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my airranger printed very poor groups until I tried the H&N, sounds similar to what you're experiencing, not a bad group then a few flyers which ruined it. its settled down now, but was best part of a tin of pellets before I was happy with it. strange as I've had air arms that have grouped straight out the box with airarms diablo's so I assumed the airranger would do the same, tried the H&N and superdomes in an act of desperation. airranger took quite a while to lead in.

have a couple of daystates, never had any problem with the magazines. as above make sure the pellet is seated in the magazine properly, I find I have to push them in a bit to get them in properly, sometimes they do sit near the rear of the mag. I haven't noticed any difference in accuracy between the magazine and single shot, but did have to try a lot of pellet brands before finding one I was happy with the group size. I've ended up using H&N FTT in .177 airranger and .177 pulsar. also good were RWS superdome. they wouldn't group with anything JSB or airarms. FAC .22 airwolf seems happy with airarms diablo field, or bisley magnum. got lucky with this and haven't needed to try anything else through it.

don't know about anyone else, but when i get the 'new gun itch' I seem to have to scratch it....

had a similar problem with my 391 when I bought it, intermittent light strikes on cartridges. turned out to be the trigger /hammer springs gummed up with dryed oil/grease/crud. I bought a complete set of new springs for mine from beretta e store, not had a single misfire with it since.

my sx3 flanigan came with 5 year warranty from new. for original purchaser only though, not transferable. mine jammed solid at about 10 month old, returned under warranty. very good service, didn't cost me a penny, I contacted them directly, they arranged collection through my local rfd and returned to my local rfd. it was delt with very promptly, cant remember exact number of days but between 1 and 2 week turn round from contacting them to getting it back.

no charge for this by Sussex last time I did mine.

speak to your licencing office. when I filled mine up I just sent it back in and they sent out a new one, with the guns I had purchased under the 'shotguns possessed' table, and a whole 2 new pages to fill in. only took a couple of days. sussex weren't overly keen on you attaching extra bits of paper to the certificate shall we say. mine's full again, but I haven't sent it back in yet, its a good incentive for me not to make any more rash purchases.

had a few bits off him, along with some sound advice. top service, top bloke.

I could be without either, the wolf is fac, I got on well shooting it for lightweight sporting practice, but is too heavy to shoot in competition possibly as has the 500cc bottle, I can't get it under the 4.5kg weight allowance with a decent scope. I bought the ranger to use for lightweight sporting, it comes in under 4.5kg scoped with a 400cc bottle fitted, BUT its pretty rubbish accuracy/group wise. i've tried all sorts of pellets in it, settling on H&N FTT but it just not as consistent as my air arms ultimate sporter, which outshoots it group wise with pretty much any pellet you put in it. bought a pulsar a couple of weeks ago, and for lightweight sporting it's in a different world to the ranger, not sure I'd use it as a pest control gun though as you have to mount the scope a fair way above the barrel to get it aligned with your eye when shouldering the gun, would probably have a very pronounced pellet drop over differing ranges, but LSR is shot fixed distance at 20 or 25 yards so this doesn't matter for what I'm using the gun. if you cant stretch to, or like, the pulsar, I'd go with the wolf based on my 2 guns. mine is the pre screen version, whatever model that is. you know what, I've just sat here any typed this out for you and thought to myself that maybe you're asking the wrong person..........you need to ask the tool...

ive got both air ranger and air wolf and made a mistake with the model. other information was correct, and you've made yourself look a complete tool going off on one.

when the battery went in my air ranger i bought a new one direct from daystate, very good service. alternatively there is a way of fitting a pp3 9v battery to power the gun (assuming it works with the mk3, you'll have to check). i didn't bother as with the daystate battery you dont have to take the stock off to change battery, just recharge it in place. forgot to say was easy to change on mine, stock off and the battery has a fly lead with connector which you unplug, battery was held in place with Velcro.

when I first got mine I spoke to 1967spud and bought a rod/patches etc and cleaning solution from him, very helpful guy. I think everyone has a different cleaning routine for the HMR. I personally gave mine a proper clean when I first bought it, before I first used it, now I only dry patch the barrel after use to clean out the crud. normally takes around 5 patched until they come out clean. will give it a proper clean if/when it starts to miss, up to now it's been behaving itself nicely with what I'm doing. don't forget to remove the moderator after use, mine gets a fair buildup of crud and moisture after use. I always strip the mod and let it dry out after use.

