Umarex Hammer .50 Caliber PCP Air Rifle

Very powerful get a compressor hand pump will kill you also I wish there was built on sites

So I bought this rifle a few years ago. I believe it was 3 years ago. My wife and I live off grid in Oregon. Already this rifle has gotten us out of VERY close situations with a black bear, and 3 mountain lions. One of those mountain lions was the biggest one I’ve ever seen in my life. Easily 300 pounds. And anyone who doubts it, ask someone from here, or Google it. They really get that big here. I wouldnt trade this rifle for anything. I kept stressing on the carbon fiber barrel. Anyone who wonders why they would put a carbon fiber barrel on a hunting rifle that constantly gets knocked on trees and whatnot, once you carry it up a mountain to pick mushrooms(just in case) with a bipod and scope, flashlight, and laser, both with tac plates, well, you should understand. The thing is heavy. Not as heavy as others. But ya. I keep extra shot in the handle too. So I understand why they’d do carbon fiber. But I still stressed it. I worried about it getting knocked wrong and cracking the barrel. I know that it’s got a mechanical necessity as far as it’s design. From what I’ve read it can’t be changed out, only it will work. I thought of everything I could do to make it stronger. So I did the only thing that I could think to do. I heat shrinked the entire barrel. One piece. Then I gently filed out the part of the stock that holds the air tank steady. I took the entire tac rail/barrel shroud off of my crosman dpms/sbr full auto, and filed it out just a smidge, and wrapped the end of the barrel in nonadhesive bandage(the sports wrap that sticks to itself). My scope has tac rails all around it. I’ve got my light and laser on either side and just in case, I have a fixed blade knife on the top tac rail of the scope. All in all, it’s a surgical little devil, and I’ve actually got it pretty dialed. This thing not only killed a fricking cape buffalo with one shot, it also is the same gun that a guy on you tube uses to hunt black bear, and grizzly bear. It’s the only gun he uses for it. There’s a guy on a forum that I’m a member of that uses it to plinks soda cans at 385 yards. That’s over a thousand feet. I had to invest in a firefighters SCBA air tank and put a valve attachment on it. Now I can fill it to 4500 in under a couple minutes, and it’s ready to go. Best airgun for the money, and it’s regulated so the shots are pretty even. The only thing that these people have wrong is the two shots with one finishing shit. I get six per tank. Granted at about 1200 psi ot won’t even put one out the barrel. But the six before that are killers. I have to say this tho, this thing is NOT a toy. Everyone that I’ve let shoot it has said the same thing. It kicks and sounds like a 30-30 or a 30-06. I have to say I wish they could come up with a four shot clip, just like someone else said here in a review. It is no longer the most powerful production airgun on the market, but who cares? There isn’t a critter in this state that it won’t stop from coming at me. That’s all I wanted.

Extremely well made, great shooter I will use it this hunting season as I have no doubt about it’s ability. By the way my .50 caliber muzzle loader ammo from Thompson Center XTP 240 grain shoot great out of my Hammer using the plastic jacket it fits perfectly FYI. But Umerex should make a 200 grain hollow point for this rifle the 275 grain they make is awesome.

Wow it’s loud. Like almost an ar15 loud. And wow it puts holes in anything. When I saw a video of this killing a bear and a buffalo, I was shocked. Insane. Accurate, cool looking. Wish they could design a 4 clip. And the clips suck at going in at times. Got to finagle them like crazy. But oh man is this air rifle a blast. Worth every dime