Air rifle advice

Nomad

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A bit of resurrecting an oldish thread but I figured I'd give y'all some updates.
I now have two of those Wal-Mart Beeman 1073s, one of which has been tuned up for me by a guy known as John in PA. WOW it's like shooting a different gun, in every single good way! I frequent the Gateway to Airguns more but I'm on both that and the Yellow (Kitching) forums. LOTS of good info there.
 

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The airgun I had as a teen was a Crosman Classic 2104x (http://www.crosman.com/site/listing/1216), a pump rifle with a scope; once you got the scope adjusted, and since there's no recoil whatsoever, you could easily do quarter-sized groupings from 60-70 feet away. The pump system also allows you to set how powerful you want the shot to be, two pumps will bounce off a squirrel's rump to shoo it, five or six to kill. Ten pumps will lodge a BB about a half inch into solid wood. The 200 BB reservoir means you can go target shooting all day and never reload, and the 17 round magazine allows you to manually load pellets when you want while still carrying BBs. These generally sell for about $70.



Nope, Wal-Marts stock basic rifles and shotguns geared towards target shooting and hunting, nothing too exotic. Same with the handguns. And here in the state of California, it's not legal to own an "assault rifle", state law has a specific list of various semi-auto rifles and guns that you can't buy, which also includes any type of shortened shotgun.

Hey just saw your reply (I know I know... I'm casting from the book of dead :)) while looking up the old B5-10 and saw my reply here in the google search and saw the rest of the repluies. Interesting note, in Canada as far as I know there is no minimum length on shotgun barrels as long as the over all length of the gun is 16" total. Hence why Dominion Arms can sell it's 8" (8.5" ??) factory 12ga shotgun here on the regular 'unrestricted' firearms licence. :)

BTW how is everyones's shooting? I've not really shot much in all the years other then a few months ago when I was shooting at some pans to scare off the pesky racoons. The coonies around here seem to hold there ground for a bit not budging if you do a simple 'shoo shoo' and wave motion. They will just give you a stare down from a ground or partly up a tree.
 

DrVette

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I hope you are aware of "Dieseling" effect you can induce in your Beeman !
When oiling and cleaning, make SURE to never allow any combustible lubricant / anti-rust agent into the air chamber.

I have a RWS from the Albert Nobel Dynamit Factory in West Germany, yes "Dynamit" is how they spell dynamite.

If you do, it will sound like a .22 and possibly do damage to the spring chamber or other components.

Only use the .22 when hunting, and be prepared for a long and painful demise of the target.
For maximum knockdown, use RWS Hollow Point Pellets, they really make a tremendous difference !

Also, on a unit like yours, it takes a Dedicated Air Rifle Scope. I have about $375 in my RWS and bought the rifle used.
The scope, mounts and muzzle brake/stabilizer cost a ton.

When shooting, don't try to hold "dead-on" target, instead rotate in small circles and squeeze the trigger just before the target enters the zone.

I seriously HOPE you're NOT killing Rattlesnakes !
Here in the south, the only way to get bit is to catch one sleeping, otherwise they'll beg you to leave them alone by buzzing.

Copperheads, PLEASE, KILL them All !
These are aggressive and territorial critters.
I was mowing in front of the barn some years back, approaching the steps, I begain to get off to move them out of the way to mow.

Just as I touched the blade dis-engagement handle, BLAM, snake flew out of my discharge.:poof:
The snake was about 28" long, but almost 3" in diameter !!

The snake attacked the mower !
Lucky for me.. Now I spray a tiny mist of Diesel Fuel under the dry section of the barn on the floor as snakes dislike the odor.

Many years ago, I became friends with a Ga DNR Game Warden. He educated me on the animals we fear and why we should NOT kill or remove the habitat for many of them.

Among those is the "Wolf Spider" this one is BIG and has two large fangs. They do NOT run from you, just stare.
A search confirmed they are harmless, if you look closely when they appear "hairy" they will have dozens of little spiders hanging on.

The spider to fear will run and hide when he sees you, the Brown Recluse or Fiddle-back Spider.
To see the "Fiddle" you'll need some serious glasses. These spiders cause more harm to humans than any other in this area, the wounds are Gross and take months to heal and sometimes do permanent damage.
 
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Sub_Umbra

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Air rifles are the most accurate rifles made.

Back in the 70s Beeman (and one other outfit I no longer remember the name of) had some deals on new German air rifles (Fenwerkbou spelling). They had a package where they would take a new rifle, strip out the stock lubes and re-lube it before shipping it to you.

The lubes have a history of being very exotic.
 
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