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@@peterbaugh51 Thanks! You’re definitely better off with your Beeman. This Synergis was a total disappointment.

@@backyardbuck6362 As I recall the Pumpmaster looked similar but was cheapened up with a smooth bore barrel and likely lots of plastic.

@@kevanhubbard9673 Definitely not in the same league of refinement compared to the Weihrauch. I was just kind of amazed I could consistently hit the chicken silhouettes with the Daisy at 20 yds. 😄

@@flashgordon99999 I agree and that’s what I’ve noticed as well. Past a certain price point the you are spending more for a name, luxurious features, unneeded performance, etc. Over the years I got caught up in it to a far more modest extent than what high end guns are going for now. Since I’m in the USA, one always has to compare back to a .22LR for accuracy and performance and the vast majority of the time a super expensive, high end airgun makes no financial sense. In the UK or other countries I can see how things would be different. But, because I’m USA based I’m going to have that perspective. Also, most people’s yards aren’t big enough to utilize the performance of a expensive, high end airgun. It’s kinda like what’s the point? It’s like buying a brand new Corvette when you live in Alaska. We’ve got crappy roads for high speed driving and short summers. You can’t use the full performance of the car. Sure it’s cool, but you’ll actually have more fun in an old Subaru since it’s so much more practical for our location. An old beater Subaru definitely isn’t as cool, but you’ll become a much better driver drifting the Subie on snow covered roads than you’ll ever be in the low ground clearance, RWD only Corvette.

@@airgunsofalaska LOL 100% on everything stated. Especially the Corvette statement. I can have more fun in my Jetta TDI (and for much less fuel and money) than I can short term in a Vette. Also I am a mechanic of 40 years (though now semi retired you could say) and don't want to work on a Vette anymore. LOL True about the .22LR as well. I have a few that I like and sometimes the price of a high end pellet is the same or more than a .22LR round (at least here anyway). I use my airguns more for plinking and sometimes small game hunting. I am fortunate that I live in the bush and range isn't an issue but for those in town YES why would you buy an airgun that is 100 + yard capable for a 20 yard range. I liked your comment on the short summers and couldn't agree more. I have grown to enjoy much less the short summers/long mosquito seasons. Keep on plinking and have a great day .

@@natesmith5393 Sorry about that! I didn’t want to get the name wrong and should write things down before I make a video. But I like to just start filming when I’m in a creative mood so it’s hard to keep all my thoughts straight while talking and also focus on shooting. The Williams peep off my 362 would likely work on this Daisy but I noticed I had to crank the windage over pretty far with the 5899 sight when it was mounted. I hate adjusting that Williams sight so much that I doubt I’ll try it.

@airgunsofalaska Haha! I'll let you off the hook THIS time buddy! 😅😁🤣👍 Just kidding of course, but I had to hassle you a bit..😉😄😁 Regarding the Williams sights, I'll let you know if I come across a good deal on one of the FP models 👍

You bring up excellent points and I could have framed my point of view in the video better. I’m thinking that for the majority of airgunners, the performance and long range accuracy capability of a high end PCP is very much overkill for the average sized yard and how they are used. I’d be limited in the comparison you suggest as I don’t own any break barrel guns in the $600 range. My suspicions are a $350 PCP would likely be just as accurate or probably more so because of lack of recoil. A break barrel in that price range is adding a lot of luxury features that don’t really improve performance i.e. expensive wood and checkering, deep, rich bluing, finely finished machining, etc. I like your ideas of comparisons and could do them both but my nicest break barrel springer would top out at around $400ish in todays money. It would be an interesting comparison. 😄👍

