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    Generally speaking, the TX200 series has proved to be a really fine gun since it was first launched back in the 1990s. There are no examples to be avoided and all of the marques Air Arms have produced have been really superb. If anything, the earlier models are collectors guns now. The sheer smoothness of the rifle's firing characteristics is best found and exemplified on .22 rifles. The .177s are a bit snappier and sharper in report. Air Arms should be able to help you identify the age of the rifle particularly, if you email them with serial numbers. The Mk I had a similar appearance to t
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    Use a squirt of gun-oil with the foil. Or a fine wire wool with a drop of gun-oil works a treat!
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    Not had a BSA Scope of any description before. But I've not heard a bad word said about one so, you should be fine with it. For £45quid you'll likely have a cracking bargain there!
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    Hello VW! Alternating pellets will affect your barrel's accuracy due to differing qualities of lead antimony in different pellets getting into the lands or spirals of your barrel. This is called leading the barrel.. But, once you return to the optimum pellet, the barrel will re-lead itself and the tight groups will start flowing again. Get the barrel scrubbed clean and re-lead with the optimum pellet is the best thing to do after putting other brands of pellet through the barrel. Then don't change the pellet brand! Stick with what is perfect or near as, always! Best regards. Simon
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    There is CUSTOM STOCK of Seffield. I think they offer a chequering service. Look em up on the web!
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    WIEHRAUCH HW80 or HW80K I can only go by what I own and have owned before. ABOLUTELY BRILLIANT RIFLE. What more can anyone possibly want from a .22 break-barrel rifle that can put a pellet on a pellet at 45 metres? Simon
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    I have found it worth the job of washing my .22 pellets to rid them of fine swarf and lead dust; and lubing them with a very light coat of WD40. (not soak them or they will diesel.) A little coat of wax furniture polish like Johnson's spray wax makes a great lube for .177 ammo. If you rifle performs its best on Air Arms Field then that's what you should be using. If the shop you use hasn't got them, there are plenty of places online. I use a great store on Ebay for my .177 AA Fields. He has just the right headsize (4.51mm) I need in stock.
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    S410 anytime!
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    Now that's the idea Rez!
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    I've been using certain, specific headsizes of H&N FTT and Air Arms Field ammo for years for hunting. The least they'll do is produce a cloverleaf group, zeroed at decent hunting ranges. None of the little critters I used these on, have ever complained about them! Something for Olympic target shooters these pellets by the look of them.
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    A drone for spotting rabbits... I've heard it all now!. What about an adapted military job you can operate from thousands of miles away and fit it with servo-electronic operated PCPs set to a shallow downward angle? You could go strafing bunnies all over the European countryside from the comfort of your converted-for-purpose bedroom-cockpit
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    Hi there VWman. As with all the good advice you've been given all I can add is, if you must go out in the rain, prepare to give your rifle some proper TLC when you get it home. 1. TAKE THE STOCK OFF AND LET IT BONE DRY , DRY OFF METALS/BARREL WITH CLEAN, DRY RAG. 2. GIVE ALL THE METALWORK A GOOD WIPE ALL-OVER WITH A CLEAN DRY RAG CLOTH LACED WITH A SQUIRT OF GUN OIL. (I use BISLEY oil. It comes in a can with a spout. Does the job perfectly for me.) 3. MAKE SURE STOCK AND METALS ARE COMPLETELY DRY BEFORE YOU REFIT IT BACK TOGETHER. 4. NEVER STORE YOUR RIFLE IN A GUNBAG. ANY
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    Put the time in to really get to know your HW77 and you'll be well rewarded with an incredible rifle. The shots these guns can pull off, with a decent scope on-board will leave you speechless! And you will aquire other rifles as I have. But, you'll come back to your HW77 and wonder why you bother with anything else for an evening of thoroughly enjoyable shooting. All the best with it VWman. Simon
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    I've shot and killed rabbits out to yards with my HW77 .22 but, I can still count on the fingers of both hands how many times I've done that! The wind has to be none-existant for a start off! I class myself as a decent shot but I seldom take a shot on a rabbit's head at much over 50 yards unless I'm certain of the wind speeds and how much deflection I'll need. This is after decades of shooting experience that has taught me exactly how my sub 12 spring rifle and pellet behaves in a variety of changing and different winds. I zero my FAC .22 HW80 and sub 12 ft/lbs HW77 .22 rifles at 30
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    They are tenaciously agressive and very intelligent animals but they are Alpha Vermin and I've set out to hunt and shoot them on sight. There has been a fair number on a permission I have up in West Yorkshire that features a beautiful woodland and steeply-banked river valley that has provided a good source of food and shelter; and they are truly fearless and vicious. My HW80 FAC .22 is the rifle for this job. They are fast and fidgety creatures and you need a quick, reactive aim and a fast, powerful shot. There aren't so many sighted so far at the moment but, that may change again. There h
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    ARCHIE! It's good to see you back here. No new nubile young things in your world then? I see your taste in preferred shooting rifle hasn't altered with time though! All the best mate. Simon Edited to add. I have a Daystate Regal that I use well enough BUT ALSO... an HW77 .22 that I absolutely will defend to the end as the finest spring rifle there is. It will TWANG all over any silly little PCP any time.
