Due to Shortages Considering Air Rifle

[cw308]

A shooting buddy of mine broke out a break barrel pellet rifle at our indoor range . I started looking into air rifles , is a whole new world. Same as reloading , pellets have different weights , sizes and shapes . I just ordered a HW95 in .177 , is a good substitute until things get back to normal. You can buy a air rifle from $ 150 to $ 2000. Spring powered or Co2 , I'm starting out with a springer. Anyone out there into air rifles?

 

[DngBat7]

Ive thought about it. No competitions in my area tho. The good benchrest quality air rifles go for up to 4000. from what I saw. Just more money that I don’t have.

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[gambleone]

I have RWS .22 cal spring, side pump. About 1000 fps and pretty accurate.
I like it. Rws has a good line at a reasonable price. I have had no problems with it.
Friend of mine has a rws .177 cal and no problems with it. Accurate also.

 

[wedgy]

I had problems with the springer I had, issue was the scope is mounted on the action and the barrel has a hinge that connects it to the action and if it doesn't close in the exact position every time your POA will be off. The springers are rough on scopes also as there is a 2 way recoil. I would go with the compressed air/rechargeable type if I got another.

 

[bobm]

I am into one air rifle, the HW80 in .22 You made a great choice in brand and model. I bought this one after several of the previously mentioned brand I owned fell apart. They were not built for every day use. This HW80 is made for the long haul. Since 2/20 I have put 23K HN FTT 14.6gr. pellets through it. As expected, all I have had to replace are main springs and piston seals. Accuracy is astounding.

 

[cw308]

I found that with air guns you can go down that rabbit hole just like reloading. Never knew it was so popular. Opens up a whole new world.
Chris

 

[joshb]

I bought an old 22 instead of going down the airgun rabbit hole!

 

[CharlieNC]

Earlier this year I purchased a RWS54 springer which has the built in recoil sled. In 177 it's very accurate out to 50yd, and match pellets are plentiful and cheap. Fun shooting!

 

[cw308]

I'm looking forward to get started . I noticed from airgun forums I've been asking questions on , most have large collections of rifles , the norm is 10. It's another addiction sport.

 

[ARW]

I have a PCP .30 caliber FX Boss. It's a lot of fun to shoot and works really well on Crows. It is crazy accurate for an air rifle.

 

[cw308]

I shoot every Thursday . Handgun and 22 lr., one of my friends brought a break barrel pellet rifle , that's what started me. The another ordered the Pitbull in 357 gas opperated , alittle over the top for me but I do like a good trigger , break barrel air rifle . That's after some research I picked the HW95 was a good fit for me. Hope I made the right decision , coming Tuesday , guess Christmas came alittle early.
Chris

 

[Fuj]

I have to this day an early model Crossman Pump. I've had my
grandson out several times with it shooting clays on the berm.

 

[chop house]

there is a guy in the uk has a youtube channel under screen name simon6pcc. he does varmint and pest control mostly with a variety of air rifles. deadly accurate. one video i watched he was head shooting barn pigeons at 50 meters out in a crop stubble. he is using:

Daystate Red Wolf FAC .25 Cal using 26 grain Hades pellets. claims 52 ftlb at the muzzle.

he warns that the vids are graphic, in a roundabout way.

 

[Herzo]

The single pump Daisy air rifles at the CMP at $105.00 plus tax are amazingly accurate when used with RWS 7.0 grain pellets. Our club held regular 10 meter benchrest winter matches and we had to stretch to 11 meters because we were getting too many perfect scores using the NC AR10 targets. Even then the competition was fierce. They come with Lothar-Walther barrels and adequate sights. You might want to improve on the sights- the Lyman #93 is a nice addition and Daisy has a rear sight that works well. Trigger needs a little help and careful shimming of the barrel at the front clamp is the final touch. I'll put my $250 Daisy against a far more expensive air rifle on the bench.

 

[cw308]

I started out at around 10 years old , l lived in the city and stayed with my Aunt in the country for the summer , like I went to Haven. We would take our Daisy BB guns , fill the barrel with a tube of BB's and shoot anything that moved and at times each other sorry to admit , kids. Remembering back we all shot good. What ever happened to my Red Rider with no forearm grip but was dead on.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Weihrauch PCP and springer air rifles are top shelf

 

[ChrisA]

Really like my Benjamin Disco in 22 cal with Hill pump. Very accurate and powerful. It hammers the heck out of sparrows with 14.5 gr RWS Super H-points. Have even killed a treed raccoon with it.

Re-sealed it last winter. Have several thousand pellets down the tube.

Chris

 

[wkdickinson]

I bought a couple of these (https://thecmp.org/sales-and-service/sporter-air-rifles/) 4-5 years ago for my son and I to shoot in the basement (27'). They are a great place to start! There is lots written about how to modify the trigger and if you are careful you can make the trigger very acceptable. I am amazed at how accurate they are, part of that can be attributed to not having a "break" action cocking system.

 

[wkdickinson]

I bought a couple of these (https://thecmp.org/sales-and-service/sporter-air-rifles/) 4-5 years ago for my son and I to shoot in the basement (27'). They are a great place to start! There is lots written about how to modify the trigger and if you are careful you can make the trigger very acceptable. I am amazed at how accurate they are, part of that can be attributed to not having a "break" action cocking system.

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Sorry, I didn't see HERZO's post before I posted this

 

[divingin]

Ive thought about it. No competitions in my area tho. The good benchrest quality air rifles go for up to 4000. from what I saw. Just more money that I don’t have.

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That is a full-blown Olympic air rifle. They get more expensive than that.

I don't shoot air rifle, but do dabble in air pistol. Over a 60 rd match, I trail the "good" air pistol shooters by about 50 pts. It's pretty humbling to shoot occasional 6's and 7's (and regular 8's and 9's) when you have a pistol that will put 100 shots in a row through the X-ring from a mechanical rest.

Forgot to mention: CW308: I have an old Hermann Weihrauch Model (60 or 65 - don't recall at the moment) single shot .22 rimfire rifle that I purchased from Beeman Precision back in the 80's. It was, at the time, an inexpensive copy of the Anschutz target rifles. I still shoot that thing, mostly off the bench (because I suck at position rifle) at 100 yds with either iron sights or a cheap high-mag scope. I've only seen one other like it out in the wild.