Foundations...

[bigmac 97kt 13,834]

 

I did not mean it to come across that way Johnny and sorry if it did

 

most like your self as you stated started off with air rifles then went on to better stuff and rightly so i would love to have my fac but never got round to it to much of a bad lad in the past and dont want the knock back if i did put in for it ,

 

but if the need come up for the use of an air rifle would you get one ,

 

as say,d its in our blood lol

 

and with most its an addiction (with me any way lol)

 

atvbjmmy :thumbs:

 

No I didn't think it came across like at all mate.

 

Yes, if I had the need for an airgun I'd get one tomorrow. As it is, if I need to shoot things in trees I use a 410 or 12 bore. If I need to shoot things on the ground i use a rifle. I wouldn't use a 300 win mag to shoot a rabbit or a 22lr to shoot a boar, so to me it's all about the right tool for the right job and at the moment I don't have any use for one.

 

As said before, I had an airgun for many many years but I didn't see the point of having one sitting there idle.

 

Out of likes Johnny

 

so hear is a like for you bud

 

atvbjimmy :thumbs:

[The one 8,588]

Bit different for me 5 airguns , 2 different calibre shotguns rimmy 4 dogs 12 ferrets traps etc take on any job think i can handle most just want to be out there doing it , probably born 50 years too late

[mark williams 7,568]

I just could not imagine my hunting life without air rifles.

I have shot guns also but I much, much, prefer the "challenge" of hunting with air rifles.

To trap, to fish, to learn the ways of your prey, to outthink and outsmart is all part of " the challenge".

Watching and learning, building natural hides in watched areas.

The springer challenge, of old, I have two 40 yr old FWB Sports in .177 and .22 because I love going back to my youth and hunting like we did.( A good test of yourself and skills, to say the least)

I have a modern springer in a TX 200 HC mk 3 .177.

I have two of the finest pcp`s the HW 100 KT .177 and the KS .22 for modern, up to date, hunting.

 

The field craft side of hunting with air rifles brings the wild deep into your heart and gives (me) " such a release" from the horrible strains and demands of modern day life.

 

 

Last week end I was out in the wilds, in my mid 50`s building a natural hide on my own but with my dog - " such freedom"

 

 

Back to my youth hunting with the old girl and the old boy.

 

 

I`m sure you can tell lads, - I consider our sport "just wonderful"

 

 

 

atb Mark.

 

 

 

 

[charlie caller 3,654]

 

Perhaps I should come up and bring the deer rifle Mac, sure you would like some venison in the freezer

Any time you want CC

 

your more than welcome

 

atvbjimm

Splendid sir, what kind of deer you got pal? Love to see people bag their first buck

[mattwhite 1,993]

I can only echo what mark said.

 

Growing up shooting rabbits with my pal and our bsa and diana with open sights on an old waterboard permission he got over the road from his house. Those genuinely are some of the happiest memories from my childhood and I guess that subconsciously every time I go out now with an air rifle I'm getting the same pleasure I got back then.

There is a time and place for the 12 gauge and I go out after charlie with a pal and his centrefire to keep life a bit easier for the woodcock on his shoot but an air rifle is a 365 days of the year gun. Maggies in the garden, crows and ferals round the farm or woodies and rabbits on the estate perms, for me they are the staple of my shooting needs.

Great topic by the way Rez?

[mattwhite 1,993]

Just to add, also I think it's the power generated by such a simple piece of kit such as a springer without the use of gunpowder.

Not that I'm condoning this in any way or advocating anyone to go out and do it at all but I always remember my pals father who at the time had a sidelever webley tracker in .177 and on his smallholding used to squeak foxes in to around 8 to 10 yards while hiding at the back of a chicken shed and shoot them right between the eyes and he swore they all buckled without taking a step.

Like I said, it's not the done thing but they really can generate some power for a non powder rifle.

[villaman 9,982]

Well , i just love the sport of airgun shooting but i am filling out my form for fac

[stealthy1 3,964]

The reason I shoot airguns is because I find it more of a challenge, when I had more powerfull guns I shot anything that moved, and soon found to my cost that things began to stop moving, and then I got bored with shooting, there was nothing I couldn't kill, didn't shoot for five years, renewed my licence, and still didn't go shooting. Then I bought the HW100KT, and do you know what, I'm still enjoying it as much as the day I bought it, plinking is something I enjoy a lot, knock down targets with some mates, love it.

[philpot 5,101]

I have come back to airguns for a different reason. When I retired three years ago, I soon became well aware that my clay shooting was going to have to reduce as I couldn't simply continue at that expense level any more which made me start thinking about other types of shooting.

 

I saw a few air rifles in the RFD and liked the look so did the research as the BSA Meteor rifles of yester year had changed somewhat and so the saga began. It was the thought of shooting in the garden every day and spending very little money .....................................................well that aspect has changed with a fair few grand being sunk into this sport.

 

This has also got me back into live quarry shooting so now I enjoy some clay shooting, at the range with air rifles, FAC air, and live quarry with all three AND I now have the friendship of a whole new group of chaps including you buggers.

 

Phil

[ftm 3,357]

airguns will remain my main hunting tool till I cant hunt anymore [age illness etc] im in same boat as jimmy on this one [daft lad in my past] so never applied for anything bigger. im lucky enough to be able to have the use of a shotty in my mates prescence but in all honesty they don't float my boat -ive used a 243 on a couple of occasions along side a keeper friend and I definetly enjoyed the single bullet thing and the precision of it all -but going back to the name of the topic I reckon most lads on here started off with air rifles [springers /spud guns lol] as a "foundation" to where they are now in their lives and long may it continue lads

[Jonjon79 13,358]

I'm the same as most on here - started out with an air rifle as a kid. A .22 BSA Mercury Challenger - I quickly found that I enjoyed the peace and quiet when out hunting on my own.

 

I ended up taking a 20yr break but, since I've been back, I love it.

 

Air rifles moved on a hell of a lot while I was away but, it's still good simple hunting.

 

I like that I have to chose my kit and practice. I also like that I have to be out and learn.

 

It's nice to see the seasons change and, to watch what goes on when out hunting.