Page 4 of 7 - Air Venturi Bronco air rifle Reviews

Accurate, user friendly, nice trigger, quality fit and finish. I purchased this Air Venturi Bronco .177 air rifle as a, (soon to be), Christmas gift for my son in law. The plan was for him to have an accurate air rilfe at his home, (which is about a ten hour drive from me), to shoot back yard targets with my ten year old grandson. and granddaughter Well, I had to give the rifle a test fire when it arrived to be sure it worked correctly. This .177 Bronco was easy to use and grouped with all five shots touching, (with iron sights), at ten meters. I could not have asked for more. The overall fit and finish on the Bronco is high quality. The trigger is excellent. It is back in the box, awaiting some Christmas target shooting.

The supplied iron sights, though accurate, grouped about an inch and a half high at ten meters. This is with the rear sight bottomed out at its lowest setting. Since an air rife scope willl be placed on the Bronco, shooting high will be easy to rememdy with proper scope installation.

I have read that the Air Venturi Bronco was made to replicate Beeman R-7 .177 air rifle qualities, at a more affordable price point. I have owned a Beeman R-7 for more than 20 years. The engineers at Mendoza did an excellent
job with the Bronco. It is well made, accurate, user friendly, great trigger and with reasonable care, an Air Venturi Bronco should last several lifetimes. Also, a thank you for the fast shipping and good pricing from Pyramid Air.

Decent trigger; moderate cocking effort. Iron sights are acceptable, but put a cheap scope on it to optimize performance. Nice touch to put a scope stop "hole" at the rear of the receiver.

THE STOCK. Not only is the color unattractive (which was okay by me, since I planned to Dura Coat it anyway) but it is FAT. All over. It simply feels FAT and looks FAT. To me, it looks like it is about half-way to being finished. This has been noted before, and I am mystified why an alternate stock isn't at least offered .. charge another $10 if you must. If I were a competent woodworker I would remove about 45 percent of the bulk. The idea was a good one, but it utterly fails in execution because of the wood.

I don't think that this is a "youth gun". First it's too heavy (because of the fat wood); it is difficult for young hands and arms to maneuver; and cocking is not all that easy. I tried it out on three grandchildren, ages 9 to 12. All thought it was too heavy and hard to cock. Very off-putting to the kids. I'm keeping it for myself, but had I bought it only for the kids I would have returned it.

Great feel and balance. Very accurate and trigger pull is remarkable

breaking down the barrel to recharge takes more than a little effort, first to break the barrel and then taking it to the next step of charging the piston.

Carbine is basically a downsized Mendoza.....that's good. Rifle fits older kids and smaller adult shooters. Well made, very basic air rifle with good looking wood furniture.

Not much power and short barrel does adversely affect accuracy. Fiber optic iron sites would be nice.

Well, I think a "real" Mendoza carbine is a better air rifle for the targeted audience. However, since I haven't seen "real" Mendozas in the marketplace for awhile, maybe they are no longer an option.

Fairly accurate Enough power for a beginner air rife easy to cock great safety features - after cocking it automatically is on safe great trigger - has a light pull and the second trigger is a nice feature and I feel adds to safety Nice solid wood stock

Barrel length vs usable barrel length. The barrel appears to be about 16.5" but the pellet only touches about 8" and the rest of the barrel is much larger in diameter and used mainly to make it easier to cock. I would like to see more of the barrel used as a "barrel" instead of a lever. The specs say the barrel is 9' but I measured closer to 8. The iron sights could be better but I put a cheap tasco red dot on his and it is accurate and works suprisingly well. If you get one also make sure it's made for an airgun as the mounts are smaller for an airgun.

This is a very nice gun and if purchasing it for a young person it's hard to go wrong. It has a nice fit for a youth and is easy to cock. It definitly has more quality built into it than the cheaper plastic rifles you find at the discount stores and has a better trigger than many, much higher priced air guns. This gun is mostly wood and steel instead of plastic. I bought this for my 11 year old grandson but his parents don't want it in their house so I keep it here and he shoots it when he comes up. He likes it but he was able to quickly learn to cock an adult size pellet gun and better likes the greater velocity and range of the larger gun already. I was just a little miffed about the actual usuable barrel length of 8" it 's just a couple inches longer than some pistols.

Everything and Trigger is Super Sweet ! Others should try to copy this Trigger which has 1 .14 Ib pull Short ,Sweet & Crisp !

Nothing ! Should have bought 2 or more !

Bought mine Blemished but it Looks New @ $106.99 I mounted a Osprey 2.5x20 Compact scope and it shoots as Good as my HW30S & RWS24 Rifles at half the Cost ! Pyramid Air Has a Winner with the Bronco. Dont buy One Buy Two,there are just Great Rifles !

I got it for indoor practice over the winter and it seems perfect for this. I like rifles with shorter stocks and this one fits me perfectly. Trigger is light and crisp. Accuracy at 25 feet is excellent.

The scope mounting grooves are kind of shallow. The cheap red dot scope I'm using has blunt attached mounts that required filing for a good fit. Most mounts would probably fit OK.

I purchased this for my grandsons - 8 & 9. Easy to cock. Sets safety automatically. Light trigger pull - with double trigger for safety. Easy to mount a scope. Accurate. Quiet. Light weight and short for youth. Muzzle brake makes cocking easier to grasp.

Standard open sights - not fiber optic. They look cheap - not like the rest of the rifle. The muzzle brake is larger in diameter and too long to use a laser bore sighter. Blond wood finish is odd - would be better if darker.

Size, stock design, power good for indoor practice, simple black sights.

Add one inch spacer on butt to lenghten for adult.

I bought this for winter practice for a Parker Hale carbine.

I bought this gun for my wife. I may have to get one for myself. This is one sweet little gun. The trigger is outstanding, I won't have to change this one.

I would like to see the Mendoza peep available and a couple of spacers for the stock would be nice.

If you do not want/need a magnum. You can't go wrong with the Bronco.