rilfes evreyone else told you was crap and they wernt

[fatttmannn]

i know, crap title for a thread but consider this one please. After a long break from the sport you return to find its all changed pcp,s are the way forward youre told. So which one you like the look of a couple but are told no there not the ones. A few years on and you relise that a lot of what you heard was hearesay and to be blunt crap. So we come to the rifles, one that really stands out is my MMC Bsa Ultra in .22 , at moment on loan to my good mates wife for shooting tree rats in there large garden. Poor shot count I was told, some 40 shots, when was the last time you A- saw 40 rabbits and b- shot 40 of them exactly pure bull shit , then my Logun Solo- Fx actually) .177 multi shot, I took the multi shot off and use it for f/t , on my first f/t club shot I got my highest score until called away to a domestic problem and never finished the course And lastly my Brocok Enigma Carbine again in the manly calibre of .22, weirauch barell this is the rarer carbine version, in all over black finish, its sexey and a delight to use, love the bolt action which clacks back and forth like my old remington pump action used to( sold it years ago and regret it) fitted with a resonable priced Hawke 3-9x50 its accurate and fun and would make a good hunter if I still hunted. Now has to springers lets use my Webley/Beeman C1 Carbine series 1 in .22 has an example. I last saw one when they were new circa 1986, just afore I left the sport, got this one off here from Kevin Ronnie and its a delight. I had Will Gerke fit the uprated triguer unit from Chambers and a mild tune and you have a fast handaling carbine that dose 11 ft lbs with air arms domes. Most have never seen one and this ones fitted with a period Optima Gamekeeper scope its different, fast handaling accurate and resonably powerful. So over to you guys.

[JustinThyme]

Strange thing is I was looking through some records earlier this evening of what I have had over the years and what I have at present and came to the conclusion that one of my first pcps that i had which was a BSA single shot hornet was one of the best rifles I have had, one of the cheapest I have had, and one of the cheapest I have parted with, if I had just stayed with that back then I could have saved a fortune and an age of time and still be doing the same as I am now.... some of us call this a hobby

[p.sharp]

Fwb sport for me.

Heard & read many tales of crap triggers, bad barrel lock ups, plastic this plastic that, cracked stocks etc. Bought one on a nostalgic whim & got on with it from the off. Few months later, decided I fancied an lgu. So, I sold an hw80 I'd had for 20 years to fund one. Saw a venom tuned sport & ended up with 2 sports!

[fatttmannn]

thanks for your inputt gents.

[flatrajectory]

When getting back into the sport a couple of years ago I fancied a HW57 in .177 because it was light weight and felt right in my shoulder. I was advised by quite a few people not to get one because' the loading ports don't align correctly with the breech' / 'the barrel is too thin and will bend' / 'they are twangy' etc.
Utter trollop. After a mild tune it shot superbly,made full power ( but I detuned it slightly for hft), and was as accurate as any springer. I even won my first trophy with it last year and got the highest score of the day beating more experienced pcp shooters......nor bad for a pensioner with a crappy springer.!!!

Pete.

[fatttmannn]

When getting back into the sport a couple of years ago I fancied a HW57 in .177 because it was light weight and felt right in my shoulder. I was advised by quite a few people not to get one because' the loading ports don't align correctly with the breech' / 'the barrel is too thin and will bend' / 'they are twangy' etc.
Utter trollop. After a mild tune it shot superbly,made full power ( but I detuned it slightly for hft), and was as accurate as any springer. I even won my first trophy with it last year and got the highest score of the day beating more experienced pcp shooters......nor bad for a pensioner with a crappy springer.!!!

Pete.

100% , got one in .22. It was awful at first but some tlc and a tune by Will Gerke and its now a delight to use.Thanks for your inputt.

[junglie]

Strange thing is I was looking through some records earlier this evening of what I have had over the years and what I have at present and came to the conclusion that one of my first pcps that i had which was a BSA single shot hornet was one of the best rifles I have had, one of the cheapest I have had, and one of the cheapest I have parted with, if I had just stayed with that back then I could have saved a fortune and an age of time and still be doing the same as I am now.... some of us call this a hobby

i agree totally on this one, I got a hornet ss carbine .177 from here last year & it's bowkett blueprinted too. Lovley little solidly built thing & deadly accurate. The brum built .22 supersport I had that had the stock re-finished in brown boot polish(I kid you not!) which after a little trigger tuning shot a ragged 10 shot group with open sights at 15m you could cover with a 1p coin.