Hello from Horowhenua
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Topic: Hello from Horowhenua
Posted By: chopsuey
Subject: Hello from Horowhenua
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2020 at 5:41pm
Hi all Chris here, New member from the Horowhenua, been shooting rabbits and other pests on the Market garden since i was a youngen, started with a break barrel .177 and then mainly rimfire. Looking at getting back to an air rifle, maybe a PCP.
Cheers
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Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2020 at 8:18pm
welcome to the forum hope you enjoy your stay here! If you need anything just ask :)
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2nd place HP springer - WFTF World Championships 2014
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2020 at 6:49am
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welcome and as nuga said just ask someone can proberly help. cheers mike
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2020 at 5:53pm
Posted By: Graywulf
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2020 at 1:39am
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Welcome Chris, You'll find air rifles have 'grown' in the last 'few' years... we now have some big calibre's available, and now 'gas springers' about as powerful as 'lesser' pcp rifles. I went for one of those rather than 're-sit' a lapsed firearms licence. It's nothing like the .22 I purchased 20+ yrs ago.
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2020 at 7:00am
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we now live in the golden age of airguns,thats for sure,modern airguns aint the same as grand dads old bb gun and nothing like the springers many of us grew up with either,modern airguns have become very sophisticated hunting and shooting equipment,proberly because of my long history hunting and shooting with firearms pcp airguns being very simialler to firearms in many ways,this is the type of airguns i like and use,but having a keen interest in all things airgun related i follow the development of other types of airguns with interest allso,without a doubt spring and gasram type rifles havnt been been missing out either,they have allso like pcp airguns come a long way in last 20 years to,gasrams have completly changed break barrel airguns,as the rams can be tuned to enhance power/performance on many of these guns to give power and performance only dreamed of with springers,but springers havnt been left behind either as modern technology has significantly improved them as well,these days it would be a very hard person to please who couldnt find an airgun that suited them for whatever purpose they use it for,as the choices in airguns has become so diverse today. cheers mike
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2020 at 7:02am
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we live in the golden age of airguns today for sure,all types of modern airguns have come a long way in the last 20/30 years,these aint remotely like your grandads old bb gun thats for sure. cheers mike
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2020 at 7:05am
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dont know what happened there got message when posted first post that couldnt post coz was spamming etc,hence second post ha ha. cheers mike
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2020 at 8:04am
Haha, youre our new spammer Mike.
Chris, we are always keen to hear what gun you get or have. New pcps are pretty flash, and pricey, but there are still some good old ones out there that do the job just as well, and with style. Either way, it's exciting hearing what others get.
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2020 at 8:53am
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apparently so Paul the system cut me off from posting with a spam warning,ha ha but system posted the post anyway unknown to me so did another post and found both when checked later ha ha, cheers mike
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Posted By: chopsuey
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2020 at 9:32pm
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Thanks guys for the welcome, looking forward to sharing my Air rifle adventures, have found the guys on here to be very helpful already and very knowledgeable, appreciate it. Have been using rimfires for years and fairly new to centre fire. Now soon to be delving into the world of PCP!! Wow never knew there capability until seeing a few youtube vids, now i can't wait to get my hands on one!!
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2020 at 1:05am
For a reasonably cheap entry into pcp, there's a Gamo pcp, that is basically a BSA, so good barrels. They are getting good reviews too. I know Hunting and Fishing PNth have access to them.
There's a club day at 643 airgun range 8 Nov, tomorrow, and there will be a couple of pcp's you can check out,
643 Pahiatua track
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2020 at 8:08am
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love them or hate them pcp airguns have no equal for power and performance in any caliber,they are allso lot easier to shoot accuratly than other powerful spring or gas ram rifles because they have no recoil and generally have much better triggers,but more expensive to buy and need some way of filling them with hpa,which is one off but added cost to get into them,a good hand pump is proberly the lest expensive way to fill pcps as hpa bottles need testing on regular bassis ans allso cost approx $50 for test etc,dont know want they cost to fill these days as get mine filled at club cheaply.i have two older versions made by BSA of the gamo listed at HnFing for $999.99 essentually the same rifles that are very sccurate and powerful the gamo is putting out approx 30fpe which makes it a rather useful hunting rifle and comes with scope and hand pump ready to go,not bad price for what you are getting. cheers mike
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Posted By: chopsuey
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2020 at 6:50pm
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Thanks guys How often are the club days? Am sorted with rifle thanks to SimonB, and opted for tank which is on its way!!! can't wait to sling some pellets!!
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2020 at 7:04pm
Check out 643 group on facebook. We have a club day comp on Dec 13. But we are looking at getting into Hunter Field target, so perfect for the small game hunters in us.
Or PM me, and I can keep you informed.
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