Is it just me??

[Guest air gunner]

Why has your kill rate increased using your PCP? PCPs and springers at the legal limit put out the same power and are accurate enough for hunting purposes.

[hiho 5]

I love springers there reliable accurate You never run out of air! if i wanted another gun now i would proberly wait until i can get my lisence and get a proper gun. PCP`s Just cost way to much for there slight advantages. AKA there quieter which dosent really matter because a springer isnt exactly a cannon to set of with isit.

[Guest air gunner]

Sorry POCUS yep it was aimed at you. Ok increased accuracy is true but why the increased range? Both springers and PCP within the legal limit should in the right hands reach the same ranges.

[Wolly 4]

Ive Used A pcp before but ive always had springers so its got to be the springer for me lol

[Guest Scuba1]

I feel a bit like the odd one out now

 

ATB

 

Michael

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

i have only ever fired springers and i think that springers make a more challenging hunt because there louder (although not much louder than PCP's) and less accurate because of the recoil. if you want to do proffesianol pest control where your going to get big bags then get a pcp. if you want the odd mooch around popping a few woodys, bunnys or vermin then get a springer.

[hiho 5]

i have only ever fired springers and i think that springers make a more challenging hunt because there louder (although not much louder than PCP's) and less accurate because of the recoil. if you want to do proffesianol pest control where your going to get big bags then get a pcp. if you want the odd mooch around popping a few woodys, bunnys or vermin then get a springer.

Sorry but i disagree. You get big bags by going into the right fields at the right kind of day Like someone could go shooting at 5AM and shoot 7 rabbits with a springer. And someone else would go out in the same field with a PCP at 4 in the afternoon and get nothing. The noise aspect of it is well PCP quieter than springer Everyone no`s that now but does it make a difference errm depends. roosting pigeons will fly off when they hear a gun put they will also fly off when they se there mate fall dead.When shooting rabbits they normally get shot 3or4 to a field in the day pretty far spread out so the noise of a springer dosent bother them.When lamping i do my lamping out of a vehicle so you carnt hear a springer over the engine carnt comment on lamping by foot tho(we use dogs).and ratting well thats when i can saddly say PCP wins that one Just because of the multishot aspect

Edited May 3, 2009 by hiho

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

i read an article in shooting and conseration magazone and it said that pcp's are more accurate than springers and therefore you can shoot further and still expect consistenrt accuracy. is this true? the article was called springers .v. precharged

[andyfr1968 772]

A good, well set up springer is as accurate as a PCP. It's just that they're harder to shoot well.

You can hold a PCP any old way or rest it on something solid and it'll still shoot the same.

You can't with a spring gun and that's where the errors begin.

Once you really get to know your gun and how it shoots, a good shot with a top spring gun will be able to match a pre-charge.

It's just harder to do!

 

Cheers.

Edited May 3, 2009 by andyfr1968

[hiho 5]

i read an article in shooting and conseration magazone and it said that pcp's are more accurate than springers and therefore you can shoot further and still expect consistenrt accuracy. is this true? the article was called springers .v. precharged

if you want to shoot further get a rimfire so at least you have got the power to kill at longer range

[shaun sale 0]

A good, well set up springer is as accurate as a PCP. It's just that they're harder to shoot well.

You can hold a PCP any old way or rest it on something solid and it'll still shoot the same.

You can't with a spring gun and that's where the errors begin.

Once you really get to know your gun and how it shoots, a good shot with a top spring gun will be able to match a pre-charge.

It's just harder to do!

 

Cheers.

 

 

i totally agree. every one now and then shud have a good outing with a springer now and then not nesacerly in the feild just a good plinkin to sharpen up your skills once in awhile jus my opinion

[Guest Scuba1]

OK now let me try to get this straight in my head. So people but barrel weights on the end of spring rifles to reduce the barrel flip. Change springs for gas rams, to try to eliminate the recoil and get rid of the twang etc ....... in other words make them more like ........ well........like a PCP.

Beats me. I had quite a few springers in my time and don't want another , just like I would not want wooden disc brakes on my car just because they don't rust.

I am sure that there is something that I don't understand about the virtues of a spring rifle but IMHO if you use a pump so you can't run out of air, a PCP can do everything that a springer can only thing is, it does it better.

 

ATB

 

Michael

[Guest air gunner]

Ha scuba you may be turning me towards PCPs now i can only shoot accuratly up to 20yrds with a springer but using my cousins rapiz 7 its a dream i couldent work out if i had fired but there on the tiny red hole 30 yrds away was a nice hole. I like springers very much and have taken many quarry with mine. I have to say though a PCP may be in order to get some more bunnys at the extra 10 yrds of my springer. It also kind of gaurentees a kill incase i mis judged a distance and 20yrds is actually 25 etc. Any one of you springer lovers want a custom Bsa supersport in exchange for a PCP?

[SEAN3513 7]

i guess its called progress...........who would want to go back to VHS after sky plus !!!!

 

there will always be an arguement over which is best and i guess its down to personal choice.

 

they both have a place....but given the choice i would chose a pcp.

 

there is a pcp coming on the market this year which has a built in pump and i think that will change air gunning as we know it !!!!

 

cheers

 

sean

[Guest Scuba1]

Then again what the heck do I know. as you can see in my avatar, all I use is a stick

 

 

happy hunting

 

Michael