A Few Hours Out

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

Iv been out to night with the hw80 and the 97 sporter as most of you no iv just got this rifle brand new and boy dose she twang and very jumpy to so it was a bit of a pain to get her zero,d out to 30 yards (paced).

 

You no when you buy a new rifle like this it fecks you off that its sent out like this i no i should of stripped her and re-greased her but its new not some old thing that has been left in the loft for 10 or 20 years .

 

In fact if it was it would probably shoot a lot better lol

 

But that say,d i like this rifle nearly as much as the 97 i fitted the MTC mambers to her and after zeroing her in off i went for a wander i came across a crow sitting about 35yrds and one TWANG later it was down and out .

 

the next was sat about 45 yrds so i let another go and it was out to but stuck in the fecking tree . I then went into the bull field where i came across the first rabbit now this field is 75 yards across from the farm yard fence to the tree,s at the other end (IV PACED IT OUT TWICE BEFORE) so i jumped the fence and got to with in 30 yards down on one knee and took aim and let the jsb go .

 

It just rolled over ,nice head shot mind she may be twangy but feck me she is good is this hw80, I scanned the fence line and there was two more sitting on the embankment now the fence runs along this embankment and divides the wood land from the field and most of the burrows are along this line of fence embankment .

 

One rabbit was sitting about 45 yards again and the other about five yrds past that one i hit the first one and down it went rolling down the embankment so i switched to the other one and it was still sitting so i reloaded the took aim and it hit with such a smack it back flipped into the woods.

 

On retrieving them only one was a keeper as the mixy had feck,d the other two one had its eyes popped out nearly and it was scabbed to feck i just chucked them into the woods Pissed off as thats three parts of the perm now with it two good size one,s to i did not take photos of them as we dont need to see this horrid disease and what it dose to them or may be we do and let the antys see that we are not just into this for fun and little bunny's they may be and yes they may course untold damage to land and buildings when they burrow under them But to see them like this then some times its the best way to end it for them to send a pellet or a bullet and put them to sleep end of.

 

We have hearts to.

 

Right rant over back to the nights shooting

 

I then headed back to the tank and a little refreshment i put the away as the twang was getting louder and took my baby out of her case the light was fading fast now so i fitted the t67 to the scope and off i went again white light this time out.

 

The next rabbit was sat down by the tables so i took aim and let the jsb go another nice head shot about 30 yrds out and it to went to sleep

 

If i can get the to shoot half as good as this 97 then i will be well chuffed i can tell you

 

As the lads that have shot this 97 can tell you lot its one hell of a rifle to shoot just ask VISLAUK (Sean) he hates the full 97 range of rifles but if he has to use one its this one all the time.

 

And i must say i like the way the feels and shoulders and apart from the twang the way she shoots to i can see big things for this big things in deed

 

so 4 rabbits two crows not bad

 

for a few hours out

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

One more

[mattybugeye 885]

Nice shooting mate

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

Cheers Matty

 

Sean iv kept them for your mate and they still have there coats on bud

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[random 659]

Good read Mac,another decent session and a good result as well,you sound like you are enjoying those springers and your shooting too,if your happy with them twangy and such should become a regular hunting tool once tuned a tad!

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

Good read Mac,another decent session and a good result as well,you sound like you are enjoying those springers and your shooting too,if your happy with them twangy and such should become a regular hunting tool once tuned a tad!

A tad , its going to get the full works bud the only down side i can say about the is

 

I SHOULD OF GOT ONE YEARS AGO

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[mark williams 7,568]

Nice write up Mac but i`m thinking of leaving the springer decision for still longer after this week reading your experiences .

Your Crow Sport is gone, you rave about the 97 and but the dont `alf "twang" a bit - so what would these springers be like in the "superior" .177 what would the "twang" be like compared to .22 ? Probably more pronounced would you think ?

I hope some of the lads will give some advice on the recoil given by these rifles in .177 also.

Nice to see you enjoying and shooting these rifles well Mac.

 

atb

Edited May 24, 2015 by mark williams

[David.evans 5,323]

Good write up Mac

Nice to see you getting something

Atb

Dave

[big napper 3,640]

Nice shooting mac and great write up

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

Good write up Mac

Nice to see you getting something

Atb

Dave

Thanks lads

 

Dave im going to fit the pulsar to little hunters ultra if you dont mind and im going to try and get out some time in the next two weeks with him.

 

and see if he can show me how to use these bloody nv.s lol he will be with me the hole time we are out and ill show him how to use it even if i cant use ether of them lol

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

 

PS the rifle and nv will be staying at mine the hole time locked away in my Cabinet

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

That's better Mac, you need a counter to keep track of the rabbits. Nip in the wool shop and you can get one of those that fits on your knitting needles for counting the rows!

TW*T

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

Nice write up Mac but i`m thinking of leaving the springer decision for still longer after this week reading your experiences .

Your Crow Sport is gone, you rave about the 97 and but the dont `alf "twang" a bit - so what would these springers be like in the "superior" .177 what would the "twang" be like compared to .22 ? Probably more pronounced would you think ?

I hope some of the lads will give some advice on the recoil given by these rifles in .177 also.

Nice to see you enjoying and shooting these rifles well Mac.

 

atb

SHIT :tongue2:

[villaman 9,982]

Nice mac ,have you decided what kit yet ?

[The one 8,588]

Nice going mate

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

 

 

That's better Mac, you need a counter to keep track of the rabbits. Nip in the wool shop and you can get one of those that fits on your knitting needles for counting the rows!

TW*T

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=knitting+counters&biw=1366&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=r-dhVZ-YJ8GyUdHFgYAI&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQsAQ#imgrc=wrouzJY8PMtHgM%253A%3B2_LkgnkeFEhTJM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252Fthumb%252F5%252F55%252FCounter_020.jpg%252F250px-Counter_020.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FRow_counter_(hand_knitting)%3B250%3B190

 

There you go!

 

Like i say,d

 

 

TWAT

 

 

atvbmac