When I was a teenager, my dad taught me how to shoot a pistol with a CO2 powered Daisy pellet gun that looked much like a S&W M41. We used to shoot it in the hallway, after closing the pets in the living room. Yeah, pellet guns, BB rifles, air, CO2, and many more non-powdered types... all a huge amount of fun and a great way to learn the basic principles of shooting, especially if your dad is your teacher. I was lucky. Great video, it shook some memories loose!
Yesterday...when I was young : ) I know that hallway and those great days of youth. My Slavia pellet rifle, a pocket of pellets, air to eat...I was Marco Polo, Biggles and Hemingway... all in a day. Thanks for writing Paul.
It’s amazing how old pneumatic rifles are, even used by Lewis and Clark. I prefer break barrels for their ease of use and difficulty shooting precisely.
PCP air rifles are a blast. I have a Benjamin Marauder .177 and use it all the time in Florida to practice my shooting skills on invasive species iguanas. My neighbors, who can't stand the ugly lizards because they eat all the flowers, tell me all the time when one is prowling in the neighborhood. The Marauder has a baffle that kills the noise so it is very quiet. If you don't have a PCP air rifle you don't know what fun you are missing!
Everybody should own an air rifle or two, IF you're into this sport/hobby. I love my 'break barrel/springer' type air rifles and pistols, they give hours of low cost shooting fun.
You bet Reg - superb for everyone - and young people just love those break barrel models. My favorite is a Slavia break. I've never had anyone dislike shooting once they try it - no matter what they thought about guns before.
I love PCP air rifles. My favorite are the FX airguns. I have a couple and they have integral suppression so they are whisper quiet and extremely accurate. You should check them out. You won't be disappointed.
Sumatras are very powerful lethal guns. I have the 25 cal Sumatra it's as powerful as 22 lr if not more powerful. It definitely will put down anything a 22 lr can. I shoot 55gr slugs out of mine. No pellets. I love it!!
Update - just heard from another owner - he reports that on his model - the trigger can be de-cocked and there is no secondary chamber : ) - there always seems to be another angle to these things.
2nd update - my friend tells me the rifles with regulators are the way to go and that the Sumatra is okay but not the best. I must admit I purchased the Sumatra without knowing much about it. Thanks again for the note - it has "triggered" more thought and awareness of the pneumatic mechanisms on my part. From what I can see this technology has a bright future - very capable and interesting. Evidently the FX products are excellent.
Wow Randall - now you've got me in a fever pitch! I have to get one of those!!!! I'm up in Canada - also been gunning, collecting and hunting for years! I love the idea of the muzzleloader bullets option. Let's keep corresponding - this is a new area for me - and fantastic. Have the best Christmas 🎁
Yes, I would love to keep in contact with you. I am by no means an expert on airguns, but am finding out more and more about them. I was right, I TOLD MY NEPHEW THAT I BELIEVED YOU WERE A CANADIAN. MY NEPHEW LIVES NEXT DOOR AND WE BOTH LOVE AIRGUNS, AND HAVE A 40 YARD SHOOTING RANGE WITH SQUIRRLS, TARGETS AND GONGS. I LIVE IN THE U.S. IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA OUR STATE IS ONE OF THE BEST ON GUN RIGHTS. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I WATCHED ANOTHER UA-camR DECOCK HIS RIFLE. HE OPENED THE LEVER ALL THE WAY. HE THEN PULLED THE TRIGGER AND AFTER HE PULLED THE TRIGGER, HE CLOSED THE LEVER. TRY THIS INSTEAD OF PULLING THE TRIGGER WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE LEVER.
I am lucky enough to live in the country with a very large property, so I can shoot some hefty calibers. But I recently bought a Marlin 1894 in 357, which is not so loud as some larger and faster calibers. These lower power rifles are fun, I shoot lots of 22 and now 357, as well as my air rifle. You get good practice to keep up your shooting skills and save a lot on ammo costs. Great video, and thank you for sharing this unique air rifle with us.