@ or if you decide to actually test upon the theories, I would be excited to see the results. And my personal experience with entry-level PCP‘s are that you probably won’t have any misses at 50 yards on the can bottom challenge. Now granted, I am accustomed to shooting in much more temperate climates than you experience in Alaska probably. In fact, I’m coming back from the range right now where I was trying to get Crossman 14.3 grain hollow points on paper at 200 yards. Why would I think I could accomplish such a lofty goal? I was At The Range last week and was ringing steel at 200 yards with 14.3 grain Crossman’s. So today I was actually going for a group. I knew my hold from last week but today temperatures are in the high 20s were last week. They were in the high 40s. Today all my shots fell approximately 2 1/2 feet low. So I shot three mags and only printed on paper with one hit. The only saving grace is that we’ve got a little bit of snow on the ground and I was able to see the pellets trace there impacts in the snow and grouping was pretty good. I just happen to be about 2 1/2 maybe 3 feet low and I’m going to suspect that might be the difference in air temperature as I know colder air is more dense. I didn’t go to the trouble of punching in my ballistics calculator since I knew what the dope was from last week. So while I can’t say the range outing was a overwhelming success. I can say that I learned something from it in the 14.3 still have the potential of getting on paper and grouping decently from what I’ve seen. My next outing I just need to sort out temperature versus hold and make sure that I’ve got a good firing solution to get on target. Anyhow, I’ve been enjoying your work and what you been posting. Please continue. Cheers from North Carolina.

@ Dang! 200 yds is crazy. What kind of airgun were you using?

@@airgunsofalaska .22 cal Avenger Here’s the short I shot with my phone. Crossman 14.3 - Good Enough for 200 yds? ruclips.net/user/shortscuW2kEFUgkE?feature=share

@ - I hadn’t planned to try 200 yds with it. The 100 yd range was being used and the 200 was open. I’m not a fan of shooting small caliber air guns on range with high power rifles. It’s a hearing protection thing. I’ll shoot my big bores with centerfire guys cause I have to use hear protection with it anyway. But the .177 & .22 avengers don’t require ear protection and my .177 is stupid accurate. 5-6” groups at 200 yards. I’ve gotten back to back hits on a small pill bottle at 200 yards with resized 12.5 grn nsa slugs. .177 Air rifle Vs Pill Bottle @ 200 yds - Air Venturi Avenger ruclips.net/video/3LSl4EcT98s/видео.html

I’m not familiar with the Daisy 131. I believe their earlier break barrel guns were made in Spain and maybe even Scotland? There aren’t any inherent issues with how the sights are mounted on a break barrel. The breech/barrel is one assembly so the sights are fixed to it in front of the hinge.

​​@@airgunsofalaskaThe 131 is likely a Gamo the older 120 and I think there's another model are Scottish. Ya break barrels may stay consistent (sight wise) just not my preference. Though I do have a couple Nitro pistons laying around. I'm more of side/underlever kind of guy or pcp on lazy days.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to make a blanket statement they are all good. Like I mentioned in the video, I’ve bought a lot of Chinese made turds. This Daisy 1101S/Winchester 1100 has a good reputation for accuracy across numerous RUclips channel tests. My guess is Daisy has better QC than most airgun companies who farm out production to China, Crosman for instance. The Germans make higher quality guns, no question about that. But, DIana is offering Chinese made lower priced models that I suspect are not up to the same standards as their German guns. At that price point are you just paying for a name and getting the same quality as this Daisy? The ones that really get me are the plethora of $200-$300 Chinese made break barrels and under levers from the big name airgun manufacturers that are plastic encased junk. Those guns are not worth buying. And then we have the near constant barrage of marketing for PCP’s on seemingly every YT channel. One would think those are the only way to go. Then add in the compressor, portable air tank and you are quickly into the sport for far more money than necessary. I think the current direction they are going with airguns is wrong but I’m likely in the minority with that.

@@airgunsofalaska I agree with your sentiments although Daisy is still on my Sh*t List. My Chinese made Diana Model P-Five pistol started to shoot well after I did a trigger mod on it and fitted a red dot sight. I think the best bet on air guns is to find nice vintage rifles and pistols. The quality is there on the German and American guns (others, too, I am sure). Plus, they probably won't go down in price. I disagree on the PCP issue although the cost is higher for sure. You only need 1 compressor for multiple guns so that cost is spread out. Also, the performance is on another level especially for hunting and longer ranges. Thanks for your thoughtful reply.

