Thread: Airgun Interest

Hi Woody and Forum Members,
Have a look in the Arms Code and the requirements are that you don't "Annoy, Endanger or Frighten" anyone.

First you need a bullet trap (I used sandbags, with solid wood behind which I checked from time to time. Have a plan for disposal once the bag is shredded.) I used corflute to attach the target flat in front. Give some thought to your firing zone and safety of misplaced shots and ricochets.

Second you need to be discreet and have the understanding of people you live with. Spend half an hour or so planning and discussing things to anticipate any objections eg no shooting after bed time or while young kids are around; let people know when you're going to be shooting.

Third, there are guidelines for setting up shooting ranges (link to NZ Police range manual 2005) which will give you some good ideas. You could go whole "Risk Management" on this and write your own range standing orders and standard operating procedures if you like.

5 shots from 17 metres, shot in sitting position free hand, tx200 mark iii, air arms diabolo heavy.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Hi Woody and Forum Members,
Have a look in the Arms Code and the requirements are that you don't "Annoy, Endanger or Frighten" anyone.

First you need a bullet trap (I used sandbags, with solid wood behind which I checked from time to time. Have a plan for disposal once the bag is shredded.) I used corflute to attach the target flat in front. Give some thought to your firing zone and safety of misplaced shots and ricochets.

Second you need to be discreet and have the understanding of people you live with. Spend half an hour or so planning and discussing things to anticipate any objections eg no shooting after bed time or while young kids are around; let people know when you're going to be shooting.

Third, there are guidelines for setting up shooting ranges (link to NZ Police range manual 2005) which will give you some good ideas. You could go whole "Risk Management" on this and write your own range standing orders and standard operating procedures if you like.

Google: "Shooting Airguns at Home"- Tony Bruce, Muzzle Loading Section Director.

@Mintie Do you have any thoughts on torque settings for springer air rifles ?

Originally Posted by Bagheera

@Mintie Do you have any thoughts on torque settings for springer air rifles ?

Not really spent any time trialing that sorry, a trick to be aware of though is that some Hatsans I have come across have reverse threads on the front stock screws!

Possibly a step too techy for what most use a springer for.

My current plan is to just use the torque wrench to make sure key screws haven't come way loose and about to fall out, without gradually overtightening them week by week.
Not so much to find the best tightness for accuracy.

Yup those pellets are the biz for my AA200 too, beautiful rifles but I’m also impressed with my new W50. Very different ‘feel’ to the AA action vs the Weihrauch. The trigger on the TX200 is spectacular too!

Hi has anyone used these ?
Looks like a wooden box with clay sort of stuff that catches the pellets.
Out of stock in the USA, presumably due to lockdowns.
Has anyone seen them for sale here ?



Here's a home made one on "Airgun Nation" forum. The plumbers putty looks a bit expensive $18 for 500g and hes used 12 lb (= $200 worth ??) and the Air Venturi has 10 lb of "Ballistic Putty" in it.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Hi has anyone used these ?
Looks like a wooden box with clay sort of stuff that catches the pellets.
Out of stock in the USA, presumably due to lockdowns.
Has anyone seen them for sale here ?

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Here's a home made one on "Airgun Nation" forum. The plumbers putty looks a bit expensive $18 for 500g and hes used 12 lb (= $200 worth ??) and the Air Venturi has 10 lb of "Ballistic Putty" in it.

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Simpler yet: a carton, with a piece of truck mudflap at the back, then filled with newspapers (or old phone directories).

molders clay way cheaper

Has anyone tried using it ?

I have a similar trap that I use for shooting air pistol indoors - garage - and have used 2 x 500gm packs of the plumbers putty. Mind you I like to think
that the target zone is reasonably small :-)
I agree it's expensive but the rest of the trap was made from scraps and it is very, very quiet. I've not tried molders clay as had not
known of it till @Carbine mentioned it above.

Originally Posted by NZ_noddy

I have a similar trap that I use for shooting air pistol indoors - garage - and have used 2 x 500gm packs of the plumbers putty. Mind you I like to think
that the target zone is reasonably small :-)
I agree it's expensive but the rest of the trap was made from scraps and it is very, very quiet. I've not tried molders clay as had not
known of it till @Carbine mentioned it above.

https://www.creativeclassrooms.co.nz...lay-white.html

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I bought a new BSA meteor in 1963, replacement for the Daisy pressed steel rifle my dad bought for me a few years previous.
The Daisy had a brass insert barrel in a pressed steel casing with end caps.
That little rifle killed many birds, I used to keep a note book of all my kills back then.
I still have the BSA, but made a pistol, of sorts, out of the Daisy. It would reside in the old Masterton tip these days. That’s the tip with the pig sty’s next to the road in, that had that annoying hump, that bounced the shit off the trailer!
The BSA has little filling left in the start of the barrel, caused by the habit of carrying a mouth full of pellet when out hunting!