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Airguns Beating Rimfires
- By Basher
- Precision Air Rifles
- 23 Replies
Way back I'd just go to the dive shop to get my tanks filled but most of my pcp's were 30 fpe or less so I didn't need to go back to get them filled but once a month in the summers. Fills back then were $5.
That all changed when I started to buy more powerful pcp's, meaning fills were now $10, and I'd need a fill every week or more. These were 50 plus fpe guns, one being 99 fpe. These consume quite a bit of air.
Pretty much took me 20 years of pcp shooting before I finally bought a compressor and I bought a Yong Heng copy for $300. It was very noisy which made it hard to find leaks, not a few, lol, and would tend to get hot so we'd turn it off for a while all which was a PITA. I didn't like it all that much so I gave my part of it to a friend, the half owner.
Then I came into some money so I bought a light commercial compressor, a Coltri MCH6. Yes it is nice and will last me until I die. Only takes 6 minutes to fill a large tank from 200 bar to 320 bar. Air is almost free now, JK, but it's worth it to me for sure even if only for convenience sake. If I had to go to the dive shop now I'd be spending $100 a month or more to meet my needs so a good compressor was essencial.
They have really good and not very expensive compressors nowadays though.
As to your question. Do both, keep stocking up on decent 22rf ammo, and put funds towards getting a compressor too.
But since you are pretty well stocked for now lean towards the compressor. I found myself not shooting my airguns as much in that transition zone of, "crap I don't feel like going into town right now to get air", "or man every time I go to get air with my two tanks that's a $20 spot", so okay I'll just not shoot then and do chores, lol.
That's what I did except as mentioned I stopped paying the high prices for the better ammo's. Yeah sure if I was a top NRL22 or PRS22 competitor I'd prioritise differently but that's not where I'm at in life.
Plus I found out I can afford to miss a few more times for half as much $
Yeah, I was considering a Carette II but I’d have to let a few guns go to really swing a $2200 compressor. That would be the highest quality option I could manage and it’d be a stretch at that, but it would last me a lifetime with proper maintenance.
A more realistic option would be a GX CS4i or *maybe* the newer E5K1 at a hair over a grand. I have one 6.8L tank that I’d like to be able to fill for field use, but having only one bottle gun I kind of feel like I could get by with a CS3 for 90% of my shooting. That would fill an on-gun tank quick, and my Hill could top off in the field after a handful of shots. There are just so many ways I could work it given the various options, but without giving out a lot of personal info, I’m in a position where I’m unlikely to be able to purchase a larger compressor later on so it’s either do it now or not at all.
As for ammo, buying cases by lot number is obviously better overall, but like you I’m not a good enough or frequent enough shooter to really see enough of a difference lot to lot unless I get an obviously bad lot. So while I’ve always had the mentality of stocking up on ammo, I could shoot for years with my PCPs while buying a brick or two of .22LR at a time. If I can’t feed the PCPs though, then I’ll be up a creek.
So in short, yeah, I’m leaning towards a compressor. It’s not nearly as fun of a purchase as a new gun or optic, but PCPs are only fun to look at for so long lol, and if I lose access to free tank fills I get right now via a buddy at the FD, then I’m smoked.
I appreciate your input!
What happened to going back to the moon?
- By lash
- The Bear Pit
- 138 Replies
Width of a man’s thumb…
but I agree.
What happened to going back to the moon?
- The Bear Pit
- 138 Replies
I came across a paragraph that scientifically described "what a meter is" and went into all kinds of technical blathering ending with "..... of krypton in a vacuum".Blasphemy
Inch - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Had to go read about the definition of the inch and history of the inch. Interesting how measurements have changed over time.
Something that everyone in every community runs across, every day.
An inch being based on the average length of a mans thumb is relatively simple, basic, and comprehendable. Same/same with the width of roads and railroads. But I digress.....
Moms now vs back then
- By sgtsmmiii
- The Bear Pit
- 69 Replies
This is the truth - once I got spanked by the nun for misbehaving in class. Went home and told my mom - who told my dad when he got home. Got spanked again ( with his Marine Corps dress belt ) for embarrassing the family's good name. The following day I told the nun that since she spanked me the day before, my parents had spanked me again when I got home. The nun then spanked me AGAIN for going home and telling my parents that she had spanked me the day prior.
Learned to just keep my mouth shut after that.
Ukraine war Bullshit.
- By mosin46
- The Bear Pit
- 5041 Replies
it seems that the Ukes have hit the Hungary and Slovakia oil pipeline. one can hope that Putin finishes Ukraine off for good. have said maybe they should move into western Ukraine to help finish it off. you can bet that the Azov types will be used elsewhere by the EU.Precisely this.
If you want to see the EU's (governing body) true colors, just look at the strong arming they've been laying on the "big four" (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia). Pretty much all of them, but Viktor Orban of Hungary in particular have told the EU to go fuck themselves.
They haven't (to my knowledge anyway) tried to "Hit" Orban. But, they did (and were almost successful) "Hit" Robert Fico of Slovakia;
Polish prime minister receives death threats after shooting of Slovakian counterpart
Donald Tusk says he received death threats after assassination attempt on Robert Fico - Anadolu Ajansıwww.aa.com.tr
And, from the looks of things, they have their "sights" set on Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
i still fail to know why Trump has not helped shut it down by stopping any aid or assistance.
