I need to pull the trigger figuratively and literally on a PCP. Been shooting a Weihrauch 97 for years. I do not have the distance available to justify the power of an Impact. Strongly considering a Dreamline. Also need a personal compressor. If you own a Dreamline I’d love to hear of your impressions. Bad Shot

So much to cover.....will try and keep it simple.
First thing, is go and hold one, that is my biggest tip to anyone, hold it, feel it and make sure it fits you. ( Normally its fine, but just be sure )
The amount of configurations with the Dreamline is huge, plus with new plenum adapters etc the power is growing. It has the ability to make all the changes you need. That's the idea of the gun, change calibre, style, liners, power etc etc.
I have one, and love it.
The platform has much more to come as well, so you won't be land locked into one style.
I love all airguns - they all work in slightly different ways - am sure you will enjoy this one. Giles

Any thoughts on personal use compressors?
I am familiar with the video reviews of the dreamline, differing configurations, calibers, etc. looking for the personal testimony about accuracy, comfort, use, and the “buts”. You know, it’s great “but”?
Appreciate your tip about check the feel, fit. First time I heard that.
Bad shot.

Purchased Dreamline walnut Classic in Jan 2020, love it! 50 yd targets can be boring, honing my skills at 100 yds and 1.5 " target. Best well built PCP I have owned, out of the box it was dead on. The adjustability just adds to it's beauty. The north of a grand price tag I feel is justified.

The ONLY thing that has any negative to it is the floating barrels on the .25 and up guns. Letting it float you will see it hangs down "bending the barrel" but putting a barrel band on it does two more negative things: 1. Kills the accuracy of the floating barrel. 2. Bends the barrel up because it changes the natural gap between barrel and air cylinder at that point.

I fixed mine by finding the natural gap between barrel and air cylinder, "holding it vertical" and then modifying a section of o-ring to duplicate that gap and wedge between the two, four months and still stays located with only reentering it if I tweak the barrel in handling the gun. Nothing is strapped down and the gap is the same as with no gravity affecting it.

SteveK

I very much appreciate the responses. Steve does the dreamlite fit you well? What is your approx size?
How is the barrel different on a .22 In regards to floating or not? With my limited distance 90% of the time .22 will most likely be my caliber of choice. The higher shot count is worth more to me. I have plenty of power in .22 for rats on my bird feeder. My number 1 sniper quary.

I own a Dreamline Lite .25, and really enjoy it. It is a very accurate rifle. I have not had any issues with barrel droop as described above, but I have not been able to shoot further than 30 yards or so. It definitely is demonstrating the accuracy to go well beyond 30 yards. I also have a power plenum waiting to be attached to the rifle, but I wanted to play around with it and understand it's abilities in the stock configuration first.

You didn't mention what you want to do with the rifle, or if you are under any FT/LB restrictions like the U.K., or if you have a budget restriction. My rifle is the US full power version, with the aluminum air cylinder, and seems to get almost 30-40 shots on a regulator setting of 145-150 BAR as it came to me from Utah Airguns. I pumped it full the first time using my high pressure hand pump. Last time for that... I was sore for a couple of days. ?

If you are set on the Dreamline, I think you will be pleased, but definitely try to shoot one before you buy. If you only want a pest or small game hunter out to 50 yards max, you might want to consider an Seneca Aspen (also available as the Nova Freedom). It's a multi-pump PCP, that has gotten very good reviews, and a thorough write up by B.B. Pelletier on the Pyramid Air forums. If I was just getting into PCP rifles again, I think I would drop the cash on that, since all you need would be a scope, rings, and pellets to start (and keep) shooting.

After my hand pump experience with a 250BAR rifle, I ended up buying an Altaros high pressure booster pump to fill the rifle directly. I already owned a shop compressor, and decided that high pressure booster was a more reliable option than the portable compressors based on a lot of reading and research. There is an excellent write up on the Altaros on Airgun Nation.

Good luck!