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  1. pianoman
    Thanks for this JonJon ...and your kind words Phil. That TX200HC you had was one of the best spring air rifles I have ever tried and shot with. The link will not allow me to access the AirgunBBS page article/thread. But, thanks to a lot of help and advice from Jimmy, who very kindly acquired a Beech Pro Sport stock and fashioned it into a left hand user friendly one and gave to me, I took the plunge and bought a brand new, right handed, walnut stock Pro Sport for the price then, of £555 and, while using the stock Jimmy made for me to get the rifle run in and shooting well, I set to
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    Well chaps my HW80 .22 will turn 21 in September this year. And inspite of the lousy weather over Lincolnshire this evening, I went out to a farm permission for a long walk with the old girl and see what was about. Soon as I left my car and shouldered my HW80 it was out into fields full of damp grasses and rapidly soggy shooting trousers but, ain't that part of the charm? The smells of wild herb and damp meadow grass were wonderful as I approached a favourite area of woodland. Straight out of the undergrowth bolted a young rabbit not yet full grown; but old enough! He stopped dead
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    Now rabbits are where this rifle really comes into it's own Mark. I have had some fantastic rabbit shooting with it. Out to some terrific ranges too. You will have no problem knocking them down out to 70 yards with that HW97K. Good to see the old girl getting properly used. I do miss her but, well I'm not exactly stuck for a great rifle to get out and about my perms with. All the best with her mate. Simon
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    Hi Salman. I would go with a Hawke Sidewinder 4-12X50 or similar spec Sidewinder. Really good scopes with 30mm bodytubes. I can't fault the one l have on my AirArms Prosport and HW80 .22 rifles. All the best. Simon
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    Well the farmers I shoot for, tell me to "thin" out the crows. And they don't give a shit about pigeons, or Chris Packham come to that! We have tried scaring the birds off but, that lasts for only moments before they are back worrying the sheep and lambs or the pigeons descend back onto the crops.. If you trap them, then what? Release them, only to have them go attacking livestock again? The only effective control is shooting them. I don't want to get into trouble with the law and have my rifles confiscated. What are we supposed to do? It's alright saying the police won
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    H&N FTT .22 5.53mm headsize are superb in my HW77.
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    I can tell you, from my experience of owning both the TX200 .22 rifle and HC .177 carbine the TX200 in .22 is beautifully smooth while in .177, the TX200HC is a snappier rifle altogether. What I will say is that both are supremely accurate but, in .177 calibre, all the TX200HCs I've shot with are phenomenally accurate. I had a TX200HC .177 on my FAC running at 18 ft/lbs and that rifle was lethal on fur and feather at over 100 yards. The Prosport .22 I now have is really the best of both those TX200 rifles. Smooth as silk to cock and shoot with, and as accurate as it's possible
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    Never yet tried JSB Express .22 in my Prosport Mark, but, she absolutely loves Air Arms Field 5.52 so, that's the head size I will look for with the JSB Express. Top shooting as always. And I am really delighted to see you getting terrific sport with your HW97 and Hawke Endurance rig. Just the shooter that rifle deserves. Alm the best mate. Simon
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    If she's pleasant and good company, you go for it laddie. Be aware, a dinner date might set you back a fair few quid but, I have found, most large ladies are supreme cooks so, you'll get a great dinner in kind. She might even happily cook what you shoot! All the best. Pianoman
  10. pianoman
    Well, when numbers of baby lambs and sheep with eyes pecked out start to rise and songbird numbers start to decline, and the destruction to crops starts to make the News at 10, Chris Packham and his friends can stand up and answer for it.
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    If your air rifle loves a tried and proven diablo pellet type, and almost all air rifles do, why on earth buy a novelty item like these? No rabbit or rook ever complained about getting hit clean through the head with a diablo waisted pellet from my rifles. And as long as I live to shoot and hunt with an air rifle, that will be the only pellet type I will use. These might work?? But I'm willing to bet they won't in most cases at least, and frankly, they look like the sort of rubbish the pellet makers push out from time to time. God knows why? Perhaps they know, at least one tinful
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    About heavyweight magnum pellets in my HW80 .22 Robo9? They don't perform from my rifle. That's not to say they are a dead loss in your rifle But the only way to know, is to try a variety of different weights and head sizes till a winner emerges. H&N Field Target Trophy 5 53mm/.22 are the perfect pellet for my HW80 .22 at 23 ft/lbs. Does that answer your query?
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    I can only add to reinforce what has been said already. DON'T TOUCH THE BARREL. Whatever you do. Viz's suggestion is by far the best. Sell it to Mark and buy an HW80K carbine. Everyone happy!