You have the life! The .357 is a fantastic round - especially in the 1894 - an often overlooked Marlin. I agree - the big guns steal all the thunder but the lighter rounds are the ones we shoot the most - including the air rifles.
That's very cool. Did you ever see the one Keith Warren uses ? I think it's called the dragon claw, it's a 50 cal. And he kill's everything with that thing even a cape Buffalo with a heart shot from a blind over a watering hole. Really pretty amazing.
Hi Jason - I read a few things - but have a hunch you know a lot more. I'll look up the .50 - sounds like something! There has to be an easier way to charge these pneumatic guns. Pumps and scuba tanks are okay but maybe smaller cylinders - like thermos size would be popular. Maybe they exist already.
Air guns are quite big in the UK (relatively speaking of course) but are not exempt from regulation - power is limited to 12 ft/lbs (6 ft/lbs for pistols) unless you want to go through the process of applying for a firearms certificate and the associated hassle. I greatly enjoy the airguns I shoot (a Weihrauch HW77 in .22 and an Air Arms Alfa in .177) and regularly achieve good results with them. Part of the enjoyment is that they are relatively quiet and certainly inexpensive to shoot - a tin of 500 pellets in .22 calibre is unlikely to cost more than £15. With PCP rifles like the Sam Yang you have there, or the Weihrauch HW100, then there is a cost in filling equipment (perhaps about £200) but it is a one-off - refilling a dive bottle can be done by most gun or dive shops quite inexpensively. The advantages enjoyed by airguns over their powder-burning counterparts make them excellent teaching tools in my experience, with some instructors preferring to use spring-powered rifles and others electing for the PCP option. Both have advantages and disadvantages - the recoilless characteristics of PCPs, and the ease of attenuating their report means that certain individuals can more readily overcome their fear of the gun, especially if the rifle is also lightweight - ideally around 6.5lbs. Spring-powered rifles are on the whole less forgiving of poor technique and can teach a prospective marksman a great deal, readily highlighting errors such as inconsistent hold and/or trigger pull. Some individuals may struggle to cock some rifles on the market, and the cocking cycle becomes more challenging to execute from the prone position. Cheaply made air rifles are generally to be avoided, if possible - they are not necessarily unsafe, but poor manufacturing and quality control can result in a rifle whose limits are quickly reached, resulting in frustration for the shooter who reaches these limits and the subsequent expense of replacing such a rifle with a more expensive rifle of better quality - one which would likely have been suitable from the start. I find it interesting that the Sam Yang comes equipped with iron sights - a relatively rare occurrence in the UK, especially on more expensive airguns - the assumption being that somebody who is willing to pay about £600 upwards will scope his rifle irrespective of the provision of iron sights. My HW77 came outfitted with such sights and I use them exclusively - I don't hunt and I feel that any magnified optic would upset the handling characteristics of the rifle. I have seen red dot sights used, but they are a relatively uncommon thing in the UK, and there is a substantial chunk of such sights which are cheaply made and unfit for purpose. In all of this, it can be quite easy to overlook the primary objective of airguns, an aspect in which they excel - fun! There is nothing more distressing to me than seeing a shooter who is obsessed with his equipment (and the equipment of others) to the point that he forgets to enjoy himself. To that end, I bring the bare minimum with me to the range and rarely obsess over guns - unless it happens to be a Feinwerkbau!
Such a fine letter James! Thank you so much. I should spend more time with PCPs and actually all air rifles. We are so easily distracted on this side of the pond - enjoying more or less free access to every manner of "gun." Thanks again for writing - I learned from you. If we're no in touch before then - have a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2019!
If I can make it to the US one day, I will insist on experiencing all the fine firearms that we are sadly not allowed to taste in the UK. Likewise, I am grateful for the videos you produce - there are so many firearms whose existences escaped me and it is fascinating to learn about them all. Merry Christmas to yourself and your family, and have a very happy New Year!
That gun out of the box can generate 40-60 ft lbs. A modded .25 can generate 135 ft lbs. 1049 FPS with a 56 grain, which I’ve seen = 136.87 ft lbs. Not you daisy or red rider. Even smokes the most powerful break over.
