Curly87 Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 just out of intrest has any one tried using those .177 darts which u normally got with the old gat guns through a high powered air rifle?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Nope. I value my rifling too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Hi, Darts are designed for smoothbore barrels not expensive rifled ones. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wol the hunter Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 just out of intrest has any one tried using those .177 darts which u normally got with the old gat guns through a high powered air rifle?? I AM SURE YOU KNOW BUT JUST INCASE SOME BODY READING YOUR ? . DO NOT SHOOT ANY LIVING THING WITH A DART AS IT IS ILLEGAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 DO NOT SHOOT ANY LIVING THING WITH A DART AS IT IS ILLEGAL I wouldn't use them in my gun anyway but I did not know it was illegal to use them on quarry. Thanks for the info, you learn something new everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 dont worry i dont even own a .177 rifle,i was just a bit curious to find out wat wud happen, i get the idea now that its a big no no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bindi Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 NO, its just silly, as are gat guns and darts!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Gat guns and darts are actually huge plinking fun. When I was a lad, I remember a mate bringing his gat gun round. It was the first air pistol I ever saw. I had an air rifle at this point. We set up some tin cans at 10 yards and blazed away (actually that should be popped away) at them completely ineffectually. I glowed with pride when my Dad stuck his head out the back door, saw what we were doing and had a single shot with the gat, which popped a small evaporated milk can clean off the top of the pile of cans without disturbing the others. It was the smallest target available. It was one of the very best shots I have ever seen with a pistol in terms of stylish nonchalance. It was, quite frankly, the unequalled epitome of plinking cool. Dad then went back inside without a word. My mate was in absolute awe. Word went round the class at school that my pa was some kind of Dirty Harry with this gat gun. My stock, in turn, rose inestimably. Years later, Dad confessed that he was as surprised as we were at this shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nildes Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 We used to buy them when I was a kid. They looked cool but weren't any better than a slug. I remember I caught one in the gun when closing it and it came apart on firing and I missed a good pigeon sitting on top of the brussel sprouts. After that it was slugs all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I think every kid at some point has owned or shot a gat gun, u couldnt hit a barn door whilst standing in the barn!! But did that really matter?? just to fire a gun at that age was cool enuff with ur dad standing over watching, those were the days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 (edited) yep, we used to use a wooden plank 10yds away and just shoot at that. the darts just pull out and u can re-use them, Edited March 23, 2006 by lloydt87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 when we were kids we used an old darts board and played darts with then good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bindi Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 NO, its just silly, as are gat guns and darts!!! Well I have to admit that I still have my dad's old diana model 2, and yes it was fun, but still think that webley tempests and the like offer more plinking fun, Bindi :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiiish1987 Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Darts are pants! I tried some in my g10 that claims can use them, but all that happens is that half of the dart gets left behind in the barrel and is a ****** to clean out of it. the fluff just sticks. Jus goin slightly off topic i think the g10 is the only decent thing thats come from smk. great fun with steel bbs and quite powerfull and accurate. I was stalking down my mates garden with my rifle and he was sat in his livin room playin with my new g10. when i got to about 30yrds down the garden and in range of the pidge i was stalkin he decided to shoot me in the backside with a steel bb. it stung like hell and from that range was better than any of his chinese collection! A great pistol for plinkin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Your mate is an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Your Idiot is a Mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiiish1987 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 I know! not shot with him since! Anyways he could never shut up when on a shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer rabbit (r1000) Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 DO NOT SHOOT ANY LIVING THING WITH A DART AS IT IS ILLEGAL I wouldn't use them in my gun anyway but I did not know it was illegal to use them on quarry. Thanks for the info, you learn something new everyday! i think this law is tied with it being illegal to bowhunt anywhere in britain, but don't quote me on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davej Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Legal or not an absolute NO NO on live quary only adderlesant kids would use them on quary. The sport the game shooting should only be for the responsible, Lets not have any more bad publicity upon us.I enjoy good fun and plinking but thier is a time and a place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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