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  1. milegajo
    It would be commercial suicide to endorse a product that is "a bag of bolts" i think we can agree. Any clone of a diana 34 should hold promise. When I get the opportunity, I'll post some groups up. I haven't as yet as I'm still trialling brands and allowing the action to bed in. I read on the thread link that H&N ftts and jsb's do well. Crosman have been good so far as well as thunderbolts, though i wonder if the light weight zinc would be easily affected by wind at longer range. Plus energy retention is an unknown variable. Norica Apaches have been excellent but they seem difficu
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    Ruger make good guns right? http://www.woodfield-gcp.co.uk/Ruger.htm Try spot the difference on the air hawk.
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    http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/184891-smk-th208/ Some good tips on getting the best from the 208.
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    Cheers chaps. We all know that 'smack' and tree rats don't generally roll off branches but this little blighter, I swear he aimed for the thickest bit!
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    A bit of elaboration perhaps.... Saturday 18th August 2012 The repulsion of the nut raiders continues. The SMK TH208 is at the forefront of this battle, the close to medium ranges of the woodland perfectly suiting the .22 calibre. I have switched the rifle to a trial diet of Crosman Premier Hollow points and the accuracy appears to be excellent. I spied my tenacious adversary as I was entertaining our one year old. I prophetically mimed aiming and shooting the creature amongst the bouncing leaves saying the words "Daddy go Bang Bang", to which little one replied, with a m
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    Thank you timmytree. No such arrangement was made i.e buying of positive words. If it were truly bad I could have returned it. It was rough out of the box, and i feared the worst, but was seemingly transformed after the application of the correct greases in the right places and a good few pellets down the barrel. Please see the careful wording regarding stripping down. Regarding thunderbolts, i suppose good is relative to your experience and expectations. I had no prior experience of smks or zinc/air bullet pellets and had low expectations thanks to the general consensus. The group pic
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    No, some of the numbers certainly don't add up . My fault though. And well spotted, the zero displayed is after I clicked the Optimise Zero Range tool. Cheers Steve, glad you enjoyed the blog
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    Ahh yes, the Mod 55s with the quattro trigger. Another rifle I enjoyed. Longer overall length if memory serves correctly. Resettable safety. Walnut stock. Heavier mind. Half the price though. Sadly I didn't know enough about servicing airguns when I owned that, so to say the SMK is smoother to cock and shoot is possibly unfair. Gas ram? I haven't tried one yet, maybe one day.
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    If you look over my reply I think you'll find that that any problems with the ink on sensitive body parts would be yours not mine. I fail to see how doing a review like this can be of benefit to anyone except yourself and SMK. You write a load of nonsense about an airgun that is at best mediocre, coupled with some spiel about pellets that some have already tried and know to be not as good as the better lead alternatives. It's not seasoned airgunners that will be taken in by tripe like this, it's the newcomers who will decide to spend their money, try hard and then give up through disappoint
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    I took the barrel weight off. I preferred it lighter and found it grouped better. As mentioned in the OP, I think it was loose due in part to my over exuberant cocking procedure. Karate CHOP! Those Crosman premiers fly down the barrel!!! I got even better groups last night with those.
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    No attempt is being made to stifle you. If its my integrity you wish to be questioned, all are welcome to visit and test this TH208 should they wish. Mawders feel free to provide any and all evidence you have to disprove what I have said and I will amend accordingly.
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    In my experience, people tend to try before they buy and garner views from as wide a range as possible. My view is described above. Yes Air Arms/Weihrauch/Diana make superb rifles and no, I don't think you'll win any HFT comps with the TH208 hence I do not claim such. Your opinion differs, that's fine. I think the edge of the axe you appear to be grinding can be considered ground now, thank you.
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    Thanks Elliott. Those groups photographed are the work of the thunderbolts. timmytree - I stand by the words I've written. I chose them very carefully. That shouldn't stop you doing as you describe should you wish, but think first of the tree eh (and perhaps consider the ink being rubbed in your sensitive area because I don't know what they put in them! ) I think people are forgetting here that this is a flagship £199.95 model. I cannot comment on the B2 which is reputedly the best selling airgun, at over half the price, but I think the TH208 it is very much better than how people al
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    *hand
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    Your opinion is fine and accepted. In fact relative to an expertly tuned 95, the SMK would feel unrefined. I traded my 97, which cost me £300, for the 95. Second hans market is a gamble, price and product wise, the exercise was to find something brand new.
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    I think I'd be overly dismissive and harsh if id given Tony Wall £500 for a hw95k only to have my mate hit a bottle cap i was missing with his not stage one tuned smk th208! To answer your question, I did so happen to mention my blog (was worth a plug!) and they very kindly did a deal. I like it and stand by what i say. You have to live with being smk'd my friend. As does the squirrel I shot. I still prefer .177 but like having a .22 to keep my skills sharp and keep me challenged despite the difficulties i may have adjusting between them. It also comes in handy for quarry that nee
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    Cheers Fellas. I recommend the usual procedure with new guns, get the barrel pulled through, factory grease out and good moly in and once you've run her in you'll have a darn good. hunting tool.
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    I am a simple man living a simple life, snippets of which I publish on my blog www.1nomad.blogspot.com. The meat I and my family eat is procured from the wild, and I choose to hunt it with an air rifle. Recently, I found myself in the market for a new rifle and not wishing to dice with the uncertainties of the second hand market, I desired a brand new one. But which one? The market place is awash with offerings but very few within my budget of £250. I went direct to SMK on the strength of their 30 year reputation for affordable rifles, and put my plight to them in writing describing my sit
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    When it stop raining (IF), I'll post a pic up of mine. I've put an old weighty parker hale silencer on mine which helps with aim and I imagine muzzle flip. Its lighter than my tx but just as accurate. The tx is less sensitive though and more refined, by that I mean less thud. The 95 just needs a little more concentration on hold etc.
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    We've been round once, just passing Norway now.
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    Put the kettle on, you'll see us bobbing past soon.
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    Ian Harford has enjoyed that rogue too. Nothing beats a yank in front of his open fire, in the leather armchair, with a rifle slung over his lap yapping about hunting. I ain't jealous. Not with all that wilderness and huge range of quarry. Not jealous at all. I could use a little drought right now too.
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    A .50 cal rifle!? Trust the yanks eh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gj4eWPwaiU&feature=b-vrec
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    I did it fine without a spring compressor. I highly recommend getting acquainted with the internals. Firstly for maintenance, secondly for financial reasons, will cost a fair bit outsourcing it.
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