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whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 08 5:25 am Post subject:

Doing much more than 12ftlbs.........If this IS a spring powered rifle, then it is possible that it has KILLED your scope.

Most scopes for air rifle are only rated to sub 12 ft lbs.
The recoil from a spring powered rifle can be more destructive than most centrefire rifles!!!

This is because it has a two way recoil.
Backwards when the piston is moving forwards (thanks to Mr Newton!) and the suddenly forwards when the piston hits the end of the compression chamber.....and then probably backwards again when the piston stops rebounding backwards!!!!!! All in all this can amount to a very destructive force on something a delicate as a scope!!!

If it is not spring powered...then ignore this!!

Sceondly, I thought France had much stricter laws on shooting birds with air rifles...... ie NO WAY!!! But I could be wrong

Pete

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 08 6:25 am Post subject:

whitelegg1 wrote:

Sceondly, I thought France had much stricter laws on shooting birds with air rifles...... ie NO WAY!!! But I could be wrong

Pete

it's in a friends barn. And there's no way you can go around shooting there using a 12 bore. And nobody will ever know.

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 08 8:07 am Post subject:

boisdevie1 wrote:

whitelegg1 wrote:

Sceondly, I thought France had much stricter laws on shooting birds with air rifles...... ie NO WAY!!! But I could be wrong

Pete

it's in a friends barn. And there's no way you can go around shooting there using a 12 bore. And nobody will ever know.

Apart from anyone who reads this!!!!
Agreed it is the right tool for the job......although check that 5mm holes in the walls of the barn won't be a problem!!!
Also surely a slightly less powerfull air rifle would be better (not often you say that) an FAC rifle is a bit overkill for indoor shooting, unless it is a very big barn!!!

Pete

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 08 11:33 am Post subject:
They're in the roof of the barn and it's a big barn. And I agree that my rifle is a bit over the top for the job. But it's the only one I have.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46240
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 08 12:36 pm Post subject:
bait them down with corn maybe ? allow for the different ballistic curve if shooting up rather than flat

Old-Chads-Orchard

Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 08 3:44 pm Post subject:
Hawke scoes are fine on air rifles, had 4 on various spring/PCP rifle and had no problems. take a look here https://www.airarmsownersclub.com/index.php

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 08 10:08 am Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

Anything by Hawke or AGS should be thrown away.

Sweeping statement, I have a Hawke Titanium on my .222 and it is a good as gold, never had a shift in zero and no shift in zero with the mag neither. Good clear glass and it accounts for food and vermin day and night.

Don`t think a Leup on a B2 would be the way to go either

matt mavin

Joined: 17 Aug 2008
Posts: 23

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 08 7:04 pm Post subject: scopee
I use to have probloems with my scope but i found the best way to fix it was patience, it took me about a month to get my scope dead on now its perfect every shot 6 months later

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