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    Tony and Andy's both quite correct here with spring rifles Skot . They are sensitive to any changes placed on them which deviate from original zero. Adding a lamp and a velcro strip to attach the switch to your rifle Skot, and even the switch cable is adding weight and usually, the position of all this paraphernalia, on top of the scope and attached to the stock, usually forward of the trigger, is causing the point of balance to misplace. Effectively you are now shooting with a slightly 'different' harmonic from your rifle's original balance point. Hence you will experience shifts on z
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    Hi Craig. I was out with Davy (T63) on my permission about three years back and he had a monocular night vision spotting scope from Netto or Aldi or some utterly unexpected store. And it wasn't expensive he told me. He used it to make a quick scan, spotted a rabbit in the field and brought his lamp into play on his rifle. Beamed on the rabbit Got the kill down very quick and no fussing. Lamp off! Very impressive, nice, clean performance all round. Best regards mate. Simon
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    Well at least it hits a shed door Mike! I trust you will get a better result to report with. Never seen or heard of this Webley rifle before. Best regards. Simon
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    Try a look at an HW80 Nat. You could find a second hand one for your your budget and it's the best break barrel spring rifle you can buy. Pianoman.
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    Dave Hi. My God that is a fantastic read. Clearly you have a genuinely solid shooting skill and a pedigree for shooting excellence and to have passed on that skill with such a performance from this young lady in return. That is a life-changing accomplishment a truly amazing reward for anyone with this passion of ours Dave. I am in awe of such accomplishment. That so positively changes the course of another person's life. You know, she will remember you all her life and quote you to those she passes her skills on to. Your grandson the same. He is the age I was when my dad started t
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    Dear Chris. Gosh... Thank you indeed dear fellow. Hugh Falkus! Goodness me, I remember him well! My dad was an avid collector and reader of his books. A real gentleman and countryman. A great writer, sea angler and his assured narration of the "Undersea world of Jaques Coustaeu films on Sunday afternoon BBC telly in the early 70s had me spellbound.. And there I was, wondering if what I say or write here might sound like bullshit or, ruffle a few feathers by sounding a smart alec... I don't and I'm not. And there isn't a man or boy here I wouldn't spend time with to talk to and shoot
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    I'd love to be able to have the time to work with a piece of beautifully figured Turkish or American Best Quality walnut and carve a classical hunting rifle stock for my HW80. I'd model it on those timeless safari rifle stocks that Anschutz and Mauser make so utterly beautiful, slim and elegant. With rosewood caps and foretips et al. Wonderful. Simon,
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    Great shooting Mac. Is the rifle you use a Webley Raider 2-shot? I remember that was a great rifle for not a huge sum. And built well as Webley did in those years back. And what a bag for your foray out. Yep I have to say I'm envious here. I haven't nailed a bag like this, save but one evening's shoot this year where I dropped on a feeding warren a month or so back. Never seen anything like so many let alone shot as many since. Keep us informed of more mate. Grand stuff. All the best Mac. Simon
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    Thank you very much indeed Chris. I feel sad to read how your father so treated you. Anyone can be a father. It takes something else quite entirely to be a dad. But, you are a man of your own now and wise enough to keep his methods of parenting out of influencing your own ways of living and doing things with your sons. And that's a mark of your personal character strengths. I was so lucky. I had a loving dad who loved his shooting and his three sons enough to share it with them. We camped, fished and shot throughout the long summer hols. I took to shooting, stalking with a rifle
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    Welcome Ralph GE and ask whatever you need an answer to. All the best with your new found shooting past-time. Pianoman
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    Darryl. Hi mate. Do you know if this scope would be any good for a spring rifle? I'm thinking of how one for my HW77 and TX200 might perform? Best regards mate. Simon
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    They certainly are. They are, generally for air rifles at least, milled from mild steel. They do not withstand a massive jolt from being released back under tension of the spring of an air rifle. Looks like this is a spare parts-only donor rifle Stealthy. Sorry to hear this of a rifle like an HW77. Simon
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    Hi Freddie. Are you going to use spring, gas ram or PCP as your preferred rifle action? If you are looking to spring and Gas Ram power, look no further than Weihrauch HW80, HW80K or HW90 gas-ram, or a Theoben Evolution (not their Eliminator. Looks lovely but, shoots like a dog!). But be mindful of your scope. It must be tough enough and recoil-proof or the recoil from such powerful rifles will likely smash a cheaper optic. That said, your true answer to your query lies in available pellets and how stable a pellet is in this calibre fired from a higher powered FAC-level air rifle; and f
