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What is your choice as the most fun springer & WHY?
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Lemon69
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HW 97 .20 accurate and best of both worlds
Meal Dot
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Mk1 Meteor. Open sights, only really used to plink tin cans out to 75 yards or so.
It's more pure guesswork than aiming as it's off the sights at that range
It's more pure guesswork than aiming as it's off the sights at that range
Been thinking about this a long time, and my choice was a easy one to make.
The Hatsan model 125 in .25 mine is a synthetic stocked model.
I use it for rats and other pests i decoy with it plink and shoot paper with it and use both scope and open sights , its so soft shooting easy to cock makes good legal limit power here and is suprisingly capable and very efficient. It being a .25 its effect on any pests is keenly decisive and the rifle inherent accuracy is excellent and plinking and target shooting the .25 again is impressive. its a long gun your eye is on the sights the second you shoulder the gun the length of pull is perfect for me and as its low on vibration anyway any that is present is negated by the excellent gun fit.
And nearly forgot the Model 125 has the remarkable Hatsan quatro trigger unit . It being a A Big rifle its not light which again would help with recoil if there ever was any to begin with and the stock which is physicaly similar to the remington 700 varmint synthetic stock of the 1990s in ergos and even the trigger angle and grip size its remarkable, its got a large triangulat recoil pad which again is all about recoil on the full power overseas markets, and it has Hatsans central mount SAS System "Shock Absorber system" again i am sure all this aids the soft shooting charecteristics of this springer. Its great with a scope too has picatinny rail on it i use pic mounts high and a Wulf fireball 3-9 ao 50 scope on it zeroed at 30m and with H&N FTTs 20 grain with the high scope light for cal pellets its surprisingly un loopy yes unloopy and its a .25. Just sayin. OH1 they are £175 in a box. LOL!
The Hatsan model 125 in .25 mine is a synthetic stocked model.
I use it for rats and other pests i decoy with it plink and shoot paper with it and use both scope and open sights , its so soft shooting easy to cock makes good legal limit power here and is suprisingly capable and very efficient. It being a .25 its effect on any pests is keenly decisive and the rifle inherent accuracy is excellent and plinking and target shooting the .25 again is impressive. its a long gun your eye is on the sights the second you shoulder the gun the length of pull is perfect for me and as its low on vibration anyway any that is present is negated by the excellent gun fit.
And nearly forgot the Model 125 has the remarkable Hatsan quatro trigger unit . It being a A Big rifle its not light which again would help with recoil if there ever was any to begin with and the stock which is physicaly similar to the remington 700 varmint synthetic stock of the 1990s in ergos and even the trigger angle and grip size its remarkable, its got a large triangulat recoil pad which again is all about recoil on the full power overseas markets, and it has Hatsans central mount SAS System "Shock Absorber system" again i am sure all this aids the soft shooting charecteristics of this springer. Its great with a scope too has picatinny rail on it i use pic mounts high and a Wulf fireball 3-9 ao 50 scope on it zeroed at 30m and with H&N FTTs 20 grain with the high scope light for cal pellets its surprisingly un loopy yes unloopy and its a .25. Just sayin. OH1 they are £175 in a box. LOL!
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Off all my springers I've owned over the years my Webley Ranger.
Superb looking stock, lightweight, whisper quiet so excellent for backyard plinking,
adjustable jaws, simple but effective engineering, coupled with a period BSA 4x20 scope fairly accurate if used up to 10 yds and although a junior size seems to fit a six footer like me.
What would I change ? Probably a more robust front sight but I can live with it!
Cheers.
Laverdabru
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The one I reach for most often is the 2013 (Gamo) Meteor in .22. Have a few springers, but it's light, easy to cock, & accurate enough for my needs. If I could change anything? The bluddy plastic trigger guard.
I enjoy all my guns.
But it's the Cometa Fenix 400, it's light, handles and shoulders great.
I take it through the woods standing freehold shooting our FT course.
It's accurate and punches well above its weight, so much fun.
But it's the Cometa Fenix 400, it's light, handles and shoulders great.
I take it through the woods standing freehold shooting our FT course.
It's accurate and punches well above its weight, so much fun.
FPoole
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Any one of my TX 200's. They hit what I aim at.
crissdee
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Just using a gun is fun for me, any mechanism, any target, any range, I just like shooting stuff! Couldn't pick one as being any more fun that anything else....
My TBT tuned HW30 in an adapted Falcon Prairie stock.
Why? It fits me perfectly, is light weight, very light to cock and is properly accurate. Essentially a rifle that I can grab, shoot and suffer little to no fatigue from a long session.
Why? It fits me perfectly, is light weight, very light to cock and is properly accurate. Essentially a rifle that I can grab, shoot and suffer little to no fatigue from a long session.
Backgardenplinker
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Most fun... Really hard to pick one!
Maybe the ASI Sniper. Theres a bit of a theme on the thread of small, light, easy cocking break barrels and i agree on that.
.177 and likes cheap hobbys to plink away with.
. Suprisingly accurate using a 4x32 scope/German reticle No1
. Grab and go not too precious rifle.
Maybe the ASI Sniper. Theres a bit of a theme on the thread of small, light, easy cocking break barrels and i agree on that.
.177 and likes cheap hobbys to plink away with.
. Suprisingly accurate using a 4x32 scope/German reticle No1
. Grab and go not too precious rifle.
Mark Newbie
Proactive member
I'm quite competitive so 'fun' doesn't come into it unless I win. Frustration is the most common feeling I get with my springers 
Paynut
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Whitevanman
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Fine guns, have a few in all the main calibers 135 and 125..and yes..big guns.
Mark Newbie
Proactive member
That came out a bit negative. Don't get me wrong, I do love them, I gave up on PCPs (boring) and it's the challenge of consistency that both winds me up when I fail and brings me joy when I achieve it.I'm quite competitive so 'fun' doesn't come into it unless I win. Frustration is the most common feeling I get with my springers
Wadcutter
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Atm, probably my LGV, it's bloody ridiculously accurate, better than my 97k (which is really good) and my HW100, all .177 for distance shooting.
It's got a Rowan trigger and I polished the sears.
That said I do like old .22 s quite a lot, esp side levers.
It's got a Rowan trigger and I polished the sears.
That said I do like old .22 s quite a lot, esp side levers.