The more we know about a person’s background, the more successful we will be in our communications with that person. Myself, I’m a retired engineer and college professor. I’ve worked extensively in the pulp & paper and nuclear industries. I’ve taught at two colleges, one in New Hampshire and the other in Tennessee. As a young man I served in the USAF as a Security Police Officer (81152) Law Enforcement. I’ve had plenty of experience with hand guns, shot guns and rifles. In no way does this make me an expert, but it does make me experienced. Today, I live on 60 acre spread in Tennessee and I’m what you might call a Gentlemen Farmer. I have cows, hogs, Guinea fowl, and chickens. There is plenty of small game and game birds that also reside on my spread. It was Ted’s videos that showed me how useful an air gun could be around the farm, so I bought a TX200 MkIII and an HW90. That was about 5 years ago and since that time I’ve used my air guns to hunt all the small game around the farm. It’s a wonderful tool that works very well. I’ve spent a lot of time studying air gunning from an engineering view point. I enjoy those tasks (measuring, weighing, and calculating) that most people find tedious. I hunt to eat and I’ve butchered and dressed my fair share of cows, hogs, and so on, but I do not enjoy killing. I very much enjoy the math that goes with air gunning. I very much enjoy calculating and plotting the trajectory with my old HP 32S that I’ve had since 1987. I consider air gunning to be both a science and an art. I thoroughly understand the science but people like Ted are the artist. They are expert at using their skills and experience to handle all of those variables (temperature, humidity, elevation, wind speed & direction etc.) to take that successful shot.
After a bit of research, I used all my pocket money savings to buy a HW77 in the UK and bring it down to Spain. I spent many hours plinking, punching paper and even pesting with it. I grew up on a small farm so there was no shortage of pesky sparrows, rats and the odd pigeon. Then when I left school and went to University, I sold it for a pittance and am now kicking myself!