Show Your Air Rifles

[Magic Bus]

I know there are one or two on here who have airguns. I make a living from selling them, but I love shooting them too. Here's mine..

[Mike 56]

Wow that's a nice air rifle! I have a Crossmen bb/ pellet rifle and a 20.00 Chinese air rifle i bought at a gun show it shoots 700 fps nothing like yours. This saturday we are going to the range shooting i have sight in my Mosin Nagant M44 for deer hunting.
Mike

[Magic Bus]

It's a Daystate. It's pretty hard to get the necessary certificate for a firearm here in the UK.

[Benner]

Here's mine;

[hawkchucker]

Oh sweet lord Benner has a weapon!

[Benner]

Oh sweet lord Benner has a weapon!

 

[hawkchucker]

Oh and Mike ...... Hold the hell on the 44 kicks like a Mule, but you will be busting rocks offhand at 100 yds with it.

[hawkchucker]

I know there goes the neiborhood.

[Zack]

I used to have a Sheridan pellet rifle, but the stepfather took it back when my parents got a divorce.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Nice rifle Chris

I never much like pcp to be honest, but I think that's because they were a right old faff when they first came out But I'm guessing most issues have been solved now

So if you wanted a full legal power spring hunter with iron sights, what would you buy mate

[Magic Bus]

Nice rifle Chris

I never much like pcp to be honest, but I think that's because they were a right old faff when they first came out But I'm guessing most issues have been solved now

So if you wanted a full legal power spring hunter with iron sights, what would you buy mate

The Weihrauch HW77 is heavy, but brilliant   Last you a lifetime or two. Same goes for the HW80.  That's underlever and breakbarrel types covered. I wouldn't touch the current Webleys. Some of the Gamos are ok, but if you can stand the 10lb weight, my faves are the two HW's mate. Old school but so good.
PCP's can be a bit soulless but that Daystate is an interesting rifle. It has a small amount of recoil on firing, unlike other PCP's which can have a bit of muzzle flip. It also does a stupid number of shots (160) to a fill.

[Magic Bus]

If any of you guys are ever up this way on a Sunday you might enjoy a visit to the Cromer air rifle club. We even have a couple of crab shaped targets 

[ducktapehero]

It's technically not an "air rifle" since it's a spring that shoots it but here's my BB gun. I've had it since I was 6 or so. As you can tell it's been through hell. It still shoots though.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

It's technically not an "air rifle" since it's a spring that shoots it but here's my BB gun. I've had it since I was 6 or so. As you can tell it's been through hell. It still shoots though.

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Look's well loved mate

With all that duct tate it should be good for another 30 years

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Nice rifle Chris

I never much like pcp to be honest, but I think that's because they were a right old faff when they first came out But I'm guessing most issues have been solved now

So if you wanted a full legal power spring hunter with iron sights, what would you buy mate

The Weihrauch HW77 is heavy, but brilliant   Last you a lifetime or two. Same goes for the HW80.  That's underlever and breakbarrel types covered. I wouldn't touch the current Webleys. Some of the Gamos are ok, but if you can stand the 10lb weight, my faves are the two HW's mate. Old school but so good.
PCP's can be a bit soulless but that Daystate is an interesting rifle. It has a small amount of recoil on firing, unlike other PCP's which can have a bit of muzzle flip. It also does a stupid number of shots (160) to a fill.

Thanks mate expect a few pm's about the subject later on

Why not the current Webley's though

[Benner]

Current Webleys are made in Turkey and are made from gash old cacky metal and are meant to be pretty poo.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Thanks Ben

What about BSA as I've always had a soft spot for them?

[Magic Bus]

Thanks Ben

What about BSA as I've always had a soft spot for them?

Nice enough, but the breech/barrel pivot is poorly designed leading to wear over time that cannot be adjusted out, unlike the HW80. This in turn leads to inevitable accuracy problems. Weirauch are highly rated for good reason. Too many reliability problems with the current Webleys. The Chinese made XS19 is a better gun in every way 

[Magic Bus]

Oh yeah, and the Cometa 300/400's are worth a look too 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Thanks Ben

What about BSA as I've always had a soft spot for them?

Nice enough, but the breech/barrel pivot is poorly designed leading to wear over time that cannot be adjusted out, unlike the HW80. This in turn leads to inevitable accuracy problems. Weirauch are highly rated for good reason. Too many reliability problems with the current Webleys. The Chinese made XS19 is a better gun in every way 

So how much do the HW80's go for now, and is there a carbine version mate?

[Magic Bus]

Well, there have been big price increases this year... so a new one will set you back a bit over £300.00. But there should be quite a few used ones about at quite a bit less. There is a carbine version. There is also a carbine HW77 which is very, very nice  Especially in .177 cal.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Well, there have been big price increases this year... so a new one will set you back a bit over £300.00. But there should be quite a few used ones about at quite a bit less. There is a carbine version. There is also a carbine HW77 which is very, very nice  Especially in .177 cal.

That's a bit more than I'd like to pay

But I suppose if there reliable enough they'd be a sound used buy

If this had iron sights it'd be perfect i think   http://www.bsaguns.co.uk/sgun_lightning.php

[Craig]

As far as rifles are concerned I've got a HW77 in .177, that I bought when I was about 16, and two Webleys from before production went overseas, a .177 Omega and a .22 Eclipse. Also a .177 Webley Nemesis pistol. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

As far as rifles are concerned I've got a HW77 in .177, that I bought when I was about 16, and two Webleys from before production went overseas, a .177 Omega and a .22 Eclipse. Also a .177 Webley Nemesis pistol. 

How do you rate the HW77 mate?

[Magic Bus]

The Lightning is alright. Pretty crude trigger though, and that breech pivot  
Silencer has a habit of coming loose too. I'm sorry mate, just being brutally honest.

[Magic Bus]

The 77 although long in the tooth will hold it's own with anything in the right hands. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I think I'm rappidly being sold on Weinrauch's now anyway

Short list...
HW80K
HW77K
HW95K

Although the 80K looks like it's in the lead

[Magic Bus]

You lose the open sights on the 95. But the 95 is extremely good. Just need a scope to go with it.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

You will lose the open sights on the 80 and 95. But the 95 is extremely good. Just need a scope to go with it.

Not fussed about scopes, as I prefer to shoot over open sights (yes I'm odd )

Anyone know anything about the HW 99S

[Craig]

As far as rifles are concerned I've got a HW77 in .177, that I bought when I was about 16, and two Webleys from before production went overseas, a .177 Omega and a .22 Eclipse. Also a .177 Webley Nemesis pistol. 

How do you rate the HW77 mate?

It's excellent. Like MB says, it's heavy compared with most other guns. But the extra mass makes it harder to move off target so it's steadier on aim and it recoils less. If you didn't want open sights you could also consider the HW97 it's similar to a '77 but has a silencer instead of opens and a stock designed for use with a scope.

The TX200 from Air Arms is similar to the '77 and highly rated by a lot of people (and British) but I've never used one.