@@grizmt7779 Thanks! It was neat to see if there was enough consistency. 😀

@@CandidZulu Absolutely, you get it! 😀👍

@@scotthanson4200 That’s what I did to mine as well. I used Yamalube moly, CV Axle grease on the spring and a dab on the trigger. It definitely made a noticeable difference. It didn’t bring it into the realm of a German made springer for smoothness, but was certainly an improvement.

@@joelheusschen7972 Thanks!

@@bobkamachi2346 Some guys were able to buy them for around $40 when Walmart had them on sale a couple years ago.

@@terencegamble4548 Right on! Thanks for you view and comment. Hello from Alaska. 👋

Thanks, it did really well. I didn’t really ever have the impression this Daisy was especially heavy. It’s certainly not the lightest springer I own but it’s also not the heaviest either. But, a lighter gun is definitely nicer to pack around if you are carrying it for any length of time. No doubt about that! It’s a surprisingly solid feeling airgun.

@@airgunsofalaska I hav health issues that limit my strength. from what i remember this was sub 12lbs. way to much 4 me now but when i got into air rifles originally it wouldnt've been an issue. i primarily hunt not to much target shooting.

Oh dang! That’s too bad. They had several in the Wasilla Walmart last June or July when I bought this one. I suspect a guy could still find one online with enough searching. In ‘23 I bought a NOS Benjamin Maximus from some obscure online gun store that still had them in stock. It took me like 45 minutes of Google searching but I finally found one.

I’m going to practice with it using iron sights and see if it’s doable. I’m not certain it will be… but you never know!

I don’t care for the near constant marketing around expensive PCP airguns that seemingly are featured on every YT channel lately.

No, its from the china snowpeack airgun factory

@@harrygmarshall5157 I think it’s the angle of the two cameras. When I pick up the silhouettes they are straight back from the saw horse. Also, there is a pretty good relief away from the crown for the front sight/barrel shroud.

@@rapalaron6348 Thanks! The more I’ve been shooting iron sights lately the more I’ve been enjoying it and wanting to try it on different guns over different distances.

@@milesstover3724Thanks for the kind words. I only own two gas ram guns and when I tested my Gamo Swarm Hornet compared to a springer in -4°F the springer was less affected. I did a video with the results a few weeks ago. I’m not a big fan of gas ram guns and am now even less inclined to purchase an airgun with a gas ram. I use Yamahalube CV Axle moly grease on my springers and it has worked well in cold temps.

@@TheCutter123 the trigger is very stiff, pretty awful actually. I’m not familiar with many Hatsans. Perhaps it still uses the same design? Aside from the stock, trigger guard and sights, everything else is metal.

@@johnndavis7647 it uses a spring type steel wedge which has a crosspin that appears to be removable.

@airgunsofalaska Thanks for the reply. Sounds like it might last longer than the typical chinezium type.

I’m pretty certain only in .177

@@74willy81 That was along my lines of thinking when I made this video. I’d think it’d be disheartening to get bombarded with so many YT videos all mostly featuring high end, expensive airguns. Some of the reasonably priced guns can be very accurate and great performers.

@@PapaTAdventures Ha ha! I think the ridiculously stiff trigger makes it difficult to be consistent shot after shot after shot.

@@donhamm8740 “Cost of the gun doesn’t matter”. I think you missed the whole point of the video.

@@charlesoutdoors2424 Right on! I’ll go look for your video now. 😄👍

@@KarlosEPM Thanks for the view and comment! 😄

@@donoliver96 Thanks!

@@dannyarmata8878 That’s what I discovered too, the hard way unfortunately.

@@gumbystown It was awesome when everything started coming together. 😄

@airgunsofalaska I got a winter plinking video I'm posting tomorrow morning with a break barrel

@ Sweet!

@@BoggWeasel I’m very dismissive of most Chinese made airguns. This one has been a very nice change from the run of the mill China made airguns.

But yeah, that is a fun gun, so is the Prymex for the dollar.

@jimashby43 Ha ha!

@@dannyarmata8878 I think a Red Ryder has a lighter trigger than this 1101S. 😆

Oooh I loved the Phantom!

@@N.i.l Thanks for the kind words! 😀