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  1. 08-12-2024, 08:49 PM #1
    Jiggaladd
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    Hello there, I'm new

    Hi all,

    New hunter here (Hamilton based), and dead keen to get into the thick of it! I've be gunsmithing air guns for almost 15 years, but hunting anything bigger than a rabbit with an air rifle is new to me.

    I picked up some home-kill from the parents farm for the first time in a long time, and I didn't realise how bad supermarket meat has gotten!

    Needless to say, living off the land and spending more time in great outdoors is going to be a very big part of my life going forward.

    I'm excited to touch base with some like-minded individuals and soak in what this community has to offer.

    Thanks for reading!
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  3. 08-12-2024, 08:52 PM #2
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    air rifles are a great way to learn to shoot, a few cents per pellet is very cheap (22lr used to be cheap). when you start using centrefires you will thanks your training with airguns

    welcome aboard
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    Hello there and welcome to the Forum
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    Hi there, welcome. Do you work with large calibre airguns like the Americans who shoot pigs with 50 cals.
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