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| karltt |
Air rifle / best one to buyHi,Can anyone recomend a decent air rifle. I'm looking at shooting pidgeon and rabbit. Cheers Karl... |
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| Pilsbury |
and the first question you are going to get asked by those who know is what is your budget? | ||
| Brownbear |
The first question I would ask is, is it really an air rifle you want? You could get a 12-bore shotgun and a rimfire rifle with a decent scope for the price of one of the higher-end precharged air rifles. | ||
| offroading.net |
up to £250 I wouls say an Air Arms TX200 spring rifle, up to £400 and you are looking at an AA s400 pre charged rifle, check the link out in my sig. I stick to air rifles for bunny shooting as the shotty scares them away too much | ||
| dpack |
i though spring guns were fine until i got the bsa pcp
quiet, no jump ,easy ,short ,not cheap but half the price of the scope that lets me see in the dark 
save up and get a pcp gun they are ace |
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| offroading.net |
Although springers are nice, if you get the right one |
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| RichardW |
Yeh your right the diff is amazing. Just remember to budget for a pump and or a diving bottle as well. It adds quite a bit to the costs. Richard |
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| offroading.net |
A bottle & gauge is £140, much better than a pump @ £120 ish
A place to drool http://www.airgunbuyer.com/ |
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| whitelegg1 |
Another vote for pcps.....
I have an AA S200, manages 40 good shots, before going of the boil! Not the best shot count, but cheaper than a Daystate!! Accuracy.....un-flippin-believable.... I have my targets at 30 yards in the garden.... Had not shot the rifle for a month or two.. Three shots to dial in the scope.... Then 5 shots trough the same hole 
Try as I might, to repeat that feat with my venomised HW77k, is asking a lot!!! Possible, but only with a lot of practice!!! Pete A vote for the AA S200, with 10 shot adapter, good silencer and a bottle to fill it from, and a half decent scope as well. |
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| willow1 |
I got a AA S410 Combine 10 shot lovely riffle silent and spot on, have not used it on rabbits as yet but spot on when shooting at targets
I have not got a bottle as yet so i get it filled at the dive shop fo a couple of pounds for now, which suits me at present Cheers |
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| ian1 |
I have a airarms tx200 hc that i love for the confidence it gives me whenever i line the cross-hairs up on a target , paper, bunny or bird .It can be a little weighty tho and cocking it can be fiddly when my fieldcraft has lead me to the middle of a thick hedge ! and for that reason alone i have been considering a pcp , never would get rid of the tx though . | ||
| whitelegg1 |
I feel the same about the HW77k, there is something special about a good shot with a springer.......not dissing the pcps, but good shooting with a beast of a springer is not easy....
DOES WORK THE BICEPS THOUGH!!!!
Pete 
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| RichardW |
Untill your local dive shop closes & you cant get refills. Good job I went for both. Oh & go for 300bar as the fills tend to cost the same or just slightly more but you get lots more fills per bottle. Pumps can be had for less than £100. Richard |
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| offroading.net |
same goes for tanks too, got my 7litre 300 bar tank for £65 with full test.
Supprised you are short of tank fillers in your area |
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| RichardW |
I think there are others in the area just need to track them down. The one that shut was only 3 miles away. Sure the next closest will be about 20 miles. As it only takes a couple of mins pumping per fill its no hard ship plus I have a mate that dives so he takes the bottle with him when he comes up & refills it for me returning it on the next visit. As I get over 60 shots per fill as long as I am not plinking I can manage between refills. Oh must check test ticket might be due a test soon. Richard |
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| dpack |
pump is fine ,even when setting a new sight
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