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Everything posted by pianoman
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Nice one Owen, you keep up on spring gun shooting fella You are already well forging a skillful shooting standard with your 99S that will serve you well all your shooting life. I'm 53 now and been shooting spring rifles regularly since I was 8. Never seen or shot with a PCP yet, nice as they are, that can out-perform my HW80s, '77, 97k and TX200s at my shoulder on a hot, dry, dusty shoot. You'll never be stuck for a decent day's shooting too. It's the learning that never stops. That's the great thing here! ATB Simon
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Goddamit mate that was great bird shooting. I'm gonna get an order in for your DVDs....Still won't convert me from my beloved springers though..(But then again!) All the best for your movie sales Si. Simon
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Hi Lady Hunter and welcome. Only 500 of the 97k Centenary model were made with a laminate stock and a gilt trigger, making them something of a limited edition collector's piece. In the absence of an accurate price-guide answer, I'd compare the offer price of this particular rifle against the cost of a new .22cal. standard model -and a reasonable second hand one, weigh up the cost differences and decide whether or not you really want the laminate stock ltd edition or a 97K per se. Also, does this particular rifle offer come with a decent quality, usable scope or not? ATB Simon
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@THE67al. Sounds like a nice scope this Mamba light. Do you use one mate? What spec model?
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Well, I stand well and truly corrected lads! Never thought an air pistol would be powerful enough, especially on a mink!
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Well said Steve/hunter1989, I think the fellow here is a bit unused to things and just looking for a point of departure on the right tracks and who can blame him for that! . colliegreyhound123 maybe if you can keep your questions here it'll be easier to keep info together for you mate. Ok? As you can see this one question alone elicits several answers, all of them sound, all of them based on what individual shooting approaches require. Really it boils down to what YOU think you are going to need to be comfy and effective for a typical day's shooting. Your rifle, scope and ammo must
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TX200 .22, TX200HC .177 FAC or HW80 FAC .22 and scope, depending on what I'm Hunting. Ammo is kept in a screw-lid old Eley Wasp pellet tin, lined with Chamoise leather superglued to the inside and painted cammo in enamel paint. It keeps ammo secure, clean and dry and, above all, doesn't make a sound when I'm reloading, stalking or moving. Lasted me near ten years so far! A sharp knife for hide building. A webbing pack filled with a couple of old German army cammo jackets and a blanket(!) I use one for a ground sheet and the pack with my rifleslip for a softly supportive shooting rest fo
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Maybe it could be his choice of pellet? He sure sounds as though he's a beginner in need of some guidance!
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Sound reply ulverston moocher Hi and welcome colliegreyhound123 It cannot be stressd strongly enough that you must attain a level of competent marksmanship with your rifle before you should go out to hunt. You are going out to kill a living animal, regardless of it being a rat, squirrel or rabbit, woodpidgeon, Magpie or rook. And there are laws that determine when and where you may AND MAY NOT shoot them, even if they are classed as vermin. So a responsible, humane approach is paramount, not just for your own moral conscience, but those principles of the sport we all enjoy and wish to
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Hi Capt. Boo Absolutely not mate! Under no circumstances attempt to use an air pistol on a Mink (or any small animal come to that). They are a very tough animal, fast-fidgity movements and absolutely fearless. I've hunted and shot a lot of wild mink on one of my permissions over the years and always use one of my FAC HW80.22s over my sub 12ft/lb TX200 .22 rifle, let alone a way-underpowered plinker pistol. Chances are you will have the animal screeching in agony and little Jimmy in tears and his Mum and Dad baying for your immediate sacking and compensation!! A good .22 rifle in a gunbag d
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Hi Deano I found a long time back how I come home from a cold day's shooting, riflescope's been perfect then, after a night or two in a warm room, the zero's shifted off a few clicks I always check zero before a target practice session or hunting. I have a Bushnell Scopechief 4-14X50 scope on my TX200HC .177 and that's a beauty. It moves just a click or so in winter and stays on zero in summer. But other than this, I've never yet found another make of scope that stays rock on zero from one day to next, precisely for the reasons the lads have stated already. ATB Simon
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Cheers Ron. Only too glad to be of help to a fellow shooter here. There is one important point of law I forgot to mention to our friend meldino2005 here. When you have your licence and bought your rifle, your now-FAC-licensed air rifle is classed as a catagory-1 firearm, just as a .22 rimfire or 17HMR is. It is therefore illegal for you to fire this licensed air rifle in your back garden, unlike you can, plinking with a sub-12ft/lb rifle. This due to the likely closer-proximity of public footpaths, roads and of other homeowners and their properties and your garden boundaries being substa
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All the best of success with your new web site Si. I'm new here but, I've enjoyed reading your posts. I'd like to buy your DVDs particularly as I'm an out-and-out spring rifle affectionado. Howw do I obtain them? All the best to you fella. Simon
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Holy smoke mate I haven't seen a bag of rats like that for yonks. Great shooting H&H Simon
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Hi Meldino2005. It's a faff that that often puts a lot of shooters off applying but... The UK Firearms certificate is a statutary licence by which one can legally hold a weapon classed as a firearm; with the exception of handguns and fully automatic weapons capable of firing more than three rounds rapidly . In the case of an air rifle the application and conditions of the licence equally apply as with a rimfire/centrefire rifle. To get one, you first apply to your Police firearms authority. You local 'nick will tell you where/who this is. You will have few conditions to fulfil upfront.
