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WEBLEY MOSQUITO .22 PELLETS
pianoman replied to dogvixen01's topic in Rifle Reviews, Technical Help and Tips
Hi dogvixen. The price of scrap lead went up a few years back and pellet manufacturer's prices shot up accordingly. Then the market price of lead came back down but the prices of pellets are being kept high. There will no doubt be a 101 stated reasons why this is so, but, a severe recession in the economy and the need to keep profits up and people in their jobs will be one of them. There used to be PelPax that offered mixed assortments of pellet brands but, I haven't seen those around in a while. Try Uttings.com. They did sample packs but, in the light of how the cost of lead went u -
Congratulations on a sound buying decision r-o-b-p, if yours is anything like as good as the pair I have, you are in for some memorable shooting with it. What caliber have you got? ATB Simon
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The greatest guns you ever regretted parting with.
pianoman replied to pianoman's topic in General Airgun Discussion
Good morning Si. I know, and I can honestly feel for you mate. My ex-wife tried to make me sell my guns as assets to be devided but, I (sorry about the pun) stuck to me guns! If I won the lottery I'd go buy em back for you for the simple reason I've really enjoyed the clips on YouTube of your shooting with the Prosport and the Weihrauchs. In the absence of that fateful tumble of numbers, get yourself a new PS whenever you can before it's no longer available. Or can you pull rank on the guy who bought it from you and order its return?!! Cheers mate Simon -
Gentlemen good evening. I was just wondering, and reminiscing, as I see from some of the posts, there is an occasional mention of an air rifle that was sold, or traded, or let go of, or swapped... and usually followed by that immortal sentence "...ohh I wish I still kept it" "God why did I sell it for a...?" Weve all had them. Those brilliant once-in-a-lifetime, milestone air guns that made marksman hunters out of us, that enabled some of us to undertake military service with a skill level ahead of most of the other recruits on the training ranges and gave us some golden memories of great
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Hi Owen. No two barrels of the same make and model of gun are so precisely the same, that one make of a particular, suitable pellet type works with utter, absolute perfect accuracy. So pellet makers have been making alternate headsizes that usually overcome these microscopic discrepencies between barrels. Thus, as an example you will find Air Arms/JSB make a superbly accurate .177 and .22 Diabolo roundhead pellet in 4.51 and 4.52mm headsize for .177 barrels and a 5.51mm and 5.52mm headsize in .22. If you shoot a rifle with a barrel that performs consistently well with Air Arms Diabolo Fie
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ALMOST FOURTEEN QUID !!! Blimey Phantom that's a price you are paying for .22 AA Field mate... I've heard the price of scrap lead came right down a year or more ago but prices are still high. If there's a better cost-deal to set up supplies here, I'd sure buy from it Simon
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Ahh Andy you beat me to the draw. Scrutchy, have you got a manufacturer's name, something of how long you've had this rifle, pics if possible, age, calibre, condition, useful clues like that please mate???? ATB Simon
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Hiya Andy Great write-up mate , I enjoy reading about lamping forays as I've not got much experience of this aspect of the sport. And There's been Mixy on my permissions this season and the numbers of rabbits I've actually seen, let alone been able shoot this year has been very low in number. and they were mostly mixy-infected. This is indeed the power of mixy as you put it. Sadly for us, it's both such a bloody cruel but a very effective rabbit killer en masse. Oh well, maybe next year will give us chance of greater sport. Cheer mate Simon
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Well, I hope I haven't given you duff gen Andy, but, I'm sure I've seen .20cal. H&N FTT listed along with their other pellet types. A Google search or a look over a large dealers lists like Uttings will confirm that one way or another mate? Now not sure.. Simon
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Blimey Andy what a difference a year makes! I paid just under twenty quid for 2X tins of .177/4.51mm AA Fields and £11 for a tin of .22/5.51mm AA Fields around a couple of months ago - early september-ish. That was from Guns International, Barnsley and Dead On Target at South Kirby if I remember correctly. Silly money really but, what do you do when your TX200s or whatever Air Arms rifle you have loves them? ATB Simon
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Hi Andy mate. Have you ever tried H&N Field and Target Trophy in .20? I shoot them in .22 for the FAC HW80s. They are a domed pellet but deform on impact and retain a massive amount of shock without over-penetration. Could be just what you are looking for (?) . I was over at Guns International today getting Karl to fit a new cocking link shoe and pivot to one of my 80s, and the place is beginning to look really bare with Karl's retirement and finish at the end of the month. Offer him a deal on a bulk ammo buy and you could get a bargain. Best regards mate Simon
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My HC is .177 and it's blisteringly accurate. I can usually hit a raggy, very small-hole group at 50 metres and I'm no champion mastershot. I paid over £400 each for my TX200 MkIII pair but, they were brand new, true left-handed guns with Turkish Walnut stocks to die for. Sounds like you and r-o-b-p have found a couple of great bargains. You are gonna love the experience lads.
