Air Rifle for Survival Food Procurement?

bobbywett said:
If those darn Hershey, PA rabbits keep eating my black raspberry plants, there just might be a picture posted here real soon!
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I feel your pain Boobywett lol... I had the same problem a few years back and swmbo said they were too cute to shoot until they laid waste to her zukes and cukes.. Let them fatten up and have them for fall sunday dinners...lol
 
shotgunner11 said:
Man, three pages of talk and not a single pic....... Shish.



:D
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I'll toss up a couple of token pics up...

Hope this works ..

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The rifle is an RWS48(177), and the pistol is a Benjamin Sheridan HB17(177).. Both are awesome critter gitters !!

Tux

Sorry for the trash in the pic, but in the process of working on my mancave...
 
Dinkum said:
Airguns: German or British (oddly enough) and you cant go wrong.

RWS = Fine rifle.
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Gotta add the benjamins in there too... I've had my pistol over 18 yrs with no problems and still as accurate as the day I bought it...:thumbup:
 
Just wanna say that with my Weihrauch HW97K I shoot the cigarette out of your mouth time and time again up to a 100 metres :cool: ..
No hassle with bottles and pumps, so you can actualy take it out there..
It's a bit heavy though, but it's really durable, reliable and ACCURATE..

my 2cts
 
I've shot a few FWB's and liked them too, with the exception of the price at the time.. Fine shooters...

I've had my RWS a little over 20 yrs.. I'm looking at picking up some peep sights for it as back up(jic)...

What caliber is your rifle Martin ??

With scope, my rws weighs in at just over 16 pounds... Had it weighed when I had a new spring installed..
 
Tuxdad said:
I'll toss up a couple of token pics up...

Hope this works ..


The rifle is an RWS48(177), and the pistol is a Benjamin Sheridan HB17(177).. Both are awesome critter gitters !!

Tux

Sorry for the trash in the pic, but in the process of working on my mancave...
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Thanks for the pics! Nice iorn you got there.
 
Thanks Shotgunner,

Appreciate the kind words.. Those 2 have served me well, since day one...

Two of the best investments ever made...
 
Quirt said:
Here is what I finally selected...until a better pic comes along this will have to work.

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Good choice!

Lots of good info and I'm going to add my .02.:D

First off, before you worry about pellet selection the air rifle needs to be worn in. This takes about 500 shots or so and the cheapest pellets will suffice. Accuracy, speed, trigger and stuff will actually improve the more you shoot it.

Once it is worn in, parts well mated and smoothed out, THEN get a pellet sampler. One I can endorse is from www.straightshooters.com

This is 25 each of 18 different pellet shapes/weight from different manufactures. Nice folks, helpful and a pleasure to deal with.

Once your rifle is worn in, 25 shots is plenty to see if it likes a particular pellet or not.

The other .01 is www.gatewaytoairguns.com a very helpful airgun forum and lots of good info. Check it out.

My particular rifle is a FWB 124D that was tuned by Charlie Da Tuna with a Maccari kit. It is a dream to shoot, but was expensive back in the day and, being out of production is really spendy now. Still, one of the finest sporting air rifles ever built.

Check out those 2 sites and have fun.

Rob
 
I do have to admit, it IS funny how folks get unnerved when I pull out my rws to take of pest problems:D... First words that come to mind are "JJJEEEEZZUUUSSS, what the hell is that !!"
Also the look:eek: on their faces is quite priceless as well...;)
 
Well that Diana 48 is a beast !
I really want one in .177 but they're too pricey here... :(
The best price for a 48 in .177 I saw was around 360 $ but I didn't have the cash at that oment :( :( :(
 
GREAT THREAD!

Lots of good info here, and a lot of factors I had never considered. :thumbup:

I am curious about one thing, though, and forgive me if it was addressed and I missed it.

In a "survival" scenario, involving long-term outdoor storage and extremes of temperature and humidity, what extra care (if any) would be required to maintain your gaskets?
 
That's a good question... :thumbup::thumbup:

I guess that would depend entirely on what type of airgun you owned... I'll have to run that past Tom Gaylord... I'm assuming you're asking about with pump ups correct ??

I don't think I have any gaskets on my rws that I can recall..

Here's Tom's blog where you can ask him...

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/10/airgun-for-survival.html

Posted your question on his Blog...
 
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Your RWS should have 2 gaskets. One on the piston in front of the spring and one o-ring on the breech where the barrel meets the spring tube transfer port.

The gaskets should not be affected by temperature unless you are talking negative 50 degrees or something.

If you treat them like a regular firearm, you will be fine.

ONE EXCEPTION not gasket related. If you have a CO2 gun, CO2 does not work when it gets cold.

Carl-
 
MacHete said:
GREAT THREAD!

Lots of good info here, and a lot of factors I had never considered. :thumbup:

I am curious about one thing, though, and forgive me if it was addressed and I missed it.

In a "survival" scenario, involving long-term outdoor storage and extremes of temperature and humidity, what extra care (if any) would be required to maintain your gaskets?
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My Slavia 631 in .177 has over 19,500 shots.It'been used in heat,rain and snow.With minimal care it still good to go !
 
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