Thread: Recommended air rifle & scope for possum / rabbits

Originally Posted by kruza

Think it was about 1200 for gun and the scope hawk 4-12x42ao was about the price of the gun your looking at.
Tx200 is awsome gun, never regret having brought it. It showed me what an air rifle can be. However it had 2 issues for me which was weight when hunting all day. Second was just how nice the stock was and the bluing, I hated taking it through the rough stuff and scratching it up..........

Fully agree. The TX200 and Weihrauch 97k are two of the most accurate springers. Walther LGU is another fine underlever airgun. Generally the underlevers are more accurate than the breakbarrels and they also have some more weight up front which helps with hold sensitivity. Some say 177 for feather and 22 for fur, but definite advantage of the 177 is speed giving flat trajectory (less critical with range estimation) and high penetration. On possums shot placement will be critical.\
As a fail safe option for springers i would recommend Hawke scopes. They are very robust, reasonably priced and have a lifetime warranty. I never had one fail on a springer.