i sometimes wonder

why i do the things i do...

i, quite a few years ago, purchased a QB-78 CO2 air rifle.

it's not a high powered, hi tech, powerhouse, more a low-to-mid powered, inexpensive, easy to get, accurate, rifle with the potential to be made into a high powered rifle should you want to make it so. it's not what i would select as my 'go-to' hunting, air rifle.

just recently, i started getting into PCP air rifles. I'm finding they're much more to my liking and much more rewarding to me than CO2 or springers; not only that...they can be found in very high power calibers with accuracy beyond belief without a horrendous price tag. (unless you wish to go high dollar)you may even hunt big game with them. there's many articles about those who've taken deer, elk and American bison with high powered PCP rifles.

right now, i have two dedicated PCP rifles, one in .22 the other in .25...the QB-78 i mentioned above is .22 cal and i can use a hand pump to pump it up to pressures in the 1000 PSI range for good operation...but, the shot count is dramatically reduced. i can get only four full power shots per refill...mostly due to the capacity of the air tube.

by far, the .25 is the most accurate and powerful, out-of-the-box of the three...it has low shot count due to the air capacity of the air tube...only 16 shots per refill. when you have to hand pump every refill it becomes a 'chore' to try to make a day's fun of shooting this fine rifle.

the same can be said about the .22 insofar as the hand pumping operation. but it is a highly powerful and accurate PCP.

the QB-78? so far I've spent what a good PCP would cost me on it and i doubt I've put over 500 shots through it since i purchased it back around the year 2003. and it still stays in various stages of dis-assembly most of the time while I'm making a part, ordering a part or just trying to figure out what i want to do with it.

i was hoping to be able to convert it to operate at the same pressures as the dedicated PCP's but not so...from what I'm told, 1500 PSI is max operational pressure for this rifle so i think that's where i will leave it.

oh, there are the parts available to convert it to the higher pressures, but by the time i spent that kind of money on a conversion, i could purchase one that's already made to use high pressure...

the rifle itself, is no where near as "adjustable" as are the other two without disassembling and changing or modifying the internals.

it takes very little effort to pump it up to the 1000 PSI operating pressure i know it will function with and it's very accurate...but...the low shot count makes it impractical to take it afield for a days hunt so i guess I'll just leave it here at the house to 'plink' with.