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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » what should i get?    View previous topic :: View next topic  what should i get?   Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:06 pm airgunsforfun Member Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Location: middle of nowhere Well soon were having a garage sell and i was wonder what pump gun should i buy something just for plinking i had a idea of getting a daisy grizzly what do you think? _________________ take pride , its a daisy...   Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:34 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Look for a Sheridan. I think .20 is a great pumper caliber. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:55 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area Don't you think that recommending a Sheridan to someone talking about a Daisy Grizzly is quite a jump in price? I mean from around $50.00 to $180.00 and up. Yes the Sheridan is a good pump but not every one gets to start with the expensive guns some of us have limited resources for new hobbies. I don't know much about pumps as I had a Benjamin 392 for a while but that is all. Here is a link to Pyramydair.com where you can read some reviews and compare the pumpers. Maybe it will help. http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/show.pl?cmd_category=show&category_id=26   Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:06 pm Juggernaut0504 Member Joined: 03 Dec 2009 Posts: 44 Daisy's are a great little gun. quick to load too. youll love it for plinkin   Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:18 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho i have a power modded benji .22 392. 25+ fpe and LOUD!! that's with 14 pumps. but, with only 6 pumps it runs 650 fps/14.3. what's your budget? i have around $300 tied up in mine. 3 easy pumps is 500fps/14.3. good for cans out to 20 yards. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:11 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: Well soon were having a garage sell and i was wonder what pump gun should i buy something just for plinking i had a idea of getting a daisy grizzly what do you think? And... Quote: Don't you think that recommending a Sheridan to someone talking about a Daisy Grizzly is quite a jump in price? I mean from around $50.00 to $180.00 and up. If airgunsforfun is talking about using the proceeds of a garage sale to buy an airgun, then we are talking about the Grizzly. In that price range there are probably two options; the Daisy Grizzly and the Crosman 760. Both are plastic and sheet metal construction. Both are smoothbore, and shoot both pellets and steel BB's. Both have about the same size stock. Both will accept a scope. Triggers are about the same feel. Probably about the same accuracy. The Grizzly is a single stroke pneumatic, and slower (but maybe easier). The 760 can be made faster with multiple strokes (but maybe a little harder to operate). I would call it a draw. Either the 760 or the Grizzly will work for backyard or basement plinking, but not much else. They can certainly be fun, but I think you'll outgrow them pretty quick. If you can make it to the $100.00 mark there will be more and better choices. If the Grizzly is truly your price range, then I would say go for it and have fun. Almost forgot - if a pistol would serve your needs as well as a long gun, consider the Beeman P17 or the Crosman 1377. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:17 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA I took the liberty of moving this thread out of the "want to buy" section. Just for the heck of it, I took a Daisy 845 and a Crosman 66 down to the range in the basement. (The Daisy 845 is the Grizzly with peep sights; I shot the Crosman with open sights.) Both are smoothbore, and both were shot with Crosman Premier hollow points like you would find at Walmart. The range was 10 meters from a rest. The Daisy is a single-stroke pneumatic, and the Crosman multiple-stroke - I gave it two pumps to be sure the pellet would clear the barrel: Accuracy was a wash: The triggers felt about the same. The Crosman has a wider loading port, and was way easier to load than the Daisy: _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:39 pm oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA If you can pull it off, you can get some decent break barrel rifles around 90-110 bucks. I know that's kind of high for garage sale money, but my first break barrel was a crosman storm XT and it was worth every dime in my opinion. I still shoot it alot even though I like CO2 rifles and pistols better personally. Good luck!!! _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!"   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:54 pm VENI VIDI VICI Member Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Posts: 71 Daisy 22 sg if I was gonna buy a pumper!   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:59 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: If you can pull it off, you can get some decent break barrel rifles around 90-110 bucks. He's right. Here's an example: This is my son's Gamo Young Hunter. it was a $90.00 rifle with a $25.00 scope. Same pellets and range as before. (The gun has not been tuned.) More power, more accuracy, easier to load, and more durable. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:11 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area Academy stores are selling the Accuair Force break barrel .177 pellet rifle for $49.00. We bought one and it seems quite well made (surprise), accurate and powerful. You would need to clean it as it will probably have oil or grease all over it.   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:05 pm kanyon Silver Status Member Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1582 Location: New Zealand A PCP and a hand pump..... well its a pumper.."sort of"...   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:08 pm kanyon Silver Status Member Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1582 Location: New Zealand donec wrote: Academy stores are selling the Accuair Force break barrel .177 pellet rifle for $49.00. We bought one and it seems quite well made (surprise), accurate and powerful. You would need to clean it as it will probably have oil or grease all over it. Accuair come out of the Kral factory..I think a cheaper / lower cost range.. Pete   Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:11 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area kanyon wrote: donec wrote: Academy stores are selling the Accuair Force break barrel .177 pellet rifle for $49.00. We bought one and it seems quite well made (surprise), accurate and powerful. You would need to clean it as it will probably have oil or grease all over it. Accuair come out of the Kral factory..I think a cheaper / lower cost range.. Pete I know it is Turkish made. As it says so on it etched into the metal with a hand held electric etcher but the etching really looks kind of special like attention to detail and pride of workmanship. what should i get?     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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