Airgun advice?

[KenGMac]

As far as i know?? they may still be making a similar version??

Looks as if there is an old one on this site,

https://www.gunstar.co.uk/Air-rifles-for-sale/Side-Lever/Diana/ADI/Air-Guns

 

[foxhole]

Used to own one of these, very accurate, I could knock nails in with it at the bottom of the garden .
https://www.gunmart.net/gun-reviews/airguns/air-rifles/2nd-hand-focus-jackal

 

[duffin]

I use a crossman ratcatcher which is co2 cartridge. 22, scoped and silenced, pellets through the same hole at 25 yards. Not too expensive and nice and light.

 

[HERTS P&D]

https://www.pellpax.co.uk/airguns/a...ir-rifles/diana-model-52-ultra-carbine-22/780

Andy

 

[KenGMac]

sparkymarka, your rifle and second hand cost, it all depend, on overall condition ? a bit like veteran cars??

d000hg, you may be able to pick up a serviceable rifle from one of the trading on-line sites ? but test it out before parting with cash?

As for a "Rat Catcher" there is an on-going cost, that being the CO2 cartridges unlike a springer that just goes on, also a cost with the Pre-Charged Pneumatic s, in this case the rifle has to be filled with air to 200 BAR [ Yes I know that is high -- a car Tyre is set at [generally] less than 2 BAR] the cost of a fill varies but is about £ 7 / £ 8 which will allow for [depending on the model] 70 / 120 shots.

Ken.

 

[sparkymarka]

This is it

 

[Brigadier]

My favourite was my weirauch hw77k: telescopic sights, silenced, and tuned by Venom.
.177, h & n field target trophy pellets (as Ken already said, .177 has a flatter trajectory). But it's more susceptible to wind deflection, I think.
More than powerful and accurate enough for killing rats at 30, 40 yds.

Spent many a happy hour shooting targets at long range, in my youth, great memories.

Underlever cocking as well, so no worry about "barrel slap" when the mechanism wears.


I sometimes consider buying another one, but haven't the time to use it at the moment.

 

[noseall]

My favourite was my weirauch hw77k

That was my last air rifle before I got rid because of the sprogs. Bloody heavy though. I liked the way the chrome loading thing slid back to allow you to load the pellet.

 

[noseall]

.177, h & n field target trophy pellets

My fav were Ely wasps.

 

[Brigadier]

That was my last air rifle before I got rid because of the sprogs. Bloody heavy though. I liked the way the chrome loading thing slid back to allow you to load the pellet.

I always thought, while loading the pellet, that the action could easily take my finger off.

Beautiful engineering though.

 

[Brigadier]

That was my last air rifle before I got rid because of the sprogs. Bloody heavy though. I liked the way the chrome loading thing slid back to allow you to load the pellet.

As I was leaving for university, I swapped mine for a jvc ghetto blaster (which I still have, and use in the garage, regularly).
And I still regret swapping it.

To be honest, given my lofty first year flat in halls of residence, I could have reenacted the jfk shooting from the bookstore repository

 

[Munroast]

I quite fancy one of these - they look amazing

 

[EddieM]

I quite fancy one of these - they look amazing

How about this.

 

[KenGMac]

If a pack of 50 rounds of .22 Cal small bore [one of the better makes] costs £ 9.50 wonder how much a few seconds burst must cost in Ammo from any of the above

Last time I shot one, a so called "full bore" 7.62.mm [Military] or sporting 0.308 [both same caliber] I shot the latter, was very close to £ 1.00 / Bang, the bank was very, very loud, whoever did the hand load filled it FULL!!

 

[Munroast]

How about this.

there was no Tracy in yours