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nativepaul · 12.21.2009, 04:21 AM

I have an Air Arms TX200 that I used to shoot field target with and a couple of cheap spring airsoft pistols that a mate and I used to skirmish with in the woods behind our houses, he did have one too but a BB broke his tooth and his parents took his gun away so I bought another and we carried on regardless but with face protection now as well as goggles, great fun.

Brian, spring pistols are very cheap, easily concealable unlike an AEG and hit plenty hard enough to discourage a dog from wandering onto your patch.

Niel, nice RWS, it looks a lot like a theoben rapid 7 that I had a go with once I wish I could have afforded one at the time but with a nicer stock, the tyrolean was nice but I'm a sucker for thumbholes, nice scope too are you into field target? My scope was a hunting model I got cheap and I would have loved a big paralax wheel like that.

suicideneil · 12.21.2009, 01:26 PM

Nah, no comp shooting unfortunately- nowhere near by really, though Im looking into a few indoor places a bit further away; closest I get to FT shooting at present is going for a walk down the woods and blapping some paper targets stuck to old tins of Cadbury's Roses

All perfectly legal...

I do like the Rapid series alot, main reason I got the RWS was because you can use a styrup pump to refill it, rather than having to remove the buddy bottle & refill it from a divers bottle ( buddy bottle's valve doesnt like any kind of hand or foot pump aparently ).

J57ltr · 01.03.2010, 09:57 PM

I was wondering where this post went. I have several air guns:

Crossman 760 pumpmaster shortened barrel with suppessor. I used to kill squirrels with it. It's not real powerful or accurate (smooth bore) but it is good enough for 15 kills. Some of you may think it's cruel but I got tired of fixing the hole in the attic where they were hiding their nuts. Little Bastards.

Crossman 1377 classic converted to .22cal and modified so that it shoots right at 700 fps. It's a single shot pump. Shoots real nice, but LOUD. My Marlin model 60 .22 rifle (20" bbl) is quieter.

Crossman 2240 .22 cal CO2 single shot. It's shoots pretty well in the summer, but you have to keep it warm in the winter or you only get a few shots.

Crossman Storm XT 1000fps .177 cal. is powerful enough for small game but the least accurate gun I have even with the scope. I bought this when I was on a trip to West Virgina and had to stay in a cabin with no TV.

We have no laws regarding airguns here in Texas. I know a few prople that have custom air rifles that are big bore as in 9mm and .45 cal and are powerful enough for boar.

Jeff

E-Revonut · 01.03.2010, 10:56 PM

I have a Crossman 2100 classic pump rifle and the crossman classic pump pistol. Both are fairly inexpensive yet pretty accurate. Haven't used them much in the last 10 years other than killing the occasional squirrel or bird that pisses me off by waking me up at 6:30am on the weekend outside my bedroon window!

suicideneil · 01.04.2010, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by J57ltr

We have no laws regarding airguns here in Texas. I know a few prople that have custom air rifles that are big bore as in 9mm and .45 cal and are powerful enough for boar.

Jeff

You'd like Gary Barnes, aka Barnes Pneumatic. He custom builds high powered airrifles and pistols in anything upto about .87 calibre, with power levels upto ~800ft'/lbs; think I actually came a few times just looking through all his work

http://www.glbarnes.com/catalog12_22_07.html (tons of pages to look through)

J57ltr · 11:53 PM

When I started looking for info for increasing the power on my 1377 I ran across Barnes air rifles and thought they were art, not my taste but anything that can take down a boar I have no other choice but to be impressed.

When I shot smallbore silhouette I was waiting for our match to start and watched some airgun guys practice and they asked if I wanted to give it a try. The gun one of them handed me was a feinwerkbau, not sure what model it was but it was sweet! The trigger was so light it was crazy, I think it was set for 6 ounces.

BTW when I said there were no laws I meant that you can buy any type of air rifle with out any issues. There are city laws about shooting inside city limits, but no restrictions on adult ownership.

Jeff