AusVarmint

RWS Rapier PCP Air rifle around 30fp or 900+fps with 16gn pellets:



Anschutz 335 spring piston airgun (picture coming) 10foot pound.

What does everyone else have?

Hi everyone.

Just a poor old 1984 FWB 127, with Maccari Mongoose spring and seal. Have piston buttons and a Maccari machined trigger blade on order for it. It's in really good nick, I've had it since new. 13 ft/lbs with Superdomes and Superpoints.

Looks in OK nick mate for a golden oldie, respectable power for a springer too! Can't complain there!!

Thats a nice air rifle you got there kjd
What would thay be like for shooting bunnies around the house on the farm
I have never shot one thats all
Only the old 177 springer

pig 007 wrote:Thats a nice air rifle you got there kjd
What would thay be like for shooting bunnies around the house on the farm
I have never shot one thats all
Only the old 177 springer

Perfect for shooting bunnies around the house. not as quiet as a springer but not what I would call loud, def quieter then a 22lr. Plenty of power for headshot bunnies, Drew from Aus airgun has even head shot foxes with his.

Flat shooting for an air rifle too mate. Not cheap though. $1400 or so for a PCP airgun and then you need the fill adaptor and scuba tank or a hand pump (hand pumps suck). But its one of the nicest rifles I have in my safe.

I use mine for metallic silhouette (when I go) and it has no troubles hitting rams (about the size of half to 2/3rds a $5 note ) at 45m offhand. The boys often complain when I shoot the chickens at 20m and they fly and land around the turkey's (36m). Ask tasco about it lol...

Weihrauch HW97K in 4.5mm (with the Maccari kit) with a Simmons Whitetail Classic 4-12x44mm AO. The unit is a finely tuned tack driver (thank you Lewis) with Beeman FTS Round pellets (900ft/s).


Crow Magnum HP


FTS Round

Aren't those FTS' brilliant pellets Drew??

G'day all
unfortunately I dont own an air rifle anymore, I sold my HW80 in .177 late last year as I no longer has a use for it and needed more firepower. It loved silver jet pellets as they would print around 15mm at 25m. I bought a Anschutz 64MPR as an all rounder for small game using HP subsonics. A little louder than the HW80, but reaches further and hits harder. And definately not as loud as the .22mag! Dont want to annoy the local greenies........

I used the HW80 on a horse stud to whack rabbits. At 35-40paces the pellet would pass right through a rabbits head and it didn't upset the horses either (the rabbit's mates were upset tho!) Also very good on cats at close range!

However a good accurate air rifle has its place in the varminting world.......

Cheerio Ned

kjd wrote:Aren't those FTS' brilliant pellets Drew??

Outstanding performance.

RWS Xcalibre- 22
looks the same as KJD's but 8 shot with a 3-12 G&R scope with paralax adjustments right down real close.
Lewis has detuned/set mine to about 20 FTlbs so I get more shots per fill. I have 4 magazines and shoot all 4 off and then fill the rifle and the mags and then start again.
Mine uses JSB exacts only- and can outshoot me every day of the week

later
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Mine are a HW80 ... well used but internally magnificent after being fitted with a Maccari kit by Lewis. In 22cal its my "thumper". Fitted with a Nikko-Stirling 2-7x for a laugh ... bloody scope just keeps going but is optically crap!! Shoudl have got a straight 4x instead.
An absolute piece of precision engineering is the Beeman HW97K in 0.177 with G&R 3-12x ... scary accurate with its prefered FTSs. I use it around the house (farm block) to dust up the sparrows and colonising mynas when I need a hunting fix but am unable to get away.
Cheers...
Con

RWS Excalibre 22

R9 177 JM kit Lewis tweak

FWB 300s best trigger I ever shot.

daisy

My air rifle's

Beeman
R7.177,
R1 .20 ,
RX1 .20,
HW100 .177
Theoben Rapid .25
Theoben Rapid .20
Theoben SLR .22
FX Cyclone .22
FX Excalibre .22
Theoben MFR CS800 .20
FWB P70 J Weaver 4-16
All with Simmons WTC's

Others
Tikka M55 .222 Kahles 8 x 56
Tikka T3 6.5 x 55 Kahles 3-9x 42
Brno mod 2 factory custom .22 Simmons 6.5-20 x 44
Brno mod 1 Pecar 4x
CZ .17 HMR Meopta 7 x 50 great scope !!!
Krico 340 S Simmons 6.5 x 20 x 44
Remington VSSF .223 custom built Fclass. Nightforce NXS
Sako L461 .17 Rem Leupold 12 x
Anschutz 54.18 MSR Leupold 6.5-20 EFR
Kimber Custom Classic .22 Weaver V16

This is my current favourite. It is accurate and hard hitting in .25" calibre. I had it set to shoot 32g Baracuda Match pellets at 875fps which is the same speed as my FAC .22" Hornet using 16g JSB type pellets. That is also quite accurate . This is a special based on a BSA Hornet but fitted with a .25" BSA special barrel and one of Bowketts regulators. 22 shots on the regulator from 100cc isn't bad.

Very Nice El Caro, Welcome mate!!!