The Air Rifles & Pistols thread

[spankingtexan]

Love that S200. Really fancy getting one now..

Here are some of my more 'antique' weapons:

BSA Mercury Mark I .22:

BSA Airsporter Mark I .22:

Paratrooper .22:

Diana .177 Pistol:

My grouping at 30 yards with the Tx200HC:

OMG, a paratrooper, I used one of those back in the early 70's when I was a kid, my dad used to take me shooting every Sunday morning and the paratrooper was bought by my dad for me but was sold in the 70's.
Great to see the rifle again, thanks for sharing that who knows? that maybe the very rifle I had.

 

[Nightglow]

Bring back happy memories, had Mercury Mark I years ago, plus many other air weapons.

Had a shed clear out last week, found loads of tins of .20 & .25 pellets still sealed, plus a tin of .30 pellets, & a Sharp Innova .25 barrel.

 

[paullewis323]

OMG, a paratrooper, I used one of those back in the early 70's when I was a kid, my dad used to take me shooting every Sunday morning and the paratrooper was bought by my dad for me but was sold in the 70's.
Great to see the rifle again, thanks for sharing that who knows? that maybe the very rifle I had.

Paratrooper

me too when I was a kid

Lew

 

[Mark A]

Going to pick up a BSA R10 today, cant wait

Have they worked out the quality control issues with BSA now? I remember seeing lots of bad reviews of the R10 a while back. I'd check the barrel crown as that was one of the things that was giving them poor accuracy from what I remember.

 

[setter]

Been considering purchasing an air rifle, had the opportunity to shoot with the Weihrauch HW 97K a few years ago and really liked it. Though id personally prefer an FAC rifle of some sorts. Due to laws over here being different than the rest of the uk. Any air gun regardless of power rating will have to be registered on an FAC, (i already have an FAC for my shotgun). I can remember a few years back that two of the most popular FAC rated rifles were the HW80 and the theoben eliminator.

 

[Albo]

Been considering purchasing an air rifle, had the opportunity to shoot with the Weihrauch HW 97K a few years ago and really liked it. Though id personally prefer an FAC rifle of some sorts. Due to laws over here being different than the rest of the uk. Any air gun regardless of power rating will have to be registered on an FAC, (i already have an FAC for my shotgun). I can remember a few years back that two of the most popular FAC rated rifles were the HW80 and the theoben eliminator.

A shotgun cert (SGC) is different than a FAC I believe. If you are going to go for FAC I'd recommend going for a PCP not a spring piston - recoil would really limit your range on a spring/piston rifle.

 

[setter]

In northern ireland, all weapons including shotguns, air rifles have to be held on an FAC. It's quite different from the rest of the uk. Will have a look into pcp's.

 

[Albo]

In northern ireland, all weapons including shotguns, air rifles have to be held on an FAC. It's quite different from the rest of the uk. Will have a look into pcp's.

Yeah I know, sub 12ft lbs needs an FAC in NI, but what I'm saying is a SGC isn't and FAC, that's a separate cert for rifles, which a shotgun isn't.

Theoben FAC rifles are good as they have massive buddy bottles so get decent shot count.

 

[Albo]

Any of you subscribe to any Youtube hunting channels?

 

[Nightglow]

Theoben FAC rifles are good as they have massive buddy bottles so get decent shot count.

Superb rifle the Theoben, have had two over the years a .20 Rapid MkI & .22,best rifles I ever had.

 

[fadetoblack]

Superb rifle the Theoben, have had two over the years a .20 & .22,best rifles I ever had.

Best is the hw100

I ve just got another air rifle to my collection

BSA S10k.22 (Jb blue printed )

So that's

Hw97k .22
BSA ultra .177
Hk100k .177

 

[robj20]

HW100 or a lump of drift wood

Daystate Airwolf is the only rifle i wont ever sell.

Theoben MFR in .22 is next on my list, then maybe a Steyr Hunter.

 

[Mark A]

Any of you subscribe to any Youtube hunting channels?

Not quite, but I found a channel called AirgunTv while searching for HW45 reviews a few days back. It's a bit of a cringe fest lol. Reminds me of the airgun mags that give every rifle ever made 9/10 as they obviously get paid for the good reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8qoc5G09hV8#t=37s

 

[robj20]

You do realise its like the magazines because it is made by them

Im on a couple of Facebook groups but its invite only to keep the tree huggers out.

This is my fave Youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/HuntersVermin

 

[Mark A]

Haha, i cant believe how bad that video is . At least its free though, unlike the mags. The last one I bought gave the SMK B2 9/10 and I didn't bother with them again after that.

There was a pretty interesting one they did where he went to see the BSA and Daystate factories. Would have liked to have seen the Webley factory before it shut down as well.

 

[Nightglow]

Any one remember Steve Harper of Harper Classic Guns, from Gawcott, Buckingham, was a fantastic gunsmith.

Had several of his walking stick air canes, which used the brocock cartridges, he change from guns back to making highly respected Tinwhistles.

 

[Amos91]

Any of you subscribe to any Youtube hunting channels?

http://www.youtube.com/user/CountryPursuitsTV
http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamWildHunting
http://www.youtube.com/user/HuntersVermin

 

[MarkST]

Ianh - Yeah, should have said, getting (got) the MK2. I've been playing with it in my mates back garden and at about 20yrds I was getting a 10 shot group in a size less that a 1 pence piece.

Mark A - I believe it was the R10 MK1 was the gun that was getting bad reviews, the MK2 has something like 25ish upgrades.

Happy happy happy

 

[Albo]

Slow Mo' Vids -

http://www.youtube.com/huntingfps

 

[Mark A]

I thought he was going to shoot that Kestrel then .

Can't say I see the appeal of watching birds being shot in slow mo, but he has some skill.