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My old hw100 worked best of all with Bis Mags in .177. Phil

I have no idea about springers but we do have a guy, Mark Williams, who has two FWB which he uses for hunting and swears by them so a good person to talk to. He has been ill so I will give him a message and get him on the case for you. Phil

It's a bloody shame Stav because that used to be a cracking show but I suspect the sheer cost of taking a stand will be high year on year and they must be changing the whole show for it to be a success at Stoneleigh. I wonder if the Doncaster show will step up to the mark and get a bit bigger. For a couple of years a few from this forum met at the show which was great but with ill health and life burdens it has gone by the wayside. All good things seem to come to an end. Phil

At the last minute we had to cancel our visit to the show and I gave the tickets away however I have heard from a few reviews on another forum that the show was rubbish so perhaps we didn't miss to much.

Is anyone heading to Harrogate for the National Shooting show this weekend. I have tickets and will be going on Saturday all being well with the boss so we will see what she is going to buy me although having spent a fair bit of cash on remodelling the garden this last week, not sure there is any money left for buying shooting stuff BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. National Shooting Show 2025 WWW.NATIONALSHOOTINGSHOW.CO.UK PROUDLY HOSTED IN HARROGATE 10 - 11 MAY 2025 YORKSHIRE EVENT CENTRE THE UK'S LEADING SHOOTING SHOW... Offering enthusiasts a... Phil

The other two places I can think of is BBS Airgun forum and AGF forum failing that it is worth a call to City Airweapons in Lincoln as they are Rapid people.

Have you tried the Rapid forum as some of those guys have all kinds of Rapid related stuff. Phil

Not an Air Sporter looking at the underside so if it is a BSA then I guess it is a Mercury. Phil

Welcome aboard matey, you are a little late in your response in fact 10 years too late but never mind. I do like the 57 and had a few over the years and wouldn't mind getting another, for some reason they never really found strong favour in the UK. Phil

I like that little rfd, not been for a while but will be going over soon. Phil

Following this conversation on a bit further and I have just had a chat with my rfd who advised me that they HAVE had a few with issues although he did not say what happened so not quite as faultless as it first seemed. Phil

Hello Simon, so good to see you on here again as it seems a long time ago mate, hope you are keeping well my friend. To the matter in hand, my shooting buddy has both the .177 and .22 in FX DRS and love them. I have had a few shots with them on our range and I was quite impressed with accuracy. I can't remember the distance but I think it was 40yds using the .177, he bought the .22 later. As a sub 12 gun and cheaper than both the HW 100 and 110 so good value for money from the FX stable. It must be said that I called in an RFD in the Scarborough area who told me that he didn't se

Well I am pleased for you Mike, hang on to it as it sounds like you have got a good one..... Phil

Sunday afternoon I was taking the impact for some sunbathing rabbit sport but as I topped up the gun with air, a hiss could be heard, from the 250 bar fill it dropped the pressure until it reached 200 bar then looked stable so I took it anyway. It was of course dropping all the time but at a slower rate, overnight it was down to under 50bar so a new set of seals is needed. Now the gun has been sat in the rfd stock room untouched for over 2 years so I am not surprised to see this problem and as it was running at 41fpe it is a bit on the low side as mu old one was sat at 52fpe and I do want to

Does this have an air cylinder under the barrel as well as the bottle Jimmy. Never seen one of these before and confess I do like it, well I like your verminator so I would like this and of course you have this, you don't need the verminator...................................do you. Phil