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  1. pianoman
    I'm sure he'll be along anytime soon Mick......
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    BUMP!
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    HW97 is an incredible rifle in .177 calibre. That's the only one of the three listed I'd be snapping up! The 97K. I prefer the Bavarian sporter stock. But that's me! BUT! If I had to choose just one spring air rifle on the budget stated......And only one. No tuning needed but, fresh out the box, scope up and take it to the hunting field. There is only one underlever for my money. WEIHRAUCH HW77 I have an HW97K in .177 that is amazingly beautiful to shoot with but, it's no better than my HW77 .22. My only one regret with my HW77 is that I didn't buy one sooner! This G
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    You wish young man! It's a classical-looking beauty of a tack driver. I was out with it on Sunday on my garden range. Shot a near-perfect, genuine one-hole group easily under a 5-pence piece, freehand at 40 metres from prone position; my favourite. I'm really looking forward to hunting in the long summer days and evenings on my permissions with it. Seriously thinking of buying another in .22. Even if it means paying to have it tuned to full 11+ ft/lbs. We'll see. Got a hankering for an HW80K for a summer customising project though. We'll see. Best wishes mate. Simon
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    Hi Gary. Welcome to the forum. I'm Simon Atack AKA Pianoman. What can I do for you sir? If this is an enquiry regarding my Daystate Regal, it's absolutely fine...Now!
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    Nicely put Timmy. That's what I would do!
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    I understand FAC air rifles and full-bore/rimfire cartridge rifles are forbidden from being shot in gardens I believe. The police will not clear gardens as suitable shooting land as they are just not big enough on average; and way too close to other people's borders and their rightful accesses to their own gardens. If you have rimfire rounds flying through/over your boundaries the shooter responsible is in deepest poo.
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    Hi Doc! If your shot is plonking into a steel pellet trap its sound alone should tell the next door lot that there's nothing going out of bounds. But of course, they will not think that way! You could of course, pad the pellet trap with thick cloth and dampen the noise down a bit if not silence it altogether. I can't recommend a supplier of bailed hay in your area but a quick google search will provide you with one. I can't quite picture in my mind how you set up your plywood/hay ball backstop so I cannot comment further. If it proves safe and effective, use it! I use large coarse
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    For me. Shooting with a sub-12 ft/lb spring rifle. Scope on 6-8 magnification and parallax correctly set for zero range distance: .177 40 metres for .177 is the optimum = Enables some serious long range shots and require a little hold under for closer ranges and holdover for very close range targets. .22 25 to 30 metres optimum for .22. = Takes good account of looped trajectory and makes most long range shots a matter of holdover. .22 FAC HW80. 30 metres optimum. The trajectory is very flat due to very high velocity of the pellet, so only a little holdover is needed for targets
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    Sounds fine DrB Plenty enough straw to absorb pellet penetration. You can buy a straw bale for a couple of quid where I live, and build a great and safe target area with it. I'd be careful about the Plyboard though. This stuff can cause .22 pellets to bounce back and fly back at you with almost the same velocity as they were fired. Or off into you neighbour's garden and then, that's trouble! Test it first before using it as a standard. If your ammo buries into it each shot, that's okay and good for zeroing precisely. Group-shots will eventually punch their way through into the straw behind
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    Oh I've had a right ding-dong shouting match with the pillock opposite my house whose garden is seperated from mine by a large thick hedge. And we've had the police pay us a visit which turned out to be a blessing! I'm lucky to have a huge garden, of three large lawns, borders and orchards covering over an acre. I set up a safe range to practice shooting within my boundaries of up to 45 metres distance. More than enough zeroing range for me!. I have taken every possibly account and precaution of where my shots will go. Over 50ft from the center of the main road behind my cottage, I built a
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    Dear Rez, Tomburras, Mac and Dr B. Thank you for your kind responses Gentlemen. True, I can more than hold my own with a well-sorted spring rifle (I've been shooting them for 50 of my 57 years and I've learned a bit!) and honestly Mac, I haven't yet found a pcp that I can honestly say is more accurate than my HW80, HW77 or 97K or TX200HC come to that.. In fact I've possibly spent more time and money getting my Daystate Regal to perform just as well as my spring rifle collection has cost put together! FACT. A one-hole penny size group at 30-40 metres range is as accurate as it possib
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    Mac you are a kind man! Thank you for your endorsements about my shooting. Aye, I've found this thread so, here goes all expectations...Ahem! AN ESSAY, NAY, LOVE LETTER TO MY DEAR BELOVED HW80 I have owned my HW80 .22 for almost two decades. It is a rifle so close to my heart that, no amount of money, under any circumstances, would ever get me to part with it. Built on a good day when Weihrauch really were unassailable in the standards of their workmanship, this HW80 has been called a one-in-a-million rifle by those who know their spring air rifles and have shot with it. It's an o
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    To be honest Craig it depends on what I'm going after. 25 metres is good for general woodland shooting for pigeons and squirrels and static shooting in If I'm after rabbits in open fields with .22 I zero out to 30 metres if the breez is slight to non-existant. 40 metres with .177
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    25 metres. That's 27 yards. For same reasons above. Everything else beyond that range is a bit of holdover, and it enables me to hit pretty much any rabbit or whatever at all likely distances.
