A good Single Shot C02 pistol (and rifle, too!)

[cookie]

How about the Alfa Proj Co2 sport, nice target pistol and very accurate.

I'm with Paul the SMK xs78 and qb78 are good fun budget rifles and surprisingly accurate.

[Pad. E]

For all you that took the pi$$ out of me about my Skif you can all '4 cough'

oh & by the way all will have scores deducted off the 6yd Comp

As for the actually question on this thread ~ I haven't a clue

[Paul55]

For all you that took the pi$$ out of me about my Skif you can all '4 cough'

oh & by the way all will have scores deducted off the 6yd Comp

As for the actually question on this thread ~ I haven't a clue

Heck, that's SKIF punishment, isn't it

Especially from someone who is admittedly clueless

[mickson]

Heck, that's SKIF punishment, isn't it

Especially from someone who is admittedly clueless

perhaps all those concerned should Skif some scores in with a Skif...mike...

[Retracted_Yeti]

I'm with Paul the SMK xs78 and qb78 are good fun budget rifles and surprisingly accurate.

Especially after a fettle, and a little bit of wood!

see.......

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...i/DSCF1278.jpg ......in .177

and......

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...i/DSCF1263.jpg.....in .22

Cheers.

Roy.

[Bigbill]

oh & by the way all will have scores deducted off the 6yd Comp

so much for the fair and impartial judge

Bill

[derekm]

For the pistol, look for a Tau, Aeron or Alfa. You should get a good second hand one for your US$300, or new for not too much more.

For the rifle, despite what many say on here, there's nothing wrong with a good QB78. With a bit of fettling, they're very good little guns; probably more popular amongst keen airgunners on your side of the pond than here, as you seem to have less "cheque book snobbery" Look at Archer Airguns

http://www.archerairguns.com/

Don't believe all the bad things you hear about CO2. You'll maybe have to adjust elevation as the seasons change, but apart from that, no problems.

There has been a series of long range hunting articles by one of your brothers in a UK airgun comic. The guy hunts out well past 50 yards with a 15 ft/lb Gamo and a 24 ft/lb QB78 - successfully. Over here he would be laughed off the field, but that's us Brits for you!!

[Jim McArthur]

Jim, for 10m comps you really want a pcp, co2 is not consistant enough

How much of a hassle IS PCP? I don't fancy having to make regular trips to a dive shop: is it that difficult to hand / foot pump them up?

Jim

[Nikkormat]

For the pistol, look for a Tau, Aeron or Alfa. You should get a good second hand one for your US$300, or new for not too much more.

...

Don't believe all the bad things you hear about CO2. You'll maybe have to adjust elevation as the seasons change, but apart from that, no problems.

I agree entirely. CO2 can be problematic in Umarex type pistols as far as consistency goes (in my experience of a CP88), but dedicated target pistols do not suffer.

I've had a TAU 7 for seven or eight years and have experienced none of the problems the doom-mongers foretell. A seasonal change in elevation isn't a problem - that's what adjustable sights are for.

See Todd Cooper's consistency and temperature tests here.

[joker]

How much of a hassle IS PCP? I don't fancy having to make regular trips to a dive shop: is it that difficult to hand / foot pump them up?

Jim

I am 69 and can manage to fill my LP2 to 200 Bar with a Hills pump - I shoot it every day. Saves running down my bottle as the local dive shop will not repair their knackered compressor - I keep bottle for my MK4 as that is toooooooo much effort for me. Don't know of a foot pump, except for car tyres.

[Paul55]

How much of a hassle IS PCP? I don't fancy having to make regular trips to a dive shop: is it that difficult to hand / foot pump them up?

Jim

I too use a foot pump to fill my Rohm. It's really not a problem to me, bearing in mind I'm 55, overweight, and I've got dodgy knees In actual fact the extra weight helps

[jefL]

Living in the US it's surely got to be a Crosman. You have ready access to all sorts of tuning goodies without huge postage costs and Crosman prices in the US are to die for compared to those in the UK. They even do a couple of models ready fitted with Williams sights. Or you can use their custom shop and 'build your own'. I have a 2240 and a 1377 and am going to build a single shot .177 CO2 pistol for the 6yd competitions........one day

[Jim McArthur]

Lots of votes for Crosman...that 2300 looks interesting: I must see what it weighs: I want to use it mainly one-handed.

Jim

[jefL]

2.66 lbs Jim
Here

The S&W is 2.8lbs