Airguns!

Very nice fellas! Have been thinking about getting one for a few years, just haven’t pulled the trigger yet!
 
jlauffer said:
Yeah it didn't work at all when I first got it. Don't remember if I took it apart or not, but definitely oiled it up and got it going again. Maybe it's fine and I was just expecting more. Been quite a while since I shot it though, should try it again. Once they started building houses behind me that pretty much ended any shooting out in the open, but I still take shots at squirrels here and there from the slider with the rifle, to keep them away from the bird feeder.
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because they're riveted together they don't really just come apart, but if necessary a finishing nail can make a new rivet or of course a small nut and bolt.
It's not often necessary though, just some good flushing then wake the piston up before shooting if necessary.
About the only lower powered airgun than these is those daisy spittin' image peacemakers which actually use no air and just smack the bb's.

These target specials should pierce 2 layers of printer paper at 10 feet.
I have a cardboard box with a yogurt lid hanging inside that I shoot at.
 
This is a FX DRS Classic in .25 cal with the 600mm barrel. This airgun is interesting as the PCP air reservoir is around the barrel. Like a lot of airgun technology apparently this is a pretty old concept however a few modern companies have started incorporating it recently. With the synthetic stock it's pretty light for an airgun, 5.2 pounds without accessories. I've added an Impact Air moderator, Element Helix optic, and Super High Pressure plenum so it can shoot harder at further range. The higher power also helps slugs be more accurate.

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The walnut grips on my Sheridan E co2 pistol actually belong to my model H pump pistol ( seen on both guns in my previous pictures ) and I recently swapped the original grips back.
Well today I decided to make some mahogany grips for it to match the belt and flap holster I made for the pistol when I bought it.
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I've also gotten into airguns as a way to get a lot of trigger time without spending so much on ammo. I'm avoiding PCP's since that kind of upends my goal of lowering operating costs. I think I get the most enjoyment for the money by finding springer rifles or SSP pistols that are as high end as possible and running them on cheap ammo. Unfortunately these are pretty difficult to find; most were developed in the 80s or 90s before PCP took over Olympic and competition shooting, and only a couple are still in production. This one is currently my favorite; a walnut stock Air Arms TX200HC in 22. It took a couple months for me to finish the stock like this, but well worth it in the end.

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stevewest said:
I had the Smith&Wesson model 41 that you show in the third picture. Beautiful gun. Spent many hours in the basement with the bullet trap. Went off to school and my mom sold it in a garage sale!
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The model 79G was manufactured by S&W so model 41 owners could practice at home when they couldn't get to the range.
They had the .177 78G and .22 79G, I believe they started in '71, production went until '78 and my gun is one of the very last made.
I got it with the original sales receipt from a gun shop that sold it to the customer in '82, these guns didn't tend to move very quickly.
Tooling was then sold to daisy who manufactured a lower quality copy.

As far as I know S&W is the only American gun company to actually manufacture their own airguns in the past 100 years.
 
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SimplyMinded said:
The only thing that holds me back from PCP is the compressors cost as much or more than a cartridge gun.
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It's true. You can get a hand pump that will work to fill them for around $60 which works great for hunting, but If you spend any time on a range you're going to want some other way to fill up. Small HPA compressors that can run off a car battery are from $500-800 currently. I feel like I bought mine for around $300 but that was a few years ago and I may be misremembering. If you have a dive shop nearby they can fill scuba tanks for you to recharge off of which is a nice way to do it. Eventually I think I want a big HPA compressor to fill my own scuba tanks but that's going to be like $3000-$5000 so maybe later.
 
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