Your first airgun

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   nungas dead right bout gamos,they way over priced for what they are,i still have and use a 29 year old early 22 gamo shadow,thats been really worked over and has an excellent trigger but didnt leave factory the way it is today you can bet on that,i allways make on fit a recoil block to stringers to prevent the mounts moving but allways use top quality scope rings and good quality scopes,found this lot cheaper and less frustrating than constantly having scope and mount problems with hi powered springers,personally if looking for a good springer i would allways be looking for top quality second hand rifles which you can often buy in top condition second hand cheaper than a new gamo,you cant beat the really good older german and british made springers the build quality is suppurb,as they were made to last, cheers mike

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dvlnme Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 30 May 2017 Location: taranaki Status: Offline Posts: 519	Post Options Post Reply Quote dvlnme Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Jul 2022 at 7:42am
	nungas dead right bout gamos,they way over priced for what they are,i still have and use a 29 year old early 22 gamo shadow,thats been really worked over and has an excellent trigger but didnt leave factory the way it is today you can bet on that,i allways make on fit a recoil block to stringers to prevent the mounts moving but allways use top quality scope rings and good quality scopes,found this lot cheaper and less frustrating than constantly having scope and mount problems with hi powered springers,personally if looking for a good springer i would allways be looking for top quality second hand rifles which you can often buy in top condition second hand cheaper than a new gamo,you cant beat the really good older german and british made springers the build quality is suppurb,as they were made to last, cheers mike

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:07am
	I remember we had a Jacana break barrel in .177 when I was very young, must be 35 years ago… I can’t remember what happened to it, I think my dad gave it to my uncle and it ended up going to my two cousins. Who knows where it is today. Many years later I bought my self MY first Airgun, which was at the time a very expensive Diana model 48 side lever in .177. A beautiful rifle that was heavy but lovely to shoot. Many years after that I became a game ranger and my every day constant companion working rifle was a CZ .458Lott which I had custom fitted to my very long arms and big hands. As a charge stopping rifle it had no fancy optics, just simple, reliable, easy and quick to find open sights and was intended to stop a charging Buffalo, lion or elephant at 10m. To be able to shoot quickly (very quickly) and accurately with open sights takes a lot of practice and building muscle memory, but at $15 a round practicing with .458Lott ammo gets expensive quickly! So I took my old Diana to the same gunsmith who had restocked my Lott and asked him to replicate my Lotts dimensions, I wanted them identical in every way, including the sights and sight picture. The end result was that I could pick up and shoulder either rifle with my eyes closed, and when I opened my eyes I would be looking stright down the barrel with the sight picture perfectly lined up on what I was pointing at. I lost count of how many tins of pellets I put through that Diana, one pellet at a time. Shoulder, aim, shoot, quick as you can. Shoulder, aim, shoot. Shoulder, aim, shoot. At 12m freehand it was pellet on pellet one hole groups all day long. I loved that rifle, both of them.
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