Sam YangDragon Claw. Second airgun i've purchased and my first
PCP-gun.(PCP = Pre Charged Pneumatic) Because who would always want to
shoot small .177/.22cal bullets when you can just as well shoot some
.50cal bullets. And it's true. Really half inch or 12.7mm diameter
bullets, leaving from the barrel of an air rifle over 200m/s or 680fps
doing over 300 joules of force at the barrel. This is comparable to .22
rimfire rifles, though they have smaller bullet size with same force
they have better penetration.
These Big Bore airrifles
have smallish userbase since bullets are not cheap, 0.5-1€ each and the
airgun itself is nearly 900€ in finland. In finland they are used mostly
for plinking and shooting siluets 25, 50, 75 and 100m/yard of distance.
On
Youtube
you can find videos of such siluet shooting. Outside finland they are
used also for hunting for example wild boars. In finland you need a
permission to purchase / own the airgun.
There
is more than enough kick in the gun and the sound of it is comparable
to hunting rifle, so it's totally not a backyard gun. Also backstop
material must be strong so the bullets won't go through it and destroy
something from behind. For example 50mm/1 inch concrete tile broke
after around 25 shots. For myself i made backstop out of 8mm thick
I-beam. With custom made steel bullets rifle still makes big dent into
the steel that can be felt on the both sides of the steel.
Finishing on the gun is totally nice, silky smooth wooden stock and engraving on the metal parts looks great.
Made in Korea. Not in the china.
Charging
handle on the left side of the gun. Two choices for the power half and
full. With full power and full air cylinder you get 7 shots.
Under the stock there are pressure gauge and the engraving of the manufacturer.
At the back of te barrel there is hatch for the bullets.
As a scope i have normal nonzoom red dot sight from
Ebay with two color choices for the dot.
Comparasion between .177/4.5mm and .50/12.7mm bullets.
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