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Hi Fry Looking at your scope, you have an adjustable focus front/objective lens. Give this simple test a go. 1.Measure out 30 yards or metres, or whatever range you prefer to zero your scope to and set up a target. 2. Wind up the magnification ring at the back of the scope to it's maximum mag. You'll probably see the sightpicture of the target is very blurred. 3. looking through the scope to the target, turn the front focus ring left or right until the sightpicure on your target at distance becomes pin-sharp and crisp. Look at the range marks on the ring to see what it says. Ra
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Hi mate. Washing thoroughly, certainly helps with getting rid of swarf and lead dust and should be done, whether you agree with lubing or not . I've used a light spray of Mr Sheen furniture spray wax polish on .177 cal Air Arms Fields for my TX200HC in the past with great results. For all my ammo, .22 and .177, I use a light machine oil like 3-in-1 or WD40. This can cause dieselling on firing if you get a glob of the oil inside the pellet skirt. to prevent this, I clean out the skirt of each lubed pellet with a thin roll of tissue paper. It's laborious but it gets the ammo properly prepared
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Total disgusting and inhumane demo of how "NOT TO DO IT".
pianoman replied to zini's topic in Airgun Hunting
Look at it this way Renzak mate, you shot your rabbit perfectly properly from a self-disciplined set of sporting principles we all abide and adhere to. You won't ever lower yourself from the high standard you've set yourself and niether would any decent fellow here. Looking at this vid again, I'm inclined to agree that the rabbits were shot clean and fair but the rats were deemed not worthy of such consideration. This guy can shoot ok. He's just a sadistic little swine who deliberately shot these rodents this way to watch them suffer and get a power trip off the back of his gun. His back-up -
Total disgusting and inhumane demo of how "NOT TO DO IT".
pianoman replied to zini's topic in Airgun Hunting
Absolutely right Mikey. Bad, bad form. Also, it makes another job of go finding and disposing of carcasses that may flop into animal feed troughs or water supply. From what I saw of his rifle, that thing should have been capable of a headshot on a gnat! Guess he wasn't up to his kit! Hunting vids on YouTube get enough drivel from antis thrown at them when the guy's been really professional and humane in his shooting. God knows this is a gift to those who point the finger and brand all of us bloody cruel gun maniacs! -
Heyo matey. From what you set for budget your comfortable shooting ranges and low-light, dusk shooting, I'd certainly give Nikko Stirling a serious look over their range of scopes. Mikeyblue is clearly happy with his and my 6-24X45 Platinum nighteater does the job for me. I'm seriously thinking of adding a few more of their scopes myself as they seem to offer a robust, accurate and well-made ,scope for quite reasonable money. Certainly not hearing any gripes or complaints about them! Hope you get sorted out and shooting well with your TX200HC ASAP! ATB Simon
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I'm a dedicated spring gun shooter and a defiantly proud left-handed one at that. So my perfect, ideal rifle new year present would be a PAIR of Left Handed Air Arms PRO SPORTs in both calibres, in walnut, and both with the original tartan chequering (well, we all have dreams). But, as this is clearly a PCP thread, in all seriousness, I'd really love a left handed HW100 with the Bavaria stock. .22 or .177 no matter, I love shooting both calibres so it's no problem which it comes in! Great post on gun fit and shooter-suitability there Si. Exactly why I love my HW80s and TX200s. I'm a big ch
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Hi 8shot There is nothing so worse as waiting patiently and quietly for hours until, a rabbit pops up well in range, you take aim, the crosshairs are locked dead steady on the brainspot, you fire....and the pellet has missed by a sodding mile! Well, it's either your rifle, your scope, your pellet choice..or you. From your post I get the impression that you prefer to stalk your quarry and take quick, aimed shots from all positions; prone, kneeling and standing. And .22 isn't working out for you this way. At the risk of sounding like I'm suggesting the bleedin' obvious, have you tried setting
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Hi mate TX200s are a quality rifle and deserve quality glassware. I use a Bushnell 4-14x50 Scopechief on my .177 TX200HC which is just perfect. They don't make this scope anymore alas but other Bushnell models seem to really suit these rifles equally well. I also have a TX200 standard .22 rifle currently fitted with a Bushnell Banner 6-18X50 which is performing superbly well and for not a lot of money for a quality-name scope as this maker. Also, I would certainly consider a Nikko Stirling Nighteater Platinum 6-24X45 mildot which is proving a great Target and Hunting scope on both my TX200/HC
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I have had no problems whacking down a pheasant or two with my FAC Wiehrauch HW80.22. I've often shot at their backs across the spread of the wing shoulders at the centre, if head shots are a problem to get a clear bead on. This puts a round through the heart and lungs and kills them very fast. In nearly every case the bird gives a very clear, sharp gasp of breath as it drops. As if the shot empties it of breath in a flash. It will kick and flap a bit, but it's dead very quickly. I've also had equally humane kills on pheasants with my sub 12ft/lb TX200 .22 rifle in the same spot. The head is a
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Nice one Kingoftoosh mate. Always good to read of what other lads have in way of permissions and how they get on. A good bag of birds on your first day out, Smashing stuff! You should see good bags of rabbits from those woods at the far end in the summers too. Sound like you got a squirt of juniper or wild Damson in your eye. Makes a lovely Jam! Cheers Simon