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Cheers folks. I’m pretty set on getting a HW100T in .177 . They seem to get more positive feedback than the R10. And I like the build quality of the 77K I have anyway so makes sense. Biggest pain is I’ll need to fit a QD stud for a bipod because I much prefer shooting prone. Is this easy enough to do? I can’t understand why they don’t come with one fitted? Are all dive bottles equal? Any dos or don’ts? I was hoping to find one with a full lot for sale but I think most folk keep the bottles and change the rifles. Thanks!

Thanks! Will look them up!

Central Scotland . There doesn’t seem to be many shops up this way. Easy enough to find gun shops but a decent airgun shop, I don’t think we have one. is there anyone that’s good to buy with online? I know Ivythorn Sporting for example has a great rep for second hand rifles and is very honest with his descriptions. I just don’t know much about the airgun world Air arms seems to come up more. Are they better than BSA? Even at a new price, the R10 seems very reasonable. Should be able to get a second hand thumbhole at a reasonable budget

Cheers folks for all the replies! I’m very tempted by the BSA R10. Or would you say air arms are generally better? Are there any reputable airgun shops in England? Doesn’t seem to be much in Scotland. Might get a better price private but a shop might throw some warranty in

Folks I’m going to move across from my weihrauch springer to a pcp. I just think I’ll get more accuracy at longer distances and a quieter gun so will probably use it more. Loathed to fork out lots. Maybe £700 at a guess. I have scopes I can use so really it’s rifle and dive tank. What rifle would you suggest? I like the look of the HW 100 but are air arms or bsa better? I think the HW has a small ish tank. i basically want a buy once, cry once multi shot. It won’t be used a lot but it won’t go wrong either. ive thought about buying a silencer for the 77K and having it serviced but the silencer alone is about £90 and I suspect it still won’t be able to match a pcp as good as it is . Appreciate any opinions!

I’ve an old 77k,(probably could do with a service actually if anyone can recommend anywhere?). My real question is that I’ve noted Weihrauch have a silencer for the underleaver that you can buy. Will this make any real difference? I know pcps are silent but will it make the underleaver noticeably quieter when I fire it? thanks!

Doesn’t sound like there’s many ways around it then so far!

Lord it’s not that bad! He’ll eat the cow muck though.. Any suggestions around it? It’s bloody rank. I’ve trained him out of marking on everything so I’m determined this will go the same way! 😂

Well folks, I’m looking for ideas on how best to stop this. Probably the first dog out of about 8 or 9 that will roll on something dead. He goes absolutely daft once he’s rolled on something because he knows he’s done wrong. *But* I don’t want to tell him off once he’s come back in to me. Chasing him would only make it worse and you’d never catch him anyway. Is it something you can train out of them? On the whole he’s actually very well behaved but scavenging and rolling is his one flaw at the moment.

Cheers guys, I’ll try the cage traps. Do they need a licence from Nature Scot like the Larsen traps? I’ve just tried the standard rat traps with chicken feed and peanut butter in them. Can you use snares for them? There’s a path starting to go through the grass now which would probably work although again, not quite my skill set but can learn. Sadly think this is going to be an ongoing problem as long as the hens are here. Took years at a previous house before one turned up but we’re only a mile and a half from a farm so that probably doesn’t help.

Well folks, I’m being properly outsmarted. I’ve got a rat,(possibly more) that’s going into my hen run. About 5 metres from the hen run there’s a couple of rat holes in the ground where it’s staying. He’s digging under the hen run to get in. I’ve seen it only once in the daytime in 3 or 4 months so it’s probably more on the go at night. So: Airgun is out as the run is between myself and the neighbours. Rat poison is out. Our lab will eat anything. The worse, the better. Also, I would never know if I’d gotten it with poison? Now I’ve tried traps literally almost half way down the tunnel,(so it would have to walk over it) but no joy. Both tried empty and baited with this method. I’ve tried traps around the run with peanut butter. Nothing.. except the occasional mouse. I’ve even tried using stones around the rat hole and a block of wood to tunnel/funnel him over the traps. He just dug a new hole under the funnel to make an alternative route. Well outsmarted! Any suggestions? I’m also spending half my time trying not to tempt the local robin. Got up at 6am today to take the traps in before the birds got onto it. Mice are far easier! Any tips very much appreciated.

Folks, is there anywhere that sells peanuts online for reasonable cash? Or is there an equally good alternative for baiting greys? I don’t grudge the costs entirely as the feeder is shared between reds and greys. It’s nice to see the reds and shoot the few greys that turn up. But they’re going through KGs in no time,(I think it must be a combination of eating and hiding them). Im sure folk on here who shoot airguns more regularly will have a reasonable place to buy from or a better/cheaper alternative so thought it was worth asking. Thanks in advance!

Cheers guys, appreciate the links as well! It’s a CZ model that wasn’t run in big numbers over here and as usual, they’ve change to new models fairly quickly - nothing going second hand. It’s probably not worth it in truth. I always feel bad asking dealers about RFDs when they’ve got loads of options on shelf gathering dust but I guess that’s just the way of it I suppose. Thanks again!

I’m not too surprised and assuming from the lack of replies it’s as uncommon as I thought 😂 Hoped it might be an RFD to RFD idea but I think you may need to have an import licence. Maybe one to quiz basc. Cheers!

I thought I’d pick some opinions on here but I imagine it’s probably too expensive / too much hassle to be practical. I’ve seen a rifle I’m tempted by but it’s in Europe. How easy is it to RFD/import from abroad? I imagine it’s a complete faff and likely worse since brexit but thought it was worth asking? It’s from one gun shop to another but I assume it’s not a case of £25 RFD at each end! Thanks!