A nice and cheap way into PCP ? DayState PH6 Review

[catanonia]

They were certainly solidly made rifles but no heavier than many springers. If you wanted a light rifle Daystate had the Mirage which at 4.5lbs was the lightest pcp around at the time. I had a go with one once and was very taken with it. Only trouble was the price which was around the £500 mark, a lot of money for a single shot pcp. Watching your review made me nostalgic for my old Harrier,which has been on loan to a workmate for a few years, so I'm planning to get it back. The only issue I had with the review was you calling it an "early Daystate" when it was made about 20 years after they brought out their first pcp.

Thanks, i loved doing the review on the rifle, it was a cracking piece of kit. My knowledge of DayStates is limited, so thanks for the additional information.

[venoman]

The rifle you have looks to be a PH6SE the standard PH6 has a different style stock in beech, also it has a barrel band on the front of the cylinder the silencer fits on the barrel and overhangs the cylinder. The SE cylinders were satin silver with the bolt housing and muzzel brake/silencers in satin black. I think that the SE stock was designed for Daystate by Garry Cane and were often made from some nice grained walnut , a very nice looking rifle i have one myself.

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

Nice elegant stock, unlike the awful things they put on Daystates now.

[mallyally]

All the harriers had decent stocks I had about Five or six from the Camo to the Se and they were good guns ! Lolled at the Missing safety catch and grub screw though we all had those in the day
Dodgy nowadays though I reckon

[Mjd7568]

Great idea reviewing an older rifle and a very good video, although I was concerned at one point that your head was on fire.

[BorderBorder]

Nice review. Certainly nothing wrong with an older rifle though obviousley people have their preferences.
After all, manynew rifles were raved about when they came onto the market.
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[flyfisher]

great guns had, had a Harrier version in.177 when they first came out, this was my first PCP, used it for about 6/7 years for pest control on a local golf course, never missed a beat never touched a screw on it it was so reliable, then whim for a change and sold it, before I sold it I borrowed a mates chrono to see what it was doing power wise, what a surprise it was doing just under 10ftlb, but I have shot bugs at over 40yds, but it was so accurate that 40yds was not a problem for it all about accuracy and that little gun had it.