@@UnitedStatesOfGuns One good thing about high powered airrifles like the Sumatra is no ammo shortage and the huge range of pellets and slugs now available which cost pennies really which is great if like me you enjoy shooting a lot . Another good thing i like about the Sumatra as well as shooting like a lazer with no recoil is the power adjuster which lets you set the power to suit different situations great gun for the price .
I enjoy your videos. I would Also say.. you must Chek out fx airguns. When mentioning Pcp airguns on your Channel.. World leading. And several levels above this gun. 😀
Will do David! I started with a Slavia break open .177 pellet rifle - and all of the air rifles are special to me. I'll learn about the fx airguns. I know almost nothing.
@@UnitedStatesOfGuns i look forward to that. The work they do at fx to push for developing new better features is remarkable. In 10 years the development has gone like from black powder to laser guns.. almost.. i could mention smooth twist barrels, barrel liners, fx independence, amazing bullpups.. as the impact and wildcat.. bottle guns as the fx boss and fx crown. Crazy higH shootcounts pr fill .. fx is pusHing tHe industri forward. In my view at least.. :) maybe it will catch your interest .. i hope so. Annyway i look at almost all your videos. Thanks for taking your time making them.
When I was a teenager, my dad taught me how to shoot a pistol with a CO2 powered Daisy pellet gun that looked much like a S&W M41. We used to shoot it in the hallway, after closing the pets in the living room.
Yeah, pellet guns, BB rifles, air, CO2, and many more non-powdered types... all a huge amount of fun and a great way to learn the basic principles of shooting, especially if your dad is your teacher. I was lucky.
Great video, it shook some memories loose!
Yesterday...when I was young : )
I know that hallway and those great days of youth. My Slavia pellet rifle, a pocket of pellets, air to eat...I was Marco Polo, Biggles and Hemingway... all in a day. Thanks for writing Paul.
I really like your content!
Thank you!
That is really neat, I've never seen one of those before, and the Scorpion is super cool, even James Bond thought so! Thanks for sharing!
Ha! James Bond - ultimate spy and what not...and his air pistol.
It’s amazing how old pneumatic rifles are, even used by Lewis and Clark. I prefer break barrels for their ease of use and difficulty shooting precisely.
I like the breaks best as well.
You mean the Giardoni?
PCP air rifles are a blast. I have a Benjamin Marauder .177 and use it all the time in Florida to practice my shooting skills on invasive species iguanas. My neighbors, who can't stand the ugly lizards because they eat all the flowers, tell me all the time when one is prowling in the neighborhood. The Marauder has a baffle that kills the noise so it is very quiet. If you don't have a PCP air rifle you don't know what fun you are missing!
I have the long gun version. It has to be one of the best airguns ever made. It is the hammer of .22 air rifles. I highly recommend it!
I sold mine and have nothing but regret - I'll have to buy another : )
@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Hey thanks for the reply. I enjoy your channel. It is informative and relaxing.
Everybody should own an air rifle or two, IF you're into this sport/hobby.
I love my 'break barrel/springer' type air rifles and pistols, they give hours of low cost shooting fun.
You bet Reg - superb for everyone - and young people just love those break barrel models. My favorite is a Slavia break. I've never had anyone dislike shooting once they try it - no matter what they thought about guns before.
I love PCP air rifles. My favorite are the FX airguns. I have a couple and they have integral suppression so they are whisper quiet and extremely accurate. You should check them out. You won't be disappointed.
Will do! The report is quite sharp for the Sumatra. Thank you!
Never heard of them. They look slick.
Sumatras are very powerful lethal guns. I have the 25 cal Sumatra it's as powerful as 22 lr if not more powerful. It definitely will put down anything a 22 lr can. I shoot 55gr slugs out of mine. No pellets. I love it!!
Fantastic rifles! Thanks for the note - not many people write me about air rifles - which are superb in their own right. Good shooting my friend.
How much pumps/time does it take to fill up the 190c Cylinder with handpump van 100 to 200 bar?
