I keep looking for something new as well.Perhaps I ought to start a topic but can't think of anything at the moment, mind you I haven't bought a new pistol for a couple of years...
(Taps on microphone) Testing, testing, one two, one two...
Nearly two weeks have passed without anyone posting in this section - is something broken or are the pistol fans going elsewhere?
Ignoring is bliss.
I keep looking for something new as well.Perhaps I ought to start a topic but can't think of anything at the moment, mind you I haven't bought a new pistol for a couple of years...
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video transferred to DVD, USB etc. Old negs and photos scanned to digital media
www.digitalconversions.co.uk
Been mainly shooting rifles of late. I go thru spells of what I'm shooting. My CO2 pistols are kept for warmer weather. My old Wobbley pistols I'm more likely to post topics on in the 'collectables' section.
Currently I'm in a vintage underlever phase.
Bru
Webley Mk3 x2, Falcon & Junior rifles, HW35x2, AirSporter x2, Gold Star, Meteors x2, Diana 25. SMK B19, Webley Senior, Premier, Hurricane x 2, Tempest, Dan Wesson 8", Crosman 3576, Legends PO8.
Given the other options on here (General, Collectables for older stuff, Target for target people) and that other forums are available, I do wonder about the future of this section.
The rationale used to be to stop interesting/important/useful pistol posts on General going unseen because they got buried below the usual mostly rifle-based traffic.
But is putting them in here, where very few people seem to look these days, actually worse?
No. If you're particularly interested in pistols why not have this page book-marked?
I look here regularly and yes, the interesting stuff does stay around longer for people who look here less often to see. It works.
I like my air rifle (just the one now) but no longer have a serious use for it. My two air pistols with their lower power are much easier to use regularly, the regularity of being able to shoot them indoors has brought my skill level up from crap to passable.
Last edited by Antoni; 29-04-2021 at 09:10 AM.
P1V1overT1=P2V2overT2
I think people browse but don't post. I am more into the classics so use the collectibles section more. I do keep my eyes on this though, in case anything that interests me is posted. I am much more of a pistol user and collector than I am with rifles
No one has posted because pistols are pointless
This section of the forum is used. look at the number of posts compared to other sections.
Rifles do actually have their uses, the longer barrels assist in removing constipation blockages better than pistols do.
I am new to the hobby,and looking to start pistol shooting.
joe
DAR - "Better pistol biased forums to be in."
David.
Certainly more active forums to be in.
To back that statement up, a couple of days ago I looked at five forums (with air pistol sections) that I'm a member of and counted the amount of posts in the first 10 air pistol threads on each -
A***** ****M 540
T***** ***K 188
U***F 118
C**A 71
and
Airgun BBS 75
Admittedly, that's a quick and dirty comparison (three of those forums are niche focussed if that makes any difference) and doesn't take frequency of posts into account (not that Airgun BBS shines there) but, of the two "general" forums listed above, this place looks a little lost and forlorn by comparison.
Still, not the least amount of activity as Airgun BBS beat’s C**A by 4 posts although, in the interests of clarity, C**A has less than one-hundredth of the membership of this forum.
EDIT: I noticed some errors with the numbers in an earlier version of this post. I’ve corrected them and substituted this post as the edit function wasn’t working.
Ignoring is bliss.