Cheap PCP's

[Bunny-on-Bunnyr]

I spent two weeks with a three or so year old Gamo Phox, far too light for my liking / cycling was a little rough but a hella lot of rifle for £350 new at the time.
Chap who bought it paid £240 s/h, still owns / uses it daily about his farm.
I've shot the cheap Stoeger pcp as well, iirc a bit more expensive (£400ish) than the Phox though it does have an adjustable comb - which most £1000 rifles dont have!
Gamo GX40 is pretty much the same thing but £350 (current price).
These were second hand rifles my gunsmith has had in - blink and ya missems and none come back for repair, only to be traded in against something more advanced rinse-repeat.

[Strimmer]

I bought a ata airborne. Fantastic gun, looked and felt nice, apart from I couldn't shoot it as the seals went before I could. 3 times from new. Got my money back.

Years ago, ags pcr-1. Very budget at the time PCP, worked for the session, but as soon as you touched the barrel or left it stand it lost pressure and zero. Couldnt pump it up from a stirrup either from empty, had to be a bottle, which I didn't have being skint and living in the sticks at the time.


I believe these new guns (most of Turkish descent) will be fine, but I don't think for a moment they will still be 'tight' in 20 years time like older quality makes, just look at rapids, falcons, super 10s and s410s, still going strong. I always wanted a shiny new gun, but I've learned to buy quality secondhand instead, which is a shame as nothing progresses with out selling new designs off if you catch my meaning

[rapidresponse1]

the old saying you get what you pay for

[evert]

Expensive guns are not always the best guns- sometimes you pay a lot for overcomplicated solutions to problems that dont exist

[32:1]

Expensive guns are not always the best guns- sometimes you pay a lot for overcomplicated solutions to problems that dont exist

Thats true, how many orings in an impact and how many in a rapid, but the buying public apparently needs bling and gadgets to excite them, where’s the fun in cleaning a course with an s400 when you could spend a bit more and look much cooler.

Ive recently been shooting BR25 and my PB is tied with three rifles, and Anshutz 9015, HFT500 and a Kral project, none are as delivered and all have tweaks of some sort.

Chris

[Shed tuner]

I think this is the key point.. cheap rifles with a poor design and crap materials are goign to be crap.

cheap rifles with a good, but basic design, and reasonable quality materials are likely to be fine, although you may need to smooth off any rough edges (literally and figuratively) as QC costs money.

I have a couple of Krals, and put them in the latter category; fairly simple design, materials and build quality are adequate, and frankly I find them excellent valuye for money.