plain simple advice wanted

[roady 0]

some of our lamping land for the lurchers consists of some hilly land that is bordered by rocks and heavy shingle totally unsuitable for the dogs to run,here many rabbits sit near there setts and just mock us knowing there untouchable,aswell as sport we are there also to keep the rabbits numbers down.its been probly twenty years since ive used an airifle and an awfull lots changed with them since then,what i can gather from the pre charged guns is instead of braking the barrel inserting slug firing the new rifle can shoot many more slugs.so where toying with the idea of buying a second hand rifle of this type to join the team when we are lamping any advice on the type of rifle to purchase looking at spending round about £300 and it must be pretty light as we walk the land.thankyou

[Guest Scuba1]

Try to get hold of a air Arms S200 and get a multi shot conversion for it would be my advice to you. If you go with a single shot, the BSA Ultra is a nice little gun as well. But at the end of the day, what ever you get, it has to fit you so a trip to your local gun shop is your best bet or a morning spent at a shooting club near you and have a chat with the people there and try to try out as many rifles as you can get your hands on and then take it from there.

 

 

 

ATB

 

Michael

[Piscator 0]

some of our lamping land for the lurchers consists of some hilly land that is bordered by rocks and heavy shingle totally unsuitable for the dogs to run,here many rabbits sit near there setts and just mock us knowing there untouchable,aswell as sport we are there also to keep the rabbits numbers down.its been probly twenty years since ive used an airifle and an awfull lots changed with them since then,what i can gather from the pre charged guns is instead of braking the barrel inserting slug firing the new rifle can shoot many more slugs.so where toying with the idea of buying a second hand rifle of this type to join the team when we are lamping any advice on the type of rifle to purchase looking at spending round about £300 and it must be pretty light as we walk the land.thankyou

 

 

Hi,

 

Many modern pre-charged airguns use a magazine and work on a bolt action - normally cycling the bolt loads a pellet and cocks the action at the same time.

There are some exceptions to this such as some of the Falcon and earlier Titan models which are single shot or the magazine and cocking hammer cycle seperately.

 

Your budget will get you a S/H pre-charged air rifle but you will need to allow for some extra cash for charging equipment.

Pre-charged air rifles carry a small tank of air (normally as a tube under the barrel but some have a small bottle) which you fill up from a diving bottle. There are pumps available for charging up airguns but that soon becomes tedious.

 

In terms of the gun I reckon your best bet is to look out for an Air Arms S410 secondhand - these are a good magazine fed bolt action air rifle with a built in pressure gauge to let you see how much air you have left.

 

Hope this helps

 

Cheers

Steve

[tynetyke 0]

i agree with scuba it will be best to get a hold of a few rifles and see what feels best for you, you should be able to get a decent second hand pre charged rifle for £300 i use a falcon light hunter and have had a go at the air arms s200 they are both pretty light and easy to use

good luck with your choice

[smokin 0]

i have an air arms s200t - some pics of it here -give you an idea

 

atb

 

chris

[8shot 192]

hi mate theres a aa s200 in the for sales 10 shot conversion scope and pump

described as a rough gun but for £160 its a bargain

 

atb

[spike25blue 55]

hi there mate a lot of ppl reccomend the s200 and there is 1 for sale here

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=97863

[roady 0]

thankyou everyone some good advice and pointers,will take it all onboard,times certainly bipassed me since the old days in terms of how far the airguns come,thanks again

[burrowman 6]

i agree with scuba it will be best to get a hold of a few rifles and see what feels best for you, you should be able to get a decent second hand pre charged rifle for £300 i use a falcon light hunter and have had a go at the air arms s200 they are both pretty light and easy to use

good luck with your choice

Hows it goin Tynetyke i just checked out the airgunners forum and its great to see intelligent, helpful answers from the experienced gunners to help the inexperienced. Thats what a forum should be, i had to take a break from the terrier forum its demoralising to see genuine novices post a question and get ripped to shreds by the keyboard cowards. If this is their first experience of the working terrier circle most of them will be put off ever starting and we have less voices to fight our cause.......p.s. that border in the photo under your name is a beauty,is it yours,do you work it. A.T.B. Burrowman