Anybody know anything about air rifles????
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richart
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Well it will not slide off my head like some.With your hairstyle, can you wear a hat????
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With your hairstyle, can you wear a hat????
:rofl:
lex!
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I think mine is the HW77K, I really cant remember. I will check tonight. It's spring and under lever and its got a sight and a carry case. It's in great nick, it has not been used that much, I used to just have it for plinking, then shooting rabbits and vermin at close range when I lived in the countryside. Now I am a townie it never gets used, so I am happy to part with it for a deal that suits us both.
GreiginFife
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Another owner of the HW77K and previously the 98 as well. Spring and underlever can be dangerous to the fingers if the trigger is a bit sensitive 
Still got the 77 in the garage and even after not being used for years ot is still spot on. Decent scope and you wont be disappointed.
Still got the 77 in the garage and even after not being used for years ot is still spot on. Decent scope and you wont be disappointed.
Smiffy
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I'd be very (very) interested Lex. Seriously. If it's a HW77K that is the exact model I am looking at.
Did I say above they were £381.00 new? Sorry if I did, I meant £38.10
Smiffy
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Another owner of the HW77K and previously the 98 as well. Spring and underlever can be dangerous to the fingers if the trigger is a bit sensitive
I looked at the 98 but this hasn't got open sights like the 77 has, so you are then looking at having to purchase a scope before you can do anything.
Fully aware of the problems with underlevers and fingers. My mates used to have BSA AirSporters and I used to hear them say "ouch" now and again.
Shame the BSA name isn't what it used to be. Now made in China (I think).
BSA guns used to be pretty good in their day.
Rooter
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Was at my mum and dads in france last month, had a pop with my dads old BSA and i remember shooting that when i was about 6 years old, so its a good 30 years old!! Still pop's rabbits off no problem!
I guess my (very) old BSA Super Meteor is not on your list... There's a place in Ely selling 10 British made Supers for £350 the lot.
Smiffy
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Ahh the old Meteors. They were a good gun.
I used to have a Webley Vulcan.
Another name consigned to the dustbin.
The old AirSporters used to be a bit more powerful though.
I remember having a "fight" with the two mates who had them.
I was climbing over a 5 bar gate to escape into the woods and had a pair of really tight jeans on.
As I got to the top and was just about to jump off, one of them hit me up the arse from about 50 yards.
Christ that stung.....
GreiginFife
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My first ever rifle was a second hand (probably about 10th hand) BSA Airsporter and it was brilliant until the stock cracked when I tried to put a Taurus spring in it.
HW77K has been in perfect working order for 20 years so well worth it.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
I had a BSA Meteor in South Africa and it was a fabulous rifle. It was 3rd hand from my grandad, to uncle to me. Accurate and powerful whihc meant that plenty of kills around the veld for me.
RollinThunder
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Weihrauch don't make a bad gun (the HW99 is a bit tinny, but it's the cheapest in their range), and if you want iron sights, the HW77 is a good choice. If you've got your heart set on iron sights, then fair enough, but you'll get much more accuracy with a low-magnification scope, although iron sights are still fun! If you were to go for a rifle on which to mount a scope, I'd highly recommend a Weihrauch HW97K. They're like the AK-47 of the airgun world, and it's pretty much the daughter of the HW77, with the wrinkles ironed out (guns are always girls, watch Full Metal Jacket! ).
The mid-end BSA and Webley have gone downhill in the last 10 years, probably because their was an influx of budget Spanish and Turkish air rifles into the market, so they tried to compete with them, dropped their quality, dropped their prices, and they suffered for it. The last BSA I had was terrible, it just felt so tacky, with a horrible, twangy firing cycle. Top-end Weihrauch, Daystate and Air Arms stuck to their guns (no pun intended!), didn't try to compete with the imported crap, and people buy them for their quality.
).The mid-end BSA and Webley have gone downhill in the last 10 years, probably because their was an influx of budget Spanish and Turkish air rifles into the market, so they tried to compete with them, dropped their quality, dropped their prices, and they suffered for it. The last BSA I had was terrible, it just felt so tacky, with a horrible, twangy firing cycle. Top-end Weihrauch, Daystate and Air Arms stuck to their guns (no pun intended!), didn't try to compete with the imported crap, and people buy them for their quality.
john0
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If you can't hit a fairway that's 40 yards wide how on earth do you think you will be able to shoot little targets
North Mimms
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Slow play getting to you? Make sure the one you get can reach the green
chrisd
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I hope that if, tomorrow, he announces that he has a shot on this hole that its at Liverpoolphil! :smirk:
richart
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Leave my partner alone. After the round he is of course fair game.
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That's poor Chris
I expect more from the elderly
Would you like me to bring you a bag of werthers ?
Smiffy
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If you can't hit a fairway that's 40 yards wide how on earth do you think you will be able to shoot little targets
Leave my partner alone. After the round he is of course fair game.
Aye aye...
school chucking out time
KenL
Tour Rookie
Can anyone just.shoot a rabbit if you feel like it?
I am.not comfortable with this at all!
Someone living on a farm mentioned shooting corvids. You are only allowed to shoot such birds if they are a thread to livestock or crops. They are protected by the law otherwise as are all
Birds.
I see absolutely no season that any human would want to shoot any living creature except if they wanted to eat it.
I am.not comfortable with this at all!
Someone living on a farm mentioned shooting corvids. You are only allowed to shoot such birds if they are a thread to livestock or crops. They are protected by the law otherwise as are all
Birds.
I see absolutely no season that any human would want to shoot any living creature except if they wanted to eat it.
