Nah I am Hawkes Bay based but Ron wont steer you wrong and has the best selection in the country. Feel free to message me with what you liked to ask advice after a visit.
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A lot of us started out hunting with air rifles thats where you learn about shot placement i dont know if its still going but nzairgunners is a forum to check out
good info on the pellets too.
Oh and BTW got a big shock when I was buying pellets for the air rifle when I got it. Its the 22 jobbie and its way dearer a shot than the 177.
Not as dear as a rimfire but for what they are it seems a bit rude.
bugger you didnt get a license and i'm not going to pry into why
there are some decent airguns out there for sure but the most impressive non-firearm i ever owned was a buckmaster 70lb compound bow. even with a sharp targer head it went thru a holden kingswood (farm wreck)
I'm looking at the Benjamin trail np 22, my mate can get good prices on them and they seem to tick the right boxes. Obviously have to handle it in person though before I make a proper decision.
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I have used a 22 cal multi pump for a couple of rabbits and a number of possums.
If you have time spend some time at
https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/
This guy has reviewed most air rifles and give good practical advice.
Backed up every thing I said and some :thumbsup:
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My old man is into his air rifles. Has a Weirauch HW80 in .22 and a Webley Patriot in .25. Both have heaps of smack down. The Weirauch is a pretty rifle, and is accurate and reliable, although is heavy. The Webley is nice too although the older ones before production moved to Turkey are the ones to get.
He uses Hawke air rifle scopes and likes them, they hold zero even on the big .25.
I have one too. They are a Chinese made copy of the Gamo. Mine has had many 1000's of pellets through it and is now sporting an American spring after the original eventually broke. It has accounted for a few rabbits, possums and a cat.
The multi pumps are pretty good too. I have one that I bought from Youngs and it is really nice to use and plenty accurate. Would be my favourite at the moment.
When I was young my brother and I had a sharp innova air rifle.
It was pump up in .177 with a tiny little bolt action.
10-12 pumps resulted in around 1000fps.
We shot dozens of rabbits, hares and magpies with that rifle all with open sights.
A good number of possums also fell to it with head shots while clearing trap lines or ones that had been bailed by our foxy.
They are tough buggers.
Being pump up it focused our accuracy as pumping it back up was challenging while chasing a wounded rabbit across the paddock.
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Mintie posted some expert information. I'm an airrifle shooter and have the following extra info.
It's all about shot placement with airrifles. If you are talking rabbit and possum and regular power springers (12-20 fpe) a head shot is the only way to go for a humane kill. Place your pellet between the eye and the base of the ear and your good. 4 fpe at the target on a rabbit will do the business, a possum would likely need a bit more, but i think 8-10 fpe at the target would be enough. 177 or 22, both are OK as long as you hit the right spot. An advantage of 177 version of the same gun is, it usually is flatter shooting because of the higher pellet speed. Flatter shooting means range estimation and correction is less critical and you are more likely to hit the brain.
A scoped airrifle shooting a 240 m/s and zeroed at 28m will keep all your shots within 2cm from between 13-31m, so you can aim center cross hairs and hit the kill zone. Be aware of wind though. At 30m your pellet cab drift by several centimeters.
Also, do some research into the artillery hold. The reproducible, light holding of a springer is key to accurately shooting one.