Thoughts and perceptions of AR style airguns?

[Biker_Bob]

It's a matter of personal taste.
I dislike them intensely, an airgun should look like an airgun in my book - especially in these hysterical times in which we live.
A gun like that could get you reported by a scared member of the public and a visit from some trigger happy armed response unit.

[Unframed Dave]

Nothing new.

Air arms / Sussex armoury were doing it decades ago. Then there was Skan. Marketing, that's all.

Dave

[PCPShooter]

Nothing new.

Air arms / Sussex armoury were doing it decades ago. Then there was Skan. Marketing, that's all.

Dave

Makers just want to sell their product and make money now, for sure _

[Rativity]

It's a matter of personal taste.
I dislike them intensely, an airgun should look like an airgun in my book - especially in these hysterical times in which we live.
A gun like that could get you reported by a scared member of the public and a visit from some trigger happy armed response unit.

I certainly would not let Joe Public influence my next airgun purchase, that’s just silly.

non shooters/joe public see a man with a gun, doesn’t really matter if it’s all black tac or sporter , it’s a man with a gun!

[where's it gone]

If an item is banned, the desire, not sure if that's the right word, to own such is heightened. The manufacturer's simply supply the demand. Those of us who remember years ago the 'go faster' stripes on the 1100cc cars ? Made you feel like you had 3 ltr V6. The array of airgun pistols gives this 'feeling' more so, who don't want to be like Inspector Callaghan,Martin Riggs etc ?, So the manufacturer's feed the fantasy,wrongly in my view, the trend while they can. Notice I wrote 'while they can' ?
But, after under the wrapping, go faster stripes, you still have an under 12ftlb air rifle,6ftlb pistol. This country, or the people, is not for innovation for the gun industry.

[Neil54]

I think the nicest looking air rifle is the AA S400.
I like a nice piece of wood.

I own a Brocock Concept XR. Absolutely brilliant. It is really a tool for a job, but it is nice to shoot.

Apart from a Crosman M16 break barrel, everything else is traditional looking, oh apart from an M4 bb gun.

[PCPShooter]

I'm not a fan of sporting / civilian airguns firearms looking like military semi / auto assault style / machine guns - I simply don't think it helps in general.


When up to long range CF - I do think that tips into a different realm as precision rifles / larger cals are generally / often military looking and the 'general public' are never going to be on a high energy / long range centre fire range, to get on one I'd say you'll have to have shown an interest and been vetted already, to some degree, by someone - even if it's your shooting mate.

If someone has a call for a specific rifle for say vermin shooting at night again, (lots of small military looking multi shot pcp's at mo) again - a bit out of sight.

I'm going to illustrate my thinking. A friend of mine (non shooting) has a friend who does. She showed me what this guy had just bought on his Facebook and was a bit freaked out by it. When I showed a pic of a more conventional looking rifle and explained the scary looking thing was no more powerful just a hi tech looking pcp, she calmed down - a lot.
Now this isn't an un rational , unintelligent person _

While I'll do my best to defend shooting, promote safety, and educate always, stuff that looks like an assault rifle - it just doesn't help _. I do appreciate the politics behind the 'M16' look / arguments of Freedom for CF shooters on 5.56 / 223, I still don't think translating this down to airguns and RF is overall, positive for shooting in a broader sense _

It's the same reason many European countries only have firearms ownership in non military calibres in principal.