bridges Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Afternoon chaps, I'm working on my Granddad's old airsporter mk5, i've got it firing sweet and accurately and I'm trying to sort out some land to shoot on. Couple of questions. Firstly, is the airsporter suitable for live quarry and secondly, how would I find out it's power output? It's making a mess of fruit and cans etc so I'm assuming it's kept its power reasonably well. Cheers, Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 My old Mk5 is delivering 11.2ft lb with Eley Blue and is original and standard, you will not find many putting out more power. If in doubt chrono it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerbob Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 As Dekers says, chrono your rifle and you'll be confident of the power output. Accuracy is just as important though, if you can hit the "off" switch you'll get a clean kill. Just out of curiosity is the Mk 5 a .22 or .177? :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridges Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Cheers pal. Will order myself some Eley's then and see how it goes. Very impressed with the performance considering it was abused quite severely, poor sod. Made to last though I suppose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridges Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Cheers for the advice Gunnerbob. It's in .22 and is shooting sweet. I had only shot .177 prior to fixing this and I have to say I much prefer .22. Controversial I know haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerbob Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Oh Oh....big can of worms !! Seriously though, I used an AA TX200 HC in .177 and loved its flatter trajectory, in my opinion its all down to personal choice and what you feel happy and confident with....most of all enjoy !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridges Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Haha yeah massive can of worms!! Yeah exactly, it's definitely personal preference. Although as my Dad said '.177 for feather, .22 for fur' seems to be fairly accurate haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerbob Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Have fun Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridges Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Cheers mate, and you! Cheers for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) .22 over .177? That's fighting talk! Sounds like a rewarding little project though, good on ya for giving a new lease of life to a cracking gun, even if it is the inferior cal! As you've done a bit of work on it, it's definitely a good idea to get it run over a chrono. A local gun shop will probably be able to help, if not there are bound to be people Somerset way on here who might be able to help out and lend you one for an evening. Edited January 7, 2013 by chrisjpainter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridges Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 It has been rewarding, you're right. My Gramps had a MK2 initially but it was stolen and this is the replacement! It had some serious issues with the trigger so that's needed sorting and spring had been replaced with something that was definitely too big for it (probably something to do with the trigger braking), so replaced the crappy spring with a new-original. I will deffo get it seen to with a chrono. Off to the gunshop tomorrow to pick up some RFD'd parts so i will enquire about it there. Thanks for the advice mate, even though you think .22 is inferior haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian45 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 you would be better finding someone other than a rfd to test it for you. if its over then by law the rfd cannot give it back to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridges Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Cheers Brian, good tip that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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