I agree. I’m with you all the way there Tone.
Following on from your subsequent post regarding the “deadness” of PCP’s, I understand that as my first experience was exactly the same, however, I have changed my view on them……………
…….. As you know my first air rifle back in 2015 was an HW77 and I saw no reason at the time why I would need anything else
. I bought it in the June, attended my first Bash in the September and was invited by Chris (Baldinio) to join him for a bit of rabbit hunting up in Middlesbrough which I did in the November.
At some point during the day, Chris offered me a shoot with his PCP, an AA S410 I think ? I knew nothing about PCP’s at that time. So, I had a shoot (at a tree or something) with it and I immediately said “I don’t like that”. It felt like a toy and as you say… ‘dead’. Anyway, a few hours later after stalking around we sat for a rest, Chris placed a small cigar tin in a tree for us to plink at. He was hitting it with every shot and I couldn’t manage a hit with my 77 so he said “have a go with this” and handed me the S410 again………. And…… ding,ding,ding I never missed. With a big grin, I looked at Chris and said “I want one of these”
I went on to shoot my first rabbit that day with the PCP (with the help of a ten foot branch as you’ll recall Tone
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I have two PCP’s now but I’ve never taken one to a Bash. I only ever took them to my club/range to either zero or pellet test. However, over the years, they are the tools I go to when ratting, rabbiting or squirrel shooting.
Springers however are much, much more fun and satisfying to shoot IMO.