Target Shooting

zenith10 · 23 Apr 2006 at 12:16

ive got an air arms sm100 .177 terribly accurate

William · 23 Apr 2006 at 12:25

Mickey_D said:
Hee, hee, hee!!

Sorry, I know that wasn't much help to the OP, but I just had to gloat!!

Hah, did you ever do a video of when you went outside to chop down some trees with your rifle?

Edit: I am moving to minnesota.

DaveP3@ · 23 Apr 2006 at 13:12

icyshore said:
Mickey you ******* *******.

Honest i'm not jealous

Pity we aren't allowed anything moe than a bolt action here (and then only if we are a member of a target club).

Not true

You can leagaly buy and keep a semi auto .22rf rifle (FAC of course), you can also use both bolt action and semi for vermin control (they are not limited to range only).**

Will post a pic of mine shortly

Regards,

Dave.

** That asumes your in the UK, your profile doesnt have any location information.

sjt269 · 23 Apr 2006 at 20:16

Raikiri said:
I have one of these :/

It is a KWC S&W M4505, not a bad little springer but I want something with a bit more power.

I've got that too.

Feek said:
If you want to do precision target shooting (which I find deadly boring) then you need a quite expensive gun. If you're doing something a lot more fun such as practical pistol then you can do that with CO2 or airsoft.

I've heard it mentioned a lot, but what exactly is practical pistol? I could hazard a guess, but I might humilate myself, so I won't.

I like the idea of precision target shooting as well, but the huge cost of target shooting gear puts me off, compared to regular rifles/pistols.

woodsy2k said:
Personally i shoot for my university and i love it.

I saw your sig the other day, then I started looking at airsoft guns again, and that's what prompted this thread. It's your fault!

I'm planning on buying another guitar later in the year, so I might not have all that much money to spend on getting a gun, but first I'll have to find if there are any more shooting clubs/ranges in the area. I know there's an archery range (or there used to be, really expensive too) somewhere near me too, dunno how serious it is, or if they do air guns though.

GlasgowTitan · 23 Apr 2006 at 20:20

Rich1988 said:
My pride and joy, webly exocet LOVELY gun 5 years old and still at the 12ftlb mark on original spring all it needs is a little greasing every now and again,

You have taste, thats what I have, but without the silencer... (and probably a poorer sight)

Rich1988 · 23 Apr 2006 at 21:41

GlasgowTitan said:
You have taste, thats what I have, but without the silencer... (and probably a poorer sight)

Its such a nice rifle to shoot but as you will know very very loud (scares all the other magpies and pidgys away

) the gunlamp is very useful for hunting bunny wabbits with

P.s thats a simmons £200 something or other (I didnt buy the sight wouldnt spend £200 on one

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Mark A · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:22

I'm into air rifle shooting but am yet to join a club, i have a 40m long garden so have a nice range out back

. I have loads of air guns, there was a thread a while back and i posted pics of most of them. Here are my 2 air rifles, they are springers and are both tuned by Webley Venom.

Top is a Webley Sidewinder, very very nice gun to shoot, ultra smooth due to the Lazaglide tune, and ultra quiet due to the shroud silencer. The bottom gun is a HW97, this is Venom stage 1 tuned and is again very quiet and smooth to **** and shoot.

Here is a better view of the Sidewinder

If you want a fun air rifle to shoot then go for a springer but if your after top accuracy for say field target shooting then a PCP would better meet your requirements. If you have any questions then fire away, I'm also a member of the AirgunBBS poster by zenith10.

Mark

Rich1988 · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:32

at first glance I thought it was a longbow, their quite similar (top one obviously

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benjo plz. · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:36

Rich1988 said:
at first glance I thought it was a longbow, their quite similar (top one obviously )

Specsavers tbh

. Looks nothing like a longbow.

Mark A · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:37

Rich1988 said:
at first glance I thought it was a longbow, their quite similar (top one obviously )

Yes its based on a Longbow but the piston has had synthetic bearings added to take away the mechanical noise and a full length silencer/shroud has been added. Its a beautiful gun and sooooo nice to shoot.

Mark

Rich1988 · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:40

I do like the longbow but it was a toss up between that and the exocet and I just like the exocet more, although the longbow is very sleek.

Rich1988 · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:41

Phnom_Penh said:
Specsavers tbh . Looks nothing like a longbow.

d'oh the webley longbow not the bow and arrow kind.

benjo plz. · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:42

Rich1988 said:
d'oh the webley longbow not the bow and arrow kind.

I know... now

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Mark A · 23 Apr 2006 at 22:44

Rich1988 said:
I do like the longbow but it was a toss up between that and the exocet and I just like the exocet more, although the longbow is very sleek.

I like the exocet as well, its a decent springer, suited to hunting as it can take the knocks, Ive also got a BSA lightning which is very similar.

Mark