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  1. pianoman
    Fry do you use a hardshell case to carry your rifle? I think that's a wiser move than slings and slips after this experience. I think everybody has a tale of woe with a precious rifle somewhere down the line. Having a break-barrel rifle out for a session, the barrel slips out of the hand and smashing back into the action, bending it upwards and wrecking a beautiful stock through the grip. That must happen a fair bit. But it has taught me ALWAYS CHECK THE GUNSLIP STRAPS. Simon
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    Sorry to read the sat nav was smashed but, thank God the rifle wasn't so damaged beyond a bent and replaceable moderator. Unlike my beloved HW77 and Airmax SR12 scope. I had the rifle in the gunslip over my shoulder as I was unlocking my front door after a session ...then the bloody strap broke, the slip fell backwards off my shoulder and the lot swung off and hit the concrete step of my front door.!! Result was scope bent downwards and useless. Worse though, my HW77's barrel was bent downwards. I was absolutely bereft when I saw it indoors. :cray: However, all was not to be lost.
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    Never owned or used a laser rangefinder for an air rifle. Like mawders it's been a case of estimation by eye and senses since being a child with my first air rifle. I now have measured marks on my scopes focus rings that give absolute, exact ranges in perfect focus. I used a steel 5-metre tape, mark out the target distances and mark them on my scope when they are perfectly focused on. Humbrol Enamel and masking tape makes a perfect marker and viola! One perfectly accurate rangefinding scope! All that remains is to learn by heart, where my pellet is going to fall at any given range I need to sh
  4. pianoman
    I was just wondering if you would pick this up Mr Fry sir! :laugh:
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    Hi Joe. Royal Navy? Right then Laddie! Your break-barrel air rifle of choice lies between a Weihrauch HW80 or shorter HW80K carbine; or a Weihrauch HW95. These are about the same weight as an SA80 A2. The HW95 is about the weight of an SA80 A1... The SA80 A1 was lighter due to the amount of bits falling off it! (I'm ex RAF regiment son. Believe me, they shed more bits than your shipmates do on shore leave! ) £150 will buy you a reasonable second hand job, a bit more will get you a better bargain with a decently useful scope and maybe a gunslip and a sling. But, brand new the
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    Dead rabbit or a squirrel makes a great bait for Magpies and Crows. But I've never once come upon a bait for rabbits. They are extremely wary and a lot smarter than they look. However.... I once read of a chap who bought some quite realistic 'plastic' rabbits that were being sold in a garden centre as decorations for the garden (?) Apparently he used these to bring rabbits out into the open on his permission and into range.... Of course, it could be his permission was running wild with them in the first place!
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    Ooh My! I like that!! "Whore Gun" .....Gun Whore.... Great name for a Metal rock band. Takes some beating an HW80 for tough adaptability...Bit like some German girls I've known on tours!
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    Custom Stock are still trading. I hope they continue to prosper. They make a fine stock for not such a lot of money and most air rifles can be fitted out with them.
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    Daz my dear friend you know I admire a man of principle...if not his guns. I wouldn't buy these as they do not appeal to me, it's true. But that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with them. I'm sure they shoot superbly well; and in your hands they'll be deadly. Best wishes mate. Simon
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    It's the only PCP I like the look of. A lot of beautiful, classical hunting rifle cues in it's design. Nice walnut stock that hides that bloody hideous air cylinder and from what I've seen, it is an accurate a sporting rifle as pcp's get. If PCPs were my thing, this is the one I would go for. As it is, my Weihrauch and Air Arms spring rifles deliver looks, proper heft and genuine accuracy without diving bottles and pumps and limiting shots per fill! Pianoman
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    Great advices from the good lads here. It's you young age that does stand against you I'm afraid Hunterboy. People really do judge us by the impression we make on first aquaintance, right or wrong. but, persistence is a powerful ally. Keep trying, look smart, as in clean and casual, no hoodie tops, chewing gum, no chav car thief white/Burberry reversed baseball caps; but, well presented and show yourself as a responsible lad who respects his priviledges and won't leave gates open, litter left about the fields and the fences and gate posts left peppered in pellet holes! Be attentive an
  12. pianoman
    That really is the only answer that will work for you here. Or buy an HW77 Pianoman.
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    Well done and shot Paul. I know your shoot with my times out with Andy and I was asking him about how you are getting on. He said you weren't able to get out as much as you'd like to. So this is good to read. Make the most of the light you have of the morning if nothing else! All the best mate and see you hopefully soon again. Simon
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    To be honest Mac, it looks good as it is mate. The wood's a natural colour shade anyway. And it'll help keep a decent correct, close fit of stock to action. If you see what I mean. Regards. Simon
  15. pianoman
    The company was never the same when the original founders went their separate ways.
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    Put up a pic and I'll tell you for certain. If it has a shrouded Bull Barrel that looks wider, heavier than conventional rifle barrels, it is a MkIII. Superbly accurate in .177 that's for sure! Pianoman.
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    Put up Google or YouTube and type in; "Lewis and Clark expedition air rifle" You'll see what a successful and very powerful PCP air rifle they had developed for their exploration of the American Frontier of the 18th Century. Something like a .44 cal. Ball multishot! Pianoman
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    Thank you Steve, Airgunguy and jjm I do love my spring rifles more than any other rifle type. And I just started out with the simple notion that a lot of people were running away with the mistaken belief in the myth that a spring rifle is inferior in accuracy to a PCP rifle. There is a great deal to be said for both PCPs and Springers; but neither are in any way an inferior shooting device. You just have to know how to shoot with 'em! All the best gentlemen. Simon
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    Hi there. If you contact RED BECK shooting supplies at Crofton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire...you can talk to the man who created the Logun system! Jim Hogan is the resident gunsmith there. Pianoman
  20. pianoman
    Dear Roger. That is such kindness and generosity of spirit from you. Thank you sir. I can do a few things alright and I try to be the best I can be at them! Painting air combat and classic aircraft and shooting are my lifeworks. And my work as a professional sessions keyboards musician -hence my handle. All keep me actively young! I'll write a book on spring air rifle shooting and hunting one day not so far away and that will be my retirement work! (What retirement??!!!) As long as you have a quality spring air rifle, good scope and a tin of appropriate ammo, a person will never be
  21. pianoman
    Si you are going to love the HW98. As it is, a much an underestimated rifle with so many opting for the HW95, on which it is based. Maybe it's the Bull Barrel or slatted and adjustable stock that puts people off. I don't know. But.....It's a Weihrauch....so no real surprises how good it's going to be. I'm seriously going to add one to my collection after shooting with a .22 version recently. I felt then, this would make a worthwhile, competition-standard air rifle if it could be refined and tuned beyond the factory's finishing. I guess I have my answer here! Best wishes. Simon
  22. pianoman
    Nice one Skott. Bit of camping and shooting with the HW95; and drink for the spirit. Nothing like it! Best wishes mate. Simon
  23. pianoman
    I think you might be describing a "Laminated" stock here Billmister. This is a stock made from sections of different coloured woods which are fused, or laminated together, like a multi-layered 'sandwich', before being cut and finished to shape; giving a stock with a pleasing swirl of multicoloured grain. A number of gunmakers offer laminated stocks with the colours you mention. But only for their own rifles. Weihrauch for example, do a particularly striking, multi-coloured version of their standard stocks for some of their rifles. Regards. Pianoman.
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    Don't understand why they don't pin it. But maybe I will write an updated version. I'm humbled by all the compliments it's received. Pianoman
  25. pianoman
    Not really the best section to be asking for this item gentlemen. Airguns and Foxes are a big No No. Sorry.
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