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Looking at the on-going ammo shortages (.22 target stuff) I'm thinking maybe a change to a PCP air rifle.
Only for indoors benchrest at 25 yards.
Can't afford $4000+ for an Anschutz...so what do I look at?
Not much to choose from in NZ at the moment.
What's good, or bad, or maybe even just OK in the world of PCP target air rifles?
Don't want a break barrel, or a nitro piston job...I think PCP is the better way to go for this.
Thoughts, ideas?
Thanks.
Watching with great interest....
$3000 for an FX
Or$1000 for my Daystate Ph6
The S410 classic is not for sale
I bought a Daystate recently and it was faulty out of the box. It was replaced and the replacement had the same issue with the onboard computer.
Ended up changing to an Air Arms S510 Ultimate Rifle (?) which has been outstanding. Even better is it was significantly cheaper. Still not cheap, but the quality, and accuracy actually shocked me.
Id recommend one.
I had one for a while. Too boringly accurate for my tastes! Sold on.
If you want to get seriously into it, a FX mavrick or impact be ideal, lots you can do tuning wise. Got the wildcat but more set up for hunting. Do come up second hand, some good buys to be had. 25 yards pcps are tack drivers. Need a chrony to tune it, dive bottles whatever to fill it, extra costs. I bought mine for the same reasons cheap shooting once setup.
I forgot to say that as it's for benchrest, and I will be using a front rest that I need some sort of front stock with enough length to be viable at fitting into my rest.
I guess it doesn't help to just plonk the PCP cylinder into the front rest? A bit of wooden stock fore end, or extended chassis would be best?
What's your upper end budget? That really locks in your options as there's no free lunch with airguns. Look for things like adjustable triggers to get the best accuracy out of them. That's one gripe I had with my FX, it had a fake target trigger that did not change the break weight.
Trademe has some deals but you'll need to get that in for a service immediately on buying it most likely. Heaps of airguns sat around gathering dust after the gov decided to make them FAL items so things like seals can often need replacing. It's worth checking with Youngs if they service / stock spares before you buy 2nd hand I reckon.
But if it's looked after the barrel should be mint. They don't wear like rifle barrels but they can pitt just the same