AusVarmint

G"day All
It will be interesting to see how the article in the next SSAA mag pans out with the review of two of the FX airguns being reviewed.
Wonder if they will sample a heap of pellets and not just the rubbish.
Would be a good opportunity for lewis to send some samples for them to try and get some exposure.
Anyway we will wait and see.
Regards

We live forever in hope (of an honest review), even though we may die in dispair (because we got served up the same old crap).
Dennis.

Honest Review? In the same sentence in a shooting publication that has advertisers in it??? Noooowayyyyyyyy.....

The basic problem with the "experts" reviews of air rifles is that most of these guys have only used powder burners most of their shooting careers. Then when they comment on the air guns most of the chat winds up a comparison to the powder burners which to those in the know are sick of reading. Air rifles have developed to a point where they are in a major class of their own, and should be treated on that basis.
End of rant. Ray.

The last SSAA revew of an FX A/G was such a load of crap, I felt compelled to write and tell them I thought so. Needless to say I didn't receive a reply and have since canned my subscription & membership with them. I now only read Guns & Game magazine & have joined the NRA instead.

CB

Typical experts review of what they know nothing about!

Well, I lived in hope of a decent review. What I got was something that would have failed miserably if it was submitted as an asignment in the Freelance Journalism course that I completed with SA Tafe some years ago. What a pathetic attempt at a review. Much more like one of those "infomercials" that seem to be so common these days.
What is the situation with the NRA? Never heard of them down here in OZ, I thought they were a UK and USA based group.
Dennis.

Hilly wrote:Well, I lived in hope of a decent review. What I got was something that would have failed miserably if it was submitted as an asignment in the Freelance Journalism course that I completed with SA Tafe some years ago. What a pathetic attempt at a review. Much more like one of those "infomercials" that seem to be so common these days.
What is the situation with the NRA? Never heard of them down here in OZ, I thought they were a UK and USA based group.
Dennis.

Dennis, I find it hard to come to grips with the chasm that exists between what I think I know of high powered PCPs and what Brendon has projected in that article. "Infomercial" has the right ring to it and a tired one too. Well I guess that's it.......

I might drop in on you one day at Port. Our best friends live there and we owe them a visit and need to sit down and fine tune our next planned desert walkabout beyond the Corner Country in late September. If I drop by you would have a rifle and a couple of hours for us to waste at a range some time?
Kind regards, Harry.

what drivel and crap- I didn't even get to the end of the article-

I wonder If I cancel my lifetime membership will they will give me a refund??

later
p

There it is! the usual burble about these air powered "Firearms".
Never learn much do they.
What is it they say............... "Ignorance is Bliss".
Ray.

I liked this statement-
"Unlike rimfires,airguns are much more forgiving of changes of pellet weight and brand."
This comes from a review that stated he only used one type of pellet.
We all know that airguns are very selective of pellet weight and brand.
Where were the test tagets.??
They mentioned velocity and MPS but what about foot pound.??
Very ordinary as suspected it would be.
Dissapointed.!!
Regards

Harry, somewhere in this system you have a PM. I hope.
It will be a pleasure to meet you when you next visit Port Mac.
Now for the fun part..........
To be fair to the gentleman doing the FX review, I can rember when airguns would handle almost any kind of pellet. Shoot with accuracy? Well, not really. That was when I was a kid and there were still FX Holdens in Taxi fleets in Sydney. Things have changed since then and so have air rifles.
Somehow I get the impression that the reviewer was basing his opinions upon experiences he had with some of the more "ordinary" air rifles that he has "tested". Perhaps he should go back to testing his beloved powder-burners and leave the rather more sophisticated air-powered guns to someone who has had a lot more experience with them and apreciates their abilities and limitations, not to mention their often fikle apetite.
Aaaah, feels better with that off my chest.
Dennis.

is there an email addy for the SSAA review crew??

if yes somebody please provide it
I would like to send them a little email pointing out some of the issues raised in this post and others on here

later
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Though I'm sure shooter aus mag is aware of this thread. . .

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Though I'm sure shooter aus mag is aware of this thread. . .

Maybe not so Keith unless something has changed. IT requires a log in to access and they apparently do not have an account.
In March I wrote to Tim and Brendan, Managing Editor and Technical Adviser respectively.

Neither replied. However, I did get a short note ( included below ) from Kaye Jenkins, Associate Editor:
As you will see, Kaye indicated ... "...we are unable to access the website links you provided.." . ... Note that only one reference was not from this Forum.

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From: Harry Fuller [mailto:harry_wendy@bigpond.com]
Sent: Saturday, 8 March 2008 2:10 PM
To: as@ssaa.org.au
Subject: Expression of interest invited from "Australian Shooter".


To:
The Managing Editor and
The Technical Advisor of Sporting Shooter.

Dear Tim and Brendan,
When you have both had time to glance over the following small sample of reports of my extreme range air rifle research, I wonder if you might find some interest in me authoring articles for Australian Shooter that relate to high powered air rifle shooting and the relevant ballistic technicalities involved.

The majority of reports on my work over the last five years have so far been made public through a Forum in USA for international readers. As one outcome I founded an unofficial 100 yards MOA air rifle club. To date there is a growing number of shooters from some eight countries who have shot to this standard. The extreme of the cutting edge is to be found in some of the references below which, with one exception, have been posted in an Aussie airgun forum.

I realise that what I am presenting here is outside the square normally ascribed to "BB guns" but the world is moving on.

Please enjoy the read and I look forward to a response at some time convenient to you both .......

Sincerely and with Kind Regards, Harry G Fuller.

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"Dear Harry,

Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, we are unable to access the website links you have provided.
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Thank you and kind regards,

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Associate Editor
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