Anyone shooting PCP air rifles? Looking to get started with one.

[longrange2]

I am thinking about picking up a mid range PCP like a Benjamin Marauder or Kratos, thinking .22 cal for the first one. The big hurdle for me is the air tank. The better air tanks can cost more than the rifle. Anyone shooting PCPs and have any tips on tanks and recharging the rifle without spending an arm and leg? Any places that can fill a 4500 psi tank? With the ongoing ammo shortage I don’t want to dip into my stockpile but pellets seem very available and not very expensive. I’ve got a few acres so I’ve got room to shoot, plus plenty of various varmints to whack.

[DFBrews]

Short reply on phone and moving about.

Paintball and scuba places can fill to 4500 same day turn around they also hydrostatic test tanks you bring in and sell used tanks. A 10 dollar full of a tank will fill your gun multiple times best part of pcp rifles is shooting pellets that weigh the same as a .22lr above 1000 fps

[BPTactical]

I have a Hatsan Gladius bull pup and a FX Dreamliner, both .22.
I can usually get 5 magazines through the FX before I recharge the tank. I can’t even remember when I filled the tank last. Don’t shoot the Hatsan much since I got the FX, probably going to sell it.
A buddy of mine has a compressor and fills my tank but like I said, it has been a long time.
How you tune the rifle has a lot to do with how much air you go through. Maximum power does not equate to maximum accuracy.
Careful, air guns are a deep and sometimes expensive rabbit hole to go down, especially if you like tinkering.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I have a handpump -- sort of like an overbuilt bicycle tire pump -- as well as an adapter that lets me fill cartridges from a scuba tank.

https://www.pyramydair.com/s/a/Air_V..._4500_PSI/9654

[Irving]

What's the effective range on something like this? Sounds like a pretty awesome small game rifle.

[O2HeN2]

Just in case no one knows, there's an air rifle specialty place just down I25 from most of us in Walsenburg called RL Airgun Supply.

Extremely knowledgeable folks, I've been buying locally for years, that's where I got my Air Force .25 caliber PCP rifle.

Sounds like a pretty awesome small game rifle.

Heck, you can go for larger game with an air rifle, the Air Force Texan is available in up to .50 caliber!

O2

Ps. Not all SCUBA shops can pump to 4500 PSI, but paintball shops can, and they're far more familiar with high-pressure and fiberglass/carbon fiber cylinders, too (which the SCUBA industry doesn't use).

[JethroBodine]

Pellet guns have come a long way since I was a kid and as BPTactical said it's a deep Rabbit hole if you choose to follow it, lol. One forum to look at would be GTA - Gateway To Airguns, another is Airgun Nation, both have a lot of info. As far as effective range it all depends on what you decide on, there many different calibers available and pellet choices, some even look like bullets instead of pellets. I've seen some youtube videos showing guys killing hogs with 22 cal PCP's. Granted it takes a while for them to die and shot placement is critical. There are some PCP's that have a hand pump built into the forearm like the Nova Freedom. You can pump up to 3000 psi with it and shoot up to 10 pellets before needing to pump again.

I've been away from air guns for a while but the Marauder has been around a long time. Which is a good thing, there are many improvements and replacement parts.

[00tec]

Anyone dieseling with them as well? Curious how it changes velocity as compared to dieseling a air piston rifle.

[BladesNBarrels]

Okay, you got me started down the rabbit hole:

[bradbn4]

Ok, I will bite

What is the cost of the compressor?

I have an old PCP setup with a small re-fill tank that I use to use on the farm.

I figure around 300 - 400 price range?