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  1. pianoman
    Mankini....in Realtree..!
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    You can only sell or pass on an FAC registered air rifle, regardless of its chronographed FPE reading, to a Registered Firearms Dealer. Only he has the authority of the police to detune it to sub 12ft/lbs and formally certify it as such with them. Consider this not-impossible scenario. The police may have cause to apprehend a fellow with an air rifle he bought as a second hand bargain. And, after subsequently checking, they find out his air rifle serial numbers or previous owner was on the firearms register; and this new owner has no FAC. How would anyone without an FAC, prove to
  3. pianoman
    There is a another, if drastic alternative way to cure your scope-blues....this is purely a suggestion....You could always fix the scope in the front mount with Araldite epoxy cement.... I'm not joking. It may be a drastic solution, but, it holds the scope secure and firm against all manner of heavy spring recoil issues. Assuming your scope needs no further adjustment other than mounting it in the mounts and rings..... 1. Mount the scope and level it perfectly to the action and your eye-relief. It must be absolutely mounted perfect because there is no going back once this is done.
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    They are really, Chris. I once tried out a TX200SR .177. 12 years ago. It was a brand new, really beautiful, dedicated left handed version, in fine walnut, top Bushnell scope, the lot, offered to me by a dealer friend of mine at a great price. I really was tempted. Set up for seated and/or prone-position target shooting and this TX200 SR would have been truly magnificent. But it seemed to weigh a ton and, I reasoned that such a weight was impractical for a hunting rifle I could carry and shoot all day. Cracker of a rifle though All the best with your new purchases! Simon.
  5. pianoman
    And you always have something to take a shot at!
  6. pianoman
    They really are Mawders. Awesome air rifle line!
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    If it has a bull barrel it's a MkIII Tommy. If my memory serves me correctly... TheTX200 line began as a Mk.I with a normal-width barrel, fitted with a one-piece moderator and lock up ball-detent (similar in looks to the HW97) and the first production stock featured a gently stepped and slightly slimmer, tapering fore-end. It was a really nice looking rifle and very accurate. The MkII used the same action and barrel but the stock introduced the more familiar type design with a straight-tapering fore-end. The TX200 SR was a recoilless model with the Mk.I action fitted onto
  8. pianoman
    Please do Skot. Hope it is fine as it should for a new air rifle from this maker.
  9. pianoman
    To be honest Shadow, fitting a silencer will not make that much difference to a spring rifle like yours. I only have one fitted to my HW80 as it's an FAC tuned rifle and makes a hell of a crack at the muzzle without it. I don't use one for my HW77 and TX200 rifles and I haven't lost game for it. You will not mute the sound of the spring action working and the pellet makes a pretty audible thwack from a rabbit's head anyway. I'd say you should be out target shooting with it, as it is and seeing what you really think. Accuracy, stealth and fieldcraft is far, far more important to your intended
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    For practical purposes you can actually leave a spring rifle cocked for a good few hours with no loss of power from the spring. I leave mine on like this every time I'm out and done so for years and it's done no sign of harm to the rifles I use. A PCP, I understand, you can leave cocked and ready all day without loss of power or damage. So for practical hunting, it's a benifit. But, it is also very dangerous. I'll admit, I still get caught out sometimes. Not many, but just enough to treat air rifles with the greatest of respect. There is a real and very possible danger you could return
  11. pianoman
    Too bloody true Mike! It is just the bloody easiest thing to forget. And the worst thing you will never forget.