I BELIEVE YOU CAN DECOCK THIS RIFLE BY OPENING THE ACTION AND HOLDING DOWN THE TRIGGER AND CLOSING THE LEVER.
Update - just heard from another owner - he reports that on his model - the trigger can be de-cocked and there is no secondary chamber : ) - there always seems to be another angle to these things.
2nd update - my friend tells me the rifles with regulators are the way to go and that the Sumatra is okay but not the best. I must admit I purchased the Sumatra without knowing much about it. Thanks again for the note - it has "triggered" more thought and awareness of the pneumatic mechanisms on my part. From what I can see this technology has a bright future - very capable and interesting. Evidently the FX products are excellent.
Wow Randall - now you've got me in a fever pitch! I have to get one of those!!!! I'm up in Canada - also been gunning, collecting and hunting for years! I love the idea of the muzzleloader bullets option. Let's keep corresponding - this is a new area for me - and fantastic. Have the best Christmas 🎁
Yes, I would love to keep in contact with you. I am by no means an expert on airguns, but am finding out more and more about them. I was right, I TOLD MY NEPHEW THAT I BELIEVED YOU WERE A CANADIAN. MY NEPHEW LIVES NEXT DOOR AND WE BOTH LOVE AIRGUNS, AND HAVE A 40 YARD SHOOTING RANGE WITH SQUIRRLS, TARGETS AND GONGS. I LIVE IN THE U.S. IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA OUR STATE IS ONE OF THE BEST ON GUN RIGHTS. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I WATCHED ANOTHER UA-camR DECOCK HIS RIFLE. HE OPENED THE LEVER ALL THE WAY. HE THEN PULLED THE TRIGGER AND AFTER HE PULLED THE TRIGGER, HE CLOSED THE LEVER. TRY THIS INSTEAD OF PULLING THE TRIGGER WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE LEVER.
I am lucky enough to live in the country with a very large property, so I can shoot some hefty calibers. But I recently bought a Marlin 1894 in 357, which is not so loud as some larger and faster calibers. These lower power rifles are fun, I shoot lots of 22 and now 357, as well as my air rifle. You get good practice to keep up your shooting skills and save a lot on ammo costs. Great video, and thank you for sharing this unique air rifle with us.
You have the life! The .357 is a fantastic round - especially in the 1894 - an often overlooked Marlin. I agree - the big guns steal all the thunder but the lighter rounds are the ones we shoot the most - including the air rifles.
Some companies are serious about b.b. guns. This looks like the quality of a good o/u bird gun.
Interesting rifle, great video!
Thanks Andrew.
That's very cool. Did you ever see the one Keith Warren uses ? I think it's called the dragon claw, it's a 50 cal. And he kill's everything with that thing even a cape Buffalo with a heart shot from a blind over a watering hole. Really pretty amazing.
Hi Jason - I read a few things - but have a hunch you know a lot more. I'll look up the .50 - sounds like something! There has to be an easier way to charge these pneumatic guns. Pumps and scuba tanks are okay but maybe smaller cylinders - like thermos size would be popular. Maybe they exist already.
Air guns are quite big in the UK (relatively speaking of course) but are not exempt from regulation - power is limited to 12 ft/lbs (6 ft/lbs for pistols) unless you want to go through the process of applying for a firearms certificate and the associated hassle. I greatly enjoy the airguns I shoot (a Weihrauch HW77 in .22 and an Air Arms Alfa in .177) and regularly achieve good results with them.
Part of the enjoyment is that they are relatively quiet and certainly inexpensive to shoot - a tin of 500 pellets in .22 calibre is unlikely to cost more than £15. With PCP rifles like the Sam Yang you have there, or the Weihrauch HW100, then there is a cost in filling equipment (perhaps about £200) but it is a one-off - refilling a dive bottle can be done by most gun or dive shops quite inexpensively.
The advantages enjoyed by airguns over their powder-burning counterparts make them excellent teaching tools in my experience, with some instructors preferring to use spring-powered rifles and others electing for the PCP option.
Both have advantages and disadvantages - the recoilless characteristics of PCPs, and the ease of attenuating their report means that certain individuals can more readily overcome their fear of the gun, especially if the rifle is also lightweight - ideally around 6.5lbs.
