"Cheap" match pistols

[Dodge62]

I'm after a 10m PCP match pistol. I'm currently shooting with an entry-level Gamo Compact.

I would love a secondhand Steyr or similar, but can't seem to find one.

It does seem that there are some *relatively* inexpensive ones around. Gun Mart magazine had a review of the Tau Brno MK08 which looks interesting. At £660, it's still An Awful Lot of Money, but about half what you pay for many others.

And I was at Bisley NSRA shop today, and they have a Gehmann GP-1 which looks pretty nice at £730.

Any opinions on these guns, or similarly-priced alternatives?

Thanks,
Roger

[Bjacobs571]

I would rate the Gehmann over the Tau as the Tau is old fashioned and crude compared to a modern pistol. Some people love them , but I dislike them as another shooter having trouble with his Tau has disturbed me enough to loose quite a few points on my competition cards.

It is possible to buy a good PCP at reasonable prices but it takes time and being at the right place at the right time.

[hwtyger]

Sorry????? Tau mk8 oldfashioned?? Its a brand new model only few yrs old??? And you dislike them cause someone else had problems with his?? You dont have real life experience with it and you dislike it??Nice..

I DO have an mk8(and the Tau 7, and 200Sr 200MK and MK300). Its quite heavy up front. I'd suggest the Compact.
Its a 300bar system. They're VERY smooth cockers. They're very recoilless to shoot.
I dó feel some wind with the shot but I thínk its the compensator cause its large.
It has a weird pellet preference, those chinese Qing Juan
I díd have to shim my front sight cause the rear sight was out of range.
The grips are nice ergonomically, better than those standard steyr pencils
Dont leave the cilinder on, it'll empty.
But, as you can read, Tau is still very young in pcp stuff and still finding their way around. I only have the mk8 cause, as you can see, I kinda collect Tau's.

But if yr looking for a GOOD cheap match pistol? Buy a sechand (or new!) Tau 7. Its co2 but they're awesome.
They dont shoot any less than my morini, steyr, aeron or mk8 pcp's. I've shot them in the 360s ex 400 and it can do better if I could.
Great value for money.Probably best buy for <300. No hassle with cilinder being out of date either
If it hás to be pcp, there's lots of choice on sites like egun.de.
An old morini 162 E is about E400-450 (euro's), also ofter for sale, the steyr LP1's. Downside, they áre about 20 yrs old so they wíll start leaking any day now. And cilinders are out of date.
Another option may be the Aeron Spider. About same price class as the Tau mk8. But those DO have (at least hád) problems. Mine has been back to the factory TWICE for repair. Bút, once they dó shoot, they shoot VERY well.
Last option, the Alfa Proj. But I very much dislike them in pcp trim. (grip reservoir, too little shots) and they're too light. They're best in co2.
Also had a hammerli 480. VERY nice pistol. And about same price as morini etc sec hand. But quite rare, and service is AWEFULL. 2 barrels were used too, 1 steel, 1 aluminium, so be aware. It changes balance
No experience with gehmann sorry.
Hope this info helps.

[Bjacobs571]

yes the Aerons have a reputation for unreliability as well. and it was the tau 7 I was complaining about. I have shot them and the person who owned it could not get it to work correctly on multiple occasions over a period of time and made quite a disturbance in the range while he was doing it. The tau 8 looks quite crude compared to better made PCPs but I have not heard bad things about them.
Older match pistols can be resealed and are not inherently unreliable. Unless you want to shoot at competitions I would not worry about out of date cylinders as they have never failed in normal use and by law do not require testing as they are too small. (I am aware that a pcp cylinder failed but it had been abused)
I sort of collect walther target pistols

[Dodge62]

Thanks for the comments. I'm keeping my options open at the moment, but that's useful info.

[Paradox]

I know someone selling a styer lp5 for 700 just been serviced unfortunately it is in Scotland
Cheers Craig

[gwyn]

I'm after a 10m PCP match pistol. I'm currently shooting with an entry-level Gamo Compact.

I would love a secondhand Steyr or similar, but can't seem to find one.

It does seem that there are some *relatively* inexpensive ones around. Gun Mart magazine had a review of the Tau Brno MK08 which looks interesting. At £660, it's still An Awful Lot of Money, but about half what you pay for many others.

And I was at Bisley NSRA shop today, and they have a Gehmann GP-1 which looks pretty nice at £730.

Any opinions on these guns, or similarly-priced alternatives?

Thanks,
Roger

Roger check out www.sureshot-airguns.co.uk
i had a Tau 7 some years back.excellent little pistol,if you should aquire a Co 2 gun always use a smear of Crossman Co2 o-ring lube,keeps the o-rings in good order,stops tearing and drying out.
Don.