wombat165 0 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hi all, just introducing myself. Owned an air rifle 20+ years ago, and now I'm looking to get back into it in my mid 40s. Buying an air rifle seems be a lot less straightforward than when I bought my BSA Meteor way back when! At the risk of dragging up a much asked subject, I'm now going through the springer/pcp dilemma (a common subject looking at other newbies posts). Understandably loyalties to both run deep, so I'm just going to have to try both and decide. Same goes for the AirArms/Weihrauch question... I've narrowed it down to those two to try make the process easier! Must admit at the moment I'm leaning towards an Pro Sport in .22. Like the challenge of applying the marksmanship principles etc and can't help but think I might miss that if I went down the pcp route. Apologies in advance if that offends pcp users. Don't want to get off on the wrong foot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,632 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 prosport is a lovely gun to use as is the 97k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shamo_uk 15 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hello mate and Welcome to the site HW97K Myself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wombat165 0 Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hi j j m Hi Shamo - cheers for the responses. I know, I need to get my hands on both. I'm mid probationary period at my local club - hopefully some of the members down there might be willing to let me have a plink. Another factor that's down to personal pref is the grip - thumbhole or not. My most treasured 'possession' years ago was my SLR (even though it lived in the armoury when it wasn't being used), and the pistol grip just felt right. Non-thumbhole feels like the wrist is cocked forward a bit. Thumbhole's that bit closer to a pistol grip. What you get used to I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 My local gunshop owner's advice was that if you learn to shoot a springer, you won't go far wrong. He reckoned that learning the principles of recoil teaches you a lot about your rifle, making you more likely to shoot it well. I took his advice and so far so good ! I've also fired PCP's and , in my opinion, it didn't feel like I was shooting anything at all - no recoil, very little sound and so on. (Only my opinion, before anyone rags me !!) Any way, welcome mate, and I hope you get as much out of your time here as I have !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wombat165 0 Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Sounds like another sound piece of advice Blackbriar, cheers. Agree with your point about recoil. Been interesting seeing how much there is to take in. Google's been busy - hold over, hold under, reticles, mil dots, parallax, fac, feo... All good stuff!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,605 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Hello and welcome mate ,prefer airarms myself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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