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Vetmx

Vetmx

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I was never this way back in the 80’s and 90’s with my springers. But I was with my powder burners. And I’ve always been this way with my PCP’s. A stock gun that’s great, I just don’t shoot it much. But am always very satisfied when I do. Some guys can buy this type of gun and burn through thousands of pellets or slugs. That’s cool but I can’t. I'm currently sitting here waiting on a groundhog. Have my RTI with a .30 500mm barrel I machined to fit. Not sitting here with my Taipan. Came home from work today and shot a couple mags out of a Zelos project gun. Shoot it almost every day while the two Uragans sit waiting to only kill something. That project gun that kept improving until I finally got everything right really got me recreational shooting again. My Taipan or Zbroia won’t. First picture was a couple hours ago. Now I’m waiting on a grundy. What type of air gunner are you? I see plenty of serious dudes like @Motorhead suddenly become enamored with a cheap gun turned big project.

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Set it and forget it with me. I have a couple of utility guns that come with me ready for duty. most others are hunting guns. I like to shoot paper with the GK1 because I suck with a pistol. The desire to improve keeps me shooting it. I also tend to feel better when shooting towards the end of a crappy day. With that said, relaxation and the desire to do things other than hunting keeps me shooting. I also have to stay relatively sharp so when hunting seasons roll back around I’m not too far out of practice. I may also try my hand at some other facets of air gunning.
 
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Being addicted to schwacking squirrels & rabbits keeps me going. Honestly, I just can't afford to burn through hundreds of pellets (& now slugs) just to punch paper. When out hunting it's a rarity to go through more than 40 projectiles in a day. For me, the wait, stalk & getting a clean, humane kill at distance is SO much more satisfying than a hundred bullseyes on paper. Got to do it over 20 times this morning with majority of shots from 87-115 yards. My new-to-me Edgun R3 long slugger is a joy to shoot.
 
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I’ve been shooting since I was a boy. I collected nearly every Daisy in the catalog.
In my early teens I started hunting small game with a .22 rifle, I also bought a couple high powered rifles for big game.
One day in 72, I won a $5 gift certificate from World of Sports, and decided to get a Crosman pumper, but all they had was a Sheridan Bluestreak which I still own and shoot today.
I had a desire to shoot pistols thanks to an Army exhibition shooter that I had the honor shoot with during my teen years. He used to tell me he was going to take me out drinking when I made eighteen. That never happened, but the desire to shoot pistols was still beckoning. So sometime around 1980, I went shopping for a Sheridan pistol to match my rifle.
I wound up with a Beeman catalog and a Beeman Webley Tempest with a Bianchi Holster. That was my first springer and of course not my last.

My motivation! I would say sharing the experience and Robbert Beeman bringing the world of airguning to public availability. I call it the airgun renaissance.

I have been shooting right along, but I would say that this point in time is another renaissance, because the internet has made it possible for like minded folks to interact and share the sport with one another. So The Robert Beeman years, and now the current renaissance, the Airgun Nation years.
A big shout out to the suppliers and Airgun mechanics and experts out there who motivate and promote the sport.
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I hope you get the ghog and soon! I do like to target shoot, I know I enjoy the process or routine to get an accurate shot off although I am not great at it, I send about 5-20 shots down range almost daily, very relaxing to me. All my hobbies are similar in that they all require a consistent process/routine in order to be somewhat successful like shooting, golf, fishing and cooking. I do get to pest for ground squirrels about twice a year at my friends place and the practice does help me in those situations.
 
