HUNTING WITH CLASSIC AIR RIFLES

[j j m 6,481]

some lovely old springers there

[mark williams 7,549]

10 hours ago, j j m said:

some lovely old springers there

Aye up Jeff ,

            The older HW`s are a joy to own buddy as I`m sure you know.

            Anyone wanting a top quality spring piston rifle, buy Weirauch 

 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Been shooting pests on a farm. Millions of them.....well I was finished for the day when the farmers father turns up, 78, with an old tatty looking webley mk3 in 177. He bought it second hand over 50years ago!

When I asked how he was doing with it he said he was getting a few with it. Never asked what pellets he was using. Should of, he probably  would of produced a tin with Lincoln Jeffreys written on it!!

[mark williams 7,549]

Early MK2 HW77 long, .177.

 

[comanche 2,799]

Back in the 70s when my mates all had knackered  hand- me -down Meteors and Dianas ,or in my case a Relum bought new with my school  dinner money ,  this sort of kit would've  been way beyond our dreams and purchasing power 

Only a retired Colonel or your dodgy uncle would've owned a FWB 127 !

Fast forward a few decades and how things have changed ; the rifle was a gift from a customer and only needed a seal and a fiddle to bring it to life and even the Milbro  pellets came free . The old Nikko scope had dodged between various guns since 1980 but looks like it has found a permanent  home as part of the vintage set-up.

After a zeroing session during which my compost heap took a battering, l took to the fields yesterday evening.

 

[foxdropper 17,092]

Had a lot of fun years back with a Wembley Vulcan .I butchered the stock with a Stanley knife to feather the forend .Was in .177 and I remember taking squigs with ease .No safety catch on that model .Could walk through town back then with gun under arm and nobody batted an eyelid except a knowing nod from an old boy .

Got it taken off me eventually by a copper for shooting ferals off the town hall in blatant  daylight .

Punishment was to watch it incinerated at Devises HQ lol.I bought the hw80 after that ,had it tuned to 16 ft/lb and regularly shot geese off the lake near me for my then lurcher to retrieve .

Swapped that for a crossbow which was shite .By then the axsor came about and me it were as one

[Deker 3,453]

I simply don't use it any more, comes out for a clean and check every now and again, Airsporter from about 1972, bought new by me and still as new condition/performance.   Dealt with a lot in years gone by.   Seems a shame, anyone interested drop me a PM.

[comanche 2,799]

Maybe not quite "Hunting with a Classic Air rifle" but there isn't  a section for hunting with a 51 year old  Relum that l bought new with £10's worth of my school dinner money

[foxdropper 17,092]

53 minutes ago, comanche said:

Maybe not quite "Hunting with a Classic Air rifle" but there isn't  a section for hunting with a 51 year old  Relum that l bought new with £10's worth of my school dinner money

Love it .Had a bsa meteor for a short time but had it stolen .Nowadays the  only retro  hunting I do is with a rapid mk1 in .22 fac .love it .

[eastcoast 3,729]

Lots of Relums around when I was growing up. Very "Eastern Bloc" in build quality but some had the legendary double springs which was coveted. When power was king and accuracy and consistency secondary consideration. Obviously still doing the job at 51 though, can't be bad.

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

I liked the relum tornado I had in the 90s very accurate balanced gun in all fairness.

[Borr 4,490]

I've got an old airsporter in bits here that my father restored , a project for me later , I began with a BSA meteor then a supersport but until I got a rapid 7 I didn't kill much then I got a rapid 20/12 and by feck I killed some bits with that lol...

[foxdropper 17,092]

3 hours ago, Borr said:

I've got an old airsporter in bits here that my father restored , a project for me later , I began with a BSA meteor then a supersport but until I got a rapid 7 I didn't kill much then I got a rapid 20/12 and by feck I killed some bits with that lol...

I d say the rapid revolutionised airgun hunting mate .Certainly did for me  .

[eastcoast 3,729]

6 hours ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I liked the relum tornado I had in the 90s very accurate balanced gun in all fairness.

I was not meaning to be disrespectful to the Relum or anyone who shoots them it is just that back then stuff that came from behind the Iron Curtain was a bit agricultural. CZ rifles (not now), Baikal shotguns, Zenith 35mm SLR camera's and Relum air rifles etc. Have owned them all and they all did the job.

[Deker 3,453]

8 hours ago, foxdropper said:

I d say the rapid revolutionised airgun hunting mate .Certainly did for me  .

The Rapid revolutionized almost everything airgun, even though it was far from being the first PCP.

It just seem to hit the mark with the public and professionals alike!