Air Pistols .....why ?

[VWman 232]

One of the shooters on the farm has just bought a Weihrauch .22 pistol just for the fun of it and says he used to shoot flies with a pistol when he was a lad. Happy days. Don't no if it's a tall story LOL but it made me laugh any way.

[johnbaz 363]

One of the shooters on the farm has just bought a Weihrauch .22 pistol just for the fun of it and says he used to shoot flies with a pistol when he was a lad. Happy days. Don't no if it's a tall story LOL but it made me laugh any way.

 

Years ago I lived in a terraced house with a cellar, I used to keep my fishing tackle in the cellar, One day I went down and the cellar was full of bluebottles!!, Many had no wings, Apparently it was the cool temps down there that caused the wings not to grow..

 

Anyhow, I had a .22 Webley senior pistol, A full tin of 500 pellets and some time on my hands!!

 

I was shooting them on the walls for hours, I'd ran out of pellets and was using 3/4" grip nails, I used a bagful up but by then I was getting bored so I got a can of flyspray and filled the cellar with it, Trouble was that I was breathing the stuff in too!! Ended up badly for a week or two!!

 

Got rid of the gozzers though!!!

 

 

 

John

[David Aiken 253]

I am on a good few air rifle groups on facebook and have noticed a lot of pistols for sale , I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on .. am i missing something ...do any of you Gents have one and what do you use it for ? cowboys and indians perhaps

 

" I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on"

 

I take it you've not only never shot a HW45, you also have never see a video or read a review? I suggest you take a look at this

[Merlin21 143]

 

I am on a good few air rifle groups on facebook and have noticed a lot of pistols for sale , I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on .. am i missing something ...do any of you Gents have one and what do you use it for ? cowboys and indians perhaps

 

" I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on"

 

I take it you've not only never shot a HW45, you also have never see a video or read a review? I suggest you take a look at this

I've never shot any pistols tbh only rifles . but still can't see any use for them . nice toy but that's all ,and as men lets be honest we do like our toys i know i do lol ..

[David Aiken 253]

 

 

I am on a good few air rifle groups on facebook and have noticed a lot of pistols for sale , I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on .. am i missing something ...do any of you Gents have one and what do you use it for ? cowboys and indians perhaps

 

" I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on"

 

I take it you've not only never shot a HW45, you also have never see a video or read a review? I suggest you take a look at this

I've never shot any pistols tbh only rifles . but still can't see any use for them . nice toy but that's all ,and as men lets be honest we do like our toys i know i do lol ..

 

 

"I've never shot any pistols tbh only rifles . but still can't see any use for them . nice toy but that's all ,and as men lets be honest we do like our toys i know i do lol .."

 

http://www.reedstargetshootingclub.co.uk/

 

 

Small-bore rifle shooting consisting of:

.22 sporting rifle

.22 prone (monthly)

.22 air rifle/pistol

.177 air rifle/pistol (dedicated range available monthly)

They are for shooting in many disciplines, training as well as competition!

[Merlin21 143]

 

 

 

I am on a good few air rifle groups on facebook and have noticed a lot of pistols for sale , I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on .. am i missing something ...do any of you Gents have one and what do you use it for ? cowboys and indians perhaps

 

" I can't for the life of me understand why people buy them .. what are they any good for ? nothing i am thinking and that's why they are up for sale i think people buy them realise they are crap and try and sell them on"

 

I take it you've not only never shot a HW45, you also have never see a video or read a review? I suggest you take a look at this

I've never shot any pistols tbh only rifles . but still can't see any use for them . nice toy but that's all ,and as men lets be honest we do like our toys i know i do lol ..

 

 

"I've never shot any pistols tbh only rifles . but still can't see any use for them . nice toy but that's all ,and as men lets be honest we do like our toys i know i do lol .."

 

http://www.reedstargetshootingclub.co.uk/

 

 

Small-bore rifle shooting consisting of:

.22 sporting rifle

.22 prone (monthly)

.22 air rifle/pistol

.177 air rifle/pistol (dedicated range available monthly)

They are for shooting in many disciplines, training as well as competition!

 

competitions fair enough , but i meant as a hunting tool, i should have said .. no good to me ... but i suppose could be fun at a range i am quite competitive ..and also after seeing and reading a bit here i am quite intrigued about them now lol...

[Bosun11 537]

Now these days i aint into any sort of guns but as a kid I used to love pistols, from the days where we shot the beJesus out of ourselves with Gat's (darts were so shite!) to the old Diana pistol i loved and then the 'Webley massive'... Tempest and through...

I was a little bellend with air pistols, i hope those that have em now have more sense than me..!!

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Why not make your own spring powered pistol?

 

https://youtu.be/vC2BSb9MZYc

[forest of dean redneck 11,267]

There's all the hype on air guns but have you seen the sling bows you can make,and you can easily get catapults and arrows over the counter.

[Coypu Hunter 486]

If you trap rats, magpies or even coypus, then a 6 fpe air pistol is ideal for humane dispatch. Also useful for magpies and rats out to about 15 yards. Illegal in France, of course, so I'd never do it meself, your Honour.

 

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

I remember looking through a French catalogue, like the French equivalent of "Great Universal", back in the seventies. What sticks in my mind is the pages titled " pistolet a' air". Some guns in that catalogue that I hadn't seen before, but there seemed to be a lot to choose from compared to our British catalogues.

[just jack 997]

my lad plinks in the garden with this and in all fairness its not a bad little toy maybe it would work better robbing a post office early on Giro day

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

Just a small rat at about five or six yards. Did the job, no problem.

[philpot 4,942]

I remember my uncle buying me a GAT air pistol, my first gun which I was so proud of. He said that any starlings I could shoot in his garden, he would give me half a crown for each one and when you think my pocket money was 5 shillings, this was worth a go.

 

He was so surprised when after a couple of hours I handed over 6 starlings but nevertheless he handed me 15 shillings, riches beyond belief and the start of my shooting life.

 

Oh yes for the younger members, 15 shillings is 75 pence but we are talking over 50 years ago..........................times just flies but I can recall that day as though it was yesterday.

 

Phil

[forest of dean redneck 11,267]

I felt like that when I bought myself my first air rifle a relum tornado wish I never sold it tbh .