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    Hi there. When you spend a serious sum of money on an air rifle, the very least you should expect, is for the thing to be fully functional, efficient and be well screwed together. The Regal was out a long time before Daystate listened to the lousy feedback and stuck a decent regulator into it. I had written several uncompromising but well-reasoned letters to Tony Belas as head of Daystate; all met with either no reply or a faint bit of neutrality and a promise to re-examine the issues I raised. Then, a regulator suddenly replaced the useless Harper valve. It should have had one
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    I'm with Villaman. Daystate Huntsman Regal. .177 Imagine buying what you thought was a Bentley Continental GT... only to find it had a f***ing Austin Metro under the bonnet. When I spent well over £1,000 on the rifle, scope and bottle, the last thing I want is an inconsistent air charge from an unregulated gun. It was low on power at 9.3 foot pounds energy. Barrel shroud loose and rattled like hell. Harper valve system utterly unreliable. Returned the rifle to Daystate for repairs only to have it returned after two months waiting, and nothing had been done. I spent anoth
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    Take them with you, say absolutely nothing about your guns and when an inspection of your rented home comes around every six months, as will be a condition of your tenancy agreement, just hide them under a duvet or inside a wardrobe till the inspection is over. The letting agents and your landlord do not have the legal right to search personal property and will not go further than observing the general condition of your rented property. As long as you are keeping everything in good order, you won't have a problem. Don't worry. All the best. Simon.
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    Hazelnut spread with an oral contraceptive. Yeah that's going work.
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    Dear Jimmy and Nicola. We are so very sorry and upset to read this post. It feels so bloody useless being able to do nothing more than offer sympathy and sorrow mate. But we are truly saddened and wish you both find strength to bear through this terrible hour with your daughter. God bless you both with live and fondest regards. Simon and Helen. Xx
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    Last year two lads my way have been prosecuted for shooting a duck with an air rifle. And they had permission to be on the land for rabbits etc. Judge ordered the air rifle to be seized and destroyed and the two lads fined. Best not to eh. You never know who might spot you. And an air rifle isn't the gun to use.
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    BISLEY SLING SWIVELS! Best of all for a HW77/97.
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    JIMMY! Buy it mate. I have an FX2000 and Webley Axsor both in .22. Absolutely beautiful rifles both and blisteringly accurate with JSB Heavies in 5.52mm headsize. Really lovely bolt action too. A proper classic rifle! All I can say is they have totally changed my perceptions about PCPs. Totally old gold as they say! Best regards mate. Simon.
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    I think then Soho, if a spring rifle is what you would like, I cannot recommend these two underlever rifles highly enough. AIR ARMS PRO SPORT. WIEHRAUCH HW77. Both are incredibly accurate undetlever rifles that ooze performance. I have both in .22 and there's nothing between them for accuracy and consistent power. You could opt for the HW97K as an equivalent. But if I had to choose just the one....The Pro Sport is a stunningly beautiful rifle that has the looks as well as incredible accuracy. All that you need is there in that one rifle. Best regards and good
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    I have a Webley Axsor .22 rifle. I love everything it. It has precision accuracy with JSB 18G HEAVY pellets and a superb bolt action and produces about 120 full power shots on one 190 bar fill. I am a dedicated spring air rifle shooter but, this rifle , along with my .22 FX2000 is a fantastic tool on my permissions and has changed my preconceptions about PCP air rifles. Never going to be sold. Ever. Best regards. Pianoman.
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    Mint condition example Axsors and FX2000s are usually selling around the £300 to £350 mark Soho. And that usually includes a scope and perhaps a sling at least. I paid £350 for my FX2000 about 5 years ago and directly swapped my Daystate Huntsman Classic for my Axsor. The Daystate is almost worthless. Nobody wants these after so many poor experiences people have had with the rifle and the company. Both Webleys run off the same air bottle and share the same whip adaptor. Neither will ever be sold. They are both superbly performing .22 PCPs. A worthy replacement? Air Arms
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    Best break barrel of all. Great on FAC power. An eminently tunable spring air rifle. You will not be dissatisfied with it.
