Keepsake airguns=springers....why do I say that?

[boscoebrea]

Because a good springer stays good for 100,000 of shots....in that time you develop a relationship with it,you may even "tune" it because you know you are going to keep it.

Oh sure you may put it,the springer into a corner,maybe even forgetting what corner you put it in,because you have been playing with your next best thing,properly a PCP......then the next best thing comes along,maybe another PCP,that is the way it goes,until one day you just what to play,you what to just go and shoot without all the other things it takes to do so,you start thinking where the heck did I put my old "friend"the springer?

As you are searching you start to remember the good times you had with "the old girl" my springer,darn I am missing her.

Alas there she is.....it was like your were searching for "Moby Dick"...you cradle her,tell her you missed her,go find some pellets and use her....and like an old pet she responds in a delightful way,together again until the nest best thing comes along.

 

[Ripper]

I can kind of relate to that. And the reason I put it that way is because my first break barrel was a POS. So then I jumped right to PCP.Then after acquiring several PCPs, then started to collect some vintage air guns. Then I finally got me a new Springer that I actually really like a lot. But I can definitely relate to every time I get a new gun ,The other ones don’t get used for a while.But yes sometimes it’s nice just to grab one of those Springers and some pellets and go out and shoot. I have a few springer pistols too. And they aren’t as hard to shoot as I was told they would be. 

 

[c_m_shooter]

I was working up a tune for my Condor SS a couple weeks ago and ran my tank low on air. I forgot to take it with me to town every day for a week. Then when I do get it to the dive shop, I find out the hydro is expired on it. Now it will be gone for a couple more weeks. I am back to shooting my springers.

 

[thumper]

I have to move springers out of the way to find my PCPs buried in the back of the gun safe. 

The springers get shot much more. PCPs are too much hassle for most things I need an airgun for. 

 

[Odoyle]

Got little bored shooting PCPs believe it or not simply can't miss even with my Hatsan Flash and Benjamin Maximus outshot my springers silly past 35 yards (except my FWB300s and RWS 54 and 56) so just bought couple springers to keep it real and give airgunning a handicap.

Well the Crosman F1 I just got kinda ain't all that so I just bought another TX200.

 

[tjmac]

so I just bought another TX200.

I like that solution. Up to three TX200s so far.

Tim

 

[Greenarrow]

Yep! I agree Just shot this keepsake springer today!!! I have been on a springer kick for the past week. There is something grounding about it. I need to get my springer groove back. I have gotten sloppy in my shooting, using mostly PCPs for the past couple years.

 

[JayJay]

Springers have a mechanical presence you don't get from a PCP. My HW95 is a pretty modest springer, but cocking it reminds me of cocking a shotgun. You know you've done something significant when you hear that Ka-Ching. 

It's the same reason people shoot bows instead of firearms, or people golf. Springers force you to slow down and take your time. You can't just hose down the target, every shot costs serious human effort. You have to ponder each shot. 

I'm a relative airgun newbie, but the appeal is obvious. Even when shooting my HW100 PCP, I much prefer using the mechanical swing out single shot tray to the 14 shot magazine. Something about that beautiful mechanical action. Load and cock the gun. Take a breath. Take another breath. Check the parallax. Get cheek weld. Take another breath. Flick off the safety. Another breath. Drift into the 4th dimension. Drift the crosshairs onto the target. Pull the trigger. Groan as the flier goes sideways. Grrrr. Rinse and repeat. 

 

[JayJay]

The nice thing about airguns is that you can keep them all. They don't take much room. I would have one stashed in every corner of the house, except my wife has an 'irrational' objection to anything that looks like a gun. Of course, she has a light compound bow hanging over the laundry machines in our garage, that she shoots during the summer in our back yard. I told her that her bow is more dangerous than any springer, but it doesn't quite register. 

 

[Odoyle]

Springers have a mechanical presence you don't get from a PCP. My HW95 is a pretty modest springer, but cocking it reminds me of cocking a shotgun. You know you've done something significant when you hear that Ka-Ching. 

It's the same reason people shoot bows instead of firearms, or people golf. Springers force you to slow down and take your time. You can't just hose down the target, every shot costs serious human effort. You have to ponder each shot. 

I'm a relative airgun newbie, but the appeal is obvious. Even when shooting my HW100 PCP, I much prefer using the mechanical swing out single shot tray to the 14 shot magazine. Something about that beautiful mechanical action. Load and cock the gun. Take a breath. Take another breath. Check the parallax. Get cheek weld. Take another breath. Flick off the safety. Another breath. Drift into the 4th dimension. Drift the crosshairs onto the target. Pull the trigger. Groan as the flier goes sideways. Grrrr. Rinse and repeat.

I gotta say my latest HW100BP (STANDARD BULLPUP EUROPEAN SPEC WITH REMOVABLE THREADED LDC THATS FAC High power rated) with normal length barrel ends just past the air cylinder is one REALLYworth waiting for!!!

I can see WHY NOBODY in the USA imports THIS SPECIFIC ONE.

Stupid as it may sound it's apparent that they can't because the dang box has the air cylinder unscrewed off of the gun AND THERE'S NO WAY to screw the air cylinder onto the gun without COMPLETELY UNSCREWING THE THREADED ON LDC that USA SPEC MODELS CAN'T UNSCREW! (USA SPEC GUNS LDCS ARE PERMANENANTLY BONDED ONTO THE BARREL) not even if the LDC housing unscrewed you can't screw the air tube on with the permanent barrel mounted LDC endcap still permanently attached to the barrel so that's why the standard HW100 Bullpup has the elephant nose length barrel sticking out there way way way past the end of the air cylinder!

