The Air Rifles & Pistols thread

Here's a couple I just purchased,

Colt M45

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This is virtually identicle to the Tanfoglio Witness 1911 aside its appearance. It's a little more accurate than the witness though with much tighter slide and barrel so very little play.

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Colt Python

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Beautiful Gun and very heavy full metal.

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Short review of the Python here but 6 inch version


Quick video of the M45

 
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Here's a video on how to load the NEW Dan Wesson pellet revolver, very nice it is too with a rifled barrel.


Sorry it isn't in English but the video makes it very clear.
 
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Spec me a scope :)
on my fx typhoon I've got a 4-12x40 scope i got off ebay. Was cheap. don't know the brand and i am always having to zero it in every time i go to use it.
My limit is £90 but cheaper and still good is better. I mainly shoot pigeons, squirrels and the rabbits that have just appeared at the bottom of my garden.
 
I'd consider the Hawke Sport HD or even the Hawke Airmax EV in 3-9x40 which should range from £70 to £100 (cheaper on eBay) and are an extremely good make for the price.

I had their Sidewinder 30 and it was extremely well made and held it's zero well.
 
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Oh absolutely but it will reduce cancerous walking talking abortions from getting their hands on an air rifle/gun.

Some is better than none.
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As much as I hate the idea of having to licence an air weapon I really can't argue with your cancerous walking talking abortions comment, it makes me feel sick these incidents take place but I'm just not sure licensing is the best way to go. I'd rather the courts take the matter much more seriously and hand down very long jail sentences to the scum offenders.

While I'm not really opposed to vermin control I'm proud to say my air guns will never kill a living creature while it's in my hands, I'm a paper target tin can man.
 
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Oh absolutely but it will reduce cancerous walking talking abortions from getting their hands on an air rifle/gun.

Some is better than none.
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sadly i think the only people it will stop access to are the law abiding who would like to use it for plinking etc but the hoops needed to own it legally means they just give up.

the scrotes on the other hand won't give a ****, there are laws which make it illegal to shoot people and pets, yet it doesn't stop them so why should licencing?

whats needed are harsher punishments on those that commit these crimes, not punishing the law abiding for the crimes of the scum.
 
Gents/Ladies, how's it going? Everything's well I hope. How about that lovely wife/husband and those kids/family pets, still playing happy families? Great, great.

So, pleasantries out of the way, I need some advice.

Since I was young I have had an interest in air guns, but was never allowed one as my mother considered them unsafe, but just recently I have been getting more and more interested in them and this thread sparked my interest even more.

Now living alone and being a 24 year old child adult I feel I can own a gun without somehow managing to kill myself with it and would like your advice. What sort of gear should I be looking to get and what would be a reasonable budget to start out with? I'm thinking in the £300-400 ballpark to get me going.

Also, does anyone know of any clubs or communities in and around the Bristol area? I've had a quick poke around online and I can't find anything which is disappointing, but perhaps I am not looking in the right places.

On the subject of firearms certificates, am I right in thinking I only need one if I own or intend to own a gun which packs a punch? 11 feet/lb is a figure I have seen, but I am not sure how that is measured as many of the rifles and pistols I have looked at don't state their power. Any information you could give on the FAC process would be great.

Any further advice you could give would be appreciated too, thanks.
 
Jegethy said:
Gents/Ladies, how's it going? Everything's well I hope. How about that lovely wife/husband and those kids/family pets, still playing happy families? Great, great.

So, pleasantries out of the way, I need some advice.

Since I was young I have had an interest in air guns, but was never allowed one as my mother considered them unsafe, but just recently I have been getting more and more interested in them and this thread sparked my interest even more.

Now living alone and being a 24 year old child adult I feel I can own a gun without somehow managing to kill myself with it and would like your advice. What sort of gear should I be looking to get and what would be a reasonable budget to start out with? I'm thinking in the £300-400 ballpark to get me going.

Also, does anyone know of any clubs or communities in and around the Bristol area? I've had a quick poke around online and I can't find anything which is disappointing, but perhaps I am not looking in the right places.

