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Thread: Getting back into air rifles !

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    Getting back into air rifles !

    Hey lads ,

    Has anyone else done the full 180 and wants to get back into air rifles after having there FAL.
    So long story short , started hunting rabbits on the family farm about 10 years ago with air rifles and did pretty well if I do say so myself. Learnt to shoot and learnt about shot placement etc..
    Fast forward a few years and I have got my FAL and a few rifles under my belt. Been duck shooting, deer hunting and obviously rabbitt hunting.

    I feel myself being pulled toward air rifles again , which air rifles have you guys and girls brought once you have got back into air rifles. I would love a PCP but cant justify the cost and setup.

    Im looking at a crossman 362 pump up and eventually replacing the plastic breech with a metal one so i can put optics on it.

    Cheers !
    Patience Is A Virtue

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    Air Arms Prosport or TX200 in 177
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time

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    Worth the monies ?
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    I had an AirArms s410 TDR FAC and I loved that thing. Only sold it when I Immigrated. I've played with the little ratcatchers on and off, pretty much my whole life. Upgrading them gets addictive and expensive but they are heaps of fun.
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    pcp fx wildcat mk3 in 22, HW80 in22, Tx200 hunter carbine 177, HW45 pistol 177 all good fun. Another forum with member also on here worth following is www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz

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    Air force talon

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    I run a Benjamin 392 with a steroid tune from Mac1 air guns.
    ported and billet lever etc, good for 14 pumps now.

    https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009...teroid-streak/

    I see the newer 392/397 's are producing more velocity.
    Z

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    You can check out kiwiairgunners forum one or two have 362

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    kiwi airgunners I was on that a real long time ago. Around the time when everyone was modding 2240 crosmans, still got mine. Ill have to drag it out for a blast from the past...

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    @blip, come back mate, we are still modding them
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    Ill pop over and check it out

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    Funny you should mention kiwiairgunner forum . I have been back there after a long while away.
    It seems to still cranking along !
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    Have tried to look on that site. But always comes up as not being secure, so never gone any futher. Do you know if that's the case with everyone?

    Sent from my SM-A205GN using Tapatalk

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    MMM seems to be secure.
    Patience Is A Virtue

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    Yep it comes up like that for me,

    Trust me we aren't dodgy
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