Daz87 76 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 First of all I'd just like to say Hello to everyone as I only joined the site yesterday. I was just wondering what shooting plans people have for the coming weekend? Me personally, I'm zeroing my Hw95k on Saturday morning as it seemed to have slipped a little bit since my last plinking session. Once thats done, im heading to my permission to do a little bit of rat busting, the farmer there is having problems with the rats getting into his straw bales and chewing through the string that holds it all together. As for Sunday, I think i'll spend a few hours in the morning shooting at targets at different distances and working on my technique, really want to tighten up my groups. Daryl 1 Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,587 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Welcome here Daz I shall be heading to two lovely permissions I have here in beautiful Lincolnshire with my Weihrauch HW80 .22 spring rifle and giving the Rabbits a thinning. And a Feral and Woodpigeon clearance job in the barns for my Daystate Regal .177 to cut its teeth on! Simon Quote Link to post
TheRealChuckNorris 42 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Welcome Daz. I'll be heading over to the farm with a selection of 12 bore, .22lr and .243 to tidy the place up a little bit. 6am on a sunny Saturday morning, best part of the week by a country mile. Happy hunting. 1 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Welcome here Daz I shall be heading to two lovely permissions I have here in beautiful Lincolnshire with my Weihrauch HW80 .22 spring rifle and giving the Rabbits a thinning. And a Feral and Woodpigeon clearance job in the barns for my Daystate Regal .177 to cut its teeth on! Simon How are you finding the Regal ,had any problems yet ? Quote Link to post
Daz87 76 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thanks for the welcome guys, I was starting to worry that I'd never get a reply.. Ha ha. Hi Simon, sounds like you a have a nice weekend lined up! Before I joined as a member I spent a lot of time reading the forums that interested me & I always enjoyed your posts, it's nice to see someone that has the same passion as me for the good old springers. I especially enjoyed your post about shooting technique & I've put that into practise out in the field. I love the challenge of mastering the art of shooting my HW95k & any tips are always welcome. Daryl Quote Link to post
risingfriend 1,042 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Im shooting off to cyprus for two weeks i wont half miss me rifles though 3 Quote Link to post
trigger2 3,132 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 welcome daz. although ive been a site member a while i am new to posting in the airgun section i will be going to some permission for a walk round and will be taking my 12 year old nephew with his air riffle aswell. before i have a look around i need to zero my scope in to a different make of pellets and see how my gun performs with them. its all trial and error at the moe with new gun. Quote Link to post
Daz87 76 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Im shooting off to cyprus for two weeks i wont half miss me rifles though It's alright for some aint it... ha ha. Hope you have a great time! 1 Quote Link to post
Daz87 76 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 welcome daz. although ive been a site member a while i am new to posting in the airgun section i will be going to some permission for a walk round and will be taking my 12 year old nephew with his air riffle aswell. before i have a look around i need to zero my scope in to a different make of pellets and see how my gun performs with them. its all trial and error at the moe with new gun. Lets hope the good old British weather don't let us down. I'm zeroing my scope on Sat morning, want to get it pellet on pellet again over 25 yards. What's is your new gun? Quote Link to post
Gaz 177 263 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Im shooting off to cyprus for two weeks i wont half miss me rifles though Welcome to the forum Daz Well whilst bro is away I'l be going through his rifle collection this weekend and shooting them all and any I don't like I might put in the for sale section so keep an eye out for a bargain or two!! 4 Quote Link to post
MickHowes 9 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Going to my local permission arpund 2 miles form my house, 2 dairy farms joined together both covering around 2 miles of rabbit polluted ground, Hoping to get a good 15 hours maybe this weekend providing the weather get's its act together! Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,587 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Welcome here Daz I shall be heading to two lovely permissions I have here in beautiful Lincolnshire with my Weihrauch HW80 .22 spring rifle and giving the Rabbits a thinning. And a Feral and Woodpigeon clearance job in the barns for my Daystate Regal .177 to cut its teeth on! Simon How are you finding the Regal ,had any problems yet ? To be honest nothing I'd call serious Villaman. But, there are a few more points against it, than for it. After a lifetime of springer shooting, the Huntsman Regal feels or seems a bit flimsy in construction and not all that powerful. Maybe that's because it is totally recoiless and gives nothing away when you shoot with it. It doesn't seem to have the punch that a 12ft/lb rifle should have, so, I need to get it Chroned to find out for sure. The barrel rattles inside the supporting ring (or something!) when you shake the rifle. The bolt is a bit stiff to cycle and I found my hand starting to blister during a long day's practice with it. I also had a few indexing problems with the 10-shot rotary magazine but, frequent use seems to have cured those for now. Accuracy? Well, it's not bad at all but, my 3 Weihrauch HW80, 77 and 97K and TX200HC springers can all at least equal it and my HW97K is way more accurate and consistent. I have beaten off a few PCP shooters in comps here with my 97K .177 and it is an incredible rifle. And my HW77 .22 is just as accurate! The Regal has done nothing to change my view that the oft-held belief by many people, that a PCP is more accurate than a Weihrauch springer is honestly and truly, complete bollocks. I will never buy another one of these PCP things EVER. In its favour the Regal is stunningly beautiful to handle and look at. It is cleanly accurate with AA Fields 4.51mm size and, so far I have managed to bag a few rabbits and the odd pigeon at 30-35 metres with it. So, it's an adequate if not so-stunning hunter. But for sheer long-range knock-down power and accuracy on a rabbit hunt, my spring rifles knock spots off it. How 'bout yours Villaman? Any better now? Best wishes mate. Simon 2 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Simon Its the worse gun Ive ever had ,under powered ,stiff built ,pellet went in to the hammer , over powered , been back 3 times ,pile of crap we sell it and buy another HW100KT in .177 to match my .22 2 Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Simon Its the worse gun Ive ever had ,under powered ,stiff built ,pellet went in to the hammer , over powered , been back 3 times ,pile of crap we sell it and buy another HW100KT in .177 to match my .22 Quote Link to post
Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 My plans are, went shooting last night with the hw100kt and only got 1 opportunity at a woody , smacked it clean in the head and when I went to pick it up it flew off, hit the fence then flew off again and I couldn't find it after that it was horrible there was blood pissing out of its head so god only knows how horribly it suffered! made me feel sick and I packed the rifle up and headed home . not impressed at all. but im going out at the weekend with my hw97k .22 to get ready and zeroed in for the hft next weekend . don't know if il be shooting anything live for a while that pigeon last night really made me feel bad. suppose it happens every now and again but it wasn't nice Quote Link to post
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