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    Hope you are not seriously hurt here mate. All the best for a speedy recovery jjm.
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    My sympathies Malt. Very sorry for the loss of your dad.
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    Isn't that just beautiful!? Compliments Mark, she looks stunning.
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    Well, I have written much in the past about my shooting preferences for spring rifles, and that is the truth of all of us. Our preferences. What is meat for one is poison for another. I came up in air rifle shooting when the spring rifles were the only thing on offer. When commercial PCPs first appeared they were dreadfully inefficient, prone to all manner of leaks and breakdowns and they were fiendishly expensive to buy. More so, if you wanted a really well made custom rifle. And even then... PCPs have improved greatly now; but they are still a swine when they go wrong. I spe
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    Mark, I think you have hit the best maximum you can reasonably expect from the rifles you now own and shoot with. Well I have owned a fantastic TX200HC in .177 and now a Pro Sport in .22 and these are honestly such stunningly accurate rifles, you would literally be splitting hairs between them both. I take the Pro Sport on its sweetly compact, single-barrel appearance, thanks to its hidden underlever and the fluted walnut stock is just stunning. But, accuracy on this scale is incredible from both rifles. They share the same barrels. I am now somewhat loathe to buy another air rifle
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    If it is the same action and cylinder as the Excel, you can fit a Theoben gas ram I should think Paul. Take it to your gunship and check with them.
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    Honestly, no boasting bullshit. I can outshoot a PCP with my spring rifles. I own a Daystate Regal .177 and a Webley FX2000 .22. Both are beautiful to shoot with but, my Air Arms Pro Sport .22 is more accurate producing a tighter single hole pellet group than I can achieve with both these superb PCPs shooting at a zeroing range of 30 metres. I can get the same standards with my on-ticket HW80 .22. That rifle delivers 23 foot pounds of whack, with absolute precision accuracy. It's nice to be able to enjoy the advantages of both PCP and spring actions. But, I'm a spring gun man first to the
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    You can only judge a gun by how well you get on with it. How well it shoots, how accurate, how it looks, how you live with it. The Air Arms Pro Sport I have is the first air rifle I have ever owned where I feel absolutely at home with it. My Weihrauchs are fantastic at accurate, efficient hunting in the field. But they just don't look much more than functional, despite some lovely beech wood stocks on them. The Pro Sport is a beautiful combination of functional efficiency and incredible accuracy, with wonderful poise, balance and stunning looks and finish. It ticks every box you could se
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    £555 was what I paid for my brand spanking new Pro Sport .22 in a beautiful walnut stock Mark. At second hand values, this sort of price is either a little too optimistic, or, it is a mint condition superbly set-up example that's a one-in-a-thousand supergun. If it's anything like as good as other .177 Air Arms spring rifles, it will be stunningly accurate all right. Have you actually seen the rifle and tried it?
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    I will be there Rez. We are supplying the gift and souvenir shop with work. They have just placed a huge order for our mugs, keyrings, fridge magnets and prints.
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    No Phil. Still have it here after no interest shown in it whatsoever.
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    It took having a regulator made for my Regal and a few other tweeks before it turned into the brilliant rifle it is now. Last year I tried to sell Helen's Huntsman Classic .177. Absolutely stunning rifle with not a thing wrong with it and less than half a tin fired through it. Nobody wanted to know. Best bargain someone missed out on. Looks like I might keep it and put a left hand stock on it. It will be perfect for shooting around farm buildings for rats and ferrals.
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    It took having a regulator made for my Regal and a few other tweeks before it turned into the brilliant rifle it is now. Last year I tried to sell Helen's Huntsman Classic .177. Absolutely stunning rifle with not a thing wrong with it and less than half a tin fired through it. Nobody wanted to know. Best bargain someone missed out on. Looks like I might keep it and put a left hand stock on it. It will be perfect for shooting around farm buildings for rats and ferrals.
