XTortion112 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Hi, im brand new to Air-rifles and was wandering if you guys had any good suggestions on starter spring guns, my friend recommended the BAS X L tactical and just thought i'd get a second opinion from the experts. I am British and looking to spend no more than 300 pounds on a rifle. Thanks guys tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyjaimz Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Welcome to the forum mate The BSA Lightning is an excellant starter rifle the xl tactical you mentioned is pretty much the same, but in a black 'all weather' synthetic stock. You should be able to pick one up new and get a decent scope aswell for 300 notes. Alternatives are: Weihrauch HW95 - german made, last a lifetime, top quality build and accurate although heavy and a bit more expensive. Air Arms TX200 - British made, excellant quality, also heavy and similar in price to the HW95. You can also pick up decent second hand rifles very reasonably and with 300 in your budget, you should be able to get yourself a cracking 1st rig mate If you let us know what you intend to use it for, ie hunting, targets etc then you should get a bit more advice also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTortion112 Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Phew, finally a forum that gives understanable answers, Thanks dude . I will be using the rifle to kill small pest/vermin e.g grey squirrel. I know this sounds like 'i cant be bothered' kind of mood, but a rifle that is ready to fire with scope would be great because ive been reading other forums and posts and the complicity of maintaining these and fixing them if they go wrong seems very off putting. thanks tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyrover Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 under 300 look at weihrauch . ive just bought a second hand hw97 and its fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacey Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I can vouch for the Mighty Rovers HW97. I've fired it and it is deadly accurate and packs a right punch. Thinking of getting an FAC version it's that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col s10 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 BSA all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 go hw german engineering ,built to last forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnybasher07 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 BSA cant beat it.. GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artful badger Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 yep xl tactical, very good gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laf Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 hw mate the xl is good but its not as good as a hw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTortion112 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Just purchased the Tactical and it rullleeeezzzzz , cheers for all the help guys. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyjaimz Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Just purchased the Tactical and it rullleeeezzzzz , cheers for all the help guys.Tom Nice one mate, good choice. Let usknowhow you get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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