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    Posted: 07 Sep 2024 at 12:11pm
Hi all, newbie here thanks for the forum. I have had my firearms licence for over 35 and own a good selection of pest control firearms, had E cat rifles under the old rules. Lot's of shooting/pest control experience almost exclusively with semi auto rimfire, shotgun and centrefires.  The one thing I do not have is an airgun, so am looking to remedy this. Most of my small pest control work is done with my 1985 vintage Ruger 10/22 with well over 100,000 rounds through it, but looking at maybe a PCP air rifle  for more built up areas. And an air pistol for fun. This looks like a good place to learn.
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Welcome. Hope you enjoy your time here. Always good to convert a power burner user to air power :)
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Welcome.
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Originally posted by RangerPete RangerPete wrote:

Welcome.
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I don't have pictures of all my current guns but here's a blast from the past. It's funny how much the pest population has built up since they banned these things....

Apologies if this is too offtopic for an airgun forum.
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We do have a powder burner section so feel free to populate that if you so desire.. I would say your old "handed in" blast from the past 223 is classed as small bore :)
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Welcome. What are the pests you'd be controlling?  I'm guessing rabbits?

Set up for pcp is reasonably pricey, but ammo is cheaper than powder. FX have a good range and the AGT range are also well worth looking at. You will get good power/shot count.
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