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[Telephonepete]

There seems to be an upsurge of reasonable sub 500 dollar PCP has one of these emerged as the best buy. I fancied the Airacuda then the Moderator problem surfaced and this morning somebody posted about a poor trigger. Has the Moderator problem been sorted out yet? What is the current best buy?

 

[Gerry52]

"Best" is totally subjective dependent upon upon one's intentions & tastes. Do your research, decide for yourself.

 

[Telephonepete]

"Best" is totally subjective dependent upon upon one's intentions & tastes. Do your research, decide for yourself.

I dont know if i agree with that. Research is just a matter ofd collecting various opinions. Here we have lots of opinions under one roof as it were. I dont really see the difference.

 

[Emu]

Best, doubtles, would be to save another 500 and buy a Daystate Revere.

Revere is the must afordable of super rifles.

This advice will prevent you to use same amount of good money many times trying to get a bargain.

 

[Gerry52]

There are so many variables that are involved in each individual's tastes that (imho) there are no "BEST" answers that can cover it. I did months of research before spending on guns. Had "pro & con" lists of the ones I was interested in & made my decisions based upon that type of research, not on other's opinions. But, that's me.

 

[Emu]

There are so many variables that are involved in each individual's tastes that (imho) there are no "BEST" answers that can cover it. I did months of research before spending on guns. Had "pro & con" lists of the ones I was interested in & made my decisions based upon that type of research, not on other's opinions. But, that's me.

I do the same...

I analyze A LOT before buying a new rifle. Absolutely every aspect of the rifle and of the use I will give to it.

Power, size, accuracy, shots per fill, complexity of functioning (easy or not to repair by myself), comfortable or not to shoulder, post sale need of accesories, everything!!!

 

[HogKiller]

I do the same...

I analized A LOT before buying a new rifle. Absolutely every aspect of the rifle and of the use I will give to it.

Power, size, accuracy, shots per fill, complexity of functioning (easy or not to repair by myself), comfortable or not to shoulder, post sale need of accesories, everything!!!

Yeah, I do that and the thing still sucks or at least has issues that can't be resolved.

 

[Scotay42]

At that price, you need to scour the used market and expect to do some tweaking to achieve a good finished product. I did that alot, probably will not be doing that much anymore though. I have now tasted the Koolaid, unfortunately for my wallet, It Is Good. Lol

 

[WorriedMan]

Telephone,
Let me suggest three for your consideration; DAR Generation 3, Air Venturi Avenger (wood stock) and the JTS Airacuda. All three are Chinese-produced, DAR and JTS from same factory. For price-point would be hard to beat Airacuda but there are some "growing pains." The new Avenge-X platform is an upcoming release that addresses Avenger issues but are priced accordingly. I'd say DAR would be the one I'd start researching first. Best of Luck, WM

 

[beerthief]

Best, doubtles, would be to save another 500 and buy a Daystate Revere.

Revere is the must afordable of super rifles.

This advice will prevent you to use same amount of good money many times trying to get a bargain.

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Telephonepete what this guy said​

 

[PNW1985]

There seems to be an upserge of reasonable sub 500 dollar PCP has one of these emerged as the best buy. I fancied the Airacuda then the Moderator problem surfaced and this morning somebody posted about a poor trigger. Has the Moderator problem been sorted out yet? . What is the current best buy?

I want to be clear. The trigger was bad, but this was a pre production model. I’ve come to find out that the production models have pretty decent triggers. Most triggers can benefit from a polishing, which I hear the Airacuda can as well. But only if you know what you are doing.

 

[MongooseV8]

Cart before the horse

What do you want to do with this $500 air rifle?
What caliber do you want?
How accurate do you want?
How much power to you want?

A little more info is needed to give better advice.

 

[Franklink]

I do the same...

I analized A LOT before buying a new rifle. Absolutely every aspect of the rifle and of the use I will give to it.​

Power, size, accuracy, shots per fill, complexity of functioning (easy or not to repair by myself), comfortable or not to shoulder, post sale need of accesories, everything!!!

 

[Telephonepete]

Telephone,
Let me suggest three for your consideration; DAR Generation 3, Air Venturi Avenger (wood stock) and the JTS Airacuda. All three are Chinese-produced, DAR and JTS from same factory. For price-point would be hard to beat Airacuda but there are some "growing pains." The new Avenge-X platform is an upcoming release that addresses Avenger issues but are priced accordingly. I'd say DAR would be the one I'd start researching first. Best of Luck, WM

Thanks just what I was after.

 

[Emu]

Already corrected!

Thanks!

 

[Telephonepete]

Thanks just what I was after.

I am familiar with the Airacuda. Hugely impressed with the Dar but I dont think available in UK yet. Yet to check out the Avenger.

 

[Trucker3573]

I have owned 2 avengers and currently have an Airacuda max in 22. Avengers were great guns for the money. Super accurate and non pellet picky. I had a dar Gen 2 that was the biggest POS rifle I’ve ever owned. The gen 3 seems very jts similar but I don’t know and will never buy another. No idea about a moderator problem? Or trigger? Shroud and trigger on the jts are great. The only problem I had and this goes with literally all three guns were screwy POI out of the box. The avengers shot super super low. I shimmed my scope and bought a donny Fl barrel adapter that supports the barrel. Made the guns great. The jts shot very high and very right. Took the barrel band completely off which helped. I also switched to a 30mm tube scope for more adj range. The gun is super consistent on speed from shot to shot and loves cheap crosman pellets to jsb 18.1. Has been great so far after minor tweaks.

 

[Telephonepete]

I have owned 2 avengers and currently have an Airacuda max in 22. Avengers were great guns for the money. Super accurate and non pellet picky. I had a dar Gen 2 that was the biggest POS rifle I’ve ever owned. The gen 3 seems very jts similar but I don’t know and will never buy another. No idea about a moderator problem? Or trigger? Shroud and trigger on the jts are great. The only problem I had and this goes with literally all three guns were screwy POI out of the box. The avengers shot super super low. I shimmed my scope and bought a donny Fl barrel adapter that supports the barrel. Made the guns great. The jts shot very high and very right. Took the barrel band completely off which helped. I also switched to a 30mm tube scope for more adj range. The gun is super consistent on speed from shot to shot and loves cheap crosman pellets to jsb 18.1. Has been great so far after minor tweaks.

Sounds like i might be better sticking with my Kral NP02.