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    Fun Plinking is what spring guns are all about 😎

    I wonder if any of you guys agree.

    All you want is a safe backstop/sunny day a mate, about 20-30 yards to plink and two guns that
    are a pleasure to shoot, for a enjoyable day

    These two are my accurate super smooth plinkers and at around 20 and 24 lbs cocking effort at 11 ft/lbs
    are effortless to use and of course open sights, that's fun

    What are your plinking guns?




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    Plinking

    We "the kids and I "used to plink with a couple of BSA cadet majors. Easy to cock and accurate enough. Favourite targets were plastic airplane or military vehicles. the bigger the better. Lovingly built and even painted. Could take ages to reduce to bits , shooting at around ten yards.
    As a kid myself in the 1940s bulrushes on the canal bank were a favourite target with Webley junior pistols. Could take many hits on the stem to bring one down, or shoot the head to bits and watch the seeds float away in the breeze.
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    Way back in the day (about 1965) myself and a mate used to make Airfix kits of Jerry ww2 fighters . We used to put a line between two trees, about 20ft apart, on a slope, and fabricated a simple cradle to hang the ME109's off. A long string with a clothes peg kept them in place until us dashing heroes in our Spits came barrelling over the briny to attack them. We became Aces in an afternoon

    Until Mum came running outside shouting at us to clear up the mess! Great days Probably why I shoot clays a few times a year these days
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    My wife & I enjoy shooting, (Plinking), with my new HW95L from our back deck. We use the targets that indicate where your shot hits as we are both in our 80s. We can't make MOA at 25 yards yet & probably never will BUT it is loads of fun.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony.T View Post
    Way back in the day (about 1965) myself and a mate used to make Airfix kits of Jerry ww2 fighters . We used to put a line between two trees, about 20ft apart, on a slope, and fabricated a simple cradle to hang the ME109's off. A long string with a clothes peg kept them in place until us dashing heroes in our Spits came barrelling over the briny to attack them. We became Aces in an afternoon

    Until Mum came running outside shouting at us to clear up the mess! Great days Probably why I shoot clays a few times a year these days
    Lovely little story there, Mr T, and I had myself trying to imagine that scene.

    Springers have been much, much more than "mere plinkers" for many years, as many "serious" shooters / tuners will know. Every bit as accurate and precise as their PCP counterparts, just harder to master.

    But, yes, sometimes it's just great fun to "let your airgunning hair down", get back to grass roots and enjoy the simple, clean enjoyment of plinking at fun (especially reactive) targets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Travis299 View Post
    My wife & I enjoy shooting, (Plinking), with my new HW95L from our back deck. We use the targets that indicate where your shot hits as we are both in our 80s. We can't make MOA at 25 yards yet & probably never will BUT it is loads of fun.

    Fantastic that you are both shooting in your 80's. If you haven't already, experiment with different pellets (round heads) as this can make huge differences to your group sizes.
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    that is fantastic still shooting at 80 i take my hat off to you bothe well done

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    Quote Originally Posted by Travis299 View Post
    My wife & I enjoy shooting, (Plinking), with my new HW95L from our back deck. We use the targets that indicate where your shot hits as we are both in our 80s. We can't make MOA at 25 yards yet & probably never will BUT it is loads of fun.

    It does not matter if you do not hit much. Plinking is all about fun. I prefer tin cans as i love the noise when the pellet strikes. Just keep on enjoying yourself as after all its just another hobby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barryg View Post

    What are your plinking guns?
    I like a plink. Some of the specialist metal targets on offer these days can add extra enjoyment but nothing beats a tin can.

    Gun wise it's ye old 77k, the webley tracker and the crosman multi pumps - all open sights of course.

    The 77 keeps the eye in for competitions, the tracker takes me back to days gone bye, but the crosmans are just fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WILBA View Post
    It does not matter if you do not hit much. Plinking is all about fun. I prefer tin cans as i love the noise when the pellet strikes. Just keep on enjoying yourself as after all its just another hobby.
    That's right just relaxing fun, if you hunt out in the countryside there is still the worry that you might injure the animal if it moves every time you pull the trigger and it could spoil your day, plinking is stress free shot after shot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barryg View Post
    I wonder if any of you guys agree.
    Yes and no.
    I plink and target shoot a lot, and tend to collect plinking and sporting guns like Vulcans, Meteors, Supersport, Milbros and the mid sized Dianas and Weihrauchs.

    But I also compete at a National level with my home-tuned Hw 77/97 and the TX in Metallic Silhouette shooting.
    The satisfaction you can get from good competitive springer shooting, and setting up and perfecting a springer mechanism for competition use is great!

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    Break barrels have it over lever actions for plinking good fun just because they are quicker to load. I also prefer one shot at a time over say BB's that can be had as semi or fully autos.

    My plinking rifles are the ones I use in the farmyard too. A Theoben Fenman, a custom tuned HW95, and a FWB Sport. (I did have forty odd air rifles but whittled down the collection in recent years.)
    The other type I've kept are a pair of Lever Action C02 rifles, and CO2 pistols. For plinking games.

    Plinking is a greatexcuse to use open/iron sights rather than scopes. I have a 5m running deer range that I think Gamo produced; that is a lot of fun.

    The BSA Buccaneer, Weble Vulcan MKI, and Relum are great plinkers for small people. (Tough triggers, but thats fun to understand too.)

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    Agree they are fun.

    I bought an HW30SF (UK spec), then an HW30S (German ‘F’ spec). Have enjoyed tremendously shooting open-sight standing unsupported at 6m with the HW30S and scoped plinking with the HS30SF during the summer of lockdown.

    Before the HW30’s I didn’t “get” springers - despite having a Zephyr 77 from The Airgun Centre (bought it new in the mid 80’s and sold it a few years ago). I still don’t truely “get” springers - I like the HW30’s because they are cheap to buy, nice to shoot and accurate - but I don’t covetly look at springers.
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    For back garden plinking I favour Diana 25, Webley Junior & Falcon in rifles. All with iron sights. Light & easy to cock. Ideal for the grandsprogs as well. Pistols - the Crosman 3576, especially since I bought another 3 'pellet clips'.
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    I like plinking with my tuned HW97 in the garden. Sugar cubes, trebor mints and bits of chalk are all good. However you can't beat the old tin can.

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