Air Rifle Price Cap???

[Auto1191]

I also shot one of these and was pleased with the results.

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This one also made the list.

Benjamin Marauder Gen 3 PCP Air Rifle | Pyramyd AIR

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I will say this. All air rifles do the same thing , . They get filled with air, & launch a projectile . We or myself fall down the rabbit hole. Follow the stupid INFLUENCERS, & get caught up in the web. Honestly here is this Forum you will get the true honesty answers. NO YouTube videos. Just say NO LOL

 

[Auto1191]

I would rather have these 4 for the price of a king, I know they are not as refined
but if I can hit a varmint at 50 yards I am good and will like the variety. Plus when
I am walking through the woods I sometimes use the rifle to break through the thick brush.
And I can't picture myself doing that with a 3K King.

Barra 270z - Wood | PCP Air Rifle | Utah Airguns

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Macavity Arms Agility MA3 Long (Beech) | Utah Airguns

Macavity Arms Agility MA3 Long in Beech is a premium, precision-engineered long barrel PCP air rifle with beautiful beech stock built for exceptional accuracy.

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Umarex Gauntlet Limited PCP Air Rifle | Pyramyd AIR

We've got a great price on the Umarex Gauntlet Limited PCP Air Rifle. Get a great price and expert advice at Pyramyd for your next outdoor adventure!

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Kral Arms Puncher Bighorn PCP Air Rifle | Pyramyd AIR

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MAC is not proven yet . If A company has a recall BUYER BE ware

 

[Danman]

3K canadian ($2200-ish USD) is my personal cap. And only just once, I had to see for myself what its all about. In my country there are far fewer used airguns out & about so to wait for something you want  used could be a while.

I see the FX impact mentioned alot in this thread.....as a bird pester I too fell in love with the M3; good looking, tactical, tons of on-board air, multiple calibers, bullpup, powerful, huge mag, way too many accessories, far to many o-rings, mixed reviews, infinitely tuneable...So i went Brk (Ghost) after knowing what I wanted.

Did the same thing with a Springer....$1400 on a Walnut TX200, had to see what the fuss was about. Thats a TON of coin for a 13fpe, single shot .177, scope wrecking, hold sensitive, oh so gorgeous, super accurate (if you do your part), tanky airgun!
Guess what though? Same story as my Brk, it has been apart a few times needing some minor work in the few years I've owned them.

I'm in @FL22's boat, the last 2 cars I bought cost me $900 (Civic) and $1000 (Accord). Absolutely solid cars & guess where the money i saved went to?
People have laughed at me for spending 3k on an airgun, and then pay $400 monthly for their brand new vehicle that lost (3k??) the moment it left the lot.

 

[Awl In]

I have played with lots of toys as I age. For me, motorsports are analagous to my newfound airgun habbit. I happily spend $$$$ making the hotrod go faster, knowing that more horsepower almost always means a shorter operating life. So, we replace turbos, invest in forged internals, all so we can go faster, and know, eventually, we will rebuild.

Its a matter of measuring the pleasure I get from the toy I bought, with the pain it causes when I open my wallet. If the toy brings a good measure of dopamine, and for a good spell, then the price is almost always worth it. If I spend big bucks, and the toy fails, well, there is the buyers remorse.

Im not sure what I said, but I feel better.

 

[Fred Bear]

I find that every time I draw a line in the sand. The makers come up with something new and better. As they should. I have stepped into the semi automatic side of our sport. So now I have moved the line in the sand. I agree with Awl In. Feels good right up until it breaks. What I do know is. I'll come here first for the truth before I go to YouTube. Stopping my rant for now because my dogs don't like me not paying attention to them

 

[Auto1191]

I find that every time I draw a line in the sand. The makers come up with something new and better. As they should. I have stepped into the semi automatic side of our sport. So now I have moved the line in the sand. I agree with Awl In. Feels good right up until it breaks. What I do know is. I'll come here first for the truth before I go to YouTube. Stopping my rant for now because my dogs don't like me not paying attention to them

The old saying , What you pay is what you get, I don't think this applys to air rifles though. purchasing a expensive rifle has no guarantees that it will leak or breakdown at any rate of time. One example is FX, 3 year warranty, Daystate 5 year warranty. the window of failure, probably a leak, or rebuild. In my opinion a Daystate will last longer than a FX do to build Quality, stonger components & materials

 

[Ezana4CE]

Do you have a 'price cap' on what you'll spend for an air rifle?

