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Posted: 2/25/2006 8:32:08 PM EDT
I'm looking for a "break barrel" .177 cal pellet gun with a fairly good trigger and I'll spend up to about 100 dollars.  Any suggestions are welcome.
Link Posted: 2/25/2006 10:48:03 PM EDT
[#1]
Anyone?  I know rws makes really nice ones but they're +300 dollars.
Link Posted: 2/26/2006 6:00:24 AM EDT
[#2]
None of the cheap ones really have good triggers at all.
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The cheapest break-barrel with a good trigger I know of is the Weihrauch HW 50S, for ~$310 with an open rear barrel-mount sight.
I've not shot one but Weihrauch is always been pretty solid stuff.
If you aren't going to be scoping it then I would suggest springing the $350 for the one with the diopter rear sight.

Below that, the only "target"-type rifles are really the Daisy Avanti ones, for $200 and $300. There is also a ~$80 version called the Powerline 953 TargetPro; it has lame (open) sights but you can mount any scope you have on it since it's recoilless. All these Daisy "target" guns are built on the same trigger, action+barrel that shoots around 500 FPS; the more-expensive ones just have wooden stocks/target peep sights. I haven't fired a Daisy target rifle in a long time so I dunno how the triggers are these days, or what can be done to help them.

Try here for current info on airguns: www.network54.com/Forum/79537/

I do not know that the Daisy rifles use regular scope grooves; you'd have to ask on the above about this matter if you cared. Vibration on the Daisy rifles isn't an issue, as they're all single-pump pneumatics.

The Weihrauch might shoot pretty soft (625 FPS) but I would still prefer to use an airgun-specific scope on it. Or at least,,, one you're willing to risk breaking the reticle on.
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Link Posted: 2/26/2006 7:25:38 AM EDT
[#3]

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None of the cheap ones really have good triggers at all.
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The cheapest break-barrel with a good trigger I know of is the Weihrauch HW 50S, for ~$310 with an open rear barrel-mount sight.
I've not shot one but Weihrauch is always been pretty solid stuff.
If you aren't going to be scoping it then I would suggest springing the $350 for the one with the diopter rear sight.

Below that, the only "target"-type rifles are really the Daisy Avanti ones, for $200 and $300. There is also a ~$80 version called the Powerline 953 TargetPro; it has lame (open) sights but you can mount any scope you have on it since it's recoilless. All these Daisy "target" guns are built on the same trigger, action+barrel that shoots around 500 FPS; the more-expensive ones just have wooden stocks/target peep sights. I haven't fired a Daisy target rifle in a long time so I dunno how the triggers are these days, or what can be done to help them.

Try here for current info on airguns: www.network54.com/Forum/79537/

I do not know that the Daisy rifles use regular scope grooves; you'd have to ask on the above about this matter if you cared. Vibration on the Daisy rifles isn't an issue, as they're all single-pump pneumatics.


Very true......you might also look at older used side cocking match rifles.  FWB300, walther LGR and others are nice rifles but are 3-6 times your budget.

SRM
The Weihrauch might shoot pretty soft (625 FPS) but I would still prefer to use an airgun-specific scope on it. Or at least,,, one you're willing to risk breaking the reticle on.
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Link Posted: 2/26/2006 8:02:22 AM EDT
[#4]
Spend the money on a good one, it'll be a heirloom.

That being said, I bougt a RWS 350 Magnum, and LOVE IT
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