Air Gun Shooters?

[mallc]

Are there any air gun shooter here?

What are you shooting and what would you prefer to shoot?

My new Beeman P11 .177 is a fantastic way to practice indoors.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I have a Chinese TS-45 that I bought over 20 years ago for in the neighborhood of 30 bucks brand new. I know for a fact that a headshot from 25 yards with it will kill a groundhog. I broke it out a couple of weeks ago. It still will knock the crap out of a beer can at about 30+ yards.

 

[Konstantin835]

Still being in High School with limited funds and not so gun friendly parents I love to use air guns. I have a Gamo big cat that is great for comparatively quiet shooting and a C02 Baby Desert Eagle that is a lot of fun.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Scott,

I did a quick "Search this Forum" for "air gun" and grabbed a few threads:

[thread=567720]Wow: Crosman Rogue ePCP Air Rifle[/thread]

[thread=560982]My new Survival Gun[/thread]

[thread=498384]An overlooked survival tool[/thread]

[thread=532015]Thoughts on High Power Air Rifles Wanted[/thread]

[thread=525005]New Generation Pellet rifles.[/thread]​

These should provide some interesting material.

There's lots more. This was just a quick drive-by copy/paste.

 

[Carl Levitian]

I have a Beeman Webley Tempast I bough around 1979. It's been a great indoor practice pistol for when the weather is just too cold to get out to the range. Then I bought a Beeman Webley Hurricane in 1990, since I liked the Tempast so much. Then a Feinwerkebau 124 sporter jointed the air armory in 1992. Great rifle for shooting the crows that land by our garden. Not bad for harvesting doves for dinner in a quiet fashion.

A few years ago, I flipped out and bought a Feinwerkbau air pistol for competing in the Izzak Walton League winter indoor air gun league.

I try to not let more than a few days go by without some sort of practice. My neighbors never know that I shoot a lot down my basement.

Air guns are great to practice the holy trinity of sight picture, breath control, and trigger squeeze.

Carl.

 

[MrBorland]

I like to shoot air pistol & rifle to work on that Holy Trinity, but I also them them for the mental visualization practice.

My pistol is an IZH-46M and my rifle had been a Beeman R7, but it just took 2nd fiddle to a new-to-me Weihrauch HW55 I stumbled on at a LGS. It's got with a Tyrolean stock, and factory-installed aperture target sights. I haven't taken pics yet, but it looks just like the one in this link:

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2008/09/hw-55-tyrolean-part-1.html

 

[Pete D.]

What are you shooting and what would you prefer to shoot?

This is my match pistol...an older CO2 gun by FWB:


This is the back up for the FWB:


This is my air rifle - a Sam Yang .45, no bipod on mine:


It shoots these:

 

[sgtdevildog]

Have a Beeman HW77 underleaver scoped w/tyrolean stock and a Beeman Nemesis - great for indoor practice. Don't shoot them as often as I should - but they are great for rainy day impromptu basement shooting sessions.

 

[rodinal220]

Pistol:FWB65
Rifle:FWB300s

 

[Sentry71]

As I haven't found the money for a "real" rifle yet (hoping to do so in the next year), I hit the Internet for research, visited my LGS and walked away with a synthetic stock Stoeger X5 air rifle. http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Stoeger_Arms_X5_Breakbarrel_Air_Rifle/2116

I have to say I am more than pleased with it. Fit and finish is top notch, and I am learning some basics about hold, stance, etc, that I hope to apply to any rifle I do eventually purchase. Even my three daughters love to get in on the plinking and paper targets.

Even went so far as to download the Winchester/NRA Marksman Qualification Program, and we're each working on seeing what we can accomplish.

Now, what air pistol to get...

 

[TYFOOON]

I bet there are a ton! and paint ballers to! Let's hear from ya!
I've been looking into both!

 

[doctorxring]

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I got into airguns in a big way a few years ago. Bought many, sold many.

Kept two --

Beeman R7 springer in 20 caliber and and an Air Arms S410 carbine pre-charge
pneumatic in 22 caliber. Both are joyful guns to own and shoot. Both are
incredibly accurate.

dxr

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[cookmonsta]

Just bought my son a WinGun 601 Sport 1911 Co2 Airsoft pistol like new off craiglist..Nice pistol, has a steel frame, barrel, trigger, slide lock, and hammer. Only thing plastic was the frame. I've been shooting it indoors using targets taped cardboard boxes packed with old clothes. Might have to get a couple more since ammo prices are rising. LMAO

 

[stickwhistler]

and an Air Arms S410 carbine pre-charge
pneumatic in 22 caliber.

You know that you can alter the muzzle energy of the S410 don't you?

When I bought mine ( a few years ago) it was set at 9.8 ft/lbs muzzle energy,
which was annoying because it could have been 12 ft/lbs.

If you place the rifle on a table, stock to the left, trigger side towards you,
you will see a number on the barrel.
About two inches towards the muzzle - i,e, to the right of the number,
you will see a small hexagon headed screw.
Undo it, and put it somewhere safe.
Inside the hole you've just revealed, there is a small screw at the bottom.
Move it anti-clockwise (unscrew) and the power increases, clockwise (screw in) and the power decreases.
Use a chronoscope to set to the required muzzle energy - I used a Combro cb-625 to set mine.
Replace small screw you originally removed.