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    My FAC HW80 .22 is 23 ft/lbs and cocks sweetly smooth but needs a positive, no mess, handful of barrel to do it. For .177 FAC it has to be no more than 18 or 19fpe if your pellet has to have a chance of gripping the rifling properly. Otherwise it will just skim over it and fly like shit in all directions. I've never yet found a heavyweight magnum pellet that flies accurately from an FAC HW80. Or maybe, this is an exceptional one that does Pianoman..
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    No. Far too small for me and for you too Jimmy I would think. There's no comfortable eye relief for the scope that I can see from its tiny butt and stock proportions. I'll stick with my longer, more traditional air rifles. ATB Simon.
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    Hawke Sidewinder series scopes. Absolutely brilliant scopes. They have everything you need in a single scope for both hunting and HFT competition shooting. 10.5 mil dot illuminated reticle, adjustable side focus, 30mm bodytubes, lockable target turrets. Tracks very accurately, stays on zero all day. These are not cheap budget-end scopes. But, after you've done what we all do, spend a few hundred quid on any number of cheap scopes that invariably fail, you come round to the realisation that when you've bought a top class rifle, you really do need a quality scope to get the best
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    Very much the same experience. These RWS Superfields in .22 were pellet on pellet in my HW77 .22 so bought a couple of tins. Then they were shotgunning all over the target at 25 metres. I've also tried the .177 pellets for my .177 rifles but, they were a failure to begin with. But to be fair, my HW77 used to put pellet on pellet accuracy with Air Arms Field .22/5.52 mm. Then it started blasting them everywhere but zero as well. Now, my HW77 has decided it loves H&N Field Target Trophy 5.53 mm and are phenomenally accurate pellets with my rifle. It's a phenom
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    Excellent work. Such kindness does not go unnoticed or unrewarded.
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    A good question. For me I'm an air rifle shooting enthusiast and for many years I enjoyed owning and shooting a varied collection of air rifles. Lately though, I find myself turning to only a few guns which, have provided me with fantastic sport and I just cannot sell. The memories I have, of shooting on warm summer evenings in beautiful country with them is too powerful. I had a fantastic HW97k and scope rig which, I have sold to a great chap and friend here but, in hindsight I really wish I hadn't. It was a rifle that was getting left behind while I took out other guns and,
  20. pianoman
    Ouch! Well Mitch, my Daystate Huntsman Regal .177 works fine....now! Airtech Regulator sorted it out and the rifle's bloody fantastic mate. And it has a very quiet bolt action and my A&M Marksman silencer on it quietly reduces the shot to a click. Interesting to note how Daystate now produce a Huma regulated Huntsman Regal. So much for that rubbish Harper valve system. Useless! All the best. Simon
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    I must say, after owning both a TX200HC Mk.lll .177 carbine and my current Pro Sport .22 both were/are every bit as accurate as each other. But for me, my Pro Sport is the epitome of elegant, classical hunting rifle beauty with supreme precision accuracy. The current TX200 stock with its curvier fore end though, is very nice and comfortable to handle in the aim. A lot better than the Mk.lll stock which was a bit box-like though a practical handling stock; and I was very impressed with the overall accuracy performance of Philpot's TX200HC .177 when he brought his over to my place a c
  22. pianoman
    That's the thing. Accuracy at what price? If you spend £2,000 for a rifle and achieve one hole accuracy, pellet on pellet? Fine! But my Air Arms Pro Sport .22 is just as accurate and cost me a little over a quarter of that value. £550. Consistency? The Pro Sport will do it all day long in my shoulder. As will my £500 HW77 .22. And so will my HW80 and the HW97K .177 I sold to Mark a few months ago. Philpot's .177 Air Arms TX200HC was a joy to shoot and a phenomenal accurate underlever. I will never forget shooting it for myself. And that was a right handed rifle in my
  23. pianoman
    Never shot a group to that distance with a sub 12ft/lb spring rifle Mitch.... But I'm up for having a bloody good go at it. My HW77 .22 and Pro Sport .22 would do it. ATB Simon
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    Some of these cylinder-fed rifles look nice. I was never keen on the bottle-heavy look of the Rapid Seven. But these price tags!!!! Just one of these guns would just about pay for the four spring air rifles I currently own, at the prices I paid for them. And I have no issues whatsoever with the level of performance and accuracy any of my air rifles deliver. More money than sense to my eyes lads. Best regards. Simon.
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    Film director. Apocalypse Now. The Godfather. Bram Stoker's Dracula. To name but three of his movies Jamie.
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