The Air Rifles & Pistols thread

spankingtexan said:
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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Thanks a lot, I'll take a look at those links.
 
New scope to replace the cheap as chips one i had. Hopefully will improve my accuracy
AGS Cobalt Redi-Mount 1/ Mil-dot 4-16 x50 Illuminated Reticle with Adjustable Parallax

Sorry about the iPad photo
 
ianh said:
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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Sums it up nicely. Law abiding people will go through the extra expense of registering and those who are already using them for illegal means will not register them. Doesn't take a genius to work it out, but then Kenny McCaskill has never been accused of that.
 
More aimed @Feek as he seems to have all the TAC guns that were ever made, but I was reading an old airgun magazine and it had the Brocock safari rifle in an article.

I was idly wondering if these can be used on normal airgun club ranges. Same question for the pistols actually.
 
SimonCHere said:
More aimed @feek as he seems to have all the TAC guns that were ever made, but I was reading an old airgun magazine and it had the Brocock safari rifle in an article.

I was idly wondering if these can be used on normal airgun club ranges. Same question for the pistols actually.
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You'll need a FAC to own a Brocock as they were classified as section 1's about 10 years ago mainly do to media hype and some gangs converting them to fire proper rounds. The air cartridges they use fall under section 5 too.

Correct me if Im wrong someone but as the pistols themselves fall under section 1 they can only be shot at large bore ranges and not at small bore or air rifle ranges?

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Have a gander if you're bored Home Office Guidance on Firearms 2013

i'm on 163/253 and have been reading it on and off while commuting, i find it interesting anyway. Plus i'm in the process of applying to a small bore club with the eventual aim of getting a FAC for .22lr rifles
 
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FYI as well for any Webley fans..... primarily of the Alecto pistol. they are going to stop making it soon and go back to "Single Charge Pneumatics".

Got that on an email from Webley as i was querying them about the .22 Alecto and if it has the threaded barrel (which it doesn't, only the .177)
 
Got a change to use my AGS Cobalt early Saturday morning. The parallax adjuster is just what i needed. Hit the target i was aiming at no problems.
 
I'm currently pondering over the AirArms S410 TDR simply because i want something i can target shoot and go pigeon/rabbit shooting with but doesn't obviously look like im walking around with an air weapon as its rather discreet.
 
So my father is giving me his 2 old air rifles. The last time i saw/shot them was about 15 years ago as teen and at the time they were in fairly good condition kept in a cupboard in my grandmothers house.

Anyway fast forward 15 or so years and my father went to pick them up from my grandmothers and some dire news :(

The Airsporter it turns out had been liberated by my braincell vacant cousin as well as the meteor. While the meteor doesn't look too bad the Airsporter looks like its been kept in a damp cellar :( Needless to say they weren't his to take and hes obviously mistreated them and as my fathers understandably angry. So here we are, I'll be picking them up in a fortnights time and taking them to my local range to run the chrono over them to see how bad they are.

They obviously need a service and damn good refurb. I'm willing to spend time and money on them as i consider them as part of my family history that i would like to pass on to my kids when i have them but obviously i don't want to end up spending a fortune.

Also can anyone identify is this a Mk1 or Mk2 Meteor.... I suspect Mk1

Sick Airsporter Mk1 :(

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I haven't read the thread so I apologise, but the previously deceased Theoben has now been resurrected as Impact Air guns.

Theoben were beautiful guns, just ferociously expensive, I have no idea what the quality or price of impacts products are.
 
atpbx said:
I haven't read the thread so I apologise, but the previously deceased Theoben has now been resurrected as Impact Air guns.

Theoben were beautiful guns, just ferociously expensive, I have no idea what the quality or price of impacts products are.
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Good news. I hope the retain the same quality and accuracy. Theoben Rapid rifles are awesome. They were not Daystate expensive, but still out of reach for most people.

I remember shooting a Rapid MK2 at a friends place once. First time I had ever picked the rifle up and got a perfect hit score on some chalk disc targets at 25 yards. OK, its not an epic range but for a first go it was pretty impressive. Just felt like the gun did it all for me and I have never been a particulalrly great shooter! :p
 
Theoben gone? Damn.
Glad I didn't sell my .177 Evolution walnut back when I was skint.
Wonder what this means for my 10year warranty?
 
Since happening upon this thread yesterday I spent most of Saturday researching current laws and the most popular rifles available. Watching hunting vids on YouTube is very educational. I have hovered over buying a couple of different guns last night and this morning and I can't really go above 300 for a rifle and scope. Ideally would like a silencer if possible. Before I do make any purchases I wondered if any of you guys could advise.

Would rather avoid having to refill with gas so I guess I'm looking more at a Springer and .22 something that will have no issue with rabbits, rats pigeons etc. Also which pellets best for the task in general? Cheers lads
 
For £300 you can get some really excellent second hand springers.

HW97K/TX200 underlevers, very accurate, quite heavy.
HW95/HW80 Break barrel springers Very accurate, medium weight.
An HW98 might be pushing your budget but you never know.

All should come with scope/bag/tin of pellets other bits.

Get yourself to a club or shop to see what you like and then hit the forums for second hand sales.

Pellets are barrel dependant, what works for one might not work for another with the same rifle. Stick with quality pellets though there is no point with cheap ones that you can't hit anything with.

Finally. Practice hitting small targets at unknown ranges before trying to shoot anything live. And remember the law about needing permission from the land owner before shooting and that if you are shooting birds, you need to comply with the rules of the general licence.

Simon
 
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