Just to add if decided a .177 would be a cheap lightweight s/h rifle if that decision was made so if sold on it would be for roughly what we paid for it.
Just to add if decided a .177 would be a cheap lightweight s/h rifle if that decision was made so if sold on it would be for roughly what we paid for it.
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IF THE MUD REACHES YOUR KNEES GET OUT OF THE FIELD QUICK.
WANTED. UNF MOD.
Sensible to buy s/h so you don't lose it you sell on.
I've done mainly winter shooting around HFT and FT courses. Sometimes the weather can be quite pleasant, even in the darkest days of winter ... sometimes it can be cold and wet. I've seen clubs that turn from dry as a bone in the summer to mud baths in the winter. I'm not sure how your friend will manage in a scooter.
Anyway ... it's great that you are both going to pop along and check it out.
I wouldn't bomb your mind at the moment with what decisions you and your mate may be making in two weeks or two months or six months. Get that first step out of the way and go to the club that you think can accommodate your friend. That's one decision made and sorted. The next decisions can be dealt with as they come along.
All the very best of luck and let us know how you get on please.
Enjoy.
Good advice about scope before rifle. For fifteen years, or nearly, I went to every league shoot down here in the south west and only ever witnessed one clearance, and that was on a 30 shot course. The rifle was a slightly modified AA S400, a Classic but with the export length cylinder fitted.
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Given your explanations of what you wish to do, I would say find a suitable club, take the kit you have and have a go. Yes, .22 with lower mag scopes will have shortfalls for serious FT shooting, but for what you seem to be looking for I wouldn't let it get in the way of a bit of fun. If the bug does bite then you can take stock of how you may wish to proceed.
I think there are a lot of FT shooters who forget that the sport originally started as a means for anyone with any air rifle to enjoy a form of target shooting in a safe and fun outdoor environment, a far cry from the high-tech seriously competitive element that dominates the sport now.
Yes, I seem to recall that shoot.
People who have been there focus on the fundamentals. People who sit at keyboards all day focus on the trivial and inane.
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Way beyond this thread ... but I've laughed at that situation so many times.
I've posted about it many times too and always get a face full of red ants.
Always tickles me ... A sport set up so that anyone can come and have a go. Let's make the shooting positions quite easy to give most a chance of a score. Hmm ... Let's get some better kit to get an advantage. Hmm ... Let's make the targets harder to stop the people with better kit clearing the course. Hmm ... Let's get some better kit to make the harder targets easier.
How many FT shooters does it take to change a lightbulb?
Dare I ask if there's a dress code ??? Pretty sure our days shooting will consist of banter (taking the pi$$ out of each other) when we miss as that's normaly what we do. No way do I want to end up with all the kit & worry myself stupid about missing, pellet weights etc & desperately needing admiring glances at my over polished rifle (after spending an obscene amount of money) i want to bounce around the course with a wide grin because we're out enjoying the day. A bit like a kid with a first gun even though it's a rusty springer with a bent barrel
Rabbit Stew, no artificial additives except lead.
IF THE MUD REACHES YOUR KNEES GET OUT OF THE FIELD QUICK.
WANTED. UNF MOD.
I imagine Furnace Mill is on your list of local clubs to give it a go. Once on the relatively flat lane of the HFT course the scooter should be able to cope. I'm sure that Ed would assist in getting the scooter up to the plinking range and giving you some support. Nomads, that's a tall order for a scooter but not impossible for at least the first 10 lanes but you will have no trouble getting to the plinking range (drive right up to it). You will be made very welcome at both venues and I'm sure you can get to try various outfits which will help you make a decision on rifle/calibre choice. FM open all week, Nomad's on a Sunday.
People who have been there focus on the fundamentals. People who sit at keyboards all day focus on the trivial and inane.
Only banter Bellycrawler. You'll get loads of that at FT or HFT shoots ... but the people are very welcoming and will do anything for you. You and your friend get along to a club and enjoy.