[First Pcp]

I've tried cheaper pellets in my S410. No real difference in accuracy but AA Fields cock first time every time. Some - which have a skirt with an inner ridge just arent as smooth

[Buying your first air rifle]

As somebody who came from totally outside the airgun "family" - nobody I know has had one (although I was shot with one as a kid) and who then had an urgent need to get one (garden of new house overrun with rabbits) reading this would have saved me HOURS on google. Well done sir - excellent post

[Mil-Dot or Standard cross hairs for hunting?]

I changed from a standard crosshar to a Hawke Airmax with the MAP6 reticle which appears to be easier to calibrate for distance than the Mill-dot. Seems to work well for me. Zero it at say 30yds and the lines agree for the ranges that the Hawke software calculates them to be for your calibre and pellet weight.

[What would be the furthest affective range of a .22?]

Using a Hawke scope with a MAP6 reticule and zeroing at 30 yards, the reticule has gradations going up to 45 yards at magnification x6. Using it on a target I find that this works (height is fine) but even a slight wind will blow you an inch off. So on a dead calm day on a stationary target I would shoot at 45. Otherwise - yes, 35 ish would be all I would want to try.

[Anyone else noticed this?]

Always used .22 AA fields in my 410. Never had a problem - 1 or 2 in any tin are badly deformed and chucked. I've assumed that the soft skirt is reformed in the barrel by the act of pushing the bolt home when cocking the rifle but thats just a guess

[Best silencer]

Just ordered a Huggett for my S410. Nothing wrong with the one I've got - this just looked nice and had good writeups - (yes I am that shallow)

http://www.milbro.co.uk/ben-taylor-rifles

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

Well said Sweeney - I think you've hit the nail on the head And thanks to you Aaz. Thats the second death move I've been recommended to try. I wonder if I can find that on YouTube

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

Just to say thanks for the very rapid help on this forum. Next time I trap one I'll give these things a try.

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

THanks kev - good camo gear by the way!

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

Hi Duncan - thats a thought - I have .22 hollow points - good for squirrels - never heard of the put the pellet in backwards though - I guess it works because there is no aerodynamics to bother about

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

Its a dual power HW45 - .177. I don't mind em kicking - I know when they are gone (as I said - I kill about 50 a year). I just didn't seem to hit it in the right spot. The one that seemed to work was a top of the head shot.

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

Oh - OK - I was afraid of that. Sorry to sound stupid - but are you standing behind it doing that holding its neck and then pulling its head firmly back?

[Please Help with rapid bunny dispatch]

Hi everyone,

I use my rifle (AirArms S410) in my garden only to keep rabbits (and other pests) at bay. Usually kill about 50 or so a year so I know where to aim for but I'm not any kind of a hunter (rifles never been outside ). Anyway - got a lot of rabbits around right now so I've started trying to trap them (the wire type that shuts the door behind when they step on the trigger). Caught my first one this morning and thought I'd dispatch it quick with my pistol (HW45) It didn't go well! I would have thought a single head shot would be fine but it took 3 I'm guessing the pistol being so close means the pellet doesn't deform and just goes straight through. Is there a way of doing this with easily (please no kung-fu ninja neck snapping stuff )? At the moment I'd be better off zapping it from 30 yds with the rifle! Thanks for any help

[The habits of rabbits]

very near to the truth!! The rabbits around here have interbred with domestics. I've not seen a white one but there are a few pure blacks around.

[The habits of rabbits]

Something to look forward to! Thanks Geoff

[The habits of rabbits]

Blimey you're a bloodthirsty lot Biffo - I guess, I'll just have to wait and see if they come back. If they do, I'll be waiting In the meantime - back to the paper targets

[The habits of rabbits]

OK - so 1st post bought a gun this year, never shot anything before but overrun with rabits

2nd post - point gun at rabbits - go bang - rabbits run away - help!

 

After that everything settled down and I pointed the gun out of me bedroom window and sent about 50 or so rabbits to their maker over the course of the summer.

 

Now - no rabbits - at all :search: ! Well problem solved and Mrs Analyticalmans campanulas are back to full glory - only problem is - Ive got to enjoy shooting them So are they like the french and take August off on holiday and they'll be back - is it Watership Down and they've all buggered off somewhere safer, or have I just killed them all? Any ideas?

