Show Your Air Rifles

[kirk13]

Sounds good to me mate if your getting close to the national teams scores!!

Sent from the astropathic choir.

Cheers Mike.

It's actually not all that close, but still respectable for a rookie.

You done far better than I did today.

Done the Sussex Interclub at Mile Oak. After a strong start I slumped to a soul destroying 36
 

No gun issues,just lost the ability to range a target

[Gareth]

Noticed my Brocock's grouping at 35m was getting really ragged.  Humm, scope seems OK, pellets I've been using for a while, pressure spot on..

....when exactly was the last time I cleaned the barrel?....

A quick pull through and shooting 1p groups at 35m again.  Perhaps I should have done this before the competition.

[kirk13]

Not rifles,but here's two new additions to the Blamington Hall armoury


Gamo PT-85 co2 blowback,fitted out with tactical rails and red dot sight


And big thanks to TaxiDad,the classic Webley Tempest springer

[Gareth]

Great fun it was too.

[AimlessWanderer]

Agreed! 

[jerseydevil]

Very nice Kirky.    I'm not sure if I've asked this before - is that Webley as in.....



.....Or a completely different company that's just using the name for marketing?

[Smashie]

Not rifles,but here's two new additions to the Blamington Hall armoury

And big thanks to TaxiDad,the classic Webley Tempest springer

Nice  I really regret selling mine all those years ago 

[kirk13]

Well,it was til they went bankrupt for the umpteenth time,and got bought by Hatsan,although all but the Centenary model were built in Birmingham.

At some point this year,Webley are due to release a co2 version of the classic service revolver. Be cooler if it were the RIC model,but there you go

[kirk13]

Not rifles,but here's two new additions to the Blamington Hall armoury

And big thanks to TaxiDad,the classic Webley Tempest springer

Nice  I really regret selling mine all those years ago 

Cheers Smashie

[jerseydevil]

Well,it was til they went bankrupt for the umpteenth time,and got bought by Hatsan,although all but the Centenary model were built in Birmingham.

At some point this year,Webley are due to release a co2 version of the classic service revolver. Be cooler if it were the RIC model,but there you go

Gotcha.  I've handled but never fired a RIC.  I've shot a MkIV and a MkVI, which is the model in the pic I posted.  Not a fan of the bird's beak grip on the Mk IV........

[dks]

Not rifles,but here's two new additions to the Blamington Hall armoury


Gamo PT-85 co2 blowback,fitted out with tactical rails and red dot sight

I'll offer a few more words of advice,if I may?

1) NEVER BUY A GAMO! They're utter smurf!

      
 
 

[kirk13]

Not rifles,but here's two new additions to the Blamington Hall armoury


Gamo PT-85 co2 blowback,fitted out with tactical rails and red dot sight

I'll offer a few more words of advice,if I may?

1) NEVER BUY A GAMO! They're utter smurf!

      
 
 

Yeah,I know...that was before I'd had a play with someone else's PT-85. Kinda like I never used to have a good thing to say about Gerbers. Mind you,I still stand by the opinion. The PT-85 and P-25 are made in Japan,rather than Spain. I wonder if there not a rebranding of someone else's gun?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Well,it was til they went bankrupt for the umpteenth time,and got bought by Hatsan,although all but the Centenary model were built in Birmingham.

At some point this year,Webley are due to release a co2 version of the classic service revolver. Be cooler if it were the RIC model,but there you go

Now that I'd have to get!!!

Sent from the astropathic choir.

[Gareth]

OK, that would be pretty awesome.   I just wish it wasn't BB though.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

It'd only be a fun gun to use indoors for me, so I don't mind it being bb only

Sent from the astropathic choir.

[ducttapetech]

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OK, that would be pretty awesome.   I just wish it wasn't BB though.

Oh man that looks sweet!
I always want a Webley. I ran across a few, just didn't enough money at the time to buy one. One day.

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[jerseydevil]

That's very nice.   I need a Webley.  One day.....

[Smashie]

This arrived today and should be an enormous improvement over the POS PAO scope that I have at the moment

[kirk13]

 

[Smashie]

Cheers


Hawke 6-24x50 AO IR Scope with Match Mounts Deben Illuminated Mildot Reticule

[Gareth]

very nice mate.

[Smashie]

All set to be zeroed

[ducttapetech]

Let us know how she shoots. Nice looking set btw.

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[daverobson]

All set to be zeroed

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Now that is 

Sadly, I haven't owned an air rifle since the late 80's (shows how old I am).
It was a BSA Mercury I bought on my 18th birthday in 1977. For some reason which I can't remember I bought the .22 version.

[Gareth]

Likely there wasn't quite the same choice back then Dave.  .22 has traditionally been the 'British' calibre with .177 only becoming popular relatively recently.  Or that's my understanding of the situation anyway.

Looking very nice Smashie.

[VictorLouis]

That TX has always been a sexy beast. I have a question for you about it, the HW77, and like underlevers.  I've always been a bit leery of them, safety-wise. But, as I understand it, you have one side-latch of some sort ratched to hold back the breech, and...one should have the lever braced against swinging shut, also.

Have you Brits seen any accidents or failures with the system/s?

[Smashie]

That TX has always been a sexy beast. I have a question for you about it, the HW77, and like underlevers.  I've always been a bit leery of them, safety-wise. But, as I understand it, you have one side-latch of some sort ratched to hold back the breech, and...one should have the lever braced against swinging shut, also.

Have you Brits seen any accidents or failures with the system/s?

I can't speak for the HW77 as the only one I had was so long ago it didn't have much in the way of safety features.

The TX has the anti-beartrap which you can just about see in the photo, the only scary thing is de-cocking it!

[Gareth]

That TX has always been a sexy beast. I have a question for you about it, the HW77, and like underlevers.  I've always been a bit leery of them, safety-wise. But, as I understand it, you have one side-latch of some sort ratched to hold back the breech, and...one should have the lever braced against swinging shut, also.

Have you Brits seen any accidents or failures with the system/s?

I think the modern HW77 and my HW97 were the same in having an automatic safely, but not an 'anti-beartrap' as such.  I would always keep hold of the underlever when loading anyway, I like my thumb just the way it is thank-you-very-much.

My HW57 doesn't suffer from the same problem as it's the pop-up loading port that introduces the pellet to the breach, not your thumb.  This system came in for a lot of stick when it first appeared as it apparently gave poor loading consistency, but everyone I've talked to and every first hand review seems to suggest that, if this ever was a real problem, it's long been sorted.

[kirk13]

Have you Brits seen any accidents or failures with the system/s?

I think the modern HW77 and my HW97 were the same in having an automatic safely, but not an 'anti-beartrap' as such.  I would always keep hold of the underlever when loading anyway, I like my thumb just the way it is thank-you-very-much.

My HW57 doesn't suffer from the same problem as it's the pop-up loading port that introduces the pellet to the breach, not your thumb.  This system came in for a lot of stick when it first appeared as it apparently gave poor loading consistency, but everyone I've talked to and every first hand review seems to suggest that, if this ever was a real problem, it's long been sorted.

I'd say that goes for any underlever,baring things like the HW57 or my roller breach BSA Superstar. I've used cheap BAM B4s without any issue,but I do not trust any form of mechanical safety,it's no substitute for correct handling!

Sorry,sermon to the converted over

Although on a similar note I always keep a firm grip on the broken barrel when loading a break barrel as well

[ducttapetech]

Rule #1 of firearm safety. Always point you firearm at somebody you don't like. You don't want to shoot a friend or a love one.

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