Got to thinking about my life with airguns.
Started around 1962 with a BB gun; a year later I had a Benjamin pumper, year later I had a Sheridan Blue Streak… didn’t know squat about FPS or POA or POI or holdover or holdunder…. Iron sights rocked my world and the chipmunks
world. Every trash can was full of targets…no can was safe from my aim. Some days me and my brother would set out two cans and play a game with the objective of seeing who could shoot their can into a designated goal first. But life happens and work and family and Airguns were lost to me until a feral dog pack attacked my favorite dog in Hawaii. Animal control was no help so I decided I needed an airgun again at age 27. Thanks to the internet I discovered Beeman and bought myself an R1 magnum springer… with only iron sights I eliminated the pack that had been terrorizing our neighborhood pets within a month…if you think coyotes are nasty, feral dogs are worse for several reasons including a total lack of fear of humans.
My R1 stayed in Hawaii and I didn’t own an airgun again for 25? Years until 3-4 years ago when coyotes got my cat and this time I discovered PCP’s!
I started with a Gamo Swarm, then a Talon .25 pistol and then a FX .30 Crown. I bought an old Bauer compressor to keep my elbows from blowing out - no more pumping for me!
Then I discovered Airgun online Forums and One thing led to another and I began sampling everything airgun related.. Edguns Leyla,
FX Maverick, FX Dreamlines, FX M3 impact and another Crown in a
GRS stock and then I discovered Steyr
and I bought two different caliber Hunting 5SA’s then a Steyr ProX10 and Steyr’s LP50 pistol.
I bought an American Arms .30 Evol. Damn what a punch!
I hadn’t discovered Field Target YET but I was having a blast selling one gun to buy the next best better bestest gun.
I Tried a Beeman R7 and R9 along the way and bought a Weihrauch Magnum that was so beastly I couldn’t cock it.
I even tried the .25 Sidewinder with its full auto mode … meh…
That’s when I learned about “Tuners” and the magic a talented tuner could do with airguns.
Soon all my FX toys were replaced with Weihrauch’s - the HW 100 the HW 110 and the HW44 pistol….
BSA Goldstars were next followed by RAWs .25 and .30 beasts and a couple of TM1000's it was fun trying different configurations like chassis form. Lucky me, I even found a Thomas bench rest model with a NOTA BR rest to boot.
Bear in mind that for the most part I’m selling airguns on AGN as quick as I was buying them on AGN and if i wasn't sure about the reliability or accuracy of something I'd send it off for a tune.
It was a tuner that introduced me to Field Target @Kerndtc. My first HFT gun was a Daystate .20 huntsman classic. I soon added two custom built Benjamin Marauders to the mix.
WOWZA! HFT and it's people are too much fun!
I immediately bought what i thought were next level field target guns; a Steyr LG110 and a AZ modified LG 100.
When I discovered pistol field target was a "thing" at Cajun Classics in 2022, I bought a customized Crossman 1720T.
Eventually the simplicity of Daystate’s Huntsman platform lead me to buy a Daystate Revere which was a great shooter, so good that I decided I’d upgrade my mechanical game to Daystates Wolverine platform @zx10wall.
It was Daystate's reliability and 5 year warranty that inspired me Onward to try the state of the art electronic air game. The Redwolf and Alphawolf were Too much fun! So much fun I even gave the Skout Epoch a go.
Then it was back to simplicity and springers, but properly tuned springers this time, so I found an Air Arms TX200 and Weihrauch’s HW97. They shoot sooo sweet.
You’d think I’d be done at this point but Brocock double dared me with a Commander XR @ThomasT and then they came out with the Ghost
!
As of this year I’ve settled into a reasonable relationship with my favorite HFT airguns… Brocock’s Ghost in .177 and .25 satisfy my HFT and EFT itch augmentated by Brococks Wolverines in .177 and .25 as my HFT and EFT backups.
As of last week My .20 RAW TM1000 HFT pistol replaced my long gone Crossman 1720T and the RAW in .20 is a sweet sweet shooter.
I also am completely amazed by a custom built Crossman HFT Challenger! @Airgun-Revisions !
I’m still buying, but only special finds like the USFT MAC1 and an Olympic style Anschutz 8002 and I’ve currently got my eyes on an American Arms Paradigm but only if they make a .177…. Yeah I know
No matter how good a airgun is, a great tuner can make it better!!! @Kerndtc @Motorhead @zx10wall @Airgun-Revisions
Scopes?????
