What's your airweapons?

[Brithunter]

Hi All,

I have the following:-

Feinwerkbau Mod 127 .22" fitted with a Rhino one piece mount a Tasco 4x40 ( brought the rifle new in 1979) Looking at it you wouldn't tell it's been in use for over 20 years, one small dent in the stock I did when it was about 3 months old, caught it on the roof corner of the chicken house

BSA Meteor Std .177", has the BSA peep sight fitted just now but I have an old Nikko Sterling 4x32 that fits on it I a one piece mount. Brought this S/H about 2 years ago as a replacement for the one I sold in 1984! the scope is a very early one made in the 60's!

Haenel Mod 302 .22" this I got last year in as new condition. I nearly brought one new in 1979 but brought the Fienwerkbau instead.

I also have a Crossman 766 which is knackered now needs a new valve and a rebuild, I just wore it out

[DaMadman]

You Brits are really into your air rifles. Aren't you?

[7mm MAGman]

in reply to air guns and air cannons, personally i never played much with either but in my younger days i did make a heck of a carbide cannon out of the old milk jugs . we used to mount this contraption between two stakes and chain it down angle it like a mortar put about a gallon of water in it add a cup of carbide, tamp the lid closed , we had a tiny nail hole punched in the back, let the carbide and water mix for a bit then , touched a wick or lighter to the flash hole and kaboom!!!!,lid would fly aproximately 600 yards, needless to say the neighborhood was very unappreciative, but we liked noise, tooo bad the neighbors and police didn't, i'm thinking of trying it again but having trouble finding carbide in quantities since the coal mines moved out of N.E. PA here, the miners used to wear carbide lamps on their helmets when they worked under ground, i have several old lamps my granddad used but i have given therm to my son who collects old mining articles from around our area

[7mm MAGman]

We here in Northeast PA , were more proficient with home made sling shots, l usually made it out of a crook from a branch of a tree and an old tire inner tube some string and a worn out tongue out of an old shoe, don't laugh , i'm serious , later when we started collecting popbottles and cashing them in for change did we advance to a production model. we were like the U.S. ArmedForces over seaswe adapted and improvised . I'm from the old school

[Brithunter]

Hi All,

We are into Air rifles because they are usable for small game, a friend of mine has a fairly large colection of airweapons, he started at the tender age of about 10 tears old and has never stopped, he has an old gem made in about 1880 and others right up to a firearms rated Stealth which has about 30lbs of power.

Unlike the US we have no seasons on rabbits and Pigeon(doves) and air irlfes do an excellent job on them he also has a superb collection of shotguns English and Belgian made Brownings they we get into Firearms he is going to be thinning them out as he simply does not use some of them, so why have them and he enjoys wing shooting better. ome gunshops have less then he does

Me well my Feinwerkbau was used to control the Starlings that used to break their way into our loft, we lived in a half timbered property and the starlings would peck away the plaster next to the timbers to get in and nest in the loft, we turfed them out adn i shot loads to keep them out, that and the Squirrels, Pigeons and Magpies Grrrrrrrrrrrr, I really don't like those

We grew up with air rifles and still use them occasionaly I have my dads old airgun in the cupboard a Haenel Model 15 tin plate he brought in the early 30's. Airguns are excellent for teaching youngsters, even another friend who has no interest in guns at all brought a Weirauch for his daughter who joined the Sea Cadets and asked me tpo show her how to use ti so she would not be shown up as not knowing about shooting, when we go out and have a practice with it he enjoys it as well and as soon as his 2nd daughter is old enough she wil join us they the boy

I have her shooting .22 r/f as does the cadet force and soon it will be a soft shooting full bore trouble is waiting for her to get big enough to hold them properly so she can do well I think it will be my Brno 601 in .308 with some 125 grn bullets loaded down to be accurate but low in recoil as this one has about the shortest butt on the rifles I have, most are long about 14 1/2" pull but this one is less. With return to zero rol off mounts she can use both open isights and the scope

[Lynx]

I use a .22 Daystate Huntsmans Deluxe, walnut sporter stock its topped with a 3-9x33mm AO scope, Sportsmatch 2 pcs scope mounts (similar to the Beeman 2 pcs med mounts). Very accurate w 16gr JSB & crossmann premier 14.3 gr. When I was batch testing pellets, one group at a measured 35yds had the pellet holes touching each other...