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    Hi Salop Sniper. I have always washed all my pellets in a sieve dunked in a bowlful of warm water and Fairy Liquid then, dried out with a hair dryer. There is always a bit of loose swarf in the tins and sometimes still attached to the skirts I find and this cannot be allowed to get into the barrel. For many, many years, I've lubed my washed pellets by a light squirt of WD40 into a cloth and rolled a few pellets in it at a time. This gives a light coating to the outer surfaces of the pellets without wetting the inside of the skirts in the oil which will cause major dieselling problem
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    You are getting a bit of what the old African game hunters call "Buck Fever" . The surge of sudden excitement when your target suddenly appears You have to train and discipline yourself to relax your impulse to pull the trigger by not jumping to shoot, as instantly you see something. Be patient. Let the animal settle down and relax its guard caution before it starts to eat. Keep off the trigger as it starts to feed. It will pop it's head up to chew a mouthful while having a listen and sniff for a possible enemy predator. That's the time to put the shot together. You have more time
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    I use these in my Daystate Regal .177 Phil. They are devasting on rabbits, woodies and corvids. The Webley Axsor and FX2000 .22 I have are performing brilliantly with the 5 52mm JSB Heavy too. These are outstandingly amazing pellets in either calibre, in my experience. Nothing less than single pellet-hole accurate at 30-50 metres ranges. The HW97 I had is now in Mark's capable hands. Best. Simon.
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    I get my 4.51mm JSB Heavies from Sundon Model Shop on Ebay. Can't recommend them highly enough. They have an excellent range of pellets and their service is superb in my experience.
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    H&N FTT are a good bet for Weihrauch spring rifles Phil. Hope you enjoy the HW57. A fine little rifle. All the best. Simon
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    One of the very most accurate spring rifles I have ever shot with were a couple ofTX200HCs in .177 Jimmy. I had one years ago and of course, I shot Phil's on my garden range. Absolutely superb rifle mate, I hope you really enjoy it. Love and best wishes to Nicola and yourself Jimmy. Simon and Helen. Xx
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    Been enjoying the better weather in my garden and out on my garden range with my recently aquired Webley Axsor .22 PCP. This rifle is performing brilliantly despite being made in the mid 1990s. I can shoot out to 45 metres so plenty of challenging target set ups. It's taken care of a few early dawn pigeons and saved the car from being shat on too. So too with the FX2000, Daystate Regal .177 , Air Arms Pro Sport and HW80 .22. I'll dust off the HW77 and Diana/Mauser K98 for a target session when the good weather returns. Missing the perms though. All th
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    Hi Danny and welcome. Okay, I would assume you have never zeroed a scope before? Right. It's pretty easy really. Take the screwcaps off your scopes turret controls. These turrets themselves have turnable switch-buttons that alter your scope's reticle or crosshairs left or right, and "up and down". Pay attention to the arrow indicator marks and which way they indicate up and down on the vertical turret and left to right on the horizontal turret. Get to familiarize yourself with these turret controls. They work in a commonsense fashion. 1. Measure out a set range distance of 2
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    Hello Claude. Don't whatever he does, buy a cheap bargain optic. No! A cheap bargain scope will not last long on a spring rifle. In fact, won't last long period. A spring rifle, regardless of make or cost, imparts a sharp two-way recoil and shock vibration that can be savage to a scope's inner workings. Often resulting in permanent damage. Usually the reticle or crosshairs break, it won't hold zero or the focus goes blurry. Even loweŕ-end Hawke scopes don't survive for very long before something like the reticle mount shifts and no longer holds zero or it won't focus down and hold f
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    Everything planned for spring to summer is being cancelled. I see the reasons alright, but for a lot of us self employed folk, it's a worrying time ahead.
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    Did you buy the MP40 on the left side too? What calibre? Single shot?
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    If you are asking a question like this, it gives me the impression that your are something of an inexperienced newcomer to air rifle hunting . I would well advise you to go for .177 or 22 and gain all the experience you can with these calibres. They are absolutely time proven by effective results over lifetimes of air rifle shooting. A sub 12 ft/lbs. 177 or .22 does the business all day long. But it is down to you to gain proficiency with shooting them. .25 rifle at FAC 30 ft/lbs or even more FPE would be pretty effective I'm sure. But at sub 12, it is going to produce a very looped fli
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