You don’t want to know
Started around 1962 with a BB gun; a year later I had a Benjamin pumper, year later I had a Sheridan Blue Streak… didn’t know squat about FPS or POA or POI or holdover or holdunder…. Iron sights rocked my world and the chipmunks
world. Every trash can was full of targets…no can was safe from my aim. Some days me and my brother would set out two cans and play a game with the objective of seeing who could shoot their can into a designated goal first. But life happens and work and family and Airguns were lost to me until a feral dog pack attacked my favorite dog in Hawaii. Animal control was no help so I decided I needed an airgun again at age 27. Thanks to the internet I discovered Beeman and bought myself an R1 magnum springer… with only iron sights I eliminated the pack that had been terrorizing our neighborhood pets within a month…if you think coyotes are nasty, feral dogs are worse for several reasons including a total lack of fear of humans.My R1 stayed in Hawaii and I didn’t own an airgun again for 25? Years until 3-4 years ago when coyotes got my cat and this time I discovered PCP’s!
I started with a Gamo Swarm, then a Talon .25 pistol and then a FX .30 Crown. I bought an old Bauer compressor to keep my elbows from blowing out - no more pumping for me!
Then I discovered Airgun online Forums and One thing led to another and I began sampling everything airgun related.. Edguns Leyla,
FX Maverick, FX Dreamlines, FX M3 impact and another Crown in a
GRS stock and then I discovered Steyr
and I bought two different caliber Hunting 5SA’s then a Steyr ProX10 and Steyr’s LP50 pistol.I bought an American Arms .30 Evol. Damn what a punch!
I hadn’t discovered Field Target YET but I was having a blast selling one gun to buy the next best better bestest gun.
I Tried a Beeman R7 and R9 along the way and bought a Weihrauch Magnum that was so beastly I couldn’t cock it.
I even tried the .25 Sidewinder with its full auto mode … meh…
That’s when I learned about “Tuners” and the magic a talented tuner could do with airguns.
Soon all my FX toys were replaced with Weihrauch’s - the HW 100 the HW 110 and the HW44 pistol….
BSA Goldstars were next followed by RAWs .25 and .30 beasts and a couple of TM1000's it was fun trying different configurations like chassis form. Lucky me, I even found a Thomas bench rest model with a NOTA BR rest to boot.
Bear in mind that for the most part I’m selling airguns on AGN as quick as I was buying them on AGN and if i wasn't sure about the reliability or accuracy of something I'd send it off for a tune.
It was a tuner that introduced me to Field Target @Kerndtc. My first HFT gun was a Daystate .20 huntsman classic. I soon added two custom built Benjamin Marauders to the mix.
WOWZA! HFT and it's people are too much fun!
I immediately bought what i thought were next level field target guns; a Steyr LG110 and a AZ modified LG 100.
When I discovered pistol field target was a "thing" at Cajun Classics in 2022, I bought a customized Crossman 1720T.
Eventually the simplicity of Daystate’s Huntsman platform lead me to buy a Daystate Revere which was a great shooter, so good that I decided I’d upgrade my mechanical game to Daystates Wolverine platform @zx10wall.
It was Daystate's reliability and 5 year warranty that inspired me Onward to try the state of the art electronic air game. The Redwolf and Alphawolf were Too much fun! So much fun I even gave the Skout Epoch a go.
Then it was back to simplicity and springers, but properly tuned springers this time, so I found an Air Arms TX200 and Weihrauch’s HW97. They shoot sooo sweet.
You’d think I’d be done at this point but Brocock double dared me with a Commander XR @ThomasT and then they came out with the Ghost
!As of this year I’ve settled into a reasonable relationship with my favorite HFT airguns… Brocock’s Ghost in .177 and .25 satisfy my HFT and EFT itch augmentated by Brococks Wolverines in .177 and .25 as my HFT and EFT backups.
As of last week My .20 RAW TM1000 HFT pistol replaced my long gone Crossman 1720T and the RAW in .20 is a sweet sweet shooter.
I also am completely amazed by a custom built Crossman HFT Challenger! @Airgun-Revisions !
I’m still buying, but only special finds like the USFT MAC1 and an Olympic style Anschutz 8002 and I’ve currently got my eyes on an American Arms Paradigm but only if they make a .177…. Yeah I know
No matter how good a airgun is, a great tuner can make it better!!! @Kerndtc @Motorhead @zx10wall @Airgun-Revisions
Scopes?????
You don’t want to know
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