Taming the AEA HP Max .35 caliber PCP Airgun. Can you bring this beast down to "Backyard Friendly?" 

Glad to help out.

Seen the same thing, ive got the 357 max and like it and just recently got the texan 457 ss in 457 its great but only 3 to 4 shots. Thinking the 45hp max id imagine it being closer 8 shots conservative.

@@tylerjoseph770 I have the Texan in .457 cf ..in order to get more "shots" use H&N pioneer .457 round ball. (144 grains)...they work wonders...300+ Fpe. The Max in .45 would make transporting a hell of a Lot easier...back pack gun...as oppossed to 50 inches of .457.

Thanks!

Big cal+short barrel=lots of air to push the pellet!

Thank you.

Awesome. Great info.

Thanks for watching!

That's on par with my experience.

@@WiscAirGunners I have the challenge Pro. And power up to 3200-3500psi I also have 24" challenger wood stock in .30 love this unit also. For the price, looks, function AEA has really got its Sh-- together. I wanted the .45 also but really have no use. The 357 will suit me just fine for coyote that bother my animals. I'm 100% sure this will drop one at 100+ yards and that's all I need. I'm more then sold on AEA!

@@robertblassmann9161 Love to hear success stories. Keep me posted on the coyote count!

Unfortunately I do not have this particular airgun in my possession any more, so I cannot test that for you. I did use a Yokozuna on a slightly less powerful .357 and it did pretty well. If you want to shush a .357 slug first airgun, the Emperor is still king in my book.

🤠 Thank you for your response, that is very helpful 👍@@WiscAirGunners

I went back to check noted. It was just about 800, depending on where you are on the shot string. It's not regulated.

dont calculate something u have never used 1 shim with a 110 gr i got 192 foot pounds.108 yards with range finder shot on a old brake rotor the slugs evaporate at that distance im havimg trouble trying to shoot 170 yards accurately i think i can with a muzzle break! with no mods stock this is a 130 foot pound airgun but it will hit 240 foot pounds max with a hand load for sure

@@ogboppitybop9123 Thats a big increase!

The retailer makes a huge difference.

So tru I've had issues with my AEAs I have a few n the retailers I deal with are on top of the issues can't complain either

🤠 Thank you for reporting, is very useful info. 👍I am in the process of moving near a wilderness area in Patagonia where I will not have any help. I have been lured by the PCP world (coming from firearms) and by the small footprint, design and power of the AEA HP MAX which I have not found on any other brand... at any price. Coincidentally, I like the .35 cal but I was thinking on getting the .30 cal because air saving and because the great power of that gun could make the .30 cal go fast for penetration; over 900 fps... I assumed. Since I am doing my homework on the subject, yesterday I run into a RU-vid channel with two videos in Spanish where some expert Argentinian fellow who has many PCPs explained the work involved in owning FX rifles. Basically he explained all the fixings he had to do with the M3, the Maverick and the Panthera because they have so many different fine adjusting parts that all of them go out of whack or can get damaged at some point for one reason or another, “specially if you do lots of shooting”. The FXs are fine high tech instruments but it goes to say that their weakness is their complexity and also show how much more reliable a firearm is. I mean if you can’t get U$ 2500 PCP rifle to be as reliable as an AR 15 that is a clear message. So, one thing in favor of a more blunt instrument as the AEA platform is that they have less parts. And since they don't have Second Amendment in Patagonia I would not mind having to replace the AEA parts "if I can have access to them". Maybe make a list of the parts that can go wrong and buy the HP MAX only and if they sell it to me with the extra parts. Meanwhile, i am investigating the available small PCPs that claim to be powerful: FX Panthera Hunter Compact, and the Western Sidewinder Compact, both in 30 cal. Which have good reviews but are new, so the database of owner reports is very small, as opposite to the hundreds of reviews on the AEA rifles. i like the AEA designs and ergonomics best “and because of the price” there is room to buy whatever may be needed to engineer them to higher reliability… if that is possible. Any comments you find relevant will be much appreciated.

I was, yes. And you’re welcome.

I think they are making and shipping as fast as they can. But I don't know anything specific.

It reduces the sound substantially. The Emperor can take it down a bit more. Backyard friendly is such a subjective term. You have over 150 fpe of lead heading towards the target. Just the backstop noise is significant. If you have a big back yard and/or your neighbors don’t care I think you’d be ok.

I did not. Sorry.

There is a lot to consider with your questions. If, as you say at the outset you are using the airgun for marksmanship, then a .22 or .25 caliber will be good choices. I've yet to encounter a semi-auto airgun that can beat a sidelever or bolt action airgun in a head to head and dollar for dollar match-up. So if I'm looking for an accuracy oriented air rifle for target shooting semi-auto action would not be my first choice, and I'd probably never go over .25 cal if I wasn't hunting or shooting competition at 100 yards. Then you are talking about hunting. That's a different beast all together. Now you need to consider projectile type. I don't know too many people who are hunting deer with pellets. That's usually big bore slugs, and I suspect the tests you are referencing may be slugs. If I was taking a shot on a deer over 50 yards I would want to make sure that the slug was going to pass through both lungs. I'd be picking up a .457 caliber airgun, and I'd shoot something that will exhibit minimal mushrooming on impact. The use cases of medium to large game hunting and backyard shooting necessitate the ownership of multiple different airguns. I don't think there is any way around that. If you are considering an air rifle for hunting, make sure you are knowledgeable about the regulations of the areas where you will be hunting. One other note...In general a longer barrel can produce more velocity with less air used, and at the same power level will be quieter and easier to moderate.

@@WiscAirGunners Thanks. That was very helpful. Good luck.

There’s the Emperor or the Great Kami. I guess the Emperor with an expansion chamber too. The smallest I’d go is the Emperor if keeping it short is the priority. You can add a chamber later if you want.

@@WiscAirGunners gotcha thanks, I have the emperor for my texan but man it defeats the purpose of a compact gun. Thank you.

You may have to cock the gun to seal the valve so the air can build pressure. Some airguns don't like to be filled, from empty, by a compressor.

@WiscAirGunners just realized my comp was only 200psi. I called a compressor guy in the area, and he said that I need one that can put out 4500psi. So I'm waiting for that to arrive. Thanks for your reply!

@@quachha1363 that would do it.

That's how the math works out. Or is it physics? Either way...Thanks.

Great Intel. Thanks!

My experience has been different, but thanks for commenting.

I saw a video where it drops the decibels from 88 to 78. Yeah that one is definitely a gimmick. It's directing the sound more than dampening it, so the shooter hears less, but there's still a lot of sound going down range.

I've read, though I don't know the truth, that airgun moderators are less efficient than firearm moderators due to the difference in pressure and temperature as well as gas volume. Essentially, the airgun is dumping a Lot more gas out of the barrel to produce the energy at the lower pressure than a firearm with similar energy at higher pressures. But also, there was something about how the higher pressure and temperature gasses were easier to disrupt. Again, I don't know if this is true, but dealing with more gas volume does "sound" like a plausible issue vs firearm moderators.

Thanks. I show the groups I shoot. It's unregulated, and I don't compensate for that as I hadn't had enough time on the gun to have that data.

He is shooting the gun how many of us do pest control. If all you are going to do is punch paper then get all the gadgets you can to make up for ones lack of control to keep a firearm steady.

The .35, 9mm and .357 are all the same airgun, it depends on who has it listed

Thank you I'm kind of new to the airguns my first was the Hatsan flash .22 cal time for a more powerful upgrade

@@notos3 Good luck!