The New BRK Saguaro Is At AoA

There’s a new PCP air rifle at Airguns of Arizona. It’s the BRK Saguaro. (BRK Saguaro Performance, to give its’ full title).

The Saguaro is a large, tree-like cactus that’s native to the Sonoran desert. Everyone who has shot at Extreme Benchrest has seen them, but fewer know it’s official Latin name of Carnegiea Gigantea.

Anyhow, this new air rifle is named the “BRK Saguaro”, not the “BRK Carnegiea Gigantea”. Phew!

The Saguaro is a development of the well-known, classic BRK Sniper XR. Hard Air Magazine reviewed this gun in its “Magnum” form back in 2020 and liked it a lot. It easily earned a HAM Gold Award for its performance on test.

Compared to the “base” Sniper XR, the new Saguaro sells for just $96 more. But it offers a huge amount of additional value.

Most obviously we see the Saguaro’s custom OD Green Cerakote finish on stock and barrel shroud. The combination of this nearly indestructible ballistic nylon stock, complete with adjustable butt and cheekpiece, plus 17-Inch barrel, positions the Saguaro as an ideal hunting tool.

Performance-wise, the Saguaro makes a substantial increase on that of the base Sniper XR. In .22 caliber, the Saguaro delivers up to 50 Ft/Lbs of Muzzle Energy. That’s 20 Ft/Lbs (67%) more than that of the base model.

In .25 caliber, the increase is an additional 17 Ft/Lbs, making a maximum of 57 Ft/Lbs.

These are impressive figures and they are the result of the unseen, internal improvements that the AoA specialists have made to the Sniper XR platform.

I spoke to AoA’s Lauren Parsons about the Saguaro as she has shot the new model extensively. “This is a re-take on an old classic”, she explained. “It’s been super tuned internally. Effectively all the hard work has been done for you. All you need to do is to take it out and shoot.”

Lauren also reminded me that the BRK Sniper platform has some serious capability. Claudio Flores won Extreme Benchrest in 2018 using a Sniper and some of the tweaks incorporated into that gun are also present in the Saguaro, she says.

Lauren told me that she has found the new BRK Saguaro to shoot very well with JSB Monster redesigned pellets and lighter slugs such as the JSB Knock-Out.

The BRK Saguaro is in stock at Airguns of Arizona now. The price is $1,695.99.


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[Danman]

Make one in .177, detune it to 20-25fpe and ship it to Canada! Absolutely perfect pesting rig.

 

[pan60]

Make one in .177, detune it to 20-25fpe and ship it to Canada! Absolutely perfect pesting rig.

why not .22 and chunk lighter pellets?

 

[Solo1]

If you read the specs it has a power adjuster from 20-50 fpe in 22 cal. Thats with the top tune

 

[Danman]

why not .22 and chunk lighter pellets?

Options man! I have two .22 pcps and won't be getting a 3rd,.... im feeling .25 or .30 is in my future I have a .177 springer but would love a .177 pcp for close to mid range bird smacking.

 

[pan60]

I love .30 but 90% of my shooting is .22
I just got Kevins .17 Macavity not sure how I feel about it yet that .17 is just so tiny LOL
P.S. thank you Kevin!!!

 

[Cantona256]

I love .30 but 90% of my shooting is .22
I just got Kevins .17 Macavity not sure how I feel about it yet that .17 is just so tiny LOL
P.S. thank you Kevin!!!

What’s your main .30 cal gun? Or at least the one you shoot the most? I just got my first one and I’m enjoying it. The difference compared to .25 cal has been pretty interesting.

 

[Cantona256]

Options man! I have two .22 pcps and won't be getting a 3rd,.... im feeling .25 or .30 is in my future I have a .177 springer but would love a .177 pcp for close to mid range bird smacking.

I agree with you. This thing in .25 feels like it would a fantastic little rig. If the hybrid slugs shoot well out of it even better.

 

[Billm]

My only question about this rifle is: does BRK or AOA have a glut of the base rifle that they can’t move in their original form? They keep coming out with these “custom” rifles based upon the Sniper XR such as this rifle and the Sonoran. I’m not suggesting there is anything wrong with that if they are, just curious. I did something similar in my business and it was very successful. It’s a very nice platform. I was hesitant at buying the Sonoran, as I didn’t think it would be an ergonomically pleasant rifle. It’s now my favorite air rifle, some of that is the ,30 caliber and Sub-MOA barrel. But the platform itself has a lot to do with it. I don’t want or need another .22 rifle. If I did, I would definitely consider this rifle.

 

[Solo1]

My only question about this rifle is: does BRK or AOA have a glut of the base rifle that they can’t move in their original form? They keep coming out with these “custom” rifles based upon the Sniper XR such as this rifle and the Sonoran. I’m not suggesting there is anything wrong with that if they are, just curious. I did something similar in my business and it was very successful. It’s a very nice platform. I was hesitant at buying the Sonoran, as I didn’t think it would be an ergonomically pleasant rifle. It’s now my favorite air rifle, some of that is the ,30 caliber and Sub-MOA barrel. But the platform itself has a lot to do with it. I don’t want or need another .22 rifle. If I did, I would definitely consider this rifle.