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    Welcome here Josef.
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    No mate. Seems a tall order for such low muzzle energy to me, but best of luck.
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    Has anyone shot with accuracy to 55 yards range on such low muzzle energy as 7 ft/lbs? No, not me either. The rifle looks very well cared-for and customised Josef. You say earlier in your introduction, this one is .177 calibre... But, 55 yards target-precision accuracy with only 7 foot pounds energy? In a breeze/crosswind? It sounds a pretty tall order. It would be good if you could come back and tell us how the rifle and your wife, if not, yourself got along with doing it. I somehow have a sneaky suspicion you'll do it alright with a .177 rifle. All the best. Simon
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    I'm at risk of maybe repeating what the lads have said here because it is sound, positive advice. But, I've been shooting an FAC rated HW80 .22 that's been superbly set-up, very happily for nigh on 20 years now. And the only really useful, practical lesson it has taught me is this. USE THE EXTRA FAC POWER TO COVER SENSIBLE AIR RIFLE HUNTING RANGE DISTANCES FASTER THAN A SUB-12 FT/LBS RIFLE CAN! Use the extra power in the pellet to hit your rabbit faster than sub 12 at the same distances. It amazes me the number of posts about folk wanting to go to FAC power and the questions are alwa
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    Edited out. Double post. How the Hell do these things happen?
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    I've used WD40 quite happily as a lube by coating a cloth with it and then, rolling a batch of .22 H&N FTTs prior to shooting with my HW80 .22 and HW77 .22 rifles. Had fantastic accuracy and they don't diesel in the breech if you coat your ammo this way. You don't get oil in the skirt that causes it. So far so good. HOWEVER. I have tried lubing .22 JSB Jumbo Heavies 18.83g pellets for my .22 Pro Sport and these pellets do not like lubing with anything one bit. Accurate as you can be when they are washed clean of dust and bits, dried and put to work on the zeroing range. Absolute scatte
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    That walnut HW100 stock really looks beautiful Jimmy. All your refurbs end up with a stunning finish.
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    You might think so Mitch. But these heavyweight pellets are amazingly good and accurate in my Pro Sport .22 at 11.7 F/P. A hit anywhere on a furry/feathered head with these Heavies and and it's all over and out. And I've found I need only a bit more holdover, about an inch or so, at some pretty impressive long ranges beyond zero too. ATB Simon
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    Lovely grouping with a lovely rifle Mark. And the old Tasco 4x40 scope really suits the look of your set-up. Really nice to look at, lovely to shoot with. Get's the job done in a very satisfying manner. How better should that be? Compliments mate. Simon
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    All I can speak of Charlie's work on my Pro Sport .22 is, he has made an absolutely fantastic job of tuning the rifle and I greatly value and appreciate his work on my behalf. A genuine gentleman of the first order to engage with, in work like this on a very treasured rifle. I sat next to him watching him work on my gun and listening to his explanations of what he was doing and why, the do's and dont's of his approach to spring rifle tuning. His work is very thorough, very professional and I cannot sing the man's praises high enough for what he's done with my Pro Sport. His advice on cho
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    For my spring rifles it has to be... NUMBER ONE. AIR ARMS PRO SPORT .22 Nothing beats it for looks or accuracy. Stunning all-round performance TWO. WEIHRAUCH HW80 .22 FAC power and single-hole accuracy at 30 meters. A rifle for sorting out Mink, rats and rabbits at all ranges. THREE. WEIHRAUCH HW77 .22 This was my No. 1 rifle. But she still is an awesome rifle for pigeons, crows and magpies. MY PCPs No. One. DAYSTATE REGAL WITH AIRTECH REGULATOR. .177. Beautiful, lightweight and incredibly accurate. But you need to have a regulator made for one. No.Two. WEBLEY
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    A very Happy New Year and I hope you had a Wonderful Christmas Renos, with all your family. Love from us both. Simon and Helenxx
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