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| Thread ID: 138566 | 2014-12-18 01:59:00 | Buying an air rifle - Begginer help | darkoverlord123 (16996) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1390412 | 2014-12-18 01:59:00 | Hey guys, If I wanted to buy a new air rifle (NO SECOND HAND- Its a gun, I want to be safe here.), what would it cost me, and what would I need? So far I have this: Actual rifle - $100-$200 Bag/Case - $50 Bullets/Target combo - $30 Cleaning kit - $30-50 (Estimate) Any feedback? Have I missed anything? Do I have anything unnecessary (on a budget)? P.S. Dont wanna got over $300 |
darkoverlord123 (16996) | ||
| 1390413 | 2014-12-18 02:55:00 | Its a gun, I want to be safe here.............................. What are you wanting it for? To ward off burglars? :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1390414 | 2014-12-18 03:33:00 | After having my house shot at by the neighbours kid... Id like to see these banned. Or at the VERY LEAST, require a gun license of some sort. They really have no place in suburbia , they just get misused . Me & my friends used to misuse ours when we were pre-teens. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1390415 | 2014-12-18 03:51:00 | I am looking for one too. Chap tells me he get an 1" group at 75 yards, with a $500 jobbie. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1390416 | 2014-12-18 03:54:00 | Hey guys, If I wanted to buy a new air rifle (NO SECOND HAND- Its a gun, I want to be safe here . ), what would it cost me, and what would I need? So far I have this: Actual rifle - $100-$200 Bag/Case - $50 Bullets/Target combo - $30 Cleaning kit - $30-50 (Estimate) Any feedback? Have I missed anything? Do I have anything unnecessary (on a budget)? P . S . Dont wanna got over $300 Actual rifle - $200-$300 (don't bother with anything that looks cool with a big fancy scope . Look at the specs and buy based on that) Bag/Case - $0 (No point) Bullets/Target combo - $30 (sure) Cleaning kit - $0 (No point, buy it when it needs it . ie after lots of shots . Remember pellets don't create near as much mess as powder in the barrel) Personally I wouldn't bother with most of the cheaper rifles (sub $200) . Would help to know your intended use as well . The cheaper (lower fps) ones won't kill anything, just make a mess . But if your just wanting some target shooting fun then they will be fine at 10-15metres . |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1390417 | 2014-12-18 03:56:00 | I am looking for one too. Chap tells me he get an 1" group at 75 yards, with a $500 jobbie. That probaly says more for the shooter than the gun :) |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1390418 | 2014-12-18 04:42:00 | They are not bullets - they are called "slugs" or "pellets" :) As an aside, have a read-up here: www.police.govt.nz |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1390419 | 2014-12-18 05:46:00 | In the 70's I had a lot of trouble with cats marking their territory on my shed wall, veranda, and the worst one had the habit of pissing down the air vents of my pristine Holden EH! I bought a BSA .22 Air Rifle with scope which I kept in the shed while I was working. I could slide the rifle through the Louvre windows take a shot. It wasn't long before the cats kept away from my place. I made a target range under the house for my boys to practice at. I was brought up with guns. At age 17 I had a .22 Beretta pistol in a shoulder holster and a .455 revolver in a hip holster, they were legal. One reason for having the shoulder holster was that most Hotels required you to hand in your firearm at reception before entering the Bar. Legal age was 16 to have a drink in a bar, or 13 if accompanied by a parent or guardian. There was very seldom any trouble, apart from shooting out the coloured lights and rolling the Manager up in a long veranda carpet and parking him in a corner. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1390420 | 2014-12-18 06:00:00 | In my misguided teens I had a british mate, of which he had air rifles. His father, a WW2 former soldier, had a ton of militia. We did rabbit hunting and pot shots at tin cans, etc, long before the lower Howick/Buckland Beach area was built up. Even wore those british potty type helmets. Anyway the names of the air rifles I recall are Slavia and BSA Meteor. The Slavia was I think the popular one at the time in the early 70's. Also had a Crossman 357, a high powered CO2 gas powered hand air rifle. About 100 (anyone remember?) Pellets/slugs in a small clip type orange case for the air rifles. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1390421 | 2014-12-18 07:52:00 | case and cleaning gear are necessary but you can get them later. case is handy for transport so people don't freak out because you have a gun. some idiot got arrested because he was walking up queen street carrying an air rifle. cleaning, while there is no powder they do lead foul after a while. get the best one for $300. avoid scopes. you can only afford spring air rifle and they are hard on scopes due to the reverse recoil. as the accuracy of sub $300 rifles are not great its kinda pointless anyway. pellets, get the right ones for the use. there is target ones and hunting ones. also different weights, bit of playing around to find which one is the most accurate. hunting, don't worry to much about speed. even a slow 800fps .177 rifle will shoot through a possum. slower ones are often more accurate and hitting the animal in the right place is the key. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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