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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Airgun Gate => : June 21, 2006, 01:04:50 PM
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Lots of threads around here, but few directly about airguns.
So i'm gona start a very simple one.
What are you favorite guns? 8)
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I really like my B-20. It's one of the late productions with the starting seriel number 0303xxx. That was the good batch. My next choice is my Gamo 440 and right behind that is my QB-78 T-model. The B-20 is TurboTuned as is the Gamo 440 but with the exception of some trigger work and new seal kit, the Model "T" is stock. My biggest problem is I don't have much time to shoot. But that is changing also. Gene said I could have some time off> :D
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Mine would be the Legacy 1000 the 392 then the 1377
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1. TX200 .177, JM Seal, Brass Triggerguard, Nice beech Stock: Owned 1 year after buying used from AoA for $339. Currently scoped with a Simmons 44Mag 6.5x20 MilDot. Shoots FTS around 860, CPL around 890. Has been looked over by a friend at LOT better than myself, lubed, etc. Just makes a solid THUNK sound when firing, no twang or twist whatever. Without it , I go through withdrawals. I shoot it 30 mins a day every day after work to calm down.
2. MH EC B4-2, .22. Very accurate carbine. A pleasure to shoot. Loves Hobbies and Gamo Hunters. Scoped with a BSA 3x-12x 44mm.
3. Crosman 1100 Air Shotgun. Simply a blast to shoot, very very fun. I am using custom .380 (not the commonly available .375) round ball, as well as the EJ 56grain 9mm pellets. Running out of plastic shotshells however (am down to 11). Without a scope I can often put all 11 shots into a pop can filled with sand at 35 yards. Knocks them around with substantial authority even filled to the top with fine desert sand/dust (which has the added effect of making a nice puff of visible dust/smoke when hit). I've tuned it slightly, getting about 35-38 shots per 2x cartridges, would LOVE to figure out how to bulk this thing from 20oz paintball canisters, if anyone knows if it is possible. Am also missing a side plate screw, looking on where to buy another.
4. Beeman GS1000 .22 Not my favorite, obiviously #4 in the list - but shoulders well, and spits out Gamo Hunters and CP's with authority. Best I've been able to do with this is aprox 2 inche group at 35-40 yards, has quite a bit of jumping around when firing. Am saving this one when I can afford to send to PW (if he'll work on it) to smooth it out and recrown. Feels nice in the hand. MUCH better than the SS1000 series (although I've tried only 1).
5. XS B3-2 .177. Just a fun plinker to shoot - Often I use when I think another of my guns might get banged up, or if am broke and can't afford more .22 ammo. Not picky about what to shoot, seems just as accurate with any of my .177 ammo (gamo hunter, gamo match, cpl, cph, cphp). Smokes a bit still after firing, haven't taken this one apart yet.
There's my list :)
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For targets it would be my Gamo CFX Royal .177. Still have not shot my new CFX Royal .22 yet...:)
My second would be the QB78T .177
My third would be the B26-2 .177
My fourth would be the S1K
For small game
My first would be the QB78 .22
M second would be the Gamo CFX Synthetic .177
For bigger game
My first would be the Gamo Hunter 1250 AKA Arm Buster
My second would be the S1K .22
I love all of my airg rifles. Most of them have been tuned by Charlie and they are quite a fine collection. When will I stop collecting? Probably the day I die..... :)
Gene
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mine would be
b-26-2 in 22 caliber
QB79 in 177 caliber
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I've been having quite of bit of fun with the Daisy 901 that I bought for $40 at Kmart a couple weeks ago after I read another members "bargain alert"...such a deal!!
Other favorites are my 392, 1377 and 856.
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OK lets see...my favorites are..
1. 1988 Benjamin 342.
I tuned it my self by doing a lot of research and some trial and error.
Its great for hunting and plinking.
2. B21 .177cal....
I used the old charlie site and followed the guide he had there for tuning this one.
The first gun Ive had that did more than I expected in the proformance department.
3. 1973 Sheridan .20 cal.
This belonged to my grandfather and was given to me when he passed away.
There is a long story about this air rifle and perhaps I will tell it again here.
It has unknown mods done to it ...Like a brass striker with a steel core right where it meets the fireing pin.
These are my favorites..
have fun and be safe
brad
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I know it sounds kinda trite, but exept for an old Benjamin Franklin model 137 I shoot all my airguns (that's not all that many). I guess it depends on my mood.
nmmike
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My favorite is basically all the airguns I have. A very beautiful B3-2 with custom walnut stock, my R1 .20 for hunting, my HW97 for field target. I have to admit that my really, really favorite is my Charlie tuned B30 in .22. It's a hunting son of a gun! I took a jack rabbit at 85yards with it and dropped it like a rock.
