What's a good one???

ive just bought a "theoban" slr with a Deben Hawke scope....

ive been told that the gun is good for 30lbsft at the muzzle is this a lot??

it'll send a pellet through a coke can filled with sand!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the one I bought a good one or not?

Paul

 

About 5 yrs if you don't have an FAC

 

what's an FAC???????

please don't say Fire Arms Certificate or i'll cack myself

 

Not a lot in the grand scheme of things.... but considering the legal limit for an air rifle is 12ft lbs 30 would make yours a section one firearm!

Theoben do make section one air rifles... but unless yours has had illicit "tweaks" it shouldn't be one!

 

Fire Arms Certificate

 

hmmm strange thing is I bought it from a gun shop aswell!

 

ohhhh!

 

Grr, just do what I did ..

Buy a 2nd hand gunpower stealth, buy a 19 inch theoben barrel (can be expensive)
Get a hammer machined in heavy brass and open the valves 'top hat' fully.

First time I shot a pidgeon with it, the bird just exploded into a cloud of feathers.
Tad over the legal to say the least.

 

Hello

As above, anything above 12ft IS a class one firearm. Not wishing to be negative about the police, but you are an easy target to up their statistics i.e. they have caught a potential criminal with a firearm (the fact it is an airgun is irrelevant).

Steve

 

the one to have is the weirauch HW90, theoben internals, get yerself a pump

watch the triggers on theoben break barrells, very dicky, I bananna'ed the barrell on a scirroco years ago by over "adjustment". I was just about to put a pellet it and it went off - with the barrel down

 

this one isn't a break barrell it has the pump arm underneath that you pull down to load it and has a 7 shot cartridge in the top

 

This takes me back; had a HW80K ages ago - that was break barrell. Had it somewhat tuned, which was great but it was noisy as hell. Had a silencer, but that just looked cool more than anything...

 

Boxst.

That and the fact an air rifle at 30ftlbs will kill at long range!!!

It becomes lethal very soon after 12ftlbs and range and accuracy increase so it can easily become more accurate over 100m than an MP5.

If it is running at 30ftlbs mate you have a decision to make, either get it sorted or risk getting arrested for firearms offences which can lead to a mandatory 5 years, whatever the mitigating circumstances!!!

 

Theoben 'Rapid' rifles can be made to deliver 30lbs (usually in .25" cal.) but they are only manufactured to order for FAC customers. If you tweak it then it may make 18lbs, but then; so will my old BSA Super Meteor with a drop of 3in1 oil...

Under no circumstances will a 30lb .22"/.25" air rifle be as effective as a 9mm carbine firing from a closed bolt, and the accuracy is marginal. As a comparison; the muzzle energy is a fraction of that produced by a .22LR rimfire rifle.

Simon

 

i have one with the word paratrooper on it don't know tech spec anyone heard of these?

 

sounds like an slr98

if so nice gun but get it legal-its not worth the risk
richie

 

asi paratrooper? is it a multishot thing from the 80's
richie

 

is the slr98 a weirrauch theoben combo like the HW90?

if so...

 

no its a theoben full build
probabally worth about 500 notes secondhand
hw90s are fun(when not eating triggers) but not a patch on one of these
richie

 

should be safe then-get them to check and adjust the power-if they dont do it for free then ask them what the penalties are for selling a sec1 firearm to a non fac holder
richie

 

cheers richie I feel a "little" bit better now, thing is I only wanted the thing for vermin, rats, rabbits etc etc.

http://airgunbuyer.com/ecommerce/thu...enslr98kit.jpg

yep that's the one identical to mine.

Paul


PS ONE HELL OF A GUN THOUGH................... Shooting cans for target practice has never been som much fun.

 

Thanks for the advice Chris & Richieh will take it back to the shop and ask the question, I'm hoping when he said "it's good for 30lbsft at the muzzle" he meant, you can tweak it to that??

However are you saying that at 30lbsft an air rifle can shoot 100m (300+feet)!!! I am amazed at that.

Paul

 

pegs or extra strong mints are more fun than cans
really nice gun-if it cost you less than 500 its a bargain
nice cars and guns
wish i'd listened harder in school now lol
richie

 

£395 including the scope 3-9 x 40

Only thing is I can't get the bloody thing sighted in.....

 

have a look round here http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/
lots of good info and stuff there
they'll explain how to do it better than i can
richie

 

thanks for the help richie will have alook a that site.

Paul


ps times like this that Scoobynet really ROCKS!!!

 

...and slugs stuck to a vertical plank of wood are better still

 

dont worry mate the anti's will be along in a minute-along with ajm i suspect
richie

 

moving targets eh-bit like running boar only not as nippy
richie

 

It's the way they explode