The way i see it is why have all that length waving about in front like a snooker Q when you can have the same length barrel stuck out only half that far, got to make less prone to muzzle drift, also the weight is in close making it more stable, im talking off hand shooting here, for bench rest and the like the traditional layout would probably be more effective, imo.
Tho i think 2 grand is 2 much.
now there's a thought, getting a 10 Meter Olympic shooter to have a go on one in his discipline, to see how
how he/she gets on.
I know it should be 6Ft/Lbs and diopter sights.
I've seen someone successfully do it the other way around though , and shoot an FT course with a 10 meter rifle, mind you it was on a lovely still day.
I've just got my pulsar and a few observations I would mention are.
The scope height can increase the effects of canting the gun over, where the crosshairs and barrel are not perfectly in vertical alignment. So causing hits to the left or right of zero. Solution is to set everything up correctly to reduce the possibility of canting,
I find it really comfortable to hold on aim. But with a viper connect the weight was too far back and it made the muzzle drift about for standers . This could be due to my close in hold, but a full size normal scope shifted the balance point enough to give a much steadier hold,
it's a much nicer gun than a bobcat, it's all down to if you just want a tool to do a job or if you want a treasured posetion, the fit. Finish and engineering are exceptional on the pulsar,
The laser is fiddly to zero, and not bright enough to see in full sun. But it's a very useful rangefinder on an overcast day or round dawn/dusk, set to the same zero as your scope, if the dot is under. Your target is closer. Over and it's further away, easy enough to map onto a range card of your reticle
I love that it fits in the boot of my car in its hard case,
My particular one isn't pellet fussy and is very accurate and consistent. 3fps ve over 200 shots. Couldn't ask for better than that,
And I personally love the styling of them
Rifle doesn't fit the carry case with a mod on though. Keep an open eye on the spirit level and you won't cant it. It still doesn't shoot as accurately as my bobcat, although it is very very close now it has had near three thousand pellets through it. My bobcat took about 50 to run in. The laser is a waste of space and a pain to set. Mines now turned off. Having said said all that it is truly a remarkable rifle to shoot and handle.
I don't know a reason to buy one but lets ask the military or the police or the majority of rim fire manufacturers who are using/producing shorter more compact weapons these days as they are easier to carry and a bit lighter. Both the bobcat and pulsar provide a far larger shot count than the "conventional" rifles and are certainly more pointable than conventional rifles. And this is coming from the owner of one of the longest rifles currently on the market ie the steyr hunting 5 fitted with a sound moderator (47 1/2 inches in length). Even a reasonably short carbine such as the hw100 can not compete with the shot count of either the bobcat or pulsar. It was not that long ago i would have also dismissed a bullpup but now that i own a couple i don't really see myself going back to the longer rifles. The only short rifle i have had a go with recently that made me think just a bit more than twice was the steyr scout. That was really something to handle and shoot. Still a smaller shot count though. The best cocking mechanism of any rifle on the market in my opinion.
Military and police have very different requirements to field shooters, often the police simply adopting military weapons, the reason the SA80 was introduced by the army was pretty obvious to anyone who tried to de-bus from an Fv432 in a hurry with an SLR!
Bullpup design is to enable you to move in confined spaces, you could maybe argue it's practical if you shoot from a vehicle for instance, but I can think of no real reason to adopt a bullpup style for airgunners other than fashion!
Don't get me wrong I expect the Pulsar to be up to Daystates usual excellent standard, It's simply that I cannot think of a reason to buy one, and by one I mean any bullpup, it will allow no advantages over a conventional rifle for me so it's not worth buying, I would opt for the Wolverine personally!
I love Bullpup rifles but not handled the Pulsar yet.
I'm hoping Daystate will make a mechanical version of the Pulsar to keep price down and make it affordable for most including me lol
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A shooting buddy of mine bought the Pulsar Oro in .177 about five weeks ago. He was using it with a viper connect 3-12x24.
He traded it in for another rifle yesterday. Enough said really
So if anyone fancies an immaculate secondhand Pulsar Oro, give Kirklees gunshop in Huddersfield a call.
Is there such a thing as owning too many guns?