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    Hi Shepp. Good answer from Andy . I accurately measured out the field distances with stones at 5-metre intervals with a 5-metre steel tape measure. I'm also long-used to estimating variable changes in range accuracy with zoom mag scopes, regardless of reticle type. Basically, the lower down you zoom down mag, say. from 14X to 4X the less holdover you need to exert. The higher the mag you shoot on, the more the range and trajectory becomes distorted and exaggerated. I never use rangefinders or lazers. I do however, have the measured ranges marked on my scope's focus ring so that I
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    One Hundred and fifty quid for that rifle Andy; with scope? Now there's a bargain. No wonder Paul's chuffed with it. That HW80K of mine cost me a lot less than £50 as a sorry-state clunker that was a trade in. A bit of TLC and a re-blue and it belts along! Simon
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    Best Co2 rifle I have seen in recent times is the UMAREX 850 AIRMAGNUM bolt action rifle. It absolutely knocks that cheapo SMK Co2 rifle into a cocked hat, looks like a great fun-gun and a decent plinker but, as a serious hunting arm? No! There'll be enough poke to despatch a rabbit at 25 metres or so, maybe a little more, but the levels of accuracy are questionable for an effective hunting rifle. At the other end, I have an FAC Weihrauch HW80 .22 carbine that is the fastest, most accurate air rifle this side of a rimfire; and a sub 12ft/lb HW77 and both can accurately rip a tin beer can a
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    Hot Iron over a wet tea-towel is still the best method for steam-raising dents and dings out of your Beech or Walnut stock. Do it gradually and one at a time. Nitro-Morse is a very effective preparation for cleaning and preparing the surface of a beech or walnut stock, for oil-finishing. Best way to oil a stock I know, is hand rub it . Use the heel and palm of your bare hand to massage the oil into the wood. This causes better friction that warms the grain and opens the pores of the wood to get the oil worked in. There's lots of good stuff like London Stock Oil Finish and Nickerson'
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    Nice one Gary. Looking forward to reading your write ups and seeing a pic or two of the new baby! Cheers mate. Simon
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    Hi Dave. Don't take this personally but, STOP being a tight arse. Nothing wrong with the Remington Genesis. You have two very good rifles. Treat the HW35 to a good quality scope too, and enjoy both rifles on a good day's range precision shooting. A great scope, performing great accuracy on a great air rifle is a joy to own. Stuff what it costs. Look what it brings you! All the best mate. Simon
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    PM sent Carl.
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    Hi young fella. As a fellow HW80 shooter, I recommend you give H&N Field & Target Trophy a try, or RWS Superdomes. Weihrauch spring rifles love these two domed pellet types. Perfect for all vermin, fur and feather. Best break-barrel spring air rifle in the world, the HW80. No question. It's an air rifle Icon. I've had mine ten years and they both perform as brilliantly as the day I bought them new. All the best. Simon
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    Hi Stew. Short answer 11.5 or less. There is still such a lot of nonesense about "the higher the better" air rifle power. I'm in total agreement with Matt, Buster and Big Bald Beautiful. 10.8 to 11.3 is perfect for whatever calibre your rifle is. I recently headshot a few rabbits out to 45 metres with my TX200HC .177 with a spring that collapsed on the hunt and. I later found on the chrono, was only pumping out 7.6 ft/lbs average. The only thing that went on the downside was the accuracy suffered because of inconsistency in the air charge being delivered and I missed a few more.