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    Is it me Davy or do you feel a sort of 'fatherly' sense of care about this laddie and his family too? Sound like you have everything well and truly covered though though Mike. And as with Davy, I'd love to come pay you a visit and meet up and see how you do all this. Catterick in winter...Aghh! Your mention of excercises there has triggered a particularly painful memory of a series of anti-tank warfare exercises with my Squadron against the 17th/21st Lancers and their Chieftains in December of 1978. Jesus Christ almighty! I know exactly what that is truly like. Bloody Russian- front l
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    It's been a really poor show on mine. There was mixy on my shoot last year and the numbers really suffered. This week I'm going out to an area of Barley fields I haven't shot over for about a year that's just been harvested. But I'm not holding out much hope of a large bag. More likely will be one or two if I'm lucky. The weather this year hasn't helped much. Any sign of rain and the rabbits here are nowhere to be seen. Still, must get out and carry on eh chaps?! All the best. Pianoman
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    You are more than welcome my young friend. But consider what you have for writing about to a far wider audience, You surely have a reader in me and many here I would think. I'm somewhat curious as to how you'll get through the approaching winter though, Mike. Will you be alright? Take care mate. Simon
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    Hi Mike. I honestly think you should become an author. I've been reading your "Warless Warrior and you are indeed a highly literate and thoroughly enjoyable writer. There is a market for your writing and your insights gleaned from your direct experiences of shooting and living by your gun would find a place on many a bookshelf. Including mine. You are a lot like a young John Darling and his death has left a void in the output of well-written books on fieldsport and air rifle hunting. I'd like to write my own someday but, I'm very busy as both a professional military aviation artist
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    I'd love to meet him Andy. Thank you mate. Simon.
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    Well look at you young fella! I too was under the impression you were a middle-aged late 40-something hippy, living an alternative lifestyle in the woods and from the land with your wife and sons.... Is it Miles or Mike? So....the next question is.... What does Mawders look like! That was a cracking review of a budget rifle I now view, with new-found respect. Well done and well shot with a scope-cam on a spring rifle. Far from easy to do. Can we see some more like this? All the best mate. Simon.
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    Thanks Froudy and tomburras. Very kind of you Gentlemen to say. Andy. Hi. Your boys are two smashing lads. I loved to be spending time with them and talking to them. They definately have the makings of seriously talented shooters. It was a genuine pleasure for me. Thanks for letting me share in your quality time with them mate. Love and best wishes you three! Simon
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    Great choice Alan. You won't be disappointed or let down with your new HW80. Whatever your preferred calibre. This is one rifle you can depend on any time. All the best and thanks for your kind compliments sir. Regards. Simon
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    Any reasonable gunsmith should be able to help you there fella! How the hell did you get that Stealthy? Let the underlever slam back before the beartrap engaged or is this an older '77 that didn't have one fitted?? How bad's the bend and Is the stock okay at the grip? Good luck mate. Simon
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    Thanks Daz Mike, Kill zone and Roger. And you are right on the money Stealthy my friend. You can't help but want to help youngsters who are both keen as mustard and thoroughly decent. For many of us shooting is in our genes, passed down from our dads and grandfathers like Daz here, with his grandad. My dad served as a sniper during WW2 and was a blistering shot with a .22 rifle or a shotgun and I got it all, with patience and kindliness, from him. He still asks me about the shooting days I get and he still reminisces on the days I had with him as a youngster myself. You can't dismis
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    Thanks very much Tony Skot and Walshie. Appreciate your kind responses Gentlemen. I think a lot of the youngsters nowadays have few of life's natural teachers to show them the pleasure they can get from doing something properly and correctly and above all, safely, without boring them to death with some ignorant classroom tosser constantly whingeing on at them, with over-caution and apprehension of some daft, bloody disaster if they so much as look at a firearm or an air rifle.. No wonder they leap at the prospect of doing something and get very quickly disillusioned and fed up when the des
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    One's better than an awful lot of nothing I've found on two permissions that should be running with rabbits. Where the hell do they go? Pianoman
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