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Air Rifle and Scope for £150 ish?


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A guy I work with knows I have Rifles and Shotguns.

Yesterday he told me he was planning on buying an Air Rifle to pot the odd Rabbit that he wanders around his Horse Paddock. He reckons he can get to within 30 yards of them.

He asked me what can he get for around the £150 mark.

 

I haven't bought an Air Rifle for over 30 years, so I haven't got a clue. I told him I would post on here to see if there was anything worth having in that price range.

 

Over to you guys :good:

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I would buy a Webley. Ive had Vulcan 0.22 and Eclipse 0.22, and both a few years old when bought. Both bought under £150. Then converted to Theoben Gas strut later on. The both still fire like new and are damn accurate even with open sights. Hard to go wrong with Webley, BSA and Weirauch generally. But having had such a good experience with Webley, I personally would buy it again if needed.

Good luck :good:

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  HeadShotHoncho said:
NOT A B2 :stupid: , NO PLEASE DON'T INTRODUCE HIM TO SHOOTING WITH A B2, PLEASE, no offence but they're terrible. You can't shoot rabbit with a b2 either cos they are terrible and not the right power.

 

Get an s/h bsa or weihrauch cos I have a SMK and that 4 models above the b2 and its horrible

 

I totally agree!

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  Vagabond said:
  HeadShotHoncho said:
NOT A B2 :no: , NO PLEASE DON'T INTRODUCE HIM TO SHOOTING WITH A B2, PLEASE, no offence but they're terrible. You can't shoot rabbit with a b2 either cos they are terrible and not the right power.

 

Get an s/h bsa or weihrauch cos I have a SMK and that 4 models above the b2 and its horrible

 

I totally agree!

 

If only i had known about this forum when i first started, i was gonna buy a b2 then bought a b3-f instead :/ , regretted it ever since :hmm:

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Compared to most people here im new to hunting but i've had about 5 years experience shooting targets with .22 rifles. I bought an SMK Z20 (which i think is just a fancy name for a MOD20) for £105 from the local shop with Milbro TR pellets, a case and silencer. I got a 3-9 X 40 scope off ebay for £23 incl p&P so total, £128. So far i've only tested its groupings at 20 yards and with the TR's its got a grouping of 1/2 inch and i've had countless birds with it as well as rabbit and Pheasant. A few days ago i got a rabbit with a clean headshot at 27 yards so its gotta be half decent!

 

Either that or for a similar price u can get the SMK XS-32 underlever which is again half decent. I find it bulky and for the larger of men so its something to be tested i guess.

 

Hope this helps!

 

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I thought you could shoot pheasants with an airgun provided you had a game liecence, permission and they were in season, and not on a sunday. Anyway, Lord Geordie has a BSA supersport carbine, scoped up an' all for £120. I'd get it mate, the supersport is a brilliant gun to get you into the sport :w00t:

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Another vote for BSA in this corner, I'm still a huge fan of the old Airsporters though there are plenty of good under lever springers out there second hand. Ask around at your local shops to see what they have and ask on here for opinions of how good they are, don't nesesarily believe what the shop owner tells you or what the magazines say.

 

Learn to get a half inch group at 25 yards with a springer and when you move up to a PCP at a latter date you'll be a demon shot!

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  HeadShotHoncho said:
  Vagabond said:
  HeadShotHoncho said:
NOT A B2 :lol: , NO PLEASE DON'T INTRODUCE HIM TO SHOOTING WITH A B2, PLEASE, no offence but they're terrible. You can't shoot rabbit with a b2 either cos they are terrible and not the right power.

 

Get an s/h bsa or weihrauch cos I have a SMK and that 4 models above the b2 and its horrible

 

I totally agree!

 

If only i had known about this forum when i first started, i was gonna buy a b2 then bought a b3-f instead :good: , regretted it ever since ;)

 

 

I agree also, My first rifle was a B2 and I supose that it was ok for the odd coke can plinking session but theres no way there good enough for hunting, even just the odd bit!

 

Personally I would suggest a good secondhand springer and a decent 2nd hand scope maybe a 3-9 or 4-12x40.

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