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karltt

Joined: 01 Apr 2009
Posts: 1
Location: Portsmouth

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 09 1:14 pm Post subject: Air rifle / best one to buy
Hi, Can anyone recomend a decent air rifle. I'm looking at shooting pidgeon and rabbit. Cheers Karl...

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 09 3:33 pm Post subject:
and the first question you are going to get asked by those who know is what is your budget?

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 09 5:11 pm Post subject:
The first question I would ask is, is it really an air rifle you want? You could get a 12-bore shotgun and a rimfire rifle with a decent scope for the price of one of the higher-end precharged air rifles.

Old-Chads-Orchard

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

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 12:10 pm Post subject:
up to �250 I wouls say an Air Arms TX200 spring rifle, up to �400 and you are looking at an AA s400 pre charged rifle, check the link out in my sig. I stick to air rifles for bunny shooting as the shotty scares them away too much

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46238
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 3:40 pm Post subject:
i though spring guns were fine until i got the bsa pcp quiet, no jump ,easy ,short ,not cheap but half the price of the scope that lets me see in the dark save up and get a pcp gun they are ace

Old-Chads-Orchard

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

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 5:38 pm Post subject:
Although springers are nice, if you get the right one

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 5:54 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

i though spring guns were fine until i got the bsa pcp
quiet, no jump ,easy ,short ,not cheap but half the price of the scope that lets me see in the dark

save up and get a pcp gun they are ace

Yeh your right the diff is amazing. Just remember to budget for a pump and or a diving bottle as well. It adds quite a bit to the costs.

Richard

Old-Chads-Orchard

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

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 6:30 pm Post subject:
A bottle & gauge is �140, much better than a pump @ �120 ish A place to drool https://www.airgunbuyer.com/

whitelegg1

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

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 8:01 pm Post subject:

Another vote for pcps.....

I have an AA S200, manages 40 good shots, before going of the boil!
Not the best shot count, but cheaper than a Daystate!!

Accuracy.....un-flippin-believable....

I have my targets at 30 yards in the garden....

Had not shot the rifle for a month or two..
Three shots to dial in the scope....

Then 5 shots trough the same hole

Try as I might, to repeat that feat with my venomised HW77k, is asking a lot!!! Possible, but only with a lot of practice!!!

Pete
A vote for the AA S200, with 10 shot adapter, good silencer and a bottle to fill it from, and a half decent scope as well.

willow1

Joined: 12 Feb 2009
Posts: 16
Location: Hanham in Bristol

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 9:36 pm Post subject:
I got a AA S410 Combine 10 shot lovely riffle silent and spot on, have not used it on rabbits as yet but spot on when shooting at targets I have not got a bottle as yet so i get it filled at the dive shop fo a couple of pounds for now, which suits me at present Cheers

ian1

Joined: 12 Dec 2004
Posts: 314
Location: essex

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 10:07 pm Post subject:
I have a airarms tx200 hc that i love for the confidence it gives me whenever i line the cross-hairs up on a target , paper, bunny or bird .It can be a little weighty tho and cocking it can be fiddly when my fieldcraft has lead me to the middle of a thick hedge ! and for that reason alone i have been considering a pcp , never would get rid of the tx though .

whitelegg1

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

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 09 11:40 pm Post subject:
I feel the same about the HW77k, there is something special about a good shot with a springer.......not dissing the pcps, but good shooting with a beast of a springer is not easy.... DOES WORK THE BICEPS THOUGH!!!! Pete

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 09 11:13 am Post subject:

offroading.net wrote:

A bottle & gauge is �140, much better than a pump @ �120 ish

Untill your local dive shop closes & you cant get refills. Good job I went for both.

Oh & go for 300bar as the fills tend to cost the same or just slightly more but you get lots more fills per bottle. Pumps can be had for less than �100.

Richard

Old-Chads-Orchard

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

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 09 6:14 pm Post subject:
same goes for tanks too, got my 7litre 300 bar tank for �65 with full test. Supprised you are short of tank fillers in your area

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 09 9:28 pm Post subject:

offroading.net wrote:

same goes for tanks too, got my 7litre 300 bar tank for �65 with full test.
Supprised you are short of tank fillers in your area

I think there are others in the area just need to track them down. The one that shut was only 3 miles away. Sure the next closest will be about 20 miles. As it only takes a couple of mins pumping per fill its no hard ship plus I have a mate that dives so he takes the bottle with him when he comes up & refills it for me returning it on the next visit. As I get over 60 shots per fill as long as I am not plinking I can manage between refills.

Oh must check test ticket might be due a test soon.

Richard

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