  12. pianoman
    REALLY??? that's terrible Andy. I thought Weihrauch were still building as well as ever from their base in Mallestracht Germany. Better hang on to our original rifles then! Will call you for a shoot mate. Simon
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    You are a human being with human failings. Never EVER keep your rifle on cocked young fella. No matter how long it will stand up to it. It is just the easiest thing in the world to forget your rifle is cocked and loaded as it is, without tempting it further! In the hunting field, you should be able to leave it ready to fire for a good few hours. But this is the only place to do it and be aware of it. Don't even think of trying this anywhere else. Sorry to sound like your old dad leaping on a point here but, trust me, hitting someone you love in the face because YOU forgot your rifl
  14. pianoman
    I've never been paintballing Mac, but that sounds like a load of good fun! Great read mate. Well done! regards. Simon
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    Hi Shadow1993. Hmmm, not the best patient encouragement for a novice I've heard from a gunsmith! Okay then mate. A few hints and tips on caring for your Spring rifle. And a few terms generally explained about it. THE ACTION This is a dual term which describes, collectively, all the metalwork of your rifle. Eg. the outside metal surfaces cylinder, breech, barrel, trigger and trigger guard. And the type of internal mechanism your rifle is cocked and fired by. Basically, a spring piston, break barrel rifle as you have or, a sidelever or underlever cocking action. Or Pre-Charged
  16. pianoman
    I have to say the Daystate Huntsman is the best looking PCP out there. At least it looks like a proper rifle; without that ugly tin fire extinguisher air bottle thing sticking out of its gob. Do Daystate make a left hand version by any chance
  17. pianoman
    Nothing of the sort my dear Andrew. HW90. Like a Theoben Fenman; only better! :tongue2:
  18. pianoman
    Hi mate and welcome. Go onto the air rifle forum under Reviews and Technical where a greater number of lads with skilled knowledge can best help you. Sounds to me like this was a reamed port for turning your HW80 to FAC level performance..illegally as the net results of tampering with it are a reduction in power to little more than an air pistol. If you do not have a Firearms certificate from the police, this HW80 is a dead duck as far as you are concerned. It will need tuning to well above the legal 12ft/lb limit to make this previous reaming work make any sense. Otherwise it is letting t
  19. pianoman
    Hi Fats. The Wide Angle scopes I knew of are no longer made now. Tasco had a really good one, a 4-12x50 WA I remember. I had it for a Feinwerkbau Sport 124 .22 rifle But this was back in 1979. Good luck with your search fats. Sorry I can't be of much help mate. Regards. Simon
  20. pianoman
    Someday someone or three is going to be gaily fisting them in their faces. I had the one on here offering me cash and video camcorders for my rifles. Told him a polite No! regards. Pianoman
  21. pianoman
    Hiya Mac. Hope you are well mate?! In this age of deep recession it would serve the gunshops and us both well, to get arrangements of lay-away or laid-aside on our chosen rifles and scopes. And no rip-off nonesense with ridiculously high APR interest rate charges. Regards. Simon
  22. pianoman
    THANK YOU MILES!!!!!!! HW80 is the the finest break-barrel of all. Gun porn in plain clothing! Did you ever own and use one? I absolutely love them. I've had six over the last 25 years or more; but the .22 full-length HW80 I have now is the best of any I've ever known. I'll never trade her for anything! Regards. Simon
  23. pianoman
    From what you say Lee, it seems like you're pretty well up with commitments as it is . Or why would you ask? It's really up to you whether or not taking on another debt is something you can really afford. But, consider also the interest you have to pay. add in the interest on the loan and you will end up paying an awful lot more for your rifle. I know "save up!" is not what you want to hear but, honestly, in the long run, you'll be glad you did. I saved up for all my rifles and I owe nobody nowt for them! And I treasure them for knowing what it took to get them. Paulus has a
  24. pianoman
    Hi Skot., Well matey, I've been passionately shooting and hunting with spring rifles since 1965. That's before England won the World Cup and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon (R.I.P.) and The Beatles were still a regular band singing on the radio! So, you learn a thing or two after that length of time, working away at something. Wasps used to be really great mate. They were MEDIUM weight, not medium quality and they were really top notch in most springer barrels And if you have a pellet that absolutely sings from your barrel, then you are a happy man. Nothing beats knowing that
  25. pianoman
    A medium quality pellet Skot? No, surely. If you were shooting a Webley .22 air rifle from the mid-late 1970s to the early 2000s Wasps may have performed brilliantly from it. Wasps were known as a superb performing pellet in a Webley barrel. Perhaps not in EVERY case but, certainly in the Webleys I've had. Great air rifles those. Latterly with an HW35 Export and my FAC HW80 when that was brand new. Then a few years ago, after dissapearing from the shelves, they reappeared. I snapped them up but found they were utter mis-shaped crap. Made now by a foreigner with no idea what the Wasp or an
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