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First honest thing you've said so far you bloody gash-arsed pillock.
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You know. I'm beginning to feel like a bloody prat, trying to give this gash :wankerzo4: a sensible answer in the otherwise decent spirit of this forum. Same from me now-on Colleybollocks / Liarr.airrifle or whatever the frig you call yourself. Ask all you want but, you will not get any further answers or replies from me. Now go find mates, a girlfriend if one can stomach you, and get out more. But not with a gun. I don't want to read of some prat like you causing death, serious injury or damage to wildlife, people or property. Pianoman
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Have a read of this guy's posts
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If the gun's .177 or .22 and has been properly looked after, it's only limiting factor is you the shooter. If you put in the practice and develope the talent you can hit a tuppence at 50 yards out, shot on shot.
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Snap the seller's hand off mate and you'll not regret it. I have both the TX200 rifle and TX200HC Hunter Carbine. Beautifully smooth and accurate guns. ATB Simon
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Hi Mate If you are having problems getting a spring for your current rifle, it might be fair to say you'll have trouble getting other spares for it too. If you need to buy a new spring rifle, go for a decent, second hand Weihrauch HW95K, HW97K -or a new one if funds permit. As I have no idea how old you are are or your build/stature, I cannot make an informed recommendation as to what would be best for you. Are you one of the young lads in the photo? Is this recent, or an old shot from years ago?!
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With practice and experience you can learn to judge and estimate range distances quite accurately. Something you really should be able to do. At 45 and 50 metre ranges onwards, it starts to get hazy, as perspective starts to merge things closer together. GunTuff make some superbly accurate rangefinders if that's a must-have.
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So today is "Will a 3-9X50 do the job?" day! I'm seriously beginning to wonder if this "kid" really is a kid. Not someone a little older? I think this is someone with a mental health issue. Like an identity crisis, who's invented this persona to hide behind and mess people around with. Nothing about this guy runs straight. Not even his fantasies. Leaving aside all the googled images of other people's property he claimed was his... This S400 he now claims to have was, in other posts, stated as already owned, then he's going to buy it for christmas, then his Dad is going to buy
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Hi Wurz. Great shooting mate. Speaking with my Chef's hat on; Blackberry cured Pheasant sounds absolutely delish. ATB Simon
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I shoot both sub 12ft/lb and FAC rated and licenced spring rifles and have been spring air rifle shooting for over 40 years. ACCURACY IS EVERYTHING. Power is absolutely NOTHING without accuracy. And accuracy is nothing without FIELDCRAFT on the air rifle shooter's part. I have a Weihrauch HW80 standard rifle and an HW80k, both .22 calibre, that both produce over 19 ft/Ibs of energy at the muzzle. I also have a tuned Air Arms TX200HC .177 on my licence that produces 16ft/lbs -all the power that a .177 pellet can really handle efficiently in the barrel. They are all extremely accurate out
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Oh lets just say, a young lad here you'll have a lot in common with ...Liam.
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Are you thinking what im thinking? I think we all are, may be wrong though... Watch this space!!! I bet ye are not wrong my fine mate of Yorkshire...Fun's a-coming methinks. Eh, Colliegreybollocks?!! Ohh A-Where has Collie got to by the way? There's a lad here he's got a fair bit in common with!!
