[Bob La Londe]

Its been a while. I kinda lost interest in airguns except for occasional pest control for the last couple or few or several years.

I sold my Cricket (best airgun I ever owned I think) several years ago, and I've missed it ever since. I liked the weight rearward balance of a bullpup a lot. Made for faster easier offhand shooting, and even faster shooting off an improvised rest.

Recently I ran across a refurbished Hatsan BullBoss and I figured that was my chance to get another bull pup pretty darn cheap.

So far the BullBoss is "okay," heavy, and short range accurate. I haven't done any numbers except weight. I said it was heavy... 9lb 5.2oz with no magazine. PA says its moderately loud in their specs... yea,kinda, but not from the pop of air out the muzzle. Its loud like a magnum springer. The action is loud, but not excessively so. The THWAP of a 25.39 grain pellet smacking a steel target is louder.

I had to do a search to find this forum. This one and AirgunGuild where the only two I still had any interest in.

So anyway, if I get a few comments here I'll keep coming back and posting about this airgun as I get numbers, and do groupings out to probably 60ish yards.

So far I like it, but its no Cricket. Not even a noisy one.

[Bob La Londe]

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[Bob La Londe]

Another one. Hatsan Bullmaster semi auto,

[Bob La Londe]

I picked up a refurbished Hatsan Bullmaster in .25 caliber. Its less powerful than either of my other .25 air rifles, but its a semi automatic. I wonder if I can fit it with a forced reset trigger. LOL.

It just arrived today. I was not so surprised to see it arrived with a full air tank. While I think they are supposed to ship these with just enough air to make sure the valves stay sealed I think every air rifle I have purchased for delivery has arrived with a full reservoir.

Its heavy. That's offset some by the fact that its a bull pup bringing the weight closer to the body.

Its loud... sorta. The shot is quiet, but its drowned out the by sound of the action cycling. Now its not hearing damage loud. Its action is just louder than any of my other air rifles.

I can't speak to accuracy. As many other PCP air rifles it comes without sights. I need to put an optic on it yet. I've got a bunch of them, but they are all on things. I'm thinking with its reduced power (I think around 36FPE) something cheap around 3-9x should be more than adequate.

I did load up a magazine and dump it into my sand pile out back of the shop. It fired all ten rounds without hiccup, and the magazine is configured so the bolt doesn't close after you have fired the last round. I like that much better than most of my bolt guns that will let you cock and fire them again with an empty magazine.

Its got the same safety I'm not crazy about as many other air guns. An inside the trigger guard push pull lever. Push forward to fire, pull back for safe, but its worse. Its smaller so the chance of slipping off or missing and having an accidental discharge is higher. If you are as conscientious as I try to be it shouldn't be an issue, but its worth noting.

[Bob La Londe]

This thing is less accurate than the Banjamin Nitro Piston. This is less accurate than an unrifled BB gun. Wow? May be fun to go pop pop pop, but that wears off pretty darn quick when it sprays pellets everywhere.