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AirGunEric · Site Admin

Just for interest- what is everyone's primary reason for being a part of the airgunning world?

Targets, hunting, modification, and so on.

Click on the poll- and if you like, post up a picture relating to your primary function- i.e. a target grouping, a dead squirrel, you favorite altered gun, a picture of you and your shooting club buddies or your clubhouse, etc.

23ib0d0n · Moderator

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

Here's an heavily modified Twinmaster Action in one of my Gun Cases, it can be used with either muzzel break or silencer and although the barrel shroud and muzzel break/silencer are fixed to the body of the gun the barrel is still floating.
I like making things and airgunning is just another extension of my hobby of model engineering, plus I get to shoot up the things that go wrong. Smile

AL

StevieLaner7777 · Moderator

Hi Everyone!

Just so that I don't affect the 'Poll' I will not be mentioning what my primary reason(s) is/are, I will let everyone know when the poll ends! (If it ends!?).

OK, When I first started Air-Gunning I had a fixed favourite type of shooting stylee, This lasted as my 'primary reason' for quite a few months, Then it changed to another on the list, This also lasted for a few months, Then this changed again to my present situation.

I still do all three, But some more than others usually!

Some of you hardcore AirGunHome'er's might be able to guess what these three are, based on my posts!, But don't post what you think until the poll ends!!, Alternatively you could PM me, And I will let you know if your right ASAP!!

Stevie Thumb Up!

AirGunEric · Site Admin

Stevie: Maybe the question should have been "what is your current purpose for owning airguns"!

But- I'm sure everyone's purposes change after awhile. I got my first airgun to scare off animals (low powered gun for frightening raccoons, deer, etc.) but now I just like to shoot stuff (I picked 'target shooting' even though my targets could be just about anything). And of course improving things keeps me amused on occasion, but some of the gross flaws in a lot of modern airgun production/design does tend to irritate me a bit.

23iB0d0n: Recoil on regular firearms I find irritating- but it's the noise that drives me nuts! Also- what's with that squashed 20mm slug?

Al: Is that the gun box you made a little while back? Here: http://www.airgunhome.com/agforum/viewtopic.php?t=304

Looks good- I like how everything is packaged in there nice and neat.

23ib0d0n · Moderator

I really like hitting what I'm aiming at.

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

broommaster2000 · Moderator

Well, recently putting my Slavia trough a lubetune was the most "tinkering" I got to. But to be honest, I just like them guns going off in the right direction.

Plinking for air, and in the future just a bit more serious, but mostly just shooting stuff to bits n pieces. I also enjoy the looks and I like designing something that's pretty. Mr. Green

Pretty to me anyway.

For serious shooting I'm in a fire-arms-club. Yesterday I fired a .22 revolver for the first time. That's actually pretty hard. I think it will be comparable to firing a twinmaster, alltough I don't think a twinmaster has that much recoil. And that said, a .22 revolver doesn't have much recoil either.

But then, I'm being tought it's not about shooting but about safety now.

Mr. Green

Besides, I'm learning to shoot 25 meters. That's a while away from the 10 meters that pistol-shooting is usually at.

And by the way, 23ib0d0n, why does firearm-recoil hurt you? That means that you're not putting it firmly into your shoulder, as far as I can tell. I know that big airguns appeal to me, but for firing a big calibre, I'd go for a firearm for sure. Could it be that you have a bad shoulder?

And no offence, off course, it's just that the first thing that I was tought to do when firing a firearms: Put the gun firmly into that little hole you make down your shoulder, push your arm down and then it should fit tight. I've fired a .30 carbine once (off the record) and it was really quite friendly on me. I shot about 25 shots with the gun. Terrible groups, because that recoil did put me off my feet a bit, but I hit the paper. I was pretty glad I didn't tear up the electronics there. Wink

Maybe I get something all wrong. I understand that after firing about 40 rounds your shoulder will get a big pounding. Might that be why you chose air-guns over firearms? Don't forget I'm quite starting. Wink

About the sound I can say only one thing: wear ear protection. Mr. Green

StevieLaner7777 · Moderator

Hi Broom!

(In sequential order)

23ib0d0n · Moderator

Jim McArthur · Veteran Member

Hi the list! I'm just starting to get interested in air guns and my main reason is the lack of noise and restrictions relative to even .22 firearms. I wiil be able to practice, do postal matches and NRA qualifications, right in my own backyard! Smile

Jim McArthur

leadman · Veteran Member

i do a little of it all. right now, my big kick is taking a low end airgun and making it shoot alot better try and make it better then alot of the mid price guns out there

under500fps · Veteran Member

Other: Please specify!
I just like plinking and none compative target shooting to pass the time.
I just do some moding only when it is really nessesary.

Jim McArthur · Veteran Member

woodell_d · New Member

I just bought my first airgun (besides the crosman pump-up repeater I had as a kid). I bought it because I love to shoot. Rifles, shotguns, pistols, doesn't matter. But you can't shoot firearms in residential areas, although there is just open field behind my house. So I decided to get an air rifle so I could target shoot at home and not have to drive a half hour to where I can shoot my bigger guns. At first it was just something to play around with in my spare time, but now I'm really having fun with it! I've already started to upgrade my gun little bit.