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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Airgun Gate => : Meann-Machine March 03, 2010, 02:57:51 PM
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There's the question Gentlemen and Ladies
If you could only have five air rifles, regardless of whether or not they are springers or PCPs which five would you own and why. No trades allowed, no new purchases after five. Once it's yours by hook or crook its your for life or until you decide to give up this hobby for knitting or something. My five would be:
Beeman R10 Deluxe in .20 caliber-Scoped. I would need to scope all my rifles now. I can't hit didly sh*t anymore with out a scope unless I'm using a handgun.
It was the first quality air rifle I ever bought and I've had her longer than my adult children
Theoben Sirocco .177 caliber.
It has a gas ram. It can stay cocked for hours. I've always thought it was a beautiful, elegant rifle. .177 is the most universal caliber and it should put out around 15 ft lbs.
(This is harder than I thought)
Theoben Eliminator in .20 caliber
It is beautiful, powerful (it is still carrying over 22 ft lbs of energy 50 yards down range),self contained, and combines, in my eyes the best of the .177 and .22 with the least tradeoffs.
FWB 300s Universal in .177
The 300s was the penultimate Olympic style spring piston, recoilless air rifle. It is a little harder to come by than an RWS75, although that too was a top consideration,it can be shot bench rested or in a running boar match with equal poise, it can be scoped and I want to start shooting mini-sniping matches.
Whiscombe JW-75 with all four calibers, JW-80 in .177/22 orDual Mag in .22 or a Quigley in .22. Life is too short for cheap Cigars or cheap women (or men as the case may be). As long as we are swinging for the fences we might as well really swing for the fences. (Oops, I'm going to have to put some more thought into this)
I await with baited breath the input and musings of the rest of you Ladies and Gentlemen.
I moved this over from the Back Room. I meant to put it here in the first place.