sambo123 593 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 my mates lookin for a spring gun for the odd bit of plinking and vermin hunting. thing is, he's only looking to be spending around the £100 mark cos hes tight. just wonderin what he would be best doing? gettin a second hand gun or going for a cheap new one from the sportsmarketing region? cheers sam Quote Link to post
Chid 6,489 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 i'd have a look for a second hand one i've just bought a bsa meteor for 40 quid and an original 50 for 50 quid not the best guns but adequete for what i want them for Quote Link to post
Opal 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 I had the Meteor (my son owns it now) shot hundreds of rats to 25 ish yards, day and night, after putting a new Ox mainspring in, it was an excellent cheap rifle. Quote Link to post
sambo123 593 Posted November 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 cheers for the advice i'll get him to have a look at the meteor. sambo Quote Link to post
new2hunting 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 some cometa's are quite cheap not sure if any good best off getting a second hand one or maybe a crossman ratcatcher not very powerful though all the best Quote Link to post
michael_michael 0 Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 my mates lookin for a spring gun for the odd bit of plinking and vermin hunting. thing is, he's only looking to be spending around the £100 mark cos hes tight. just wonderin what he would be best doing? gettin a second hand gun or going for a cheap new one from the sportsmarketing region? cheers sam Hello mate, your pal wants to check out gunsandtackle.co.uk theres some cheap rifles on there they do some good package deals, i reccomend the SMK xs19 or xs17, both rifles are 12's so do the job, i had an xs20 as my first fifle and it dropped more rabbits than a bugs bunny orgy! happy shooting dude ! michael Quote Link to post
sambo123 593 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 my mates lookin for a spring gun for the odd bit of plinking and vermin hunting. thing is, he's only looking to be spending around the £100 mark cos hes tight. just wonderin what he would be best doing? gettin a second hand gun or going for a cheap new one from the sportsmarketing region? cheers sam Hello mate, your pal wants to check out gunsandtackle.co.uk theres some cheap rifles on there they do some good package deals, i reccomend the SMK xs19 or xs17, both rifles are 12's so do the job, i had an xs20 as my first fifle and it dropped more rabbits than a bugs bunny orgy! happy shooting dude ! michael thanks very much for the advice mate! ill tell him to give it a look. thans again. sambo Quote Link to post
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