:D my dad had bought a whole organic lamb (£90 ) and we went up to the farm to collect it. my dad was good freinds with the farm owner and we walked round the paddocks. it was at midday anmd i saw a rabbit bolt at the sight of us. i was suprised as it was in the middle of the day. i asked the farm owner if she had many rabbits around and she said most of them got mixy but there are still a few around. i also saw a squirrel ans a few pigeons. the permission is abotu 30 acres and looked good so i asked if i could hunt on it and she said sure. :clapper:
very pleased.
nah, dont think it would be a good idea. if it was the same as a shotgun certificate then i would nt be aloud to hunt on my own till i was 16. i'm trying to get rid of my dad as it is, i cant put up with another 2 years of "sorry, i didnt see the rabbit/woody/rat till i scared it away..."
the heart of a squirrel or a rabbit is very small and unless you can pinpoint exactly where it is so that the pellet passes throught the heart then your better off going for headshots. to be honest mate, i know zini was doing heart shots but he is a very good marksman and i should imagine he probably disected woodys before hand to find out exactly where the heart is. on any quarry speices the killzone is just behind the eye and with something like a squirrel or a rabbit it wont take long for them to move into a positiojn that you can take a headshot from.
for a spring rifle: something from the HW range, maybe a hw97k or hw77k, or anything in between. for good scopes avoid SMK and go for a nice hawke scope and if your on a budget then JSR.
for a pcp ridle then a air arms s200 or s400. although you will need a stirrup pump or dive tank for these as they need filling up with air. the plus side of this is that they are recoilles and much easier to achieve accuracy with than springers.
hw77k= £330
jsr 3-9X40 IR= £30
TOTAL: £360
AA s200= £350
jsr 3-9x40= £30
fx stirrup pump:£110
TOTAL= £490.
bearing in mind that the AA S200
at the midlands game fair i tried out a few rifles and loved the webley venom sidewinder. fell in love with it. it may be my next rifle once have enough money.
my s400 is .177 and i have shot 4 rabbits, 6 pigeons and 4 squizzers with it so far. not one single wound shot. the trajectory of a .177 pellet is very flat but with scope reticles getting better this is soon becomeing not a problem for the .22. i like .177 but everyone has there prefferences. if you want the best of both worlds go for a .20 but there is limited pellet choice in this range. the old saying ".177 for feather and .22 for fur" is tosh. this saying most probably originated in the 50's when all air rifles were spring guns and putting out about 7fibs the .22's greater hitting area wo
i havent heard anything abotu either of the guns and there both equally good. if i was you i'd go down your gun shop and test them out, see hoe they feel with you. its all up to you mate as they are both excelent guns.