Re-sight if necessary due to altered power and therefore altered flight path of pellet.

If you increase the power, you obviously decrease the number of shots e.g. from say 80 to maybe 65 before recharging, but that is a lot of shots anyway.

 

[blarby]

I've owned a slue of Crossman air rifles in .22 and .177 since i was a wee lad.

Still keep and regularly use a .177 as a 50 yd plinker...sometimes scoped, more often not.

The new SSP pellets are quite divine if you have anything that shoots in those calibers.

 

[JohnKSa]

Of the airguns I own, the ones I enjoy shooting the most are the R7, the R1 and the P1 in that order. The R7 and the P1 are in .177, the R1 is a .20 cal.

 

[doctorxring]

You know that you can alter the muzzle energy of the S410 don't you?

When I bought mine ( a few years ago) it was set at 9.8 ft/lbs muzzle energy,
which was annoying because it could have been 12 ft/lbs.

If you place the rifle on a table, stock to the left, trigger side towards you,
you will see a number on the barrel.
About two inches towards the muzzle - i,e, to the right of the number,
you will see a small hexagon headed screw.
Undo it, and put it somewhere safe.
Inside the hole you've just revealed, there is a small screw at the bottom.
Move it anti-clockwise (unscrew) and the power increases, clockwise (screw in) and the power decreases.
Use a chronoscope to set to the required muzzle energy - I used a Combro cb-625 to set mine.
Replace small screw you originally removed.

Re-sight if necessary due to altered power and therefore altered flight path of pellet.

If you increase the power, you obviously decrease the number of shots e.g. from say 80 to maybe 65 before recharging, but that is a lot of shots anyway.

.

Whisler - Thanks for the tip, but this is an FAC rifle. It runs about 28 ft lb full
throttle. Steve at Pomona Airguns did his adjuster mod on this rifle. I can run
it as low as 10 ft lb or anywhere in between that and full power. It has a hex
adjustment screw that he installed. You can see the threaded adjuster port just to the right
of the serial number, below the receiver base. You insert a hex key to turn the
adjuster. Very handy. I can't say enough good things about this air rifle.

best, dxr

 

[Ringer]

Weihrauch HW30S in .177.

It's pretty fun with decent accuracy.

 

[MrBorland]

My pistol is an IZH-46M and my rifle had been a Beeman R7, but it just took 2nd fiddle to a new-to-me Weihrauch HW55 I stumbled on at a LGS. It's got with a Tyrolean stock, and factory-installed aperture target sights. I haven't taken pics yet,

Some pics of my HW55, and of how sweetly it shoots:

Weihrauch HW55:




5 shots, standing, unsupported, 10 meters:

 

[kozak6]

I have a Gamo 220, a Benjamin .22, a Crosman 1337, and a big pile of cheap plinker grade air rifles and pistols.

I would like an IZH-46m, but money is tight these days and I don't shoot enough for it to be worthwhile. A more accurate air rifle would be good too, but it's also difficult to rationalize.

 

[fallout mike]

I've been thinking about getting one but don't want to spend very much. Do you guys know if the ruger for around $100 id decent for plinking or maybe shooting squirrel?

 

[Chasing Crow]

Count me in! Been an airgun nut for years, and always will be. I have many favorites but an ungly Chinese TS 45 does hold a special place in my heart, being my first real springer!! Quirky, with a "special" smell when fired, a neat ratchet sound when being cocked, and pretty darned acurate.

A scoped Beeman HW97(20 cal) is my favorite air powered squirrel rifle.

 

[BHP FAN]

Another guy with a TS 45, and a couple Romanian training rifles, and an asst. of pistols.

 

[LukeTheDrifter]

Fallout Mike, I've had a Ruger Airhawk for a couple of years. Actually, I "loaned" it to a buddy of mine's 14 y/o son about a year ago, and he loves it so much I may never get it back. I know I've taken squirrel with perfect, through-the-eye shots, no problem. I've never had a problem with it at all. Good luck!

 

[thebaldguy]

I love airguns.

I have a Gamo Big Cat 1200 I got at Mills Fleet Farm for under $120 with a 4x scope. It hits hard and is super accurate with the Gamo Match pellets. I also have a Crosman 2100 with a 4x .22 scope that works pretty good but I get tired of pumping. I have a Crosman American Classic air pistol that's a hoot to shoot as well. Air guns are great practice and cheap to shoot. Different pellets may increase accuracy dramatically, so try some different pellets. If you want to mostly hunt with an air rifle, think about a .22 over a .177. They make some really seriously powerful air guns if you have the money to spend. Gamo has some videos of people shooting deer and wild hogs with their air rifles. I'm not sure I'd try that myself, but today's spring piston rifles are not the BB guns you grew up with.

I still have my first gun, a Crosman 760 that I got as a kid back in the 70's. The seals are shot, but I can't bring myself to get rid of it.