1. Has anyone here ever shot one of these before?
2. What are the laws on airguns in ontario ?
heres a link
http://www.gamoairguns.com/
I already own a crossman 760 pumpmaster and was thinking of upgrading to something better for the squirrells
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Holy cow! I missed that part!Makomachine wrote:Wild hog with an AIR RIFLE??? Wow, things have come a long ways from where it was when I was a teenager. I might consider picking one of these up for 'varmint' management on my 2.5 acres but if it sounds like a .22 mag it's going to be too loud for the neighbors.
Pre-charged pneumatic air rifles are serious, high-precision weapons that are designed and built for adults. The examples listed above are made by two British companies; namely, Daystate and Webley & Scott. Airguns of Arizona (www.airgunsofarizona.com) carries Daystate and Pyramid Air carries Webley & Scott (www.pyramidair.com). Sam Yang now offers a .45 caliber pre-charged pneumatic air rifle that develops 200 ft-lbs at the muzzle. However, IMHO, it is ugly as sin and very loud.Makomachine wrote:Wild hog with an AIR RIFLE??? Wow, things have come a long ways from where it was when I was a teenager. I might consider picking one of these up for 'varmint' management on my 2.5 acres but if it sounds like a .22 mag it's going to be too loud for the neighbors.
Actually, the air rifles in the Weihrauch line that are "air piston" (a.k.a. "gas ram piston") are retrofitted spring piston rifles that use a Theoben gas ram (i.e., the Beeman RX-1 and RX-2 air rifles are basically the Weihrauch R-1 action with a Theoben gas ram installed and fancy stocks). The highest quality gas ram air rifles are made by Theoben. In fact, the Beeman "Crow Magnum" (a.k.a. Theoben “Eliminator”) and "SLR98" air rifles are re-branded Theoben air rifles.Jim C wrote: Of the break-barrel jobs, the Weirauch (Beeman brand) jobs are the best-the air piston (rather than a spring) one is the best because it won't fatigue and you can vary the power by adding or deleting air to the piston.
Right you are, I have one of the original scirrocco Theobens which now is about 20 years old IIRC. I love the triggers on the Weihrauch, i have an old 55 break barrel target gun (circa 1973) that I earned the NRA Dist Expert rating when I was a teenager. I still have that gun and though its been reblued twice and has had three springs (I put a heavier HW 50 Spring in it) and a couple seals, after a couple hundred thousand pellets it still shoots well. You may remember Air Rifle Headquarters (RObert Law) which predated Beeman and ultimately was bought out by the good doctor-that was the source of this HW.marmot wrote:Actually, the air rifles in the Weihrauch line that are "air piston" (a.k.a. "gas ram piston") are retrofitted spring piston rifles that use a Theoben gas ram (i.e., the Beeman RX-1 and RX-2 air rifles are basically the Weihrauch R-1 action with a Theoben gas ram installed and fancy stocks). The highest quality gas ram air rifles are made by Theoben. In fact, the Beeman "Crow Magnum" (a.k.a. Theoben “Eliminator”) and "SLR98" air rifles are re-branded Theoben air rifles.Jim C wrote: Of the break-barrel jobs, the Weirauch (Beeman brand) jobs are the best-the air piston (rather than a spring) one is the best because it won't fatigue and you can vary the power by adding or deleting air to the piston.
http://www.theoben.co.uk/customer/home.php?cat=5
For those of you who are not happy with a stock spring piston air rifle, a local guy by the name of James Maccari offers a complete line of tuning and upgrade products (http://www.airguns.citymax.com/page/page/251327.htm). I used to shoot field target with a sporter tuned by Jim (sadly, he no longer tunes air rifles).