Any Air Rifle owners here..?

[DHTiling]

That is the idea :lol:

 

[TT Tiling]

hey love my shooting
got 2 shotguns ,308 rifle for deer and fox ,22 rim fire for rabbits ,and a nice 22 airrifle on a fire arms , air rifle is one of my fav guns ,good all round
love being out in the woods even if i dont shoot anything

 

[White Room]

And they are so quiet as well.....

 

[DHTiling]

Nice head shot Sunday morning.

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[Dougs Third Go]

good clean shot there Dave, we're lucky enough to still have a colony of red squirrels, but the greys are certainly taking over

 

[White Room]

Theres a few black ones on the prowl as well nowadays......

 

[DHTiling]

The grey squirrel are driving the Reds out.. hardly any Red in the south now due to the greys, Durham have a few but mainly up towards northumberland now and into scotland..

The grey population is spreading like wild fire and the forestry are looking into this.. the damage to trees is large and grey squirrels are driving bird life from woods and some birds are dying out due to them eating the eggs and the food that some birds species thrive on..

 

[Dougs Third Go]

looking at a S200 pcp, had another crack with my farmer mate's today,,I like it.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

a .177 or a .22? my mate reckons .177 is better. Mrs Doug caught me googling pcp's and seemed okay with it as she doesn't really want me to get a fac rifle

 

[DHTiling]

It's a long long debate is the .177 over .22 , .177 is a faster pellet out the barrel and has a flatter trajectory but .22 has a bigger wallop for larger prey like rabbits etc..

Best to use what works for you and since being a very young lad it has been .22 for me..

 

[kilty55]

what kind of licences do you need for air rifles guys is there a power limit where the licence comes into effect?

 

[DHTiling]

12ft lbs is the limit , over that is FAC, licenced.


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[Spud]

I had a .22 with a telescopic site when I was a boy spent many weekends going out with my brother in law who had permission to shoot on a farmers land

 

[White Room]

what kind of licences do you need for air rifles guys is there a power limit where the licence comes into effect?

You will find that most new air rifles will be well below the 12lb and if you have a.22 and put a .177 spring into it it will then go way over the legal limit.....

 

[kilty55]

ahh ok so something under 12lb what kind of power does it have ? and do you just apply to the local police for licence...need written permission or somethign to shoot verminn?

 

[White Room]

No licence required but like most things permission to shoot off anyone land, some may require you get insurance as well...http://www.basc.org.uk/en/shooting/airgunning/air-rifles.cfm

 

[DHTiling]

You will find that most new air rifles will be well below the 12lb and if you have a.22 and put a .177 spring into it it will then go way over the legal limit.....

Shush lol.


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[kilty55]

lol...are the spring loaded ones better or the gas powered ones?

 

[White Room]

Shush lol.


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:lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Pcp are good guns , no recoil and accurate as they come But you have to be a true air gunner to shoot a springer accurately.


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[kilty55]

okies so someone starting out might be better off geting a gas gun?

 

[DHTiling]

IMO , yes. Deffo


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[White Room]

lol...are the spring loaded ones better or the gas powered ones?

Theres are some good spring guns about if your thinking of the little bit of shooting, pcps can work out a bit dearer but are serious bits of kit.

 

[kilty55]

can you guys recommend a gas rifle ? any particular ones to look out for

 

[DHTiling]

How much you wanna spend. ?