Do You Have In Your Collection……. A Favourite & A Favourite

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Out of all your collections do you have a favourite rifle you just love the look of, it dam right the dog’s gonads…… but you have a favourite shooting rifle.
I love the looks of my FX King in a Saber Tactical stock, but my go to plinker I’d definitely FX Panthera, yet they are virtually the same gun. Funny how a platform can make your heart sing and another make you snoot like a sniper.

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TX 200 in a Warren Edwards stock, big Nikko scope, it’s never going anywhere while I can shoot it.
 
Good question, and genuinely for me, all of them in both regards...

AA FTP900 - Still looks 'current and advanced' and pretty, and now a classic. It is every bit as accurate as you would expect.

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DS Mk4is Panther Target with a re-finsihed stock and programmable Heliboard - Has a classic look to it, very pretty, and again beautifully accurate.

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DS Pulsar - Marmite to some in terms of appearance, but I quite like it. Mine has a black/grey laminate stock and is ridiculously accurate. Perhaps my easiest to shoot rifle (possibly secretly my favourite)

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Weihrauch HW97k Nickel - Paul Short Stage 4 Titanium tuned and sitting in a Warren Edwards black/grey stock laminate stock - Looks simply awesome and attracts attention, even from non-springer lovers. I have had three people at the range say to me 'If you're thinking of selling, please let me know, I'll have it!'. Shoots as sweet as it looks, and genuinely brings me more pleasure than my PCPs because as we well know, you have to work for the accuracy with a springer.

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Weihrauch HW30 SF - Exactly as it was born in Germany. A diminutive and unassuming little rifle, the simplest of the simple break-barrel, circa 7 - 8 ft lbs. Accurate out to 50 yards (indoors), that I have pushed it. It just sits there, looking completely innocent and 'Fisher Price' (my first airgun). Yet it remains every bit as capable as anything I've ever shot.

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Out of all your collections do you have a favourite rifle you just love the look of, it dam right the dog’s gonads…… but you have a favourite shooting rifle.
I love the looks of my FX King in a Saber Tactical stock, but my go to plinker I’d definitely FX Panthera, yet they are virtually the same gun. Funny how a platform can make your heart sing and another make you snoot like a sniper.

Sika said TWO.

For looks, I do love my venom, it reminds me of some good times around 1984!

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For plinking, I’m tempted to say the GRS Crown, however my Mk1 Green Lam Crown did huge amounts of 10.34gr Heavies during covid. I have to go with the Mk1!

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Sika said TWO.

For looks, I do love my venom, it reminds me of some good times around 1984!

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For plinking, I’m tempted to say the GRS Crown, however my Mk1 Green Lam Crown did huge amounts of 10.34gr Heavies during covid. I have to go with the Mk1!

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Is that how the mk1 gauges are positioned from factory mate?
 
I love them all... :ROFLMAO:

My Chiappa FAS-611 is a pretty rifle, especially after the stock has been oiled to make it shiny.
And... In collaboration with its Continental scope, it regularly puts top-draw rifles to shame with its exquisite accuracy.

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For pure fun, the Airmaks Krait takes a lot of beating.
Superbly accurate, easy to handle and 18-shot mags, it is a great favourite with the youngsters.
With the left-handed cocking, it is super-fast to cock and fire, so a steady stream of accurately aimed shots is a joy to play with.

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But for really insane fun, the 6mm BB machine gun is the one which just makes everyone laugh.
It is popular with "kids" from the age of 6 to 106.



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Is that how the mk1 gauges are positioned from factory mate?

Good question. I bought it secondhand but I don’t think SGC or FX align the ‘north’ of the gauge with the rifle on any of the Crown/impact/wildcat/etc rifles. I think they do on my panthera and the Kings and the like.
 
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