35yrs back when I bought my first PCP air rifle it was a $600 rifle (Falcon FN19 Single Shot). In those days that was considered a 'high end' air rifle. I would not have chosen to afforded it if a retailer hadn't offered me a special, secret deal.

Today, most consider $2000 and up air rifles as 'high end'. Even today I find it hard to consider buying any air rifle that cost more than $500. I think it's harder for us older people to spend $2000 for an air rifle when we lived during times when prices were so much less for air rifles and pellets.

I think that the price versus the satisfaction of use should be discussed more within this conversation. I don't particularly enjoy having to take months to explore and tune an air rifle to get it shooting the way I like in order to hunt. I can stand a few days of testing, adjusting, and documenting what works best and what doesn't, but beyond that I'm ready to hit the woods. One airgun platform that stands out in that regard in my airgun journey has been the Huben K1 platform. I own a K1 and GK1 and I didn't need to adjust them much while exploring these guns before hunting with them. One is regulated and the other unregulated. I never touched the regulator on the K1. I only adjusted the power wheel. The worst thing that occurred is I tried hunting with slugs too soon with the K1 and was not shooting a particular slug accurately enough. I maimed one squirrel. Because I caught it on video, I was able to learn from it which caused me to focus intently on pellet testing. That didn't take long. I still use DOPE from 2 years ago and it's still good. I didn't take long to learn which pellet the GK1 shoots acceptably, although I am a poor pistol shooter.

My point is this. For both of these airguns I spent less than $1500 each, one used, one new. I thought this to be a very reasonable price range considering what I already paid for other guns in my airgun collection versus what this platform offered that my other airguns did not. With that in mind I have zero complaints about the price paid, performance, or time spent to learn the platform. This is especially true considering how many animals I've taken with my Hubens and how much time I have been able to enjoy shooting them during target practice and learning the platform. I didn't experience wonky barrels, faulty parts, strange designs, poor customer support, hard to access information, parts, or schematics. I experienced magazine jams in the K1 and a leak in the GK1. That's it. All of these aspects are factored into my purchasing decisions. This is part of why I enjoy forums because I get to watch members who don't mind taking an airgun and going through all of the exploration of an early version of a new platform. I don't want to pay anyone to do this. I'm not sure I'd want to be paid to do this either. I prefer to hunt and I'd likely consider being paid to do that if someone deemed me worthy and we could come to an agreement on the specifics.

Anyhow, can we discuss the concept of how the consumer factors their enjoyment into determine their spending limits a bit more here? Which intangible elements are you as an airgunner factoring in to your price cap(s) in the context of the original question within this thread?

 

[JungleShooter]

Which intangible elements are you as an airgunner factoring into your price cap(s) in the context of the original question within this thread?

I know some people don't care about this, but....:

If I'm going to spend this much money, on what is basically a toy (it's a tool for a hobby, it's not a necessity of life) — then besides quality and precision an ︎intangible element that determines my price cap is visual appearance.

⭓If the gun is ugly (and there are truly some uglies out there!), I can still have fun hunting, but it shouldn't cost more than a couple hundred bucks.

⭓If I'm paying half a grand, the gun should like nice, with no obvious visual design errors like huge gaps between shroud and airtube/bottle, wonky proportions of the stock, etc.

⭓If I'm paying a grand or more, the gun must be attractive, it must have a wow-factor.


Condem me for being superficial... it's my nickel! (or, really my 20.000 nickels).

Matthias

 

[Fred Bear]

I know some people don't care about this, but....:

If I'm going to spend this much money, on what is basically a toy (it's a tool for a hobby, it's not a necessity of life) — then besides quality and precision an ︎intangible element that determines my price cap is visual appearance.

⭓If the gun is ugly (and there are truly some uglies out there!), I can still have fun hunting, but it shouldn't cost more than a couple hundred bucks.

⭓If I'm paying half a grand, the gun should like nice, with no obvious visual design errors like huge gaps between shroud and airtube/bottle, wonky proportions of the stock, etc.

