The new Air Venturi Avenge-X Tactical Carbine is another example of the current trend for compact versions of popular PCP air rifles. It’s interesting to see this move away from ever longer and more powerful air rifles in favor of traditional airgun qualities of (relatively) small size and light weight.
Hard Air Magazine conducted an extensive review of the full-length Avenge-X Tactical and the HAM Team was very impressed. It earned a HAM Gold Award with a score of 91% on test.
So what’s the difference between that and the Carbine version? Well, basically the action is the same but the Carbine has a shorter barrel and correspondingly-smaller HPA capacity.
Here’s the comparison.
| Carbine | Full Length | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Length | 33.25 - 36.5 Inches | 40.5 - 43.75 Inches |
| Barrel Length | 15.75 Inches | 22.8 Inches |
| Air Tube Capacity | 130 cc | 210 cc |
| Bottle Capacity | 300 cc | 400 cc |
| Weight (Tube Model) | 5.4 Lbs | 6.9 Lbs |
| Weight (Bottle Model) | 5.8 Lbs | 7.3 Lbs |
So we have an air rifle that’s much more maneuverable, lighter and easier to carry. You can see the carbine being more suited to hunting, pesting and plinking.
Conversely, the full length gun would excel (again relatively) at target shooting and longer-range stuff.
Now, of course, there’s always a price to be paid for everything in life. In the case of the Avenge-X Tactical Carbine, it’s somewhat less power and a lower number of shots per fill.
The next table shows how that works…
| Carbine | Full Length | |
|---|---|---|
| Max Power .177 | 21 Ft/lbs | 29 Ft/Lbs |
| Max Power .22 | 38 Ft/Lbs | 49 Ft/Lbs |
| Max Power .25 | 50 Ft/Lbs | 60 Ft/Lbs |
| Max Shots .177 (Tube/Bottle) | 55/95 | 110/210 |
| Max Shots .22 (Tube/Bottle) | 35/65 | 80/180 |
| Max Shots .25 (Tube/Bottle) | 30/60 | 55/110 |
Now, the Carbine’s performance is still very good. So the question for potential owners is an interesting one, indeed.
Below we see a comparison between the bottle gun (top) and tube version. As with the full-length version, Air Venturi provides a choice for its customers.
As a reminder, the action is the same on both models, as we see below.
And the price? Well, it’s the same for both the Avenge-X Tactical Carbine and the full-length model. That’s a selling price of $529.99 for the tube guns and $759.99 for those powered by an HPA bottle.
Tough choice, eh?
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Air Venturi Avenge-X Tactical Carbine
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I looked in the mirror ALOT when I bought my Brk Ghost (All in it's over 4k now
) but it's been worth it to me. I can laser a small bird @ 100 and walk around with 200 rnds in my pocket (that cost me $18 taxes in) I took out a coon a few weeks ago....req 1 shot to the dome. I can dial power up or down and get all kinds of speeds. I could swap barrels from .177 to .30 with only 15 minutes needed to swap and "rezero". This spring I dumped a starling 80Y away and my neighbors (off to the side) were out and didn't have a clue. Try doing any of that with an Hmr! I got my gun license last year, and to be honest haven't gotten and pb guns yet....I'd probably only shoot em 4/5 times a year?!....just not worth it vs almost weekly with my air powered stuff! I however wouldn't spend a dime over $1.5k on any pb rifle
