First Bullpup

[Carrott]

I'm looking at various bullpups around the £500 mark. This will be the first - and maybe the last - I buy, so I'd be grateful for some pointers please.

Rifles on my shortlist are

Artemis P15
Artemis P35
Kral Puncher Breaker
Stoeger XM1
Reximex Regime

All will be in .177 cal.
Has anyone strong views on any of the above? - positive or negative. Other suggestions considered too.
I have yet to visit my RFD to see what feels good. Obviously this will be a deciding factor for my gibbon arms.
Cheers.

[tinbum]

My first Bullpup PCP was a P15, it was also my last.

I'm sure there's reasons for having one, but sooner or later you're gonna see it!?

[32:1]

My first was the p15 and what a pile of trash that was, the kral breaker was good and took a tuneup very well, the reximex stuff is getting decent reviews

Take a look around and you should find a good used example if its just a tryout, and one thing I found made a bullpup much nicer to shoot was xtra high scope mounts.

The good news is Ive stopped using rifles out hunting as a bullpup is so much better for me, and if you enjoy your tryout you have a great journey trying some excellent pups from Kalibrgun Edgun AGT Taipan Airmaks, enjoy the ride

Chris

[Black Beard]

I've got a couple of Krals.

The puncher breaker is really nice with the right pellet. It is quite top heavy and the valve bounces which wastes air a bit. You will double the shot count if you fix it up.

I've also got a Kral NP02 which I think is a better fit for me.

[Carrott]

My first Bullpup PCP was a P15, it was also my last.

I'm sure there's reasons for having one, but sooner or later you're gonna see it!?

Yeah, it's a replacement for an Artemis pistol. Just fancied something different

[Anothermiss]

I had a tuned artemis p10... Superb thing but a little heavy.
Then went into p15s.. I've not had a bad one and the (good ones? ) I've had/have are phenomenal for the price bracket. Super lightweight, high shot count and great accuracy.
I now have an AGT vulcan 2 which is my go to gun.

[Carrott]

Went for the Stoeger XM1. Fit was the best out of the four I tried. Couldn't get my hand in the grip of the P35. Strange.
Really tempted by beautiful rifles outside my price range, but stayed within my budget.
Just need to get the Stoeger set up unfortunately the rain's coming down in stair rods for the foreseeable.

[capt hindsight]

Loving my P15, fairly new but already shooting on par with my HW100, both guns grouping nice at 40 yards with Baracuda Match pellets.

The lever seems to have been improved over the earlier models that suffered from the pin working loose. I prefer the single shot tray over the mag and found it neccesary to fit a butt hook and extended cheek piece. The trigger and finish are perfectly good too, if you want a lightweight (2kg) well worth a look.