Guns You Bought And Wondered Why!

[tomburras 2,730]

im sure we have all done this one! i bought a smk xs38 underlever (christ knows why) for a play and thought pooo! no good! and most recently a dan wesson co2 revolver both purely out of curiosity. the xs38 was pants!!!! but the dan wesson is fun for a a garage can busting pistol range with a beer. anyone else bought somate out or their usual preference in impulse and what you recon to it?

[pianoman 3,587]

I've always bought quality air rifles from the best makers in the business so, I never had a duff one I regretted buying to speak of.

But, 18 years ago, I bought a cheap Chinese scope;- I cannot remember the name of, that looked terrific. Pin sharp focus, fine-hair 30/30 reticle, the turrets clicked silently and positively firm with a coin; it was approved and proofed for heavy recoiling firearms.

 

"Aha! I thought, 'this might be just the scope for my then-brand new, just-tuned FAC HW80 .22

 

it had so much going for it, I snapped it up on impulse. 65 Quid!

Mounted it up on the '80, zeroed it in at 30 yards within about 30 shots and a plink or two. Beautiful. Went off on the first bunny hunt with the new rifle and scope.

Out pops bunny...Aim...Got him bang on the button..Fire...SMASH!

The recoil was a lot fiercer than it is now and the reticle lens just collapsed off the gymbal and the view through the front objective lens somehow took on an oval shape. And to add insult to injury, I missed the bloody rabbit!

Moral of story. Never put a cheap scope on a 21.6 ft/lb recoiling spring rifle!

Simon

[bigmac 97kt 13,821]

The raider . bought it and placed it in the middle of my sitting room floor and sat down looked at it and thought what the feck have i done .

 

the seller did say he would give me my money back if i did not like it .

 

Vis say,d why dont we take it out tonight and you can see what its like so i did just that first hour out and i came back to the car with six rabbits hanging from my belt

 

Vis say,d , so i guess your keeping the raider

 

Well i did and she became a legend on thl

 

So much so that i got shit off most of the lads when i sold her

 

alas she has been broken up now for parts not a good end to a cracking rifle.

 

So not all cheep and cheer full rifles are crap

 

some are good real good

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[secretagentmole 1,701]

For me it was the Webley Stingray Mk 2 in .177. Always wanted a nice British gun and did not do my research. Had a Hatsan 60S and wanted a smaller calibre weapon too. Had a handle of it in the gun shop, took it out back and test fired it, hit the bulls eye at 10 metres. Bought it. Then after a few trips thought, this trigger feels identical to my 60S. Examined gun carefully, made in Turkey!

 

Yes I spent double the money on a Hatsan 55S. I could have had the same gun, but with a lot of money left over for libatory purposes. Lesson learnt!

[barrywhite 282]

stealth

[kanny 21,100]

Back in the 80s I bought a Saxby and palmer ensign elite before they were made fac only..What a Croc of shite most of the time it would just not fire as the cartridges tended to leak. I think I only got it because I was seduced by the bolt action and I could walk round like a Mexican bandito with the shotgun cartridges belt ..kids eh?

[jonnie bravo 572]

Luckily I haven't done it with rifles yet. But scopes many a time!

 

I purchased a Nikko gameking 6-24x50 IR AO, huge thing, that sat on top of an AA S200. Shite combo, too many bells and whistles not enough good glass.

 

I've let go of a few great scopes and thought 'why did I do that???'

 

Simmons etc 1.5-5x20, Bushnell trophy 3-9x40, and recently an mtc genesis UL 3-9x40. All great scopes. Luckily I managed to hold onto another Bushnell trophy! Moral of the story don't let go of good glass

[Seamaster 153]

I had this fixation a while back with the Daystate Regal.

I bought one when they first hit the shops, it was crap.

I bought another about three months later, it was crap.

I bought another about three months after that because I'd read that they had improved, it was crap.

I bought another about six months later because I love the look of them, it was crap.

I bought three more because I kept thinking they cant be that bad, they were crap.

For me, the Daystate Regal is the most beautiful, best handling, crappest gun currently available and the sad thing is, I'll probably buy another heap of shit again. But not for a good while yet.

 

Chris

[Dewclaw69 484]

colchester gamekeeper & parker hale dragon, brocock fox.

wish i still had em all ( and most of the other hundreds i've sold over the years)

[moxy 617]

Sweet 16!!

[tomburras 2,730]

Also an smk qb78 what was I thinking

[j j m 6,589]

stealth was the worst gun i owned

[The one 8,530]

A lassie at work asked if I wanted to buy her Edger brothers .22 for £100 as she knows there all going to be registered here next year , I offer £ and she said its worth more than that and she had a buyer for it . Last Saturday I got a text do you want my gun for £50 I said thought it was sold she said the guy was a bellend and she wasn't going to sell it to him , Its like brand new best buy of the week for me

[mark williams 7,563]

Looking back all those years it has to be that plastic stocked Crossman pump up, i`d much rather go out with a catapult, it was shockingly shite.

I remember putting about 6 bb`s at a time in her and shooting close range starlings with it, the bb`s bounced off !

[David.evans 5,323]

16 years of age , green as grass , relium Tornado, .22

 

I had some great times with that rifle , and might I add all illegal, but you live and learn !