co2 or spring

[andyfr1968 772]

One Hundred and fifty quid for that rifle Andy; with scope? Now there's a bargain. No wonder Paul's chuffed with it. That HW80K of mine cost me a lot less than £50 as a sorry-state clunker that was a trade in. A bit of TLC and a re-blue and it belts along!

 

Simon

 

It doesn't do too badly that old of your's but I think my mate Walter's 52 would probably kick it's arse

 

We'll have to see how they compare the next time he can come over with us

[ftm 3,357]

well seems like i was wrong matt a lot of people stil use springers,i use the rapid 7 mk 2 and it has accounted for hundreds if not thousands of rabbits magpies rats squirrels etc but each to there own mate

[andyfr1968 772]

well seems like i was wrong matt a lot of people stil use springers,i use the rapid 7 mk 2 and it has accounted for hundreds if not thousands of rabbits magpies rats squirrels etc but each to there own mate

 

Hi, mate.

 

I think the lad was asking about carbondioxide powered guns not pre-charged air. There's not a long wrong with Rapids, cracking rifles

 

Cheers.

[pianoman 3,587]

One Hundred and fifty quid for that rifle Andy; with scope? Now there's a bargain. No wonder Paul's chuffed with it. That HW80K of mine cost me a lot less than £50 as a sorry-state clunker that was a trade in. A bit of TLC and a re-blue and it belts along!

 

Simon

 

It doesn't do too badly that old of your's but I think my mate Walter's 52 would probably kick it's arse

 

We'll have to see how they compare the next time he can come over with us

AHAAA! BRING ON THE FIESTY BOY!!!! Actually that sounds like a good rifle. I love the old 52 though, so I'll see when I see it!

[andyfr1968 772]

One Hundred and fifty quid for that rifle Andy; with scope? Now there's a bargain. No wonder Paul's chuffed with it. That HW80K of mine cost me a lot less than £50 as a sorry-state clunker that was a trade in. A bit of TLC and a re-blue and it belts along!

 

Simon

 

It doesn't do too badly that old of your's but I think my mate Walter's 52 would probably kick it's arse

 

We'll have to see how they compare the next time he can come over with us

AHAAA! BRING ON THE FIESTY BOY!!!! Actually that sounds like a good rifle. I love the old 52 though, so I'll see when I see it!

 

[andyfr1968 772]

well seems like i was wrong matt a lot of people stil use springers,i use the rapid 7 mk 2 and it has accounted for hundreds if not thousands of rabbits magpies rats squirrels etc but each to there own mate

 

Hi, mate.

 

I think the lad was asking about carbondioxide powered guns not pre-charged air. There's not a long wrong with Rapids, cracking rifles

 

Cheers.

 

Why won't it let me edit my post??

 

I ment to say not a LOT wrong with Rapids Hey ho....

[matt_hooks 188]

Ah FTM, now what we have here is a misunderstanding.

 

There's a HUGE difference between a CO2 powered rifle and a precharged pneumatic rifle. Air doesn't suffer from the cold drop anything like as much as CO2, and it's far easier and cheaper to refill. The 7 is a PCP not CO2!

 

A PCP is also a lot more costly. I'm sure that if someone decided to make a CO2 rifle to the same sort of budget as a PCP then it could be made to perform well, though how to overcome the cold problems would be a conundrum.

[andyfr1968 772]

It can't be done, Matt.

 

I don't understand the physics of it but Co2's stored in a liquid form in the bottle and it's something to do with the fact that when the temerature drops below about 5 deg C it becomes a lot less keen to be a gas so the reaction slows down hence the sudden drop in power.

Edited June 6, 2011 by andyfr1968

[vizlauk 1,568]

I would say it depends of the use of the gun, is it for hunting or target plinking, if hunting I would go co2 (not smk by my own choice), plinking/target then a springer

 

I must correct my mistake here aswell - I GOT MIXED UP BETWEEN CO2 - PCP, In my opion any co2 air riflee are a waste of money, pcp on the other hand excellent, but back to your question, go for a hw80 or hw97, excellent bits of kit that will last a lifetime.

[ftm 3,357]

sorry matt my misunderstanding on co2 and pcp

[Ron Weasley 83]

There looks like there's going to be a couple of rifles being released in the next year or so that can be charged with either air, or co2.

 

One is a Ben Taylor designed Milbro, and I think the other one is an RWS. I stand to be corrected on that though. It'd be interesting to see how they perform.