air rifle advice

[mchivers]

hi there
i'm after a bit of advice on air rifles.
things such as a good starter rifle and sites to buy them?
which type and calibre?

thanks in advance
(mods if this is in anyway frowned upon as a topic please delete it)
martin

 

[Rooter]

Target shooting 177. Killing vermin, 22.

 

[palindromicbob]

What do you want it for? I did a bit of target shooting in a club and was going to get a rifle but couldn't pass it with HID as she didn't want it in the house and laws here mean I couldn't ask a friend to keep it . Even a rifle <12ft/lb requires a license here so I was going to get a higher powered one that falls into section 5 because it is the same hassle either way.

 

[munro007]

It all depends on your budget, .177 is a far better caliber IMO. Its a lot flatter, faster, and a lot more accurate.

The next thing you need to work out, do you want a spring, gas ram, compressed air gun.

And do you have land to use it on, do you have insurance, what's your quarry.

So there's a lot to think about.

 

[Captainron]

I loved my BSA meteor. I was flipping deadly with that thing.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I used to have a .22 Feinwerkbau Sport MK2 back in the early 80's

Great for vermin control

also had a Setra Pump action too, very quiet and zero recoil

 

[Essex_Stu]

First choice is working out budget. If £300 or below stick with a Spring rifle anything over go for a pcp. The PCP's are much quieter and have little if no recoil. Air Arms, Theoben, Weirach(sp), Daystate all make classic looking very good rifles. Logun, FX make more synthetic looking rifles with black stocks and shrouded barrells/silencers etc. With PCP's though you have to have a Scuba bottle and somewhere that can fill it for you.
Springers are very cheap, easy and generally reliable. The only thing to watch out for is that a stronger spring hasnt been fitted to take it above the legal limit.

Then decide what you want to use it for. Generally .177 is best for distances to upto 45 yards as it fires at a higher speed. Brilliant for pigeons,crows and target shooting. .22 is very good to 35 yards and great for taking out the furrys ie rats, rabbits etc.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Write a letter to:-

Ashley Cole
C/O;Chelsea FC........

Reserves a speciality.

 

[beggsy]

I have both a .177 and a .22 air arms s410 great guns both of them but don't spend a fortune on a gun an put a cheap crappy scope on them it's all about the glass but let us know what your budget it

 

[SocketRocket]

Get shot of it. Butt if you musket one then dont go off half cocked, aim your sights on a good magazine and look at a range of stock models.

 

[DappaDonDave]

M16 with three burst round, grip and acog scope, 2 Semtex & 1 flash bang with a crossbow as a sidearm...

I need to stop playing call of duty

 

[mchivers]

thanks everyone.
i'm off to look at a bsa something or other with a friend tonight.
in good nick for it's age and not much money.
it's just for some target shooting local to us with my son.
kind of hope he hates it as it looks like it could get very expensive very quickly lol.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Get shot of it. Butt if you musket one then dont go off half cocked, aim your sights on a good magazine and look at a range of stock models.

Har Har... *cough*.. Har