Air rifles anyone?

[Graham Orm]

Webley Mk III .22, and an Original Model 50.

My favourite air rifle (the Webley Mk3) , had one as a lad and when I was in the forces my younger brother broke it

I now have a Webley long barrelled Viscount in .177 fitted with a gas ram. Also a .22 Bronze Benjamin pump up.

These days for hunting use a rimfire .22 and for target shooting a Swiss Hammerli Automatic and a little Spanish Astra revolver.

Where do you hunt? From what I've read the law is very strict and the penalties are stiff.

 

[monkeybiter]

Poitiers looks to be in Western France.

 

[woodfarmer]

Webley Mk III .22, and an Original Model 50.

My favourite air rifle (the Webley Mk3) , had one as a lad and when I was in the forces my younger brother broke it

I now have a Webley long barrelled Viscount in .177 fitted with a gas ram. Also a .22 Bronze Benjamin pump up.

These days for hunting use a rimfire .22 and for target shooting a Swiss Hammerli Automatic and a little Spanish Astra revolver.

Where do you hunt? From what I've read the law is very strict and the penalties are stiff.

When I lived in UK I had an FAC for .22 rimfire and 9.mm unlimited air weapon.. The 9mm air rifle pellets cost more than .22 rimfire rounds and although had more ft lb's from the barrel, lost power much quicker.

 

[DennisCA]

It seems strange now, but when I was about twelve years old many of the boys I knew had their own 410 shotguns, and would have laughed at anyone using an airgun.

Similar here. It's illegal to hunt with airguns though so mostly everyone who has a gun for hunting (about half the country) starts with a .22lr, airguns are mostly for kids and target practice and if you're found to hunt with one you're getting fine heavily and if you have real guns they'd probably be taken as well.

 

[Graham Orm]

It seems strange now, but when I was about twelve years old many of the boys I knew had their own 410 shotguns, and would have laughed at anyone using an airgun.

Similar here. It's illegal to hunt with airguns though so mostly everyone who has a gun for hunting (about half the country) starts with a .22lr, airguns are mostly for kids and target practice and if you're found to hunt with one you're getting fine heavily and if you have real guns they'd probably be taken as well.

I assume that's to avoid injuring animals without having the power to kill on the first shot. Take a look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj5Aq7bz-tI
An air rifle that will take down a deer with one shot!

 

[woodfarmer]

It seems strange now, but when I was about twelve years old many of the boys I knew had their own 410 shotguns, and would have laughed at anyone using an airgun.

Similar here. It's illegal to hunt with airguns though so mostly everyone who has a gun for hunting (about half the country) starts with a .22lr, airguns are mostly for kids and target practice and if you're found to hunt with one you're getting fine heavily and if you have real guns they'd probably be taken as well.

I assume that's to avoid injuring animals without having the power to kill on the first shot. Take a look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj5Aq7bz-tI
An air rifle that will take down a deer with one shot!

No longer available, same for my Career 9mm.

 

[Graham Orm]

I have loads of old relics but the main workhorse is the Daystate Airwolf on Fac. Now that really is a good pie filler. @

Do you need a licence for that?

 

[Graham Orm]

I've gone through a few over the years but settled for the last few years on a Daystate Huntsman Classic pcp in .22, lovely handling bit of kit and as accurate as they come

Cheers, Paul

Lovely gun Paul. I've doen a lot of research since my first post. Daystate or BSA Ultra I think

 

[paulm]

I've gone through a few over the years but settled for the last few years on a Daystate Huntsman Classic pcp in .22, lovely handling bit of kit and as accurate as they come

Cheers, Paul

Lovely gun Paul. I've doen a lot of research since my first post. Daystate or BSA Ultra I think

Sounds good

I've been through A weirauch break barrel underlever (97 model maybe, I forget) which was great but single shot and very heavy, a bsa superten which I loved, it was ugly but great shot capacity and very accurate. Then a weirauch hw100, just as accurate but weighed a ton again, then finally the daystate which is at least as accurate as everything else but lighter and handles like a dream and looks lovely and simple and streamlined too

I vaguely recall that some bsa models in the last ten (?) or so years may have had reliability issues but they may well have been sorted more recently, sorry I can't recall any specifics, if you're not seeing any bad press on the airgun forums then should be okay.

