My wabbit/pigeon gun

[David M]

This is my trusty Air Arms s400 carbine with JackPike sling, AA silencer and then Laserking scope, it now holds a Hawke Nite-Eye but boy it does the bizzo out to 45 yards (and beyond I expect with Vassili Zaitsev behind it..!)

 

Lovely thumbhole stock fits me like a glove which always helps...

 

[tonyrapid177mk2]

Nice gun I've got a tidy AA's s510 fac with walnut thumbhole stock and its a great airgun to shoot the rabbits and pigeons with....nice pic as well mate

[Rimfireboy]

Nice set up David. I see you've got a webley mk3 in .177. Not many about in that calibre fella. I've got a 1960 .22 model, seen loads of .22 mk3's but only ever seen one in .177 and that was back in the seventies. Lovely engineering for a mas produced air rifle and some with really nice well figured walnut stocks

[simon6ppc]

vasilli he was a mucky trooper,,but could he shoot nice gun pal as well.....

[David M]

Thanks for the replies.

 

AA s510 fac with walnut thumbhole stock... lovely gun mate...

 

I'm not overly fussed with the Webley Mklll actually Rimfireboy, it's very heavy for it's size and seems all angular in the shoulder, but does seem as if it's pushing out more than it's 7.4ftlb I must admitt, the pellets hit with a real accurate twack.

 

I can't imagine what it must have been like in the battle of Stalingrad, never knowing whether it was your last few minutes on earth all the time with snipers about. I bet Vassili could have told some stories..!

 

All the best........

[Rimfireboy]

Thanks for the replies.

 

AA s510 fac with walnut thumbhole stock... lovely gun mate...

 

I'm not overly fussed with the Webley Mklll actually Rimfireboy, it's very heavy for it's size and seems all angular in the shoulder, but does seem as if it's pushing out more than it's 7.4ftlb I must admitt, the pellets hit with a real accurate twack.

 

I can't imagine what it must have been like in the battle of Stalingrad, never knowing whether it was your last few minutes on earth all the time with snipers about. I bet Vassili could have told some stories..!

 

All the best........

I agree, heavy, poorly balanced, fairly awful to shoot but well made and many had lovely figured walnut stocks. Not very powerful I know. My .22 model is running at about 9.7 ft lb but that's not really the point with these old timers anyway.

[David M]

Ours was used by a local old farmer since the fifties to knock rats off the beams in his barns in the evenings. He reckoned he became a real sharp shooter with it. The Cadet Major is a lightweight gun running around 6.4ftlb and shoots smooth as silk, I grab that rather than the Webley most of the time for the odd plink.

[Rimfireboy]

Ours was used by a local old farmer since the fifties to knock rats off the beams in his barns in the evenings. He reckoned he became a real sharp shooter with it. The Cadet Major is a lightweight gun running around 6.4ftlb and shoots smooth as silk, I grab that rather than the Webley most of the time for the odd plink.

BSA cadet, the old fairground gun, that's a lovely little shooter. I saw one at outdoor sports inglodmells a few weeks back. £70 I think it was. I was tempted.

[David M]

They don't fetch much for their age unlike the Webley Mklll, they seem to be bought for a massive range of money, £100-280..!

 

I painted the metal Cadet facing fore and rear sights white, up against a dark background they stand out great, then against a light background they shadow dark. After using a scope though, the opens seem to be really any good for 25 yards max, then the target gets swallowed up by them and it becomes a game of guesswork (to me anyhow..!)