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    Providing you have your scope set-up to your PCP rifle as perfectly level vertically as you can achieve, it shouldn't make any difference whatsoever with a PCP that is zeroed from prone using a bipod.There is virtually no vibration recoil to affect a shift in zero from one supportive surface to another. Unlike a hefty spring rifle which will deviate slightly as a change from prone to standing shots will alter the weight pressures of the rifle being supported in the hands and a slight change in elevation from low to high. Prone is more supportively secure than standing shots and these changes
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    Mac, I think you're the only chap I know who sells a cherished gun .... .....and somehow, manages to get it back! Just look how lovely your HW97K is. I use a 4-12x50 Hawke Panorama on my HW97K .177 too. They really do suit one another well. Now I'm looking forward to reading of your forays out with Little Hunter and this rifle! By the way, I put that very same HW97K factory stock on my HW77 and it has improved the handling and balance. And it looks fabulous. I need to find a second one of these for a project idea. All the best mate and here's to the return of your Raider.
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    30 metres for .22 is the optimum distance. Set up a series of targets at ranges you are likely to see rabbits pop out of hedge rows and the like and try practicing on these to see precisely where your shots at this zero-range distance are falling over varying ranges..
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    Thanks again everyone. To make this post a bit more understandable. I hit the rabbit clean into the left side of its head between eye and ear lobe at 23 yards with a 5.52mm .22 Air Arms Diablo Field pellet from my HW77. The same rifle and pellet combination had just taken down two rabbits at over 60 metres range. I know my trajectory from years of training myself and experience with this rifle, pellet type and scope. Six other rabbits were humanely killed with this rifle on this particular evening. Every shot from this rifle to hit this spot in the head is a guarenteed killer. No ques
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    Thank you everyone for excellent and thoughtful answers. It was the fact that I saw its body rise and fall as if it was breathing, as it finally slowed down and stopped bucking and rolling over, despite three very decisive hits to its head that caused me concern. Only the fourth one put an end to the extreme thrashing I saw it make. I'll break the neck and have it over finished with next time. All the best. Simon
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    Gentlemen. As those of you who know my writings here, I have a particular distaste for wounding my quarry. Vermin or not, I cannot abide un-necessary suffering inflicted on a living creature just because it has a price on its head as a pest. That's why I only buy the best kit for my shooting needs. So, last evening and with a call from one of my permissions with a rape field getting hammered by rabbits I took out my beloved HW77 .22 rifle and zeroed up. A 5p size group of 15 AA Field .22 5.52mm at 30 metres and we're ready to go. There are horses in a meadow where I shoot on this permi
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    Common sense prevails at last! Good news to read here for our Scottish friends. Well done and thanks for posting this Ratbuster!
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    Your the one that had the gaystate :tongue2: :air_kiss: atvbmac :thumbs: Hahahhh!! Busted Mitch!
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    Ah.... You bought a Hatstand.. ...Never mind Bill. Just my pet name for Hatsans It's going to be quite a learning curve I fancy, old sport. Rez is right, you'll be wearing that gun out and needing a new one to take you to the next level sooner than you currently realize. But, you've made a start and that's no bad thing! Follow bigmac97kt's advice on zeroing your scope. He's a wise old owl our 'Mac and a first class shot to boot. Edited to add: Always begin to zero your scope in windless conditions as far and often as possible and perform zero check-shots BEFORE you venture
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