Also used the Weihrauch HW 97 & grandfather's old BSA 177 & 22 fixed barrel, underlever cocking ar, still in good working order

Lynx

[jon lynn]

I have a dog old Daina (of Germany), with a Weaver base and a Simmons Blazer 4-12x 40mm AO (it is holding up after 3 years). My German in-laws bought it in 1974, I found it in a shed rusted and neglected. I cleaned her up.


Until my German neibors (what else would I have here?) complained, I used to shoot in the yard for hours on end, now I have to go to a REAL SHOOTING RANGE, yes I said a range!


It's a stupid air rifle! Who ever knocked off a bank with an air rifle? The Germans are starting to controll airguns like rifles....Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaugh!


Oh well, tha Diana (one each, old as mud) is a superb airgun, id you could find one in US, I promise you'll like it, just don't use it IN Germany

[Swift]

Beeman R9 in 177 cal.

[Micky Spillane]

I'm happy to say I have a B.S.A Airsporter RB2 (one of the last Airsporters ever built) it has under lever cocking and loads via a roll breach system as developed for the B.S.A. Goldstar. The rigid barrel gives me more confidence than a break barrel system (and I need all the help I can get) It shoots sub .5" groups at 25 yards and when I hit a rabbit it stays hit The PCP I own is an RWS Excalibre Which sports a walnut stock RWS scope (not very high tech) 3-9x40 and a very small but effective sound moderator (beleive you have trouble with these on your side of the pond) It also has the virtue of being a single shot kill gun but if I do make a poor shot it retains another seven rounds in the mag to administer the coup de grace All the best MICK

[Swift]

Welcome to Hunchat MS!

You cross the pond folks really have a leg up on us when it comes to airguns.

[Td0g900]

I shoot mostly two airguns
They are the Sahdow 1000 from gamo and the 1000x from winchester
I have had the Gamo for two years and i have killed countless squirels and birds with it
I like it with open sights because its more balnced
The winchester I got only 2 months ago
I have it scoped with a 3-9 power scope and its very accurate at any range out to 60 yards
I underestimated the Gamo when i was going to shoot a grey fox over my friends house at 50-60 yards
I didnt even think it would slow him down
I placed my shot at the base of the neck and fired
The fox went 5-10 yards and died

[chapster1]

guest ? or is it UKF could you please pm me

[chapster1]

i have a theoben rapid 12 .22
a theoben eliminator .22
and a falcon fn19 .22

[heightaddict]

HELLO

I LOVE AIRGUN HUNTING. I HAVE A LOCALLY MADE AIR RIFLE, AND CUSTOMIZED IT A LITTLE BIT, ARMSCOR MODEL 22 CO2, BARREL: LOCALLY MADE 19" BUTTONED RIFLED 1:16 RH TWIST, OPTICS: BUSHNELL 4-12X40 AO. IM FROM THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDS. WHAT I SHOOT? YOU CAN VIEW IT IN MY WEBPAGE: HTTP://GEOCITIES.COM/HEIGHTADDICT

TRY TO VISIT MY FORUM AT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philippine_airguns/

[kuntry kid]

These may sound babylike but I am only allowed to have youth guns. I buy them with my (hard-to-save) earnings.

Daisy Red Ryder 2000 Millenium Edition. 650 shot 285 FPS . Got it when I was 9.

Daisy Model 840C Grizzly. 350 Shot BB/325 FPS Single shot Pellet/300 FPS. Added a 4x15 Daisy scope. Got it 2 Months ago.

Next Gun? Winchester 722X! 3-9x32 scope