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Knock off $400
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:41 pm
by Rover
When buying a used PCP airgun, remember to beat the owner down $400. That's about the price to replace the cylinders which are nearly out of date and will have to be replaced (not my idea).
Of course that $400 is on top of the "haggle factor" you would normally go for.
Or you could buy a SSP.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:42 pm
by Rover
Almost 300 people looked at this and not one has a thing to say?
No wonder we have problems!
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:54 pm
by RandomShotz
As Billy Joel once said, "You should never argue with a crazy mind."
Roger
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:39 pm
by Rover
Isn't he the short, balding guy that split with his supermodel wife?
Bite me!
Re: Knock off $400
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:23 pm
by slofyr
Rover wrote:....Or you could buy a SSP.
The Pardini P10, Pardini K58, FAS604, and Izzy 46 have all given me joy, serenity, and many, many 10s over the years. The low cost, simplicity, and excellence of SSPs has been discussed before. Nothing has changed. Less can be more.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:49 pm
by william
Isn't he the short, balding guy that split with his supermodel wife?
Bite me!
As they say in the trial law business:
"When the law is against you raise the facts. When the facts are against you raise the law. When the law and the facts are against you raise your voice [or make a really dumb, irrelevant statement]."
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:28 pm
by Rover
Works both ways, doesn't it.
This does not give us any help with the cost of these cylinders due to a nonsensical ruling.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:35 pm
by Gwhite
This is why I recommended somebody get set up to re-certify old cylinders. I'd rather pay $100 a cylinder for certification than $200 each for new, and in the case of many older pistols, there is no other option. Try to buy a "new" Hammerli 480K cylinder at any price.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:31 pm
by jackh
I have a 480K with two too old cylinders :(
And my scuba tank is old too :( :(
And I'm getting there :( :( :(
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:33 pm
by RandomShotz
Gwhite has an excellent idea. PCP cylinder owners often have scuba tanks and the shop that fills and certifies them has the equipment to certify air gun cylinders. Of course, some sort of standard would have to be set up and approved by the ISSF, but that should not be a problem if the technical issues of the testing can be resolved.
BTW, you're welcome Rover for my comment reviving this moribund thread.
Roger