Herm Our much missed owner of cheap commie firearms and of high end air rifles Is gone unfortunately Anyone else out there have an air rifle?? I want to target shoot in my hallway too broke and too lazy to go to actual shooting range besides not interested in sucking in lead or smoke So Hatsan 95 roughly $160 delivered- turkish air rifle-wooden stock and for $13 per 250 I can buy lead free pellets Of course I can lock Arty and the 3.5 cats out of the hallway So Hatsan 95-reliable?? Apparently you can get it with traditional COIL SPRING or gas SPRING for $15 more-less vibration etc So any experts out there? Thanks Charlie PS Herm-reasonable guy-suggested I not get a super high velocity air rifle-noise and accuracy-the 95 is 1000 fps high but not exceptional
If you want to shoot indoors for giggles I'd point you airsoft as another option. You would still need to lock the pets away and don protective eyewear but they're pretty safe otherwise. Pellets are either plastic or a biodegradable alternative so no lead issues. I used to have a couple of pistols (one springer, another gas blowback) and they were good fun. The only downside is accuracy since spherical pellets like to curve as they head down-range. No problem if you're shooting at something on the other side of the room, though.
Tim Not a bad idea I just shot my $20 chinese air rifle just 2 lead pellets- in the hallway into 3" of wet newspaper But I won't shoot lead indoors-other than those 2 My main aim(ha,ha) is fun and trigger practice aiming a rifle practice the air soft-pretty good idea for pistol practice I wonder if any mimic a hand gun's trigger feel? Thanks Charlie PS Yeah the cats and ARTY- locked out guessing those plastic pellets- 6 mm right?? Lot more likely to bounce around The 177 pellets-stay put in wet newspaper-keeps down any lead dusting too
Yeah, I was always a little concerned about pellets bouncing back, hence the need for eye protection. I usually shot at a trap target...paper clipped in front and mesh to catch pellets. Most pellets could be re-used. As for trigger feel I think it depends on what you get. Some feel like toys, others are hard to distinguish from the real thing except for the required blaze orange paint.
Yep Bet those little plastic pellets really bounce Today-for the two shots I put 3 inches of packed wet newspaper in a box turned it on edge-wrote an X in the middle- voile' instant target and pellet catcher I could do something similar with the plastic pellets Put perhaps one section with and X-that would get punched thru back it with crushed paper-to catch slow down the pellets I will have to look into the air soft pistols Thanks Charlie
