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Seneca Recluse Air Rifle

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Description

The Seneca Recluse precharged pneumatic air rifle will become your go-to hunting machine. Take this gun and humanely and easily take possums, foxes, woodchucks, nutria, raccoons, rats, crows and similarly sized animals.

Our tech department tested this gun with a 72-grain projectile (gun filled to 3000 psi):

Shot No. 1: 983 fps
Shot No. 2: 969 fps
Shot No. 3: 933 fps
Shot No. 4: 896 fps
Shot No. 5: 809 fps
Shot No. 6: 740 fps
Shot No. 7: 655 fps
Shot No. 8: 579 fps
Shot No. 9: 484 fps
Shot No. 10: 365 fps

Our tech department also tested this gun with a 77.8-grain Eun Jin pellet (gun filled to 3000 psi):

Shot No. 1: 952 fps
Shot No. 2: 897 fps
Shot No. 3: 834 fps
Shot No. 4: 745 fps
Shot No. 5: 654 fps
Shot No. 6: 565 fps
Shot No. 7: 473 fps
Shot No. 8: 353 fps


Seneca Recluse .357 Cal. Air Rifle

  • Precharged pneumatic (PCP)
  • Single-shot
  • Bolt-action
  • Rifled steel barrel (0.3543" to 0.359" diameter)
  • Single air reservoir (244cc)
  • 11mm scope rail (use only compact scopes)
  • 2 power levels (first bolt stop is low power, second is high)
  • 3000 psi max fill pressure
  • Built-in manometer (air pressure gauge)
  • Hardwood Monte Carlo stock with checkered forearm & grip
  • Raised RH cheekpiece
  • Includes quick-disconnect male Foster fitting
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Specifications

Brand
Seneca
Caliber
.357 (9mm)
Max Velocity
983 fps
Muzzle Energy
154 ft/lbs
Suggested for
Hunting
Powerplant
Pre-charged pneumatic
Loudness
5-High
Weight
7.5 lbs
Function
Single-shot
Max Shots per Fill
9
Cylinder Size
244 cc
Action
Bolt-action
Fixed/adj. power
Fixed
Scopeable
11mm dovetail
Front Sights
Blade & Ramp
Rear Sights
Adjustable for windage & elevation
Safety
Manual
Trigger
Two-stage non-adjustable
Barrel
Rifled
Barrel Length
21.6"
Overall Length
42.1"
Capacity
1 round(s)
Body Type
Rifle
Stock
Hardwood
Buttplate
Rubber
Grip
Right
Color
Brown

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Has good power. Accuracy is good. Filled with hand pump. Fires different ammo. Range out to 75yrds. Beautifull air rifle. Strongly built. Low and High power selection.

The trigger should be adjustable. Make it lighter in weight. Less noisy.

The trigger pull is very hard . The bang is really loud.

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Everything in this air rifle is solid built. Beautifull air rifle.

Make it with a magazine or multishot. A bit lighter if possible. With the scope it gets a little heavy.

This gun is well made. Beautifull. Easy to decock. Holds 3,000psi of air well. No leaks. Gauge works fine. The 67 grain round balls fitt tight in the barrell. Had to push ball in with a piece of metal. Cocking handle has 2 positions Low/High. Safety works fine. come with threads on the barrell so you can mount DONNYFL supressor and adapter. Looks like the Remington 1100 shotgun. No plastic on it. All metal work. I DO RECOMMEND THIS AIR RIFLE. YOU CAN CHECK ACCURACY ON YOU TUBE. EVERYONE SPEAKS WELL OF THIS RIFLE. IT HAS POWER FOR BIG GAME.

Carlos Nov 23, 2020

THE TRIGGER IS VERY HARD TO PULL. 7 1/2lbs of pull.

Carlos Nov 23, 2020

I sighted the rifle using 127gr. Air Venturi slugs. You get 5 shots. At 30yrds. it is accurate and has plenty of power to kill pigs. Recommend you take a Air Tank with fill station with you. You will need it. This rifle is extremely loud.

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Beautiful stock, solid, well crafted construction. Very accurate using everything from 75 grain to 190 grain bullets. I recommend .357 and .358 caliber, but it shoots my 126 grain .356 just fine. Very accurate. With only an inexpensive 4 x 30 scope I was easily able to put a group of five shots within a 1 inch diameter circle at 25 yards. 75 gr. est 900+ ft/sec. 190 gr. est 680 ft/sec. Nice rifle.

Packaging. Rear sight arrived broken because of poor packaging. Pyramyd kindly sent me the part, but Sam Yang needs to pack this rifle in styrofoam peanuts. The packaging rings they use suck and do not work. They fall off of the gun during shipping and the gun then gets banged around. $2 worth of peanuts would solve the problem.

Best Sam Yang caliber for the power they have. Wide range of ammo that will keep you in the 700-1000 ft/sec range. Nielsen ammo is favored by this rifle in .358 caliber. The AV 190 gr. .358 performs well as do the Drill Dog 128 gr. .358 (actual measured weight is 132 gr.) Remember that the single tube is more powerful than the double tube and will throw a 400 grain bolt 50 ft/sec faster than the double tube. I do not recommend shooting below 160 bar if you want full power.