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    My God what a fantastic experience. Danw, thank you sir. That's very kind and generous of you. Simon
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    Hi Andy. The MkI and MkII differ only in the stock design. As with all Weihrauch rifles from time to time, the stock has undergone a slight variation with a little more depth around the fore-end of the MkII. The MkI (yours) has a slimmer forestock. Very slight but noticeable changes mate. Like the stocks of my 2 HW80s vary slightly. Simon
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    Blimey! You have got a right bargain Chilli. One of the best spring rifles on the market the HW95 and worth more than what you got it for. You'll be well served for whatever shopoting you want to do. It deserves a good scope mate. If this one is duff, bin it and get a look over at JSR Ramsbottom's site. They have some amazing spec scopes for beer money! Simon
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    My God what a beautiful house and gardens. If it was mine I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. As it is Shay, you've got yourself a real slice of fried gold having the run of the shooting around the grounds and gardens here mate. Great reading your write up and watching the video footage. Lovely stuff mate . ATB Simon
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    Nice one Peter. There you go mate, you just need to spend a bit of time "shooting yourself in" with a new rifle as you get used to it's characteristics. They don't always shoot so well with you straight out the box. Looking forward to reading about your hunting successes with it all! All the best. Simon
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    Great stuff John, the pics, your write-up. Everything just a great read. I'm seeing Mixy on my permission with some (not all) of the rabbits Andy and I have been shooting this year so far. The dreaded whites around the eyes and thinning, patchy coat has been found on more than a few. Equally worrying is the numbers of rabbits for the pot that have been found to have suffered from liver flukes and other unpleasentnesses of their vital organs. It was only last year that I had an amazing season's rabbit shooting with plenty of rabbits in beautiful condition throughout. Now these unhealth
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    Fantastic bag and a great read Davy. Good to see you back here. ATB Simon
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    Well that's good news to hear Darren. You were pretty stuck before, it seemed. Hope you get great sport from it mate. Well done! ATB Simon
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    I was refering to your scope Chilli. The rifles are great but, a duff scope renders them blind, unless they have open sights You will see the HW model type on the breech block and the calibre beneath. Weihrauch make a very tough rifle that can take a lot of external abuse. But there is a limit. By the time they are exchanging for thirty quid they are usually damaged, abused and pretty knackered. But, if you say the rifle you've got is in good order, then you may have a real bargain on your hands. You need to use a great pellet like RWS superdomes or H&N Field Target Trophy to get the bes
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    you need more than your back garden mate. Get to your permission and mark out a target at 25 metres and see what your scopes doing. God knows what sort of condition you Weihrauch rifle is in for thirty quid. What's the type/model of HW rifle and make of scope you have? To be honest, you don't sound like you know a lot and you've just blown thirty quid on a fcuked-up dog Pianoman
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    Well, you've certainly done a lovely job on restoring it Ron. The stock and the rifle as a whole look mint new. The Hawke 3-9x50 scope you have mounted on it here compliments the rifle very well I think. Don't let your R-10 keep you from the skills you have developed with your Weihrauch HW95K. Not everyone can shoot such a great spring rifle with precision accuracy Ron. It's a great skill to have when the pre-charged gun goes tech! For me personaly, it's lovely to just enjoy the simple technology and brilliant accuracy of shooting a rifle that's feels alive with every shot. I'll never s
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    Try TRANSYLVANIA 65000 Cheers fellas! Simon
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    Jesus Christ it's getting to be like having a f*****g Vampire family move-in next door, this place. The Graham Brothers must be Transylvanian inbreads or something because, they write with the same level of illiteracy, they choose similar sounding handles for phony user names and, they have an insatiable thirst for quick cash by wanting to be your mate! Like a pair of little Draculas who have to be invited to cross a threshhold. Once you let em' in, you're fackin screwed ! What's their friggin phone number? TRANSYLVANIA 65000? Simon
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    Fry's bang on right. It must be a foul and utterly miserable existence, this constant trawling for an opportunist strike of a bit of cash from someone's trust and decency. I do not believe they have a moment's regard or thought for the misery, the loss, the sense of stupidity their victims feel after they've been and fled. I cottoned on to the fact of this guy welcoming himself Ron. That says something about the person behind it. I spoke about this with a Police officer mate of mine and he says the mentality of thieves nowadays is a growing sense of self delusion. In that, their sord
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    Lovely looking riflestock Ron. I haven't seen one of such a light "golden" shade of beech on a Weihrauch spring rifle before. Great shot on the bunny. And you'll love the Hawke 6-18x44 SR12 scope for your R-10. Calibrate it on Hawke's chairgun software and you'll be deadly with it. From using Si Pittaway's R-10/Hawk scope set-up on a high mount, set it on 15-mag and zero your rifle on the third mildot down/first tiebar at 35-metres range. Each of the corresponding dots should now be zeroed at 25 metres centre-to-centre, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55 metres on the last tiebar at the bottom of t
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    Hi Ben. This black residue thats coming out, could be from pellets clipping the inside face of the muzzle and deflecting off-target. It could be the threaded barrel end may be damaged from being knocked over. In which case, it's the rifle, not the silencer that needs replacement. Take it to the gunshop you got it from and ask them to fit a new silencer to test. If you still find poor results, it's your barrel's threaded end that's damaged. You get a lot of this with sleeved bull-barrel rifles that have beed accidentally dropped or knocked over. Doesn't take much to knock the threaded end
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