definitely wouldn't recommend the 1100 cs for a rough shooting gun, too long and too heavy. if you want to blow your whole budget on a gun that would be a good allrounder then for me it would have to be a new benelli supersport. if you're going to be more clay biased and want to save a bit a beretta tenkys gold is a nice gun, but only second hand now. if you want to save a bit back then a Winchester sx3 or browning maxus. one that's not mentioned too often is the fabarm XLR. mine's been ultra reliable, and second hand they are an absolute bargain compared to new price. I think you need to decide if your gun requirement is more clay or rough shooting biased as for me this would mean a different recommendation. best advise is to try a few and see what suits you, people generally recommend what they use, not necessarily what's best for you.

nice one. not been there myself but a couple of the guys on the syndicate I'm a member of are members there. keep meaning to go along and have a look, but they only used to shoot 25 or 30 birds and if you wanted to shoot more had to do the same again, which wasn't that appealing.

Dartford will be open. Northall is today so not open this weekend. Mill Farm (Hankham) is on Sunday Normanhurst is on Sunday or for a bit of a further jaunt there is Willow Farm at Tenterden, open Saturday for practice and Sunday for competition (or practise if you prefer). you also have Hawley, jj's around Dartford area but you'll have to check their websites for opening. there's probably a few more, but those are the ones I get along to.

wouldn't mind giving this a try. do we need to pre book ? how many things do you shoot at ?

I bought my truck privately, the owner I bought it from had finance on it. in a nutshell I phoned finance company, paid outstanding finance, and paid seller the balance of the agreed price. I did this from the sellers house, after I was happy with the truck and the paperwork was completed. they were/appeared to be genuine people though, and were up front about the finance from the offset. completely painless and sorted out in a couple of minutes.

why not apply for both .22lr & .17hmr ? I would find out what disciplines are shot at the club you're interested in joining, a semi automatic will be no use if they only shoot prone. you can't compare the rimfire calibres to air rifles, I've never had over penetration with the .17, its definitely more 'destructive' as you put it above. dependant on your licensing area you may get fox on the hmr, sussex do allow this. but .22lr is not considered a fox round by sussex. as you are aware the hmr is much more expensive to feed. put in for minimum of 1000 ammo allowance (i got 3000 lr on first grant), more if you intend to regularly target shoot. you cant use expanding ammo for target shooting, at the clubs I shoot at anyway, and cant use solid for vermin control, so you'll need to posses both. and don't forget your moderators.

not sure where you are, but my mate has one for sale in East Sussex if you,re interested.

ok if you buy second hand and haggle a good deal, not very well if you buy new. they don't sell particularly well either. try before you buy, I had a 30" one and they feel a bit barrel heavy. didn't have any problems with mine falling to pieces like the horror stories by people who have never owned one either. also you may find it shoots a bit high as the rib has a fair ramp down towards muzzle. and finally with the stock & forend being plastic it is more of a semi auto (sx3/maxus) shape than a traditional wooden stock. enjoyed shooting mine when I had it, but not enough to make it a keeper.

advertised on behalf of a long standing shooting buddy, who doesn't do forums. set of Pure Gold Optima Chokes for sale. set of 5 in 10/15/20/25/30 constriction, which equates to imp. cylinder to light full. come with a pure gold choke case. they are used, came with a gun but unwanted. priced at £150 for the set incl. case, they are in East Sussex, can be posted if required at cost of service required by buyer. I have additional photo's if required, but it seems to only let me upload 1.

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NSRA also run leagues for lightweight sporting, the yearly Eley sponsored postal competitions also include precision and timed lightweight sporting rifle. I was shooting in the finals this year at Bisley and there were competitors from all over the country, so there are quite a few clubs shooting it. there are also county teams shooting lwsr, along with the more local leagues. I believe there are around 10 different clubs that shoot in my local league, we have around 20 divisions, with 6 shooters in each division, so hardly a minority sport.

lightweight sporting rifle target shooting sounds like what you are looking for. it's gaining in popularity, can be shot by young to old, and for a minimal outlay. our club shoots leagues in precision, where you can use a bolt action rimfire or air rifle, and timed where only a semi auto will do. most are using rugers, or ruger clones, some black guns as well. a few of the guys use their 'bunny guns' for it, but to be really competitive you'll need a dedicated rifle.