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Karpman

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by the general consensus on here, all the air arms range are a good starter choice but it should be noted that in the right hands(ie with sh :censored: loads of practise)an s200 beat all comers at a certain THL airgun meet back in the summer.

 

best thing to do? get your cash in hand down to a gunshop or airgun club, try a few different guns, and find out which suits you best, and take it from there mate. and let us know how you get on!!

 

all the very best, wurz

 

Well said wurz, took the words [bANNED TEXT] out of my mouth, and probably spelt them better :)

.atb. .ste.

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Cheers for all the info guys!

 

Headed over to the local gun shop today, All he had really was some turk thing he was pushing hard Hatsan 44-10 or some, To cut a long story short... Top heavy, A noble on the trigger about took my finger off and the cocking went with a little creek and a shudder? Being to picky maybe? :thumbdown:

 

Did make my mind up though that precharged is most certainly the way to go, A AA410 may also be an option. The only decent air rifle i owned was a Tx200Hc some years back around 2000 I think and would like to stick with AA, The quality suited me fine :D

 

 

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Karpman

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hi buddy

 

aatx200hc brillaint rifle i shot on and loved it :thumbs:

 

s400 are also a nice pcp along with the bsa ultra and the r-10

 

good luck with what ever you choose :thumbs:

 

atb steve

 

Cheers mate,

 

i am at the age now were i can wait and look around with out buying the first thing that comes along, Well for a week at least lol. :thumbs:

 

Whilst researching and drinking fosters i keep edging towards AA. The Bsa's do also seem very tempting.

 

Karpman

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hi buddy

 

i see what you mean

 

i own a bsa r-10 and an air arms s400

 

both brilliant rifles never no problems deadly accurate and fairly priced

 

atb steve

 

Just out of curiosity, is rifle buying addictive? Seems many own more than one, Not against it. May become a addict too someday.. :thumbs:

 

Karpman

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hi buddy what i have owned in a space of a year

 

hatsan mod60 22

hatsan mod85 22

gamo cf20 177

bsa ultra 22

bsa ultra regd 22

s400 classic 177

bsa r-10 177

s410k 22

 

so i wouldnt say addictive lol

 

yeah it can be depends if you want to decent rifles or one to back you up on :thumbs:

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my tupence worth would be that a FAC air rifle just aint worth it, not just the extra agro of having the FAC but also your maximum effective range is still only going to be 60 - 70 yards and then you still have to be able to put all your shots inside a 2p coin (the size of a pigeons head) at that range!

 

also the shear cost of going FAC is just silly, team that up with a hugely reduced shot count per charge of air if your going pcp and having to learn a whole new shooting style as well and you start to see the problems!

 

if i was going to buy a new pcp today it would be either a bsa superten or r10 or an rws excalibre if they still make them that is! i may be a bit behind the times these days!

 

cheers

Hyperion

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That's just it Hyperion mate. FAC air power is NOT a magic pellet that gives the shooter the gift of accuracy with precision at 70 yards or further. My FAC HW80 .22 is searingly accurate at 19.6 ft/lbs and I have hit rabbits with clean headshots out to near 100 metres but, this is very rare and even then, in perfectly still air with as near as dammit no breeze. I use it like a normal air rifle and zero at 30 metres and shoot Rabbits to 45 metres or nearer. Seldom further. The true advantage of using the extra thwack is to be more effective at normal airgun ranges for putting the target animal down very fast and decively. I get more hits on sharply aware, bolter rabbits at 30-35 metres than a 12ft/lb rifle, which can fire and scare off a wary rabbit before the pellet gets there, resulting in a near miss or wounding hit on the body. If I know I'm going to be shooting at 50 yards and over, on certain areas of my permission I use my rimfire.

 

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