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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Back Room => : kp4att May 25, 2010, 10:27:04 AM

: 2012 end of the world..... which air rifle you will keep if you alive for hunting???
: kp4att May 25, 2010, 10:27:04 AM
In my case.... I will keep my RWS 350 magnum.... it is my heaviest air rifle after add to it 2 pounds

 in the stock for a perfect  balance ....  but.... it is a very accurate killer.... until 60 yards.

Preys to hunt: GREEN IGUANAS!!!


/Gerald
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: longislandhunter May 25, 2010, 10:43:51 AM
I think I'd go with the Benjamin "Blue Streak" .20 cal pumper I bought new  43 years ago when I was 12.  To this day that rifle is laser accurate and just as powerful as it was on day 1.  No main spring to break like a springer rifle....... no need for scuba tank or hand pump like a PCP..... just pump her up for each shot and shoot.   Nice and simple and when it comes to survival simple and effective is the way to go.  

Jeff
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: gamo2hammerli May 25, 2010, 11:36:26 AM
My .177 Gamo Viper...very accurate out to 50, 60 yards.  Not too heavy but heavy enough so it don`t sway around while off-hand shooting.  If it wasn`t for the weight I would choose my .177 Hammerli Titan....my most powerful springer...and accurate too.
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: kp4att May 25, 2010, 11:37:41 AM
WOW JEFF... 43 YEARS OLD AIRGUN!!!!.... I WON'T TELL YOU ENJOY THAT BEAUTY....


YOU HAVE ENJOY IT THAT RIFLE MORE THAN ANY MARRIAGE!!!!   HE HE HE !!!

/GERALD
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: djmyers May 25, 2010, 11:41:01 AM
Agreed, 350 magnum. Unless I screw up the shot, what ever I aim at is toast. I have only confirmed kills out to 35 yards. But after the murder of a 16 oz amped energy drink at 55 yards I think I can effectively whack grackle out to that range.

Prey: its the end of the world! If its smaller than me better watch your A$$. lol
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: geewhiz380 May 25, 2010, 11:52:21 AM
i will take my 350m.22 and a crossbow sorry but i need it for big game ,but the most important thing we all need is each other in times like that cause alone no one is gonna make it ,jeff my is a 1971 benji blue streak and very accurate shooter and its a .20 cal also ,thats one i couldnt get rid of at all ,its compact,accurate,lightweight with plenty of power and i keep it with two pumps and shoot it at least once a week i use iron sights out to only 20 yds but i have mounts from mac 1 and a rws scope i like putting on it for futher distances...jorge
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: HeadShot1 May 25, 2010, 12:14:35 PM
Let's see... now if I'm gonna be living off squirrels, desert chicken and varmints I'm sticking with the gas rammed BSA SuperSport.  It's a .177 but unGodly accurate for 14 fpe gun.  That's the go-to within my current stable.  Wishful thinking:  An Evanix Rainstorm.22 cal as much as I admire Jeff's choice!

Matt
: P.S.
: HeadShot1 May 25, 2010, 12:24:37 PM
Don't go thinking this is my 5th post on the forum.  I've been around much longer under TexasShooter72.  I'm just not in Texas anymore!

Matt
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: lil'feeby May 25, 2010, 12:39:51 PM
how do green iguanas taste?
: Easy- Dragonslayer
: daveshoot May 25, 2010, 01:43:54 PM


Iwould keep my .50 cal., briefly.



I will use my .50 cal air gun hopefully only once... to take a big honking firearm from someone else. There will be a lot of bad and desperate people. If it is end of the world survival conditions, I want something more than an airgun. So I would take the biggest one I have to "leverage" a pump 12 or something in that league, and work my way up from there.



Now if I am squared away in the self-defense department, and then get one airgun to put food on the table, I might take the RWS34 Panther, or the Cometa 400. I think a reliable break barrel springer would give good service for many years, and I can basically keep it running. The Sheridan is tempting but a little loud, and I couldn't maintain one as easily if a seal goes or something.

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: Bogey May 25, 2010, 02:36:55 PM
If it will  actually be the "End of the World",   you won't need any air guns or anything else.    Just bend over and kiss your, you  know what goodbye.
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: Gene_SC May 25, 2010, 04:37:39 PM
Bogey you took the words right outa my mouth....:)
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: Arkansas Man May 25, 2010, 05:10:11 PM
What no airguns in HEAVEN?  Gamo 440
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: crowpopper May 25, 2010, 05:57:29 PM
well in a REAL situation where i cant go to store and have to live from the land
i have a bow ( compound and recurve) and my P1 and my TX200 MKIII and my B51 i figure i always keep my tank full at home which is good for around 31-33 gun fills and at 20 full power shots per fill i am set with that for a while
not to mention i have alot of fishing poles and firearm ammo laying around
ill be eating well
till i run outta ammo/fish hooks and arrows
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: ShadowShot May 25, 2010, 06:14:34 PM


lil'feeby - 5/25/2010  8:39 PM  how do green iguanas taste?



Like chicken. Everything taste like chicken except chicken.

: Mac-1 Benjamin 392 Steroid
: cole5169 May 26, 2010, 02:52:00 AM
I'd like to say it would be my old Blue Streak, but I think it will be easier to find .22 pellets :)

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: bigbadwulff May 26, 2010, 07:41:12 AM
My Crosman 1400.
Simple pump model. Lasted since the mid-70s and was just rebuilt.  22 caliber.
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: pindog2000 May 26, 2010, 08:28:53 AM
Ill take my 3 beasties reason for that in a survival situation u want power and accuracy so if today was the end of the world in my current stable I would take my rws 350p,my tf89 ,and my big walther talon mag cause as of now these big 3 are the only big girls I have in my stable now ask me that same question 6 months from now and they might be 2 more girls on that list lol
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: airiscool May 26, 2010, 09:06:10 AM
If I'm still around,.... for survival purposes I wouldn't pick an AG.   Carrying an assortment of slug, buckshot, and birdshot shells, my 12 ga can down every type of critter in North America from Birds to Bear and is better for self defence than anything else I own.

Paul
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: Magnum May 27, 2010, 04:23:49 AM
I depends on how the world actually ends and what was left! :) It would likely be best if we all had a meeting place like Genes house:) BTW If air rifle is only chioce I like my Diana 350MAG.
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: pindog2000 May 27, 2010, 10:28:33 AM
I think most of us that owns a 350 mag is taking her at worlds end lol
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: Mike Lykins May 27, 2010, 03:28:08 PM
I will have my good old Diana 48