Some horrible person has shot 30 rabbits

[snorri]

Nom nom nom!!

That infantile response is not an acceptance of the role you played in the build up to the shootings.

 

[User6179]

My friend had a stealth air rifle about 10 years ago , I reckon you could kill someone with it , it is legal but it is capable of being made illegal just by turning a screw to increase the power.

Someone reported him to the police because they thought it was a proper gun , police confiscated the gun and charged him, he went to court and won and was given the gun back which he promptly sold as he didn't want anymore hassle .

A week later the police came back to his door demanding the gun again, he had to buy it back from the person he sold it to and hand it back to the police again .

 

[User6179]

If it was adjustable over 12 ftlb then it would have been an FAC weapon.

Can be adjusted to 40 ft/lb , so well over the limit .

 

[slowmotion]

If you're hunting then most people will use a Pre-Charged Pneumatic (PCP) rifle these days - many of which are multishot (my Hatsan has an 18 shot magazine and my Coyote has a 10 shot magazine) - fitted with a good suppressor. The old springers are too noisy and slow to reload.

I'm curious. Do they get charged with a disposable bottle of compressed gas? Does accuracy decrease as the reservoir loses pressure and trajectory becomes more droopy?

 

[slowmotion]

You charge from a large air cylinder into a reservoir on the gun.

You will see a drop in power as the reservoir pressure drops below a certain level. That said, I can get about 100 shots off from a single fill of the Hassan without any real loss of power.

Thanks.

 

[Cubist]

I'm curious. Do they get charged with a disposable bottle of compressed gas? Does accuracy decrease as the reservoir loses pressure and trajectory becomes more droopy?

You charge from a large air cylinder into a reservoir on the gun.

You will see a drop in power as the reservoir pressure drops below a certain level. That said, I can get about 100 shots off from a single fill of the Hassan without any real loss of power.

Divers air bottle, or a stirrup pump.

Quality rifles have a regulator that releases a controlled dose of air meaning more consistency. Can be retrofitted to some guns. My BSA does about 50 full power shots, but with a sweet spot of nearer 35. With a reg you can double that

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

All you have to do is get to the shores of Lake Malawi.

Thanks Rocky. I'll be round yours for the plane tickets

 

[slowmotion]

I think he'd enjoy your company - he's missing intelligent conversation, humour and culture.



Oh, and he played for Cambridge University U21s rugby side when he was at Fitz.....so we'd have no worries about your reputation.

The laws in Malawi are not exactly liberal.

 

[Salty seadog]

Typical muzzle energy for a Lee Enfield 0.303 round is about 2000ft/lb. A bit of a cannon really.

ahhh, my old Army cadet days at school. We were still using them in the late 80's, I think we did get a few slr's towards the end of my time but I may be mistaken, certainly fired them though. Hang on what came after that, a green and black thing. (now googled and it was the SA80).

 

[slowmotion]

No!! Indeed. Religion and superstition play a major part in society as well. He's spent the last six years working round the globe in places like Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Honduras and Belize - fitting in, not getting noticed and avoiding confrontation are all essential tools in his profession (he's a marine biologist).

Sounds a great job.

 

[slowmotion]

ahhh, my old Army cadet days at school. We were still using them in the late 80's, I think we did get a few slr's towards the end of my time but I may be mistaken, certainly fired them though. Hang on what came after that, a green and black thing. (now googled and it was the SA80).

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It's amazing to think that the 0.303 was introduced in 1895 and is still used by the Bangladesh police. The recoil took a bit of getting used to. I eventually gave up shooting with them because I was convinced the noise was doing seriously bad things to my hearing. I'd come off the range not being able to hear anything for an hour or so apart from a loud ringing in my ears. Ear defender technology was pretty primitive back then.

 

[Cubist]

It's amazing to think that the 0.303 was introduced in 1895 and is still used by the Bangladesh police. The recoil took a bit of getting used to. I eventually gave up shooting with them because I was convinced the noise was doing seriously bad things to my hearing. I'd come off the range not being able to hear anything for an hour or so apart from a loud ringing in my ears. Ear defender technology was pretty primitive back then.

I used to shoot .303 back in the 70s and 80s. We moved onto the metric equivalent 7.62mm which now has a sporting version, .308 Winchester.
I have a .308 sporting rifle and a .243 The .243 uses a .308 Winchester cartridge necked down to 6mm so is a noisy bugger. I use a sound moderator on both as they need a bit of taming, but over the summer I went on a range where someone was firing a .308 with no suppressor next to me. I decided after being knocked sideways to wait til he had finished. I'd forgotten just how loud they are

 

[Salty seadog]

It's amazing to think that the 0.303 was introduced in 1895 and is still used by the Bangladesh police. The recoil took a bit of getting used to. I eventually gave up shooting with them because I was convinced the noise was doing seriously bad things to my hearing. I'd come off the range not being able to hear anything for an hour or so apart from a loud ringing in my ears. Ear defender technology was pretty primitive back then.

Indeed the recoil was somewhat lively, we also used a larger riffle for target shooting on the ranges, I think it was related to the Lee Enfield .303. Knicknamed the elephant gun, a hazy recollection of it beeing .450 or .50. Sounds a bit too big though. I'll check with a pal of mine.

Edit to say it was 7.62 Parker Hale.

 

[Cubist]

Indeed the recoil was somewhat lively, we also used a larger riffle for target shooting on the ranges, I think it was related to the Lee Enfield .303. Knicknamed the elephant gun, a hazy recollection of it beeing .450 or .50. Sounds a bit too big though. I'll check with a pal of mine.

Edit to say it was 7.62 Parker Hale.

Awesome rifle. I shot many competitions with one when I was a youngster. In fact in 1981 I was Oxfordshire u18 champion. Huge field, I scored three points more than the only other junior entrant!

 

[Drago]

My knackered shoulder means I've not been able to shoot anything for a while. Even target plinking with a pistol on the 10M range is awkward.

I'm missing it terribly, so please regale me with tales of things you have recently shot.