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    Not the best quality Carla. Gamo air rifles are cheaply-built rubbish generally. Raise your budget realistically and get yourself something you'll be proud to own and shoot with. As you live in the US check out a Beeman R9 and other Beeman imports of German Weihrauch air rifles. These will outshoot that Gamo into a cocked hat! Best wishes Simon
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    You really need to experiment with a variety of pellet weights and headsizes in .22 to find the one that suits your rifle's barrel and FPE hairy biker. The trouble with air rifles is that they do not always happily shoot any type of pellet weight you might think would be of advantage to accuracy. What gun do you have? This might help the other lads suggest a particular pellet they know of, that works well with your type/make/model of air rifle. ATB Simon
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    Only one air rifle i already own. 17 year old WEIHRAUCH HW80 .22 on my FAC. The best HW80 I have ever known and a one-in-a-million example. Weihrauch's workers were in a great mood when they built this one.. I've owned her from brand new and was bought expressly to be tuned for FAC level output. 21.4 ft/lbs of devastating hunting accuracy. For sub 12 ft/lbs it has to be my HW77 .22 Simon
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    Looks like we are winding back to the (endless) .22 versus .177 debate but, there are good reasons to add to the debates. With me, it's been a case of .22 then gone to .177 and back to .22 . Both calibres have their goodies over eachother but, as far as my experience goes, .22 is the best for sheer shock impact and knock-down power. It's a real hefty blunt instrument whereas, .177 is smaller, highly penatrative and lacks the destructive punch of .22. With .177 you must hit the brain every shot to humanely kill a rabbit. Not something that can always be guarenteed to happen. Even with the b
  20. pianoman
    HW97K in .177 is an incredible rifle. It's a superb looking rifle with a very fine Bavarian sporter stock with diamond-cut Tartan chequering to grip and fore-end. It handles beautifully and is one of the most effective spring rifles in this calibre I've ever known. The only niggle I have with it, is the Butt-stock has a high cheekpiece which can limit your cheek-rest position to scopes with 50mm lenses and high mounts. I struggle to use a low-mounted 40mm scope properly so, you may find it's the same story for you. The accuracy is incredible and a headshot 50-metre rabbit is no problem
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    Mine's .177 and hits hard and accurate. In .22 it would be just as awesome. But I have a .22 HW77 which provides me with all the awesome I need in that calibre!
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    Welcome back old pal!
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    For what live vermin we shoot with an air rifle at sub-12 ft'lbs energy, .22 and .177 does the job well enough. A rabbit having it's brains splattered in a fraction of a second's pellet impact is not thinking "Bloody Hell, .25 is pretty effective; but I prefer .22"!! And come to think of it, neither is it thinking: "Wow! That was a £2,000 Daystate Pulsar that hit me. I can die happy now, knowing I'm being killed by that gun instead of a £350 springer! Simon
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    I agree with what you say Rake, these electronic triggers with this type of rifle have worked well for you and clearly won you over but, is this amount of technology really worth the £2,000 or near as dammit price-tag of this Pulsar? I'm all for technological advances that actually work as well as you say and business making profits but, the picture of Ted handling it clearly shows who this rifle is aimed at (No terrible pun intended). I've got my better side saying "Don't knock it till you try it" fair enough.. But what is there here with this Pulsar, that we are not getting from shoo
  25. pianoman
    Not one of my spring rifles has anything lacking on these PCPs Mac. Or yours mate! The Daystate Regal I have is a real pleasure to own and shoot with. But it's my spring rifles I turn to for serious, all-weather field hunting. Nothing flattens a Mink and rats like my FAC HW80 .22. My HW77 .22 is a bloody beauty of a rabbit killer and my HW97K and TX200HC .177s are great all-round field rifles for woodies and squirrels. PCPs are all fine and dandy but, nothing beats classical air rifle shooting with spring rifles like these. Everybody should try a good springer. The satisfaction of a cracki
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