Where the heck has Billbob gone?

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   I am sure none of you all have missed me!

Sorry I have been slacking on the forum for the last year or more, or is it 2 years?? Life on the air gun front has been very quiet, my wife has been very ill since November 2023 and still having surgery etc and ive been doing alot more taxidermy work so the air guns have been very dusty!! I've finally got my FAL underway so the gun cabinet may start to look a bit different over the next few weeks. 

I will have a bit of a clean out of some old project air rifles if anyone is interested, ill take photos and upload them at some stage.

Last weekend my son (now 10) out of the blue asks if he can shoot some targets! The trusty cr600 came out and we had a bit of fun out to 40m and even my daughter had a few shots. So here is the hope to more air gunning.....

P.s. I tried to up load a couple of pics must they arnt loading...

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Billbobnz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Jun 2020 Location: Ashburton Status: Offline Posts: 885	Post Options Post Reply Quote Billbobnz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Where the heck has Billbob gone? Posted: 29 Aug 2025 at 11:10pm
	I am sure none of you all have missed me! Sorry I have been slacking on the forum for the last year or more, or is it 2 years?? Life on the air gun front has been very quiet, my wife has been very ill since November 2023 and still having surgery etc and ive been doing alot more taxidermy work so the air guns have been very dusty!! I've finally got my FAL underway so the gun cabinet may start to look a bit different over the next few weeks. I will have a bit of a clean out of some old project air rifles if anyone is interested, ill take photos and upload them at some stage. Last weekend my son (now 10) out of the blue asks if he can shoot some targets! The trusty cr600 came out and we had a bit of fun out to 40m and even my daughter had a few shots. So here is the hope to more air gunning..... P.s. I tried to up load a couple of pics must they arnt loading...

Pauly5 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 11 Mar 2013 Location: Titahi Bay Status: Offline Posts: 1599	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pauly5 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2025 at 12:02am
	Welcome back. I hope your wife is mending. I am sorry to hear that she's not well and my thoughts go to you and your family. Great to hear some good things are happening too. There have been upload issues, but youll be able to load pics again soon.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2512	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2025 at 2:29pm
	You recon you'll go pcp or small bore powder for small game BB? Nice too see you back👍 Edited by kruzaroad - 30 Aug 2025 at 2:31pm

Billbobnz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Jun 2020 Location: Ashburton Status: Offline Posts: 885	Post Options Post Reply Quote Billbobnz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2025 at 3:10pm
	Haha ive been told not to get a 22LR by the same person who said I can have his hahaha. First purchase will be a decent rifle and set up for meat gathering. I think yes I would prefer to stay with air rifles/pcp for small game

nunga Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: 09 Mar 2013 Location: Pukekohe Status: Offline Posts: 1056	Post Options Post Reply Quote nunga Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2025 at 5:45pm
	Nice to see you back. I hope your wife is recovering. We have had upload problems for a while now and that is mainly my fault for not getting things sorted but i have also been busy in RL but i plan to get everything sorted by monday!
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Mintie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 Feb 2017 Location: Hawkes Bay Status: Offline Posts: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mintie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 hours 49 minutes ago at 1:11pm
	Gaining the FAL can def switch things up in the cabinet a bit! Exciting changes ahead but I have always found my fondness for airguns remains, even if I go months between picking them up. .22lr is a fantastic cal, so is 17hmr. They both have different uses but are cals I wouldn't be without. For centrefire if it is just for meat gathering its hard to go past the trusty old .308 for its reliability and the ability to stop into any gun store and pick up ammo that will most likely shoot well for cheap, something you just don't get with a lot of the fad fashion cals about these days (my 6.5 Grendel only likes hand loads ). Don't get caught up in the hype of shooting out to 800m and different drop rates etc. I don't remember ever having to target an animal out past 300m and the .308 would have done all of the shots I have taken perfectly.

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 997	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 hours 28 minutes ago at 10:32pm
	Agreed Mintie, 22LR and 17HMR are both great, and both have their place, and there is nothing in NZ that a 308 cant do.
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