[airarms s410]

So I've had some similar problems with my 410 due I think to it being my first gun. I agree with everything that other more experienced people than me have said. I have two other observations to add.

 

1) it depends on the pellet: (strange but true) if the inside of the skirt has an inner "ledge" inside it (like an RWS superdome) it does sometimes happen that it won't go in first time round. Don't be rough - you'll just deform the pellet and it won't go where you want it even if it does go in. if there is no inner ledge (like a BSA Interceptor) so the inner skirt looks wider, then in my experience you never have a problem. It just seems like some pellets are a better shape to be pushed into place by the bolt (or more forgiving if the indexing action isn't exactly perfect). bottom line - try different pellets - see if it helps. Developing the feel of the gun (as others say) helps a lot

 

2) in my experience it is better NOT to pull the bolt all the way back when you reload the cartridge. Just push it back until its out of the way of the cartridge slot and then carefully slot the cartridge home. then push the bolt forward (not back) to load your first pellet. This helped me because I was having my problem with the first pellet in a newly loaded cartridge.

 

Basically I now don't have the problem following my steps above. i hope it works out for you

[Shooting downwards]

No - away from one luckily, -towards the woods - the source of my problems (actually the source of the bunnies)! Clay Man - shooting at toes - there's some joke in that about making the bunnies hop! hardly sporting old man

[Shooting downwards]

wow - this sure is a fast forum - thanks for the replies!

i think this is fair enough really - I have a .22 and I can't get a better shot at them if they are down my drive so - if I have to shoot at that angle, then practice it and learn to do it properly So thats what i'll do - I've got loads of paper targets. On an average evening I might shoot at a couple of bunnies on the flat and a couple at a downwards angle - so as I can't keep adjusting the zero, I'll have to learn to compensate. Just wondering if there was a "trick" to it - seems not, just practice!

[Shooting downwards]

OK - so for those of you who read my post on the newbie welcome a few weeks back (and erm "liked" my handle) here is an update and a question. So I've bought my first ever gun - AAS410 because i have a bunny problem in my garden. Zeroed the scope, practiced and got good enough to justify pointing it at something. Shooting through my window, I'm taking bunnies out cleanly at 30-60 ft - head shot every time (2 a day on average). My problem/query is this, I also get them down the drive but the only way to shoot at them is from an upstairs window and here is where I have the problem, shooting at them at the same distance down from the upstairs window I don't even hit the bunny, let alone the head. From closer in (say 10-15 ft), I have found that I am hitting a bit lower than i am aiming so I can take out a bunny cleanly by aiming at the top of its head. Anyone know what might be going on and what I can do about it? Thanks for any help

[Hill Stirrup pump and pellets question]

hah - so 3 posts in, and I'm offering advice when you start pumping (according to my manual) you are pumping air into the pump itself - not the gun - so it starts at zero. Then as you pump it builds up easily until it gets to the actual pressure in the gun. After that you are pressurising the gun and it gets flipping hard work!

[Hill Stirrup pump and pellets question]

thanks folks - you sure get advice quickly here -much appreciated. Yes - the shop was good - showed me how to hold the gun and look through the scope - couldn't even do that properly They've pre-zeroed the scope for me so next job is to actually fire the thing and zero the scope. I've looked this up on the forum and got lots of advice so should be OK If not - I'lll be back (heard that somewhere before....)

[Hill Stirrup pump and pellets question]

So I've got my AA 410s Classic (first ever gun). Ive just pumped it up to 180 with a Hill stirrup pump. My question is, this pump doesn't have the Drypac attachment fitted (so the air isn't dried). The AA manual recommends that filtered air is used. Anybody got an opinion on this/ Do i need it, and can I retrofit it?

 

also the shop where I bought the gun (KWG Ashford - very helpful) through in a tin of pellets .22 RMS superdome field line. Anybody got experience of these?

[Hello from a "rather surprised" new member]

Got the gun today - lovely! i was told that Air Arms are now rating the gun to pressurize to 200 bar instead of 190. Made no difference to me though. After pumping it to 180 I was good for nothing !!