .357 Bulldog after 5 shots when shooting slugs around 140-145 grains. I really prefer lighter slugs in the .357 Bulldog. I’m sure there are details buried in some of my older .357 Benjamin Bulldog threads as well as threads others have created.
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Thanks for the response. For My next PCP I was planning on stepping up in Caliber .25 or larger for shooting Coyotes. Just looking at the "pluses vs the minus's.
 
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Back when I first got into PCP’s(and accepted the cost of admission!) I really fell in love with the AGT line, the Vulcan was pretty new at the time. By the time I was ready to actually spend that kind of money I ended up getting the Uragan in .25. I like bullpups and I like both the look and the added shot count of the bottle, I get about 110 shots before it falls off the reg. I’m now looking at .30 and I’m leaning towards the FX Maverick just because FX is supposed to be the best of the best. When I got the Uragan one of the attractions was the LACK of adjustment or aftermarket mods, just buy it and shoot it like it is, but some of the tunability and aftermarket options are what draw me to the FX. And after researching the differences between the Maverick and the M3, it seems like the Maverick might be just the right amount of adjustability and complexity, while the M3 is maybe a little TOO much for me. A couple other of my most desired guns(that I’ve never owned or even held) are the Taipan Veteran 2 Tactical and the Cricket 2 tactical.
 
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Johnny Mac said:
Back when I first got into PCP’s(and accepted the cost of admission!) I really fell in love with the AGT line, the Vulcan was pretty new at the time. By the time I was ready to actually spend that kind of money I ended up getting the Uragan in .25. I like bullpups and I like both the look and the added shot count of the bottle, I get about 110 shots before it falls off the reg. I’m now looking at .30 and I’m leaning towards the FX Maverick just because FX is supposed to be the best of the best. When I got the Uragan one of the attractions was the LACK of adjustment or aftermarket mods, just buy it and shoot it like it is, but some of the tunability and aftermarket options are what draw me to the FX. And after researching the differences between the Maverick and the M3, it seems like the Maverick might be just the right amount of adjustability and complexity, while the M3 is maybe a little TOO much for me. A couple other of my most desired guns(that I’ve never owned or even held) are the Taipan Veteran 2 Tactical and the Cricket 2 tactical.
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I just picked up a FX Maverick Sniper in 0.30 at the Midwest show last weekend for the exact reasons you described. It's my first FX. It has 2 regulators which have to be set up separately so there is some adjusting required. There are videos on line which goes through the procedure. I have a Gauntlet SL30 and a Hatsan Blitz both in 0.30 cal but both are so long and heavy especially after adding a moderator so I was looking for a 0.30 that is shorter and the Maverick fits the bill.
 
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