Skip the Talon and get a 410ERB or ?
So I have been looking long and hard and reading and posting and reading and talking. I am dieing to get my first airgun. I am coming over from paintball (what I really like to do is hunt anyway).
So here is the deal. Anything but a PCP seems silly to me. Maybe later I’ll become a collector and see the light of different shooting with different guns. Meanwhile what I really want is a gun that I can do the kinds of things I want to go do at a range or in the woods around the house with. We have a healthy quail population that needs some thinning and eating and several racoons that I would like to off.
The gun has to be quiet so I don’t raise too many eyebrows shooting at all hours or concern anyone that I am gonna hit their pet with a stray bullet.
A single shot is an option but while I am spending $ why not throw another 100-??? $ at it and have a repeater.
Long story short I am looking at an AA something and asking myself am I being too crazy? Should I just be frugal start with a stock talon put in some baffling toss on a cheap scope and enjoy it?
It seems like I will want a 180$ barrel for the added power etc and then a muzzle break installed to quiet it back down tuning . . . and pow I could have had the AA repeater to start.
I think I have looked at everything Logun, Sumatra, Daystate that I can’t afford, several others that I can’t afford, Bam, Career, X2
So am I missing something? I would really like to get a used 410 in the 600-700$ range. I am feeling poor enough to be patient until Steve at Pomona has one. Meanwhile I thought I would pick up a tasco scope and rings and wait.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Especially from rob and those that have both. Is their an AA forum I should be checking out?
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it also depends on what you like in style of rifle. Are you more in favor of tactical or traditional?
I chose a S410ERB to start. Nice and quiet, multi-shot, and good power to boot. When I was looking into PCP’s the air force line had some QC issues, (which I’m told are better now) so ultimately, I decided to spend the extra to go for multishot and quality. I live about 5 mins away from a large hunting area, so concelment and gun length is not an issue.
If they ever make a multi-shot air force gun, I’ll be all over it 😀
Concealed is not such a big deal (although it brings up some devious hunting thoughts I have long forgotten.
Quiet is super huge and quiet but stuck on high power is not a problem. I think the accuracy of the stock barrel inside of 30yds should be sufficient too.
Tinker hmmmm tinkering is oh so fun. Thanks for the response that is a good start. Anyone else? Is there a gun that is comparable to the ERB series? Should I consider having something custom made? Is there even a comparable PCP that wouldn’t put me in the poor house being done by anyone? I was thinking of mountain air but he doesn’t seem to have done enough in the PCP range.
the rifles are in 2 different leagues….
SS is short and take down….can fit in backpack….is light…and can have tons of hours in it tweaking it, just for the fun of it…if you need a rifle to carry consealed to your hunting grounds….this is it
AA410ERB is along rifle, shrouded not super quiet, but quiet enough, plenty of power up to about 35 fpe….its heavy, long….but very precise….not much to tinker with…add a scope, fill the rifle and you off…the adjustable power makes it ideal for backyard plinking at low power and a hard hitter for hunting…no way to carry it to hunting ground concealed…
aa410 is a more refined rifle that works out of the box…..SS can be more quiet, and have many hours of fun tweaking it
it all boils down to what you want to do….i love my ERB, but kinda whished i had gotten the classic, cause of the lenght
B5x are good guns too, but needs tweaking to get it perfect
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Another option is a very accurate AA S200 for $500 plus a multishot magazine for another $100….
The S200 is tunable for about 12 fpe to 20fpe and is supposed to be very quiet with a small shroud.
Lorrin