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Jim McArthur · Veteran Member

Welcome, Woodell! Sounds like my reasons also. Mr. Green

Jim

broommaster2000 · Moderator

Recently it's become complaining about some friends, and praising some others. Mr. Green

WNCAGC · Member

I like punching paper and hitting steel targets most of all but with the formation of our airgun club it has become a social function as well.

I love airgunning and each one I buy it is like Christmas and being a kid all over again.

Redster · Member

cliffspot · Veteran Member

...is that I can shoot at home and not have to drive to a"public" or private range. I used to reload my own for 20 years! I sold all my firearms and reloading equipment last year except some pistols for home. I used to enjoy shooting firearms, but now it's too much of a hassle. Too expensive and limited venues. I like the fact that I can tune and repair my springers with just a compressor and a small bag of tools. Plus I can get some small game for my family as they are Vietnamese and LOVE anything with feathers! Don't even get me started on the stuff I ate in their country! LOL!

Mike AM · New Member

I just like airguns ever since i was a boy of 12 yearsold back in 1970. I like shooting them, fixing them, modifing them if the need arises. I also like restoring older airguns ie: The Crosman # 400, # 99 etc. Not that much into hunting anymore unless i really needed to to survive, the pellets are alot cheaper then PB ammo big time

Mike AM Cool

riarcher · Member

Originally just to keep the rabbit out ofthe garden.
It has and is evolving into some far different than intended.
Was /Am into traditional Archery, Traditional Muzzleloading, but places to go are deminishing.
There is a lot more to airgunning than I originally found with the old BB guns of 45-50 yrs. ago.
I'm especially taken by springers. Essentially a basic machine that allows for whatever involvement one wants to contend with. From buying cheapos and modifying to tack drivers to expensive heavy weight & heavy hitters that you can stack pellet upon pellt with. You can buy a user, or some can make something up from used or new parts. Imagination is the only limit. Way more diversified than I ever imagined. and with untapped potential for improving.
Can be competative or personal / simple or complicated / fun or an exercise in futility. Can be a craft, hobby, sport, meditative, or an frustration outlet to vent the days stresses.
Unequalled in versatility.
,,,,, and I'm new!

yourdaddyjoe · Supporting Member

The Current Air Gun Arsonal

Crosman 1077 With a Tactical Make Over

Hey Limb Rats... Faq-U

You deserve a break today....

Beretta Elite II

And on order.... Crosman 1088

In the past:
Just to name a few, starting when I was 10 years old...

Crosman A.I.R. 17, 760 Pump Master, 357W & 2100B

Daisy - Powerline 1200 & Various Models including the ever famous "Red Ryder"

"Be careful... You'll shoot your eye out"

Wants:
Crosman 2250 & 2260
For moding & Target Practice

YES, I AM A CROSMAN FAN!

KyPlinker · Member

My favorite past time as a kid was to go into the back yard and spend all day with a couple cans, an old crosman 760, and as many bbs as i could afford, (i would buy them by the thousand). Also, i am too young to own a real firearm, and its cheaper to get my target shooting fix with airguns. Even though i shot bb guns as a kid, i was never really an "airgunner", and i never compared the little bb guns to real plinking cartridges like the .22 cal. This afternoon, i was surprised to find that a c02 airgun shooting pointed pellets for max velocity is just as pleasing, and im loving it!

I hope to get a crosman 1760 in the near future so i can get my bolt action fix, (plus some higher velocity in a similar platform to my 1077).

I too am a crosman fan.

Slavia · Moderator

Because I can hit a junk BBQ propane tank at 100 yards (Crosman G1+RWS Superdomes). Because the others at the range with "real" guns then pour lead downrange to accomplish the same thing. And because I get to explain it's not the gun, it's being able to afford to practice all year round. Happened this evening.

cliffspot · Veteran Member

Well, I always liked shooting from a young age. My grandfather showed me what hittin' a target was all about! That little Filipino man could shoot! He had an old Benjy that he used to take home at least 30-40 doves an outing! I thought I was good at 11 years old, till the old man picked off a dime at 30 yds with that old pump gun. I found out later that it was really my Dad's gun, Grandpa snaked it from him! Hahaha! But I was always intrigued be mechanisms, got into building and racing cars, from slots to big block Chevys! Anything mechanical caught my eye, from like the age of 1!! The terror I incurred on my mother! l was into forearms for at least 20 years, reloading, any thing and everything! So I always was interested in airguns. Just that now, airguns let me shoot at home without the cost of travel to a range (and sometimes fees!), the mechanisms are a wonderful, and I can get in there and tinker/improve things! That's why I am into airgunning! It satisfies all my basic drives....got a wife for the rest! LOL!

fritz · Silver Status Member

I airgun as a hobby, it's less expensive, quieter, and easier to get away with than shooting something like a .22lr.

I also control squirrel, rabbit, and pest bird populations. Target shooting in the yard is also fun for me.

yourdaddyjoe · Supporting Member

It has been a while since I posted in this thread...

Reasons change.

Shooting cost has all ways been an issue... Taking time out to travel to a range or open area are out of the question most of the time...

I live in a very difficult situation with having no choice but to be a stay at home caregiver for my disabled wife... Air Guns allow me, "Me time".

They also allow the creative side of me to come out and make air gun goodies not just for my self but for others too. Other Air Gunners challenge me with new or custom stuff that I can make for them.

Being that a stay at home care giver you don’t make much $$. Making the goodies helps supplement my income and gives me a sense that I am working for a living. I have always done my best to work to put supper on our table...

Other Air Gunners through the forums have supported me with very encouraging e-mails and PM's in some dark and dismal times.

Participating in the forums helps bring me a sense of community. Especially AGH, AGH is the only forum that I have experienced that allows me to let my hair down and just be myself.

Thank you guys for helping me to stay on target.

Your friend and AG buddy,
Joe McAllister

Ed Krzynowek · Member

I shoot an airgun to remind myself how much fun it used to be before I started working on them. Now I have very little time to shoot for pleasure. If I'm not working on an airgun, I'm shooting it to sight it in---for someone else.

Some people dislike tunes and tuners, while others are much more appreciative. Either way, make no mistake: In my case, part of my 'sacrifice' in tuning them has been losing the time to shoot for fun, which is how this whole thing got started, afterall.

I've never seen this particular subject addressed by a tuner before, but I bet a lot of them are in the same boat.

If I find another job, and I plan to do so, I'll be able to shoot these things for ME again. I'm, looking forward to that.