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I have about a dozen rifles and eight pistols. I like to shoot them all. I like the looks of the Longbow 22 in walnut the most. My favorite springer to shoot would be the R-7 followed by the Slavia 631 and the Slavia 634. I hate recoil, so I am partial to pneumatics as well as the light recoil springers. I am kind of a wimp when it comes to recoil. I do have a hard shooting S1k tuned by Da Tuna that I like to shoot when I am feeling my wheaties. I also have a fairly hard shooting Remington Genesis thanks to Ratite when I want something that kicks. My backyard shrinks everytime I shoot the S1k or the Genesis. I also like to shoot my MA2250B by Roy at Mountainair, and the QB78 by Mike Melick is a fine experience. And, the XS-B5-10 is a hoot as well. All of the above are pretty darn accurate although I am far from being a great shooter. I like pistols with a light trigger such as the Beeman P3 or IZH46M, but just for plinking and killing beer cans I love the little Webley Tempest. I guess I just like variety, so I just listen for whichever one is calling me to shoot it.
Allen White
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I just got into this AG thing and bought my first higher $ rifle, a HW97 Mk III. Still learning to shoot it but so far results are promising and I'm having lots of fun with it.
Several years ago before I got into this my step son and I were having some brews and shooting his Daisey off his back porch. One thing led to another and slightly intoxicated we made it down to one of the local sporting goods stores in Bozeman and brought back a Benjamin/Sheridan and an RWS 34. I couldn't believe an air rifle recoiled (RWS34) and being pretty ignorant about Ags put it aside. So now it's been brought out of storage and I was given about the same time a new old style(square trigger guard) .22 cal RWS 45.
I shoot all three and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite but I guess the 97 is what winds my clock. I love the look and feel of European made AGs ( no slight intended) although one pays a premium for that preference.
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I just realized i didn't say anything about my own guns.
My favorites are my benj 397, and my heavily customized Crosman 2250
The benj has a rear peep, and just feels so natural and easy to shoot, it isn't the gun i go to for power, often i only pump it two or three times.
Actualy one of my main ammusemnts with it is tryin to hit bottles at 40 or so yards with 2 pumps and ridiculous holdover. :)
The 2250 is a tinkerer's dream...and so versatile. changing barrel lenght, caliber, and power level is easy.
and it's accurate enough to cut dandelion stems at 15 yards.
my only complaint is it's almost too light weight, very unforgiving on those days when you have the jitters..
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1) Crosman Custom 2300, 14" .22, Ricks Camo grips. Shoots sooo smooth and accurate it's like I think about it and there's a dead plastic army man across the yard...the puff of CO2 is pretty cool too:)
2) RWS Model92 (not the youth version(slightly longer stock(i think) and has a buttplate), .177, no mods, no scope. Smooth, little recoil, easy to cock(21 lbs), and almost as accurate as the Crosman(but not as pretty).
3) Fast Deer.177, with home tune, refinished stock(blonde) and cheapo 4x20 scope. Ugly, but relatively smooth cocking, bounces a bit, really only like it because of the time I spent tweaking it, fun for killing cans at 15 yards or so.
4) XS B30 .22, light home tune, no other mods, 6x24x50 China AOE scope. Really only like this thing for the way it looks, like you could beat a bear to death with it and not a shot fired. Scope is nice for bird watching, but the thing bounces so much and weighs so much, by the time I'd get a shot off I'd more than likely injure the bird with a poorly placed shot. I've read that ALOT of people love this model to death, but for my smallish backyard it's WAAAY too much. If I were a better shot, and had much more room I think I could grow to love this thing too, but for now it rarely gets shot because all the "one hole groups" I get with it are "Oops, there's ONE more hole in my pellet trap!", and, "Oops, there's ONE more hole next to the last hole in my pellet trap". May post this one on the classifieds if I ever get around to taking some pics of it. Not sure what the resale value is for huge Chinese AG's.
Not on the list would have to be the two AG's I no longer own. Not in any "favorite" order.
My old Daisy model 880 circa 1985 or so, that I got for xmas the same year...would be more of a "memory favorite" than an actual favorite for the time I spent stalking cans and evil attack plastic army men as a youth. This was an upgrade from the model below.
And my old Daisy springer bbgun, don't know the model, just dropped a bb down the barrel, cocked it, aimed, fired....think a relative may still have this somewhere in storage, will investigate the actual model# later...maybe someone here has some idea from the description? Peep sight on the rear, wood stock, can't remember if there even was a forearm. Smallish, like a Red Ryder, but no place to add bb's except one at a time down the barrel. This was my first air rifle ever, and actually the first "anything" I ever shot (unless you count the bb I swallowed when I was 5).
Dan