Just wanted to poke a little fun at you Dusty. Pcps can be very amazing also. You should make some time to enjoy yours. I actually have a guy bringing a Weirauch 100 for me to look at to our next 200 yards winter bench match. Do you know anything about that model?
Maybe so, but when you run out of air, I will still be shooting,lol.
My 6x24 x56 Hawke is over 8000 shots, seems to be doing pretty good don't you think? In our group no one has had a scope failure . But, no one is shooting Chink junk guns . Emmy new Diana 54 is getting a Sightron, we will see. Glad to see response from other airguns, even you guys from them dark side.
I know. I dont know about that model. I only got into airguns because i was gifted an FX royale, then i started wanting to shoot the ultimate benchrest match, watched what was winning, then got into daystates
You need one of those Thomas built guns, look like a rail gun.
Theyre on the line but just dont make it. I think its the 75yd groups and their low power that holds em back. Very nice pieces for their game though.
Old wives tale. I own 15 springers. Never broke a scope.
That is a nice one for sure
Yeah, but it wasn't a Red Ryder!
Which brand of scopes do you use?
Yes you will. I’m running a Sightron STAC (4-16x I think) on my Diana 34 and so far it’s performed well. But I don’t have many shots on it yet and it’s only shooting at 11 ft-lb. The 54 is nearly twice the power.
I have Hawke, Element, UTG, Vortex scopes on my springers. All are inexpensive Chinese manufactured in the $200-$300 range. Most likely made in the same factory.
Ive seen most brands of guns in my days and a daystate is finished as good as the finest. The stock on my red wolf is glass smooth with zero trash or sags like it was sanded and buffed, the entire rifle doesnt even have a machined spot on any metal like they hand polished each piece, the laser engraving you cant even feel, even the wiring and magazines are absolute perfection. I wish they made rimfires or centerfires.PCP rifles are awesome and amazingly accurate at their very limited effective ranges. But there’s a line I have to draw in the sand when it comes to how much money I will spend on one. The price tags on Daystate and some other brands is just insane when you think about how much that same amount of money will buy you in a custom centerfire rifle. Im sure Daystate makes really nice products but there’s no way my mind could ever justify spending that much money on an air rifle.
PS: Once you go PCP, you’ll never go back to springers
