secretagentmole Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Went down to do a bit of roost shooting given the sudden decrease in wind speed overnight. Decided to take the Rapid out for a nice walk. Checked zero and found she was high and left, a couple of clicks down and right saw it bang on the centre of the cross at 25 metres. Stalking round I saw a flash of grey on the track near the field. The big flick of grey up confirmed it was no bunny, but a tree rat! Careful aim, pull, thwack, a Crosman Premier sleeping pellet struck home and then a climb over the barbed wire fence to retrieve the fallen tree rat! Into the woods and waited. One came in and sat at the top of the furthest tree. Aim, pull, another Crosman Premier sent a big pigeon to the floor. Walking to pick it up and another pair landed in a tree. Thwack, another one down. Balls, in the middle of the permissions biggest bramble. No chance of getting that. First pigeon retrieved. Back to the firs and wait. The flock came in in one blasted lump. Another one was shot. So three dead and 2 retrieved. A couple of stragglers could not believe they got there before the big flock, well I was not going to tell them they did not. Another Crosman Pellet flew from the Rapid to make contact and then there were three retrieved. As night closed her cloak of darkness over I walked up the right hand edge, saw one out on a limb. Shot it, straight in the ditch of doom, brambles, barbed wire and stagnant water. So I left it! So 5 down, three retrieved and a nice squirrel to make a difference in the pie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Happy days, roosting pigeon with air, pure. :-) U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new shot Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nice looking Rifle..and good write up. happy Christmas.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks. it did not look so good when we got her though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 excellent write up mole,,is your rapid .177 or .22 ? it looks stunning mate and by the sound of it its certainly working how the rapids of old did , super accurate, they truelly are a cracking piece if kit but as you know finding one that has not been tampered with is the hard bit, I,d love one that was untouched and in .177 well done mate Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) She is a .22 Evo. It was not tampered with just old (2007) rusty, broken stock and running at 14 ft lb with all the anti tamper in place (a True Theoben). Since then it has been to KevG for a service parts upgrade and detune been polished to within an inch of it;s life and treated to a CS500 stock. Now running at 11.37 ft lb with Crosman Premier (cardboard box)! Edited December 18, 2014 by secretagentmole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 She is a .22 Evo. It was not tampered with just old (2007) rusty, broken stock and running at 14 ft lb with all the anti tamper in place (a True Theoben). Since then it has been to KevG for a service parts upgrade and detune been polished to within an inch of it;s life and treated to a CS500 stock. Now running at 11.37 ft lb with Crosman Premier (cardboard box)! she certainly looks well mate and by the sound of it shoots very well also, she has a bit of a look of the BSA r10mk2 stock,,,,very nice mate,well reminds me of the r10 anyway but have to say it looks like money well spent bud atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinybum Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 lovely write up,really enjoy air rifle stalking and now regretting just having sold my s-type to a friend who pestered me for it, a totally as original un stripped gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elk hunter Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Excellent read and a very nice R7. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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