king ratcatcher Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 what was your first air rifle mine was a haenel .177 have had it since i was about 8 now im 16 so thats 8 years. used it so much it put out less then 2ftlb lol. heres a pic...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 My first Air rifle was a BSA Airsporter i always wanted one as a kid and eventually i bought a second hand one from someone i worked with called Graham. Lasted me a long time and i somply moved on to more modern rifles and never looked back LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 BSA Meteor circa.1973/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maori Haz Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Air arms S200, still got it, 4 years old never going to sell it Haz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 first air rifle, cant remember the make it was a 177 me and a mate got it between us we were 12- 13 we used to hide it under the chicken sheds at my house and walk 2-3 miles for the pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hi, The first air rifle that I used when I was younger was my Dad's Webley Exocet. I was so small at the time I had to get him to cock it and I had to tuck it under my shoulder when shooting because it was to long in the stock for me. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30-6 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 List of all air rifles I have owned first to last (going back a long time) Gat (pistol and rifle) - Milbro model G23 - Relum tornado - Webley MK3 - BSA meteor - BSA airsporter - Theoben countryman - Theoben fenman - Webley xocet - Air arms S410 Xtra - about to buy Air arms S200. Most are long gone but had fun with them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve3562 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 my first ever rifle was a bsa supersport carbine i will never part from it its a real beaut steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 My first airgun was an old Webley Ranger in 177 i first used this when i was about 8 or 9 and i still have it sitting in my gun cabinet now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_jack Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 mine was an BSA Meteor .22, made in the early 70s and past onto me in the 90s when i was around 9-10 years of age.. cracken rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc M Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I'd wanted an air rifle since being about 4 and seeing my uncles use them as well as 12 bores. Parents finally succummed on my 16th birthday and bought me a lovely Diana 34 break barrel in .22, shot so many rounds through it I totally wore away the breech end of the barrel. My local gunshop wouldn't even acceot it as trade in when I went to upgrade it two years later until I'd put a new barrel on it!! I'd happily sit and shoot through at least 2 tins of pellets each plinking session, god my thumb used to hurt from thumbing Eley Wasps into the slightly undersized German barrel!!! Moved on a fair bit since then of course, now shoot a HW100T with Venom QF cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 The first air weapon was a Gat gun. My ex stepfather had an old BSA Meteor and I used to have a tickle with that. The first gun I owned in later years was a B2 custom, followed by an HW57 then my S410k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmancaver Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 My first air-gun, like many, was a Gat pistol. Boy did we have some fun with that! Although thankfully I always had the intelligence never to shoot things like butterflies with it! :< After that I moved onto a Webley Tempest and then bought one of those Biathlon Trainers. Pair of great guns, sold them in the end because the fiancee at the time abhored shooting and I was trying to save the relationship. That was a mistake as the relationship failed anyway and left me without any plinking fun! Several years later I bought a used Webley Tracker for £130 but nowhere to shoot it except in a small backyard led to me selling it to please the neighbours. Strangely enough I sold it back to the same shop 6 months later and only lost out £5 in the deal! :thumbs: Just got back into shooting and bought a BSA Lightning XL in .177. Just trying to get the hang of that now. Had some good shots with it but seem to be struggling to hit anywhere near the bull consistently now. Am aiming to progress onto a PCP later in the year and will keep an eye out for the Air Arms S410 TDR when they bring it out in a .177 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 My first air-gun, like many, was a Gat pistol. Boy did we have some fun with that! :thumbs: Although thankfully I always had the intelligence never to shoot things like butterflies with it! :< After that I moved onto a Webley Tempest and then bought one of those Biathlon Trainers. Pair of great guns, sold them in the end because the fiancee at the time abhored shooting and I was trying to save the relationship. That was a mistake as the relationship failed anyway and left me without any plinking fun! Several years later I bought a used Webley Tracker for £130 but nowhere to shoot it except in a small backyard led to me selling it to please the neighbours. Strangely enough I sold it back to the same shop 6 months later and only lost out £5 in the deal! Just got back into shooting and bought a BSA Lightning XL in .177. Just trying to get the hang of that now. Had some good shots with it but seem to be struggling to hit anywhere near the bull consistently now. Am aiming to progress onto a PCP later in the year and will keep an eye out for the Air Arms S410 TDR when they bring it out in a .177 version. Hi, What were they complaining about? FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 FM!! Perhaps he dresses up like a cowboy and screams YEHAWWW till the early hours of the morning LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve3562 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 lg do u? what gun did you first have??? steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Booty Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 MIne was HW77 .177 which Seargant Bang now owns Was a great Coney Killer , Broke my heart to sell it though....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Roberts Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 My first airgun was a Diana (cant remember model) with a smooth bore barrel in .177 its absolutely tiny. I still have it and have a little session in the back garden pliking with it. My grandad gave it to me and he said it was his when he was a kid so that puts it circa 1930 (i dont thnk it is so old but may well be) When i was 16 i got bought a HW97 which was very nice. Moved onto a AA S200 in .177 and currently dont own an air rifle but that is going to change quite soo I think. Prob go for a S200 in .22 cal and the magazine upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conway Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 im also 16 as the guy who started this thread my "first" airgun is my A.A TX200HC which i just recently got for Xmas, ive had 2 pistols before that and my oldest brother had a .177 B2 which is still powerful enough to knock down a rat from my conservatory at about 25feet..anything more n it goes over the fence.. LOL, but he kinda got bored of that and went onto cars so i "had" his airgun n bought my HC Xmas 2005, and i love it! althou the silencer is..well..not much of a silencer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmancaver Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hi FM I only had a small garrden at the time and used to shoot against a pellet trap on the garage wall. This was the only place I had to shoot and the neighbours did become a little bit put out by the noise of the pellets hitting the pellet catcher and from the noise of the Tracker when it went off. It wasn't the quietest springer I have ever heard!) I remember them also being a little concerned about any richochets. Which is actually not surprising as I sometimes got hit by them as well! The range from rifle to target was only about 5m!! As for Geordie's silly reply ... how insulting ... I would never dress up as a cowboy, I was always the Indian Scout !!!!!!!!!!! Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewyjack.22 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) My first air rifle was a b.s.a buccaneer, thumbhole plastic stock, break barrel and i loved it. I was 12 at the time so that was 17 years ago. It was pushing out about a massive 6 ft/lb awesome when your 12 thou I think my father paid £30 for mine, i know it was'nt £180 Edited March 28, 2006 by chewyjack.22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee 1991 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 my first air rifle was a little Diana .177 Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 First gun "borrowed" from my uncle (and never returned) was an Airsporter (I still have it), first gun I actually bought was a trusty BSA Meteor. Then got into pre-charged and never went back to a springs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 El Gama .22, BSA Airsporter S .22, Webley Mk10 .22 (I'll never sell it), Webley tracker .177, Logun S16S(mk11) .22. I only have the Webleys and the Logun now, soon to buy AAS410 Xtra, I might have to get rid of the Tracker though. :thumbs: P03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pelt man Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 BSA Airsporter .22. Still got the old girl, a friend of mine keeps her at his house & his kids use it in the garden. I use the FX2000 FAC or Venom Viper 12ft/lb both in .22 depending on job. The Pelt Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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