Talk me into a PCP?

[wildfowler.250]

Cheers gents. I’m sold on the pcp idea now. I can shoot well with the springer. But the off the bipod, pellet on pellet repeatability seems a no brainier. The springer can come out for plinking 

[Rat Boy]

IMHO springers are not as accurate as PCPs. My HW100 is more accurate than my shooting, if I miss a target it's my fault not the rifles. I have a 12ltr 300 bar dive bottle which gives loads of refills and I can get the dive bottle refilled about 30mins from home.  My only moan about the HW100 is the low shot count compared to the competition.  

[chrisjpainter]

3 hours ago, Rat Boy said:

IMHO springers are not as accurate as PCPs. My HW100 is more accurate than my shooting, if I miss a target it's my fault not the rifles. I have a 12ltr 300 bar dive bottle which gives loads of refills and I can get the dive bottle refilled about 30mins from home.  My only moan about the HW100 is the low shot count compared to the competition.  

This is an old thread and it looks like @wildfowler.250 has his answer, but this isn't really the case. It might be that you can shoot a PCP more accurately and it's certainly easier to shoot a PCP more accurately, but that's not altogether the same thing as the gun being more accurate in itself. Accuracy of the gun is about whether you can rely on it hitting the right spot time and again with all other variables being constant. But if the shooter isn't replicating those variables (aim point, grip, breathing etc.) then that's not the gun's fault. PCP's are just more forgiving with changes in the variables.

[oldypigeonpopper]

8 hours ago, chrisjpainter said:

This is an old thread and it looks like @wildfowler.250 has his answer, but this isn't really the case. It might be that you can shoot a PCP more accurately and it's certainly easier to shoot a PCP more accurately, but that's not altogether the same thing as the gun being more accurate in itself. Accuracy of the gun is about whether you can rely on it hitting the right spot time and again with all other variables being constant. But if the shooter isn't replicating those variables (aim point, grip, breathing etc.) then that's not the gun's fault. PCP's are just more forgiving with changes in the variables.

Good post, 👍

[Lloyd90]

On 20/01/2023 at 18:10, clangerman said:

here you go air arms s510 carbine faultless tool also. shot no end of crows with it 

My mate has one also, they are good… can you get a piccatiny rail for them though?

[Charliedog]

From my experience a PCP makes a decidedly average springer shooter into a never going to miss shooter very easily, PCP all day long for me.

[clangerman]

On 12/04/2023 at 09:48, Lloyd90 said:

My mate has one also, they are good… can you get a piccatiny rail for them though?

sorry forgot to reply I’m not sure on a rail but with the amount of owners would take a guess they do one 

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, did you get yourself a PCP, wildfowler ??

[BinaryB]

The HW100 comes with a rail which I thought a nice touch.