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Very nice gun shoots very well very accurate very pleased with it. Fact I liked it so much I order the 59cal and it just as nice now am waiting for my Double shot 50 Cal

Shiping a little faster but it was on time I was just hoped it would come early

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Great rifle , shoots very good.recommend this one to anyone wanting a big bore.357 cal. It's really nice in finish and bluing.

smoother trigger with a little less pull. and auto safety would be nice.

Hits very hard, and does very well at 100yds , Just take your time to find what shoots best out of it. Great price for what you get.

Carlos Oct 03, 2020

THE TRIGGER IS HARD LIKE A CONCRETE WALL.

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Wery acurate all shots in the same hole

Make it with a magazine for at least six shots

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The rifle is well made. Accurate with pellets like JSB. Mine was tuned by Will Piatt. With a 2950 psi fill and and at high power shooting off a tripod it puts 4 to five pellets in less than an inch using JSB pellets. With a 95 grain swaged bullet, the Nosler 145 grain and 358 round balls accuracy was poor.JSB pellets on low power with a 2300 psi fill go into a 1.5" for 4 shots. JSB pellets averaged 996 fps on high power and 907 fps on low power.

The barrel from the factory has a 1 in 20" twist and .358.5 groove diameter which is fine with pellets but to shoot bullets a 1 in 14" twist is needed.

This gun is a good buy for the money. With the JSB pellet it has worked great on raccoon and fox control. My gun is still new and with more time maybe I will find a combination that will work with the heavier bullets. This gun is an air hog and if your hand pumping like I am you won't be able to shoot as much as you would like. The folks at Pyramydair are great to deal with and you can't go wrong buying from them.

Steven Oct 17, 2017

Been using the gun for predator control. Mostly with round ball but a few taken with JSB pellets. All shots were taken at 35 yards over a feeder. Total over last 2 months, 4 foxes, 10 raccoons, 3 skunks, and 1 possum. Am lubing round balls and pellets with liquid alox. Has prevented all leading so far. I clean about every 50 rounds but could go much longer. Really happy with the rifle so far. If you limit gun to 3 shot groups and hand select ammo you can put one shot on top of the other.

Steven Aug 21, 2017

Just anther update. Have been using the .360 swaged round balls from Ballistic Products and lubing them with Lee Liquid Alox. The Alox is applied by placing the lead balls in a Tupperware bowl, adding a little Alox,,swirling them around until they have a very thin coat and then placing them on wax paper overnight until the Alox is dry. The accuracy is better and no leading. Have even used the Alox on the JSB pellets with the same results. Pellets and lead balls are clean to handle after the Alox dries. Just remember a little Alox goes a long way. Also, always check the diameter of the lead balls that you receive to male sure they are the right diameter. Finally I use a wood dowel to seat the ball against the rifling for best accuracy.

Steven Aug 19, 2017

Just an update. First lot of round balls I tried turned out to be undersized from what they were marked. Got a new lot sized to .360 and groups on high power at 35 yds. are an inch or under for 4 shots. If you segregate the balls for size weight and uniformity 3 shot groups can go to 1/2". Bullets still don't shoot in my gun.

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WOW,I like everything about this rifle.the fit,finish,feel is great.very easy to shoot,great balance and very accurate.looking forward to alot of shooting to come

The only thing i would change is being able to cock it with the safety ON.

This is pretty loud so if you got close houses to you,hopefully your in good with them.not a issue where i live,not yet anyway.

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This is the most powerful airgun I ever seen I got and just thinking yes 38sp ballistics yes right the blew thru two 2x4s I believe now

Rich Feb 10, 2022

Uh, what?

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Beautiful gun. Very accurate. Amazing workmanship and quality and lots of gun for the $$$ especially when compared to most other big bore guns. I own 2 other makes and also have previously owned a Sam Yang 909S which was a very good shooter.

After about 20 shots the air chamber sprung a leak and I had to return the gun. It would fill to about 2000 psi from my Scuba tank and when the pressure increased above 2000psi it would start hissing at the muzzle end. Very disappointed as this was the last Recluse in stock at PA for several weeks. I debated about paying the $10 for 10 shots before I received the gun but it turned out that it didn't matter anyway as it shot perfectly the first 10 shots. My only other complaint was the extremely hard trigger pull. Too bad that the manufacturer doesn't spend another $25 or so to hone the trigger and sear. Should be a very simple job.

PA was amazing at how they handled my problem. I simply called and they graciously sent me a return FEDEX label and promptly gave me a full credit. They offered to fix the gun, send me another one or give me a refund. I decided not to wait on another gun at this time. I have bought several things from PA in the past and will continue to do so. Not many companies are out there with such a liberal return policy on items like this.

Mick Jul 14, 2015

well than thats just they run their place,had the same problem,but had damage during shipping,twice!I was hot!but the guys there at Pyramyd were just really,understanding.Michael Francis Gilligan

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