Am I searching for a hens tooth?

[charliemow13]

I have seen a couple of Rohms for sale but put off by the fact they are no longer available new and spares or repairs might be troublesome. And the secondhand prices seem quite high right now for the ones I've seen, around the 500 mark.

Not heard of the Drulov before but that's as much to do with me knowing next to nothing about air pistols. Searching round they seem like hens teeth themselves and quite rare to see secondhand sales.

I'm not sure I'm going to find anything that quite fits the bill so either have to lower my expectations a bit or stick with the single shot hw40. It had a run out in the garden this aft at 20m and I was happy enough knocking small cans down at 20m with it despite the reloading. I have seen a reasonably priced nearly new cp88 competition near my brothers so that might scratch this particular itch and wont incur the rfd transfer as it can wait til we are able to actually meet up.

[Edtwozeronine]

The rhoms are PCP target pistols meant for Olympic shootists, none of the better known brands are particularly cheap. There's an smk I forget the model name but it was popular on the airgun forums for being a £200 introductory PCP pistol. The popular mod was to cut down or file down the pistol grip on it to provide better access to the loading port at the rear.

A couple of people picked them up at the club a few years ago and teamed them with a 2x PAO pistol scope.

[Jesim1]

Buy the HW44 with some restraint and you can always sell it further down the line and get most of your money back, so in real terms it will not actually cost you much

[evert]

I've been on the same search for years, the Drulov and the Crosman 600 seems like the most affordable accurate semiautos, with the Drulov perhaps beeing the most sensible choice these days.
They are virtually unobtainable here in Norway, but they seem to show up for sale once in a while over in the UK.

[charliemow13]

Edtwozeronine - your right, what I ideally want seems to fall very much in the camp of a professional shooters pistol with the price tag to match like the Rohm or new / nearly new LP5 or LP50. Serious money for a serious pistol!

Jesim - I dont think I could bring myself to stump up for a HW44. From what I've seen secondhand recently they are fetching nearly as much as I paid for my 110 and more than the Rohms that are available.

Evert - both lovely looking pistols but hens teeth themselves!

I think given the budget im looking at c. £250 tops for what is going to be used for less serious shooting I'm going to have to compromise and accept not all the boxes are going to be ticked. Being realistic I think I should take a look at a PP800 as it ticks most of the boxes. Despite not being self-indexing it is multi-shot and seems more likely to be the most accurate, fully adjustable sights, pcp and has the advantage of being easy to moderate for back garden use.

Thanks all for the input and suggestions, much appreciated and certainly gave food for thought.

[Edtwozeronine]

The pp800 certainly seems to fit your bill, I think it was the Artemis that chaps had at the club had but it came with a wooden ambidextrous grip that needed a chop down to access the loading port better. I noticed on current Artemis pistols they've gone to a plastic grip on Google image search it seems anyway.

[REDBULL]

There is the FX Ranchero, 8 shot mag, PCP, right handed. New they were £500. What the availability is now or the price I don't know.

[harvey_s]

The rhoms are PCP target pistols meant for Olympic shootists, none of the better known brands are particularly cheap. There's an smk I forget the model name but it was popular on the airgun forums for being a £200 introductory PCP pistol. The popular mod was to cut down or file down the pistol grip on it to provide better access to the loading port at the rear.

A couple of people picked them up at the club a few years ago and teamed them with a 2x PAO pistol scope.

...The Rohms have never been Olympic quality particularly the external hammer versions.

[harvey_s]

...just thought of another.... the Brocock Atomic.

[charliemow13]

Another suggestion that I had never come across before! I have to admit though after having had a ramble round the web I stumbled on a massive thread all about the PP800 on the other forum. The apparent ease with which they can be worked on and tweaked does appeal. None of the rifles I own or the HW40 went very long before they were disassembled into their constituent parts for a poke around so another pistol which is ripe for a bit of garage time would be an added bonus in my eyes. The inletting on the grip looks relatively straightforward as well so the clunky wood work could be improved or replaced. Better get saving!

[Geezer]

Aeron-Brno B96 and B98 are another, though scarce, option.

[Modski66]

Bit of a curve ball, but how about the Umarex S&W 586? Apart from it not being PCP, it seems to tick all your other boxes - self indexing, adjustable sights and a reasonable trigger.
I am not a great fan about the looks, but I have great fun shooting with mine - especially with the 0.22 9.5 inch barrel fitted.

[LewisYorks]

I don't know of anything you could get for 200-300 quid which ticks all your boxes.

I have a HW44 which is (I think) the ultimate plinker but it's not semi auto and you said it's too pricey.

I also have a Steyr EVO10 which is great again but again not multi shot and out of budget.

I would just stick with the usual CO2 plinkers or raise the budget and go for the Steyr you mentioned.

Lewis