new air rifle????

[dig deep! 0]

hi every, im looking to buy a new air rifle but only want to spend around 250-300 quid and will mainly be shooting rabbit, rats and pigeons, any ideas? cheers.

[Alex Arrigone 24]

hey mate,

 

well for £300 quid ur lookin at a half decent spring rifle. powerful and it'll do the job. however i would suggest PCP gas rifles.

i originally started with spring and found it had bad kickbacks and wasnt as accutrate. if u invest in a spring rifle, i garantee you within a year you'll convert to PCP. its the way forward. PCP cost about 500£ for a half decent one, and you need a gas bottle but halfzies with a mate lol

 

hope this helps.

[StevoSmith 147]

Buy springer mate TX200 or HW77 or HW97 you WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED

[Alex Arrigone 24]

oh forgot to mention.. you'll soon get annoyed with the single round snap down barrells. at least pcp has a 10 shot magazene

[StevoSmith 147]

Hehehe you know you love a springer Alex mate

[Alex Arrigone 24]

Hehehe you know you love a springer Alex mate

 

haha ! i used to mate, thought it was the stuff but then i tried pcp and.. as they say.. you can never go back! lol

 

its just soooo much better! lol but they're ok tho

Edited January 11, 2011 by Alex Arrigone

[johnboy19 38]

Everyones different mate, people say start off with a good springer (TX200 HW model etc) to hone your shooting skills, as it is a lot tougher to shoot a springer than a PCP. PCP aren't more accurate than springers, its just easier to be accurate with a PCP, if you know what i mean. It will be very hard to pick up a PCP, pump and scope for your budget.

 

I would suggest something like an Air Arms TX200, HW95 or HW97 (any HW really), calibre is up to you.

 

I started off with a BSA Lightning XL, then went to an Air Arms S200, then Air Arms S410(which i still have), but also bought an Air Arms Prosport. I have to admit I enjoy shooting the Prosport a lot more. Had it out the back garden this afternoon shooting targets, definitely a lot more fun to shoot and has the potential to be just as accurate as the S410.

 

Cheers

 

John

[DEE 0]

id go for a springer but id probs give a theoben fenmen a try the gas ram make them abit easier to shoot (recoil wise) but thts up to im not sure on the price of one new

DEE

[pianoman 3,587]

Hi dig deep.

A spring rifle of the quality of an HW77, HW80 or Air Arms TX200 or Prosport will never let you down. Supremely accurate and reliable, easy to look after and bobbins to maintain. When they make a PCP that can shoot on for tens of thousands of pellets without a hitch, that can withstand years in the rough and tumble of a hot, dry, dusty or frozen conditions of a good hunting sortie and can look as good and shoot as accurately as my spring powered honeys ...I might actually consider buying one

 

Seriously, PCPs are great guns, but it doesn't take forever to learn to shoot a top spring rifle correctly and extremely accurately. Once you know how a correct hold technique works you can apply that to a PCP and you'll be able to hold it together with the best shots around. Pcp shooters who've never shot anything else are often found at a handicap when their expensive pre-charged supergun has gone tech and there's nothing else to shoot with.

 

So dig deep and get yourself a quality springer. You'll never regret it.

 

Simon

[furgle 14]

See ive shot and owned both in the past and I'm looking at buying one and start going shooting again

who's used these new piston ram?? Was thinking pcp all the way tho boys 10 shot lol

[hunterdave 27]

got a b.s.a. r.10 for sale 3x9/50 £400

[Ron Weasley 83]

hey mate,

 

well for £300 quid ur lookin at a half decent spring rifle. powerful and it'll do the job. however i would suggest PCP gas rifles.

i originally started with spring and found it had bad kickbacks and wasnt as accutrate. if u invest in a spring rifle, i garantee you within a year you'll convert to PCP. its the way forward. PCP cost about 500£ for a half decent one, and you need a gas bottle but halfzies with a mate lol

 

hope this helps.

 

This is the age old question, and one that probably gets asked on this forum twice a week.

Firstly, I'd like to pick up on some of what Alex has just said- not to be a pedantic b*****d, but just for accuracy's sake!

 

PCP stands for Pre-Charged Pneumatic. I'm sure I'm not teaching anybody here anything they don't know, but the basis of this is that the rifle is 'charged' from an external source - ie is filled with compressed air from either a divers bottle or a stirrup pump. This is quite different from 'gas'. A gas rifle is powered by disposable CO2 capsules. So don't confuse the two.

 

A good spring rifle is as accurate as any PCP, and to say otherwise is complete poppycock. It's definitely more difficult to consistently shoot a spring rifle accurately than a PCP, as you have manage the recoil consistently and effectively. As for 'bad kickbacks', I'm interested to know what rifle you experienced this with. No air rifle exactly bruises your shoulder, does it?

 

For the budget you mentioned in the OP Dig Deep, a PCP rifle is pretty much out of the question, unless you get lucky with a second hand deal.

 

If I were you, I'd look for a decent spring rifle. Personally, I'd go with a Weihrauch - HW95K would be a good starting point, but any of the HW range will be reliable and won't let you down. The other rifles I'd look at are Air Arms. If you're prepared to spend a bit of time/and or extra money, some of the SMK rifles can be tuned into excellent guns, although there's a bit of a stigma attached to chinese made stuff.

[77 si 21]

Hello mate, and welcome to the site. I think that if you are looking at spending between 250-300 quid then you should probably get a good quality springer I dont think you wil go wrong with a weihrauch

 

ATB

[gurtwurz 792]

hi mate,

 

when i got back into shooting a few years back i went straight onto pcp's, and thought they were the mutts nuts, but i bought a springer a few months back and havent taken the pcp out for a serious go since getting my eye in with the springer since-its just loads more fun,and self contained, just pop some pellets in your pocket and off you go.

 

for your budget you could get a new weirauch HW95 or HW95k, which would be more than suitable for all your shooting needs

 

 

cheers, wurz

[ftm 3,357]

hi mate im new to the forum but the weirach [any]will do the job for you .if you dont like it just flog it and then try pcp only differences are springers are a bit heavier and noisier NOT LESS ACCURATE