Don’t really know but its my guess aoa worked something out with daystate on brk and pricing on daystate in the us. Only thing that makes sense to me.

 

[Cantona256]

Don’t really know but its my guess aoa worked something out with daystate on brk and pricing on daystate in the us. Only thing that makes sense to me.

Are BRK and Daystate the same company? Haha I was literally asking the other day “what can a Daystate do for an extra 1-2k that a BRK can’t?”

 

[Solo1]

Are BRK and Daystate the same company? Haha I was literally asking the other day “what can a Daystate do for an extra 1-2k that a BRK can’t?”

Brk was bought by daystate

 

[Solo1]

It is a nice little rifle especially for a hunter and if it does what they claim.

 

[Billm]

Are BRK and Daystate the same company? Haha I was literally asking the other day “what can a Daystate do for an extra 1-2k that a BRK can’t?”

I saw that lol.

 

[PCPdrug]

Iskreno ne razumijem dizajnere iz Daystate/BRK tima, znaju da tržište ide za puževe i da ljudi traže veliku snagu i kompatibilnost. Vjerojatno su tu snagu dobili ugradnjom svog najnovijeg balansiranog ventila i jesu li imali problema s ugradnjom većeg plenuma za veću snagu ili s naglašavanjem da se veći plenum može ugraditi kasnije??? Samo jedan primjer Epic Two 5,5 mm duljina cijevi 30 cm i 45 FPE, Huben GK1 duljina cijevi 21 cm 5,5 mm 40 FPE... (Tony probudite se već jednom ljudi i nastavite ostati budni dok mislite da ste kralj

 

[Billm]

I honestly don't understand the designers from the Daystate/BRK team, they know that the market is going for slugs and that people are looking for great power and compatibility. They probably got this power by installing their latest balanced valve and did they have a problem installing a larger plenum for more power or emphasizing that a larger plenum can be installed later??? Just one example Epic Two 5.5 mm barrel length 33 cm and 45 FPE, Huben GK1 barrel length 210 cm 5.5 mm 40 FPE... (Tony wake up for once people and keep staying awake while you think you are the king

This is not a new BRK/Daystate rifle. It’s a Sniper that has a custom Cerakote finish and a custom tune by AOA. It’s basically a refresh of an older product. I don’t see the harm.

 

[Solo1]

I honestly don't understand the designers from the Daystate/BRK team, they know that the market is going for slugs and that people are looking for great power and compatibility. They probably got this power by installing their latest balanced valve and did they have a problem installing a larger plenum for more power or emphasizing that a larger plenum can be installed later??? Just one example Epic Two 5.5 mm barrel length 33 cm and 45 FPE, Huben GK1 barrel length 210 cm 5.5 mm 40 FPE... (Tony wake up for once people and keep staying awake while you think you are the king

More than likely aoa tore apart a pathfinder and saw what was done to that to get the power it has over the stock action and repeated it in this 1 with the 17” barrel over the 10 on the pathfinder. Probably just enlarging a few passages

 

[Danman]

I honestly don't understand the designers from the Daystate/BRK team, they know that the market is going for slugs and that people are looking for great power and compatibility. They probably got this power by installing their latest balanced valve and did they have a problem installing a larger plenum for more power or emphasizing that a larger plenum can be installed later??? Just one example Epic Two 5.5 mm barrel length 33 cm and 45 FPE, Huben GK1 barrel length 210 cm 5.5 mm 40 FPE... (Tony wake up for once people and keep staying awake while you think you are the king

I'd think there's a few things at play here.
Daystate/Brk is highly regarded in their country as a top Airguns manufacturer. All this power/long range chasing does not apply to most UK shooters though, so its lost on them as they shoot pellets @ sub-12fp mainly.

Second once a company realizes there's a market for more power there is generally 2 options...pump out an all new airgun or grab a classic that did well and give it a serious power boost and face lift. AirArms is also notorious for this, look at the S510 Tactical and the Ultimate (TX200) springer.
Benefits of the later route is: using up the parts/guns already in stock or reusing blue prints already made, makes sense to me.
Lastly this version, (like the Sonoran) is modified/marketed in the US only so far.

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

I think these are more of an AOA semi-custom offering, created to meet what the American market wants. BRK does not cater 100% to the market here so in order to give more variety of options AOA has essentially modified some guns based off certain needs. The BRK Sniper line is built well to begin with, easily tunable and very reliable. Adding SubMoA barrels and tuning them specifically for a desired performance level I'd say they picked a good gun. This is good for everyone in the circle including the consumer.

 

[EDventure Outdoors]

If you read the specs it has a power adjuster from 20-50 fpe in 22 cal. Thats with the top tune

Where? I didn't see those specs posted.