Cheers, Paul

 

[llangatwgnedd]

Hope I'm not to late posting my rifle, a Daystate Huntsman Regal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-09IJs ... e=youtu.be.

My other rifle is a BSA Supersport made in England 1993

https://www.flickr.com/photos/78865779@N08/11122772656/lightbox/

 

[Graham Orm]

Hope I'm not to late posting my rifle, a Daystate Huntsman Regal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-09IJs ... e=youtu.be.

My other rifle is a BSA Supersport made in England 1993

https://www.flickr.com/photos/78865779@N08/11122772656/lightbox/

Nice, I'd love a Daystate, but they're expensive. Do you use it much?

 

[llangatwgnedd]

The Huntsman is the lowest price rifle with Daystate.

I purchased the rifle back in January this year and paid £780 for it, £50 for silencer, £120 scopes and £160 for divers bottle.

I did look at the Weihrauch, but it weight a ton.

I have always had a interest in target shooting, but turned down the opportunity to shoot in Bisley as a fourteen year old Army Cadet as my shoulder was black and blue after two weeks on the range firing Lee Enfields .303

I do intend in joining a rifle club near to me when I retire.

https://flic.kr/p/pEYMMj

 

[Graham Orm]

The Huntsman is the lowest price rifle with Daystate.

I purchased the rifle back in January this year and paid £780 for it, £50 for silencer, £120 scopes and £160 for divers bottle.

I did look at the Weihrauch, but it weight a ton.

I have always had a interest in target shooting, but turned down the opportunity to shoot in Bisley as a fourteen year old Army Cadet as my shoulder was black and blue after two weeks on the range firing Lee Enfields .303

I do intend in joining a rifle club near to me when I retire.

https://flic.kr/p/pEYMMj

Excellent, I don't think you can get much better than the Huntsman without spending silly money.

 

[graduate_owner]

My first was a Diana model 22, a bit of a toy. Then I had a BSA Cadet and a Cadet Major. The Major was nice. Then I bought a BSA Airsporter which had a fair clout to it. All of these were second hand. The only one I have now is a fairly old BSA Meteor .22 cal. which is not very powerful but then I don't use it much. If necessary I use a single barrel folding 12 bore or a 3-chamber .410 which between them take care of vermin. Not much use for plinking though, that's where the Meteor is fun.

K

 

[Graham Orm]

Anyone any experience of the Stoeger X20? Break-barrel that comes with suppressor and scope for as little as £150 http://www.guns.gb.com/contents/en-uk/p7143.html

 

[woodfarmer]

The Huntsman is the lowest price rifle with Daystate.

I purchased the rifle back in January this year and paid £780 for it, £50 for silencer, £120 scopes and £160 for divers bottle.

I did look at the Weihrauch, but it weight a ton.

I have always had a interest in target shooting, but turned down the opportunity to shoot in Bisley as a fourteen year old Army Cadet as my shoulder was black and blue after two weeks on the range firing Lee Enfields .303

I do intend in joining a rifle club near to me when I retire.

https://flic.kr/p/pEYMMj

Those Lee Enfields have quite a kick, remember using them at Thorney Island. Sten guns on the other hand just like to twist sideways and up

 

[llangatwgnedd]

We were only allowed to fire Sterling smg in single shot mode, probably for the reason you stated.

Gpmg's were also single shot on a tripod.

 

[Graham Orm]

My new purchase. Hatsan 4410 PCP with scope and moderator. 10 Shot repeater with 2 magazines. Full kit £335 new! Best deal in the country from a shop about 2 miles from me, I couldn't pass it up. The guy says he's sending out at least 1 per day at this price. The gun has great reviews.

 

[ColeyS1]

Looks the part ! Have you fired any shots with it yet ?

 

[Graham Orm]

Only 30 or so, not at range in the garden. It's a big Turkish manufacturer.