On the subject of firearms certificates, am I right in thinking I only need one if I own or intend to own a gun which packs a punch? 11 feet/lb is a figure I have seen, but I am not sure how that is measured as many of the rifles and pistols I have looked at don't state their power. Any information you could give on the FAC process would be great.

Any further advice you could give would be appreciated too, thanks.
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Hi, depends on what you want to use it for, If it's for vermin then I can't really help as I have no experience with killing vermin and not sure on what you can actually legally kill, I'm sure some one will be along to advise in this area.

If it's for target shooting then basically anything is fun, you can get fun pistols that replicate the real thing in almost every detail, for example you can get Beretta's, 1911's, Sigs and they all cycle and look just like the real thing, they have working slides, drop out magazines and even recoil due to the slide moving back and forth while some revolvers have swing out cylinders and even use brass shells, these are great if you're into replicas and a bit of tin can shooting in the garden.

If you want something with a little more accuracy pistol wise then I'd go for a pellet shooter with a rifled barrel, for example the Webley Alecto or a Weihrauch HW45, both these guns are excellent, powerful with good accuracy and are at the legal power limit. Here's a couple of vids..

HW45

Webley Alecto

Here's a couple of replica vids..


If it's rifles you want then with your budget a Air Arms TX200 Mk3 is certainly within your reach, this being one of the best spring air rifles you can buy although the rifle is just under £400 you may have to go over budget a little if you want a scope, actually you will need a scope as this rifle has no open sights. Here's a review of the rifle..

Check out some rifles and pistols here..

http://www.solware.co.uk/air-pistol-air-rifle/air-rifle-pellet-gun.shtml

Don't forget to check the law on Air guns with do's and don'ts. Hope this has been a little helpful for you and I'm sure someone will be along to give further advise who are more experienced than me.

Finally Bristol Gun club, will be able to give you all the advise you need.

http://www.bdrpc.org.uk/
 
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It depends on what kind of shooting you want to get into, but certainly a TX200 is well within budget if you start off second hand. This way, if the bug doesn't bite you, can can easily recover your initial outlay.

Any gun producing 12ft lbs of energy or more will need to be put on a Fire Arms Certificate (FAC). A gun under 12ft lbs of energy does not need a licence, and can be purchased by anyone over 18 years of age.

If you decide to shoot at your home, there are a few things to be wary of:

1 - You must have permission of the land owner to shoot there, so if it's your own place, fine, but if it's rented you will need permission form your landlord.
2 - Pellets must never, ever, ever leave the boundary of the property
3 - You must not shoot within 50 feet of a road if by doing so you would cause distress or alarm.
4 - your neighbours might not like you shooting in your garden. Whilst there is little they can do about it (as long as you adhere to the above points), neighbour disputes can turn ugly.

Your gun/s must be kept in such a way that those under 18 cannot access them. If you have kids, then lock them in a cabinet or cupboard. If you don't have kids, or regularly have kids come to visit, then stored out of sight would be fine.

Whilst transporting your gun it is a very good idea to keep it in a case or gunbag and if in a car, out of sight too.

I don't know of any clubs in your area.

What sort of shooting do you want to get into - there's plinking (tin cans etc), target (paper punching), FT, HFT (Both types of competition shooting) or hunting, or a mixture? Do you want to use a rifle or a pistol?

Hope that helps a bit - any more questions, feel free to ask :)
 
Re: Scottish Licensing - Just like the handgun ban this will only effect those law-abiding people who already use their weapons legally. If you're a scrote then you'll always have 2 options to continue being a scrote, either don't register what you've already got or buy/borrow a fellow scrotes weapon. In all cases the only "loser" is the general hobbyist who just plinks away in his back yard who will now have to make the choice of finding a club range to use (quite rare up north of the order) or sell everything for a massive loss just to get rid.

Anyway, it'll be very interesting to see the airgun crime rate fall to 0% after this highly effective license is in place :rolleyes:
 
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