Reply With QuoteCrosman 2240 or you could for an extra £50 pick up something like the HW45. The 45 would be cheaper in the long-run as it doesn't require 12GRAM CO2 carts by the bucket.
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Hi,
As You Probably Know I Am Quite New To This Forum.
I Need A Full Power Pistol And Have A Budget Of £100
What Is The Best Pistol I Could Possibly Buy For This Sort Of Price Range As The Price Given Is A Rough Price.
It Would Be Nice If Anyone Of You Have Anything To Sell To Me That Meets My Requirements But Suggestions Are Also Welcome.
MICRODUDE82
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Look for a second hand BSA Scorpion, seriously, they are loads of fun and satisfying to shoot, give it a service and fit a Helston Gunsmiths spring, if you do it right you'll be getting a consistent and smooth 5.5 ft/lbs plus. HW45s only do that sort of power when they're deiselling in my experience, 4.5 ft/lbs is typical for them.
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BSA Magnum is even beter than the scorpionOriginally Posted by Rob M
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ok so what is better, a bsa magnum or a hw45??
i need to know power wise, accuracy and most value for money.
mostly power.
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What are you planning to do with this pistol?
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Really we need to know the kind of shooting you're going to be doing to be able to give useful advice.
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shoot very long range targets and maybe kill some rats or something.
Founder of The Umarex Boys Club.
What do you call long range and what sort of target?
as for shooting vermin i would advise against it, even with a full power pistol accuracy is very important and most people are not that accurate enough with a pistol to deliver a clean kill. there fore not a humane kill. I would suggest a rifle of at least 9 ft/lbs. But hey i could be wrong and i'm sure Mr T.D will put me right if i am.
Jason
Fancy shooting your air pistols & rifles a bit more, then guy's & gal's come visit us at theUBC for loads of fun competitions for all types of air pistols and rifles.
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i don't particularly want a rifle so thats out of the question.
what pistol would you suggest is the best for this then?
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I have just bought a gamo 45 which seems to be quite powerfull. Not sure how much power, I presume the same as a gamo compac. Will test it in a while and let you know.
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it is considered a no-no to hunt anything with air pistols although they are accurate,sadly the shooter isn't.
if you don't want a rifle then i'd suggest that hunting is out of the question.
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Why exactly don't you want a rifle?
Lucky Git
And where do you intend to "hunt" with it?
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BSA Magnum is even beter than the scorpion
I've got two Magnums and love them a lot (they are accurate with practice and a lot of fun, satisfying to shoot and compact), but for ease of maintenance and tuning, also for outright power the Scorpion is better IMO.
I wouldn't use any pistol for ratting unless it was a powerful (right near the limit) and accurate one with a shoulder stock added, and you could shoot it accurately as well.
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