Spring-powered rifles are on the whole less forgiving of poor technique and can teach a prospective marksman a great deal, readily highlighting errors such as inconsistent hold and/or trigger pull. Some individuals may struggle to cock some rifles on the market, and the cocking cycle becomes more challenging to execute from the prone position.
Cheaply made air rifles are generally to be avoided, if possible - they are not necessarily unsafe, but poor manufacturing and quality control can result in a rifle whose limits are quickly reached, resulting in frustration for the shooter who reaches these limits and the subsequent expense of replacing such a rifle with a more expensive rifle of better quality - one which would likely have been suitable from the start.
I find it interesting that the Sam Yang comes equipped with iron sights - a relatively rare occurrence in the UK, especially on more expensive airguns - the assumption being that somebody who is willing to pay about £600 upwards will scope his rifle irrespective of the provision of iron sights. My HW77 came outfitted with such sights and I use them exclusively - I don't hunt and I feel that any magnified optic would upset the handling characteristics of the rifle. I have seen red dot sights used, but they are a relatively uncommon thing in the UK, and there is a substantial chunk of such sights which are cheaply made and unfit for purpose.
In all of this, it can be quite easy to overlook the primary objective of airguns, an aspect in which they excel - fun! There is nothing more distressing to me than seeing a shooter who is obsessed with his equipment (and the equipment of others) to the point that he forgets to enjoy himself. To that end, I bring the bare minimum with me to the range and rarely obsess over guns - unless it happens to be a Feinwerkbau!
Such a fine letter James! Thank you so much. I should spend more time with PCPs and actually all air rifles. We are so easily distracted on this side of the pond - enjoying more or less free access to every manner of "gun." Thanks again for writing - I learned from you. If we're no in touch before then - have a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2019!
If I can make it to the US one day, I will insist on experiencing all the fine firearms that we are sadly not allowed to taste in the UK. Likewise, I am grateful for the videos you produce - there are so many firearms whose existences escaped me and it is fascinating to learn about them all. Merry Christmas to yourself and your family, and have a very happy New Year!
That gun out of the box can generate 40-60 ft lbs. A modded .25 can generate 135 ft lbs. 1049 FPS with a 56 grain, which I’ve seen = 136.87 ft lbs. Not you daisy or red rider. Even smokes the most powerful break over.
Amazing! I had no idea, Thanks for sharing.
I want one of these in the worst way but it doesn't look like anyone is currently importing them
The UK version has a threaded barrel for a silencer .
Good to know - they make a surprising amount of noise.
@@UnitedStatesOfGuns One good thing about high powered airrifles like the Sumatra is no ammo shortage and the huge range of pellets and slugs now available which cost pennies really which is great if like me you enjoy shooting a lot . Another good thing i like about the Sumatra as well as shooting like a lazer with no recoil is the power adjuster which lets you set the power to suit different situations great gun for the price .
a suppressor will work very well with these rifles
I enjoy your videos. I would Also say.. you must Chek out fx airguns. When mentioning Pcp airguns on your Channel.. World leading. And several levels above this gun. 😀
Will do David! I started with a Slavia break open .177 pellet rifle - and all of the air rifles are special to me. I'll learn about the fx airguns. I know almost nothing.
@@UnitedStatesOfGuns i look forward to that. The work they do at fx to push for developing new better features is remarkable. In 10 years the development has gone like from black powder to laser guns.. almost.. i could mention smooth twist barrels, barrel liners, fx independence, amazing bullpups.. as the impact and wildcat.. bottle guns as the fx boss and fx crown. Crazy higH shootcounts pr fill .. fx is pusHing tHe industri forward. In my view at least.. :) maybe it will catch your interest .. i hope so. Annyway i look at almost all your videos. Thanks for taking your time making them.
I want this air rifle in pakistan this is possible?
You certainly can Decock this rifle. Its in the manual how to do so. There is no such thing as a .22 short pellet to shoot in this rifle.
Thanks Joseph! Very helpful.