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Hi All,
Yep, I did fall off the face of the planet for a bit. Been a whole lot happen in the last year-ish. Been super busy at work, busy at home with the chickens, quail and turkeys. Also got married, refinanced the house, and blew out my right knee this time around. Waiting on an MRI later this month to determine if i need surgery.
For those that think of a pellet gun as a toy, here's a link to me shooting the latest plinking pellet gun I purchased.
It's a Benjamin Armada. .22 caliber, pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) powered, 1000+ FPS, ~30 ft/lbs of muzzle energy, bolt action with a 10 round magazine, and gets 30-35 consistent shots from a 3000 PSI fill. It'll crank out 40+ shots, but you can tell the power begins to drop a little after 40 rounds.
Cheap to feed (about $8 for a tin of 500 pellets), so quiet you can carry on a conversation within a few feet of whomever is shooting, has enough power to drop everything up to coon/possum size, up to coyote size plus if you're a good headshot and can get 'em right in the brain pan. A little heavy, but the bipod negates that. The 4-16x56 scope brings everything right up to you, and the mil dot crosshairs make it easy to compensate for drop and wind. It will reach out to 100 yards without much trouble, as well. Factory installed silencer in the barrel shroud does a great job.
It's an awesome plinking, pest, and varmint gun. Plenty of rails to mount stuff on, MIL spec pistol grip and butt, any AR type MIL spec grip and butt fit. It isn't cheap, but fate smiled upon me and I found one for $300 off in a sporting goods store in Michigan. It replaces my Benjamin Trail XL 1500, which was another .22 caliber pellet gun with similar performance, but not as accurate or quiet.
Anybody else out there an avid air gunner?
Yep, I did fall off the face of the planet for a bit. Been a whole lot happen in the last year-ish. Been super busy at work, busy at home with the chickens, quail and turkeys. Also got married, refinanced the house, and blew out my right knee this time around. Waiting on an MRI later this month to determine if i need surgery.
For those that think of a pellet gun as a toy, here's a link to me shooting the latest plinking pellet gun I purchased.
It's a Benjamin Armada. .22 caliber, pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) powered, 1000+ FPS, ~30 ft/lbs of muzzle energy, bolt action with a 10 round magazine, and gets 30-35 consistent shots from a 3000 PSI fill. It'll crank out 40+ shots, but you can tell the power begins to drop a little after 40 rounds.
Cheap to feed (about $8 for a tin of 500 pellets), so quiet you can carry on a conversation within a few feet of whomever is shooting, has enough power to drop everything up to coon/possum size, up to coyote size plus if you're a good headshot and can get 'em right in the brain pan. A little heavy, but the bipod negates that. The 4-16x56 scope brings everything right up to you, and the mil dot crosshairs make it easy to compensate for drop and wind. It will reach out to 100 yards without much trouble, as well. Factory installed silencer in the barrel shroud does a great job.
It's an awesome plinking, pest, and varmint gun. Plenty of rails to mount stuff on, MIL spec pistol grip and butt, any AR type MIL spec grip and butt fit. It isn't cheap, but fate smiled upon me and I found one for $300 off in a sporting goods store in Michigan. It replaces my Benjamin Trail XL 1500, which was another .22 caliber pellet gun with similar performance, but not as accurate or quiet.
Anybody else out there an avid air gunner?