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Shooting groups like these off my knee with .177 CPHPs at 39 measured yards (I double checked before I made this post), with a new to me gun that arrive not shooting quite up to snuff, rare and surprising to me for a Taipan Veteran not to put a smile on my face right off the bat. Not being familiar with .177 Vets I embraced the challenge. I gave the barrel a good polishing and adjusted the trigger to my standards and just started shooting the snot out of it and getting to know the platform...Full disclosure....I hate, from the highest mountain tops, working on guns...but doesn't mean I can't, lol. Each outing I saw improvement, different pellets and speeds and I found this with 7.9 Crosman hollow points of all things. The tighter group was first, one of the better groups I've printed unbenched....waited for a while and shot another ten shot group to "back up" and verify the first, slight wind caused the fliers....177s nemesis wind, but eight out of ten were in there. This particular Vet does well with 13.43s as well but oddly enough not the 10.34s...go figure. I never get tired of shooting small groups in cardboard or wood ect. I have no "pests" on our 10ac's...My wife refers to them as "pets", please note the crows that my wife feeds...even has 'em named, with one of my target boards in the background...they often sit and watch me shoot, not the cattle egret he's not tame yet. My wife spends more money on bird feed than I do on pellets! I just consider them my shooting buddies.

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Gerry52 said:
Being addicted to schwacking squirrels & rabbits keeps me going. Honestly, I just can't afford to burn through hundreds of pellets (& now slugs) just to punch paper. When out hunting it's a rarity to go through more than 40 projectiles in a day. For me, the wait, stalk & getting a clean, humane kill at distance is SO much more satisfying than a hundred bullseyes on paper. Got to do it over 20 times this morning with majority of shots from 87-115 yards. My new-to-me Edgun R3 long slugger is a joy to shoot.
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Kind of the same Gerry. I grew up small game hunting with a .22 RF. Over the course of 50+ years, I've enjoyed many different shooting disciplines, rifle, shotgun, handgun. At age 75, I've simplified things. I sold all of my reloading equipment and most of my CF rifles. Now, if I want to go shooting, its just a matter of grabbing a rifle and some pellets, hopping in the car with my dog, and off to the gun club. And if I'm feeling lazy, just shoot in the backyard. I probably have a remaining lifetime supply of pellets and RF ammo, and if I run out of shotgun shells or CF ammo, I'll buy factory stuff. Reloading precision CF ammo is fun, but it becomes totally consuming.
So, the air gun hobby keeps me shooting because it's easy and practical for an old fart like me.
 
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I have a fascination with anything that shoots a projectile, always had it! Whatever weapon, I want to see how well I can do with it.

Airguns are particularly interesting as they're extremely accurate and economical to shoot.

With a variety of airguns and pellets close to hand, 10 meter range in the basement, 55 and 128 yard shooting lanes in the backyard; spinners and targets ready and waiting, there's lots of shooting to be done.

I find plinking to be very relaxing. On the flip-side, there is the challenge of a good score or a nice small group or making a long distance off-hand shot. Both these activities are what keeps me shooting.

Cheers!
 
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I have chickens and I rather like them. They run up to me, fly into my arms and ask for snuggles. So when predators come around I figure I'm obliged to eliminate them.

I have a near-stock Edgun Leshiy 2 that's my regular pester, and a few Crosman 1322's that mostly sit around for the odd experiment. Mostly pest at night, so I've moved towards thermal.
 
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Vetmx said:
I was never this way back in the 80’s and 90’s with my springers. But I was with my powder burners. And I’ve always been this way with my PCP’s. A stock gun that’s great, I just don’t shoot it much. But am always very satisfied when I do. Some guys can buy this type of gun and burn through thousands of pellets or slugs. That’s cool but I can’t. I'm currently sitting here waiting on a groundhog. Have my RTI with a .30 500mm barrel I machined to fit. Not sitting here with my Taipan. Came home from work today and shot a couple mags out of a Zelos project gun. Shoot it almost every day while the two Uragans sit waiting to only kill something. That project gun that kept improving until I finally got everything right really got me recreational shooting again. My Taipan or Zbroia won’t. First picture was a couple hours ago. Now I’m waiting on a grundy. What type of air gunner are you? I see plenty of serious dudes like @Motorhead suddenly become enamored with a cheap gun turned big project.

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I’m definitely a tuner. My first gun was a barra 250z that I’ve gone over every inch of, ported and about to add a plenum mod lol.

Beyond that I’m a big varmint hunter. I get out and hunt every week.
 
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