⭓If I'm paying a grand or more, the gun must be attractive, it must have a wow-factor.


Condem me for being superficial... it's my nickel! (or, really my 20.000 nickels).

Matthias

Ok you got me. Had to go to the calculator to figure that.

 

[jps2486]

I've been retired almost 30 years and have been dabbling in airguns way before that, but since about 2011, I started getting into it big time. I've bought and sold practically every rifle on the market, sometimes just to prove how good they are based on forum comments. I still have a modest collection of the guns I like most and ones that I use for competition. Don't ask me which is my favorite because they were all my favorite at one time or another. During the long cold midwestern winter, I took a shine for springers and found that I could buy 5 or 6 for the price of one upper end PCP. Well I did and enjoyed shooting them in my basement. Price limit?? I get squeemish when it's over about $2200, but now I'm a bit more patient and find some real nice stuff on the used market for considerable savings. I've made some nice trades too. Despite the cost of this stuff, it's a lot cheaper than golf, motorcycles, ATVs, photography and such. At least with good quality airguns, you can get 50-60 percent of your investment back as long as you take care of them and not bugger them up internally or externally.

 

[Auto1191]

Ok you got me. Had to go to the calculator to figure that.

You & I Both

 

[JungleShooter]

Had to go to the calculator to figure that.

You & I Both

How do you think I figured it before I typed it...?!

Had to get a calculator.
'Cause the brain's rusty....

Matthias

 

[Auto1191]

I've been retired almost 30 years and have been dabbling in airguns way before that, but since about 2011, I started getting into it big time. I've bought and sold practically every rifle on the market, sometimes just to prove how good they are based on forum comments. I still have a modest collection of the guns I like most and ones that I use for competition. Don't ask me which is my favorite because they were all my favorite at one time or another. During the long cold midwestern winter, I took a shine for springers and found that I could buy 5 or 6 for the price of one upper end PCP. Well I did and enjoyed shooting them in my basement. Price limit?? I get squeemish when it's over about $2200, but now I'm a bit more patient and find some real nice stuff on the used market for considerable savings. I've made some nice trades too. Despite the cost of this stuff, it's a lot cheaper than golf, motorcycles, ATVs, photography and such. At least with good quality airguns, you can get 50-60 percent of your investment back as long as you take care of them and not bugger them up internally or externally.

Price cap should be what one can afford & justify, If you are going to have a purpose for the investment that you made then , so be it. Go out & enjoy yourself. We are all adults , that love our airifles. Little kids we are ,with are big boy toys!

 

[Auto1191]

I've been retired almost 30 years and have been dabbling in airguns way before that, but since about 2011, I started getting into it big time. I've bought and sold practically every rifle on the market, sometimes just to prove how good they are based on forum comments. I still have a modest collection of the guns I like most and ones that I use for competition. Don't ask me which is my favorite because they were all my favorite at one time or another. During the long cold midwestern winter, I took a shine for springers and found that I could buy 5 or 6 for the price of one upper end PCP. Well I did and enjoyed shooting them in my basement. Price limit?? I get squeemish when it's over about $2200, but now I'm a bit more patient and find some real nice stuff on the used market for considerable savings. I've made some nice trades too. Despite the cost of this stuff, it's a lot cheaper than golf, motorcycles, ATVs, photography and such. At least with good quality airguns, you can get 50-60 percent of your investment back as long as you take care of them and not bugger them up internally or externally.

I had many as well . We all want & have to have. I acually bought an Airforce Texan Tx2 valve .45 LSS just to see what all the Hype was about. ( power trip). I was hanging on , bracing myself for all that power. Over 600 ft/lbs of energy. What on earth was I thinking LOL. It was fun, really accurate for a true big Bore. Then I sold it LOL !!!!

 

[Splash]

I just spent my limit for an airgun .... $414.00 Swarm Mag Pro .22 Gen3i [New One] & 3 tins of different types of ammo, A soft waterproof case and a cleaning kit. Gun was $50 off for black friday deal so .....

 

[JungleShooter]

I just spent my limit for an airgun .... $414.00.

⭓Good for you.
⭓Congrats on the deal you scored.



And....
let's talk in a couple of years again.
You already might be up to 4 digits with your limit.


(Ask me how I know.)

Matthias