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Anywhoo-

Everybody should at least own an FWB300Ss which is a true OLYMPIC MATCH GOLD MEDAL WINNER OF YESTERYEAR in fact I have dispatched THE MOST pests from 5 yards to 55 yards with my oldest FWB300s no other gun has as many kills. It is ridiculously easy to cock, recoilless it's like cheating, super quiet to shoot and at the same power level if not more power than the Beeman R7-HW30s and can keep all shots well inside an inch more like under 3/4 inch at 50 yards on calm days sitting off of your butt and forend rested on your knee. It is so boringly accurate it's really like cheating. I purchased several R7s and HW30s to keep things real otherwise I woulda got real lazy and sloppy shooting springers. Unfortunately I can't even come close to consistently hit things at 50 yards let alone at 40 yards as easy as when shooting my 300s. I have also noticed it's first shot never went astray and always hit its mark 100% of the time no matter how long it hasn't been shot. I have had it for decades. It's not the prettiest since I primarily used it as a hunting pester and it does have battle scars. The others I have collected over the years that I rarely use have very low mileage.

Recently picked up a freshly 100% rebuilt FWB300 (predecessor of the 300s) and look forward to shooting it. (THANKS LEWIS!)

 

[shambozzie]

A day with any springer and a tin of pellets is a reality check. They will keep one humble and a better shooter.

 

[jkingrph]

Springers have a mechanical presence you don't get from a PCP. My HW95 is a pretty modest springer, but cocking it reminds me of cocking a shotgun. You know you've done something significant when you hear that Ka-Ching. 

It's the same reason people shoot bows instead of firearms, or people golf. Springers force you to slow down and take your time. You can't just hose down the target, every shot costs serious human effort. You have to ponder each shot. 

I'm a relative airgun newbie, but the appeal is obvious. Even when shooting my HW100 PCP, I much prefer using the mechanical swing out single shot tray to the 14 shot magazine. Something about that beautiful mechanical action. Load and cock the gun. Take a breath. Take another breath. Check the parallax. Get cheek weld. Take another breath. Flick off the safety. Another breath. Drift into the 4th dimension. Drift the crosshairs onto the target. Pull the trigger. Groan as the flier goes sideways. Grrrr. Rinse and repeat.

I gotta say my latest HW100BP (STANDARD BULLPUP EUROPEAN SPEC WITH REMOVABLE THREADED LDC THATS FAC High power rated) with normal length barrel ends just past the air cylinder is one REALLYworth waiting for!!!

I can see WHY NOBODY in the USA imports THIS SPECIFIC ONE.

Stupid as it may sound it's apparent that they can't because the dang box has the air cylinder unscrewed off of the gun AND THERE'S NO WAY to screw the air cylinder onto the gun without COMPLETELY UNSCREWING THE THREADED ON LDC that USA SPEC MODELS CAN'T UNSCREW! (USA SPEC GUNS LDCS ARE PERMANENANTLY BONDED ONTO THE BARREL) not even if the LDC housing unscrewed you can't screw the air tube on with the permanent barrel mounted LDC endcap still permanently attached to the barrel so that's why the standard HW100 Bullpup has the elephant nose length barrel sticking out there way way way past the end of the air cylinder!

Can't load pics!!!

Anywhoo-

Everybody should at least own an FWB300Ss which is a true OLYMPIC MATCH GOLD MEDAL WINNER OF YESTERYEAR in fact I have dispatched THE MOST pests from 5 yards to 55 yards with my oldest FWB300s no other gun has as many kills. It is ridiculously easy to cock, recoilless it's like cheating, super quiet to shoot and at the same power level if not more power than the Beeman R7-HW30s and can keep all shots well inside an inch more like under 3/4 inch at 50 yards on calm days sitting off of your butt and forend rested on your knee. It is so boringly accurate it's really like cheating. I purchased several R7s and HW30s to keep things real otherwise I woulda got real lazy and sloppy shooting springers. Unfortunately I can't even come close to consistently hit things at 50 yards let alone at 40 yards as easy as when shooting my 300s. I have also noticed it's first shot never went astray and always hit its mark 100% of the time no matter how long it hasn't been shot. I have had it for decades. It's not the prettiest since I primarily used it as a hunting pester and it does have battle scars. The others I have collected over the years that I rarely use have very low mileage.

Recently picked up a freshly 100% rebuilt FWB300 (predecessor of the 300s) and look forward to shooting it. (THANKS LEWIS!)



I have to agree about the FWB 300, got mine about 1985. I also have a soft spot for my FWB 124, just got it back from a rework due to a bad piston seal.

 

[Pneumatic-Addict]

Some like 'em light.

And some like 'em stout.

I like 'em regardless.

 

[r1lover]

To me, spring guns reached their zenith in design, quality and all around performance a long time ago and I've no reason to part with the ones I have in search of something better. A few of mine are still in production today albeit with cost cutting, less desirable styling while others I have are long-out-of-production models that would be difficult to replace. I have relationships with all my spring guns, either because I've owned them for many years and have fond memories or because I dreamed of them in my youth but hadn't the means to obtain them then. I've no doubt my spring guns will be with me until I am among the dearly departed when someone else becomes the temporary caretaker of them. 

PCP's on the other hand are continually evolving and I anticipate new and more desirable models will entice buyers for years to come.

 

[pneuby]

Shambo ! Your yard could be a feature article in BH&G. You have a lotta love in that project, and it shows. 

Makes a fine springer range, too!