Pcp Or Springer New Shooters

[Richard Collett 102]

I'm new to shooting my self and am lucky enough to own both a PCP and a springer, but before I brought my first rifle (PCP) I remember the days/weeks deciding on what to buy, both have their pros and both have cons.

 

The day I walked into my range to buy my rifle I had decided I wanted brand new and a entry level springer, my chosen rifle was a walther terrus, they didn't have any in stock so I shouldered a weihrauch 99s, breautiful rifle, decided that was the rifle I wanted. Went to pay for it and the debit card machine was not working (the guy pulls out this contraption for carbon printing debit cards haha he hadn't got a clue how to work it) I only work 5 mins away so decided to go back after work.

 

In them few hours everything changed...went back to the shop decided to buy one of their package deals for £500, walther rotex rm8, silencer, gun slip, tin of pellets, 1 hr on then range, scope (I got an upgrade as they never had the one in stock) the deal had sold it to me, fully equipped and ready to go.

 

I spent months shooting her and was happy I was shooting, all the while I had been looking and researching spring rifles. At the range they had a beautiful weihrauch HW77 in a yellow laminate stock and every time I went to the range I would always eye it up.

 

I eventually decided I wanted a springer but if I was going to buy one I wanted a top end springer, so even though I did like the weihrauch HW99s the HW77 was the one I had set my heart on. Went to buy it and they only had it in 0.22 and I wanted 0.177. He got on the phone and ordered me it in 0.177 and in carbine was was even better. He calls me 3 days later to tell me it had arrived and looked better then the one in the shop.....?????? Ok...so now my minds thinking. Go to pick it up and it's green laminate rather then yellow. Was I unhappy....no way, the stock was 10x better in the green.

 

So that's my experiences of choosing a rifle and buying it, sometimes things don't turn out how you expect. But now I have had a good chance to shoot both, if I could start again I would have went into the shop, done all then shouldering etc to get a feel for the rifle but I would completely overlook the PCP and buy a springer.

 

I feel to master the art of shooting you first need to learn how to shoot and there is no way better then mastering a spring rifle. Each rifle is different and has its own characteristics and learning that is what I find fun. When I was shooting my PCP I felt disattached to the rifle but once I started to shoot a springer and feeling the recoil if was like the rifle was an attachment of me.

 

I'm sorry I rambled on a bit, but I wanted to know what some of you more experienced shooters would do if you was new to air gunning. Would you jump straight into PCPs or would you go for a springer?

[PeskyWabbits 464]

Springer every time. If i was starting again, I would probably go .177, more because I am a tight wad than the on paper advantages

 

Now too used to beefy .22

[Richard Collett 102]

Oh that was the other problem I had regarding the caliber. As I planned to start out pinking and target praticing I read the .177 was the best so that's what I went with. As a kid I shoot 0.22 but didn't understand anything about trajectory etc.

[stealthy1 3,964]

That's it, your an addict.

[philpot 4,998]

I bought a PCP after many years without an air rifle and started to learn how to shoot a rifle again. The springer came into play last year with a TX200 and the learning curve started again.

There is no doubt in my mind as to the satisfaction felt when I shoot the springer but for hunting it is a PCP every time for me.

 

I think had I bought a springer first, I might not have been so involved in airguns as I am now but the up side to that is that my bank account would be much healthier.

 

Phil

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Now buy an HW90 and play havoc with thy brain!

[charlie caller 3,654]

Spring gun every time for new shooters, I dont have a springer at the moment, but will get another at some point soon, I have a real hankering to try the CZ Slavia 634 I spoke to Welsh Willy once about these and he said once tuned there was very little in the spring gun world to beat them, the other reason I like spring guns is (as I have said before) the recoil etc is not too dissimilar to my deer rifle, so practising off sticks with a springer tends to keep me following through properly and managing recoil, something my super accurate pcp can never do.

[pianoman 3,587]

If I was starting out for the very first time....,

 

I'd probably fall foul of an RFD who'd tell me some Chinese/Korean cheap bollocks he'd stocked up on, was going to be every bit as good as the expensive, quality kit he didn't have in stock. I would make every mistake and buy all the junk and get disappointed to Hell.

 

And after spending a small fortune needlessly on utter rubbish from the Airgun press who'd told me endless crap about how good yet more crap was, and I'd found, yet again, it bloody wasn't, I'd probably chuck it and give up..... Before a light might strike and I set out to learn more and find out more, from blokes who know what they are about...AND THIS TIME...Buy a quality spring rifle from Air arms or Weihrauch and a scope to match performance and practice the hell out of it, till I could hit a tight group at 25 yards and practice more till I know where my shot was going nearer, over and beyond that range.

 

Then set myself up with a permission or two I can get around, honour and respect the landowner's trust in me to not f**k around damaging his property and mess up the land with litter and use every experience I possibly could to continually improve my own knowledge and turn myself into a reliable, professional-standard hunter..

 

That's why I've loved this sport and the fellow lads who partake in it for decades!

[j j m 6,539]

ive been shooting since i was nine years old ,been lucky enough to have owned most top of the range rifles ,but you cant beat a good spring gun ,ive 5 pcps but still love my hw80k in 22 old habbits die hard