Evening all 
This is my first post since being allowed to join your forum so, thank you.
I found this place while looking for more info on the Beeman C1 - they seem to be much more well known on here than on UK forums.
I came back to air guns in 2015 after being away from them for a long while (it was a 'life got in the way' kinda thing), since then, I've been lucky to own a lot of nice rifles, PCPs and springers - my firm favourite now is the humble Beeman C1. I love the look of it, the ballance and how they shoot.
Not the easiest thing to use - they do punish any lapse in technique and concentration.
........ I've found that I get best results with a very light hold at the front and, by shooting thumb up - then squeezing the trigger while applying equal pressure with my thumb. Like I'm trying to bring thumb and finger together through the stock.
Neither of these 2 came to me with open sights, hence the adjustable butt pads, 1 piece mounts and scopes.
I got the first one a couple of years ago - I swapped it with an HW50 with a friend.
He got it from a late uncle - it wasn't in the best condition so, he stripped the metalwork, restored the stock and had the internals refreshed. It's now working well with an older Hawke Sport 4x32 AO scope.
........ This one is a .22.
I got the other one a few days ago through a contact on another forum - he'd already been inside and, it feels like he did a nice job.
I put a Niko Stirling Platinum 4-12x40 AO on this one. I may go for something smaller but, I like the gloss look on it for now.
......... This one is a .177.
The previous owner recommended H&N FTTs in this one - considering our 12ft lb limit, the reading on the chrono today seems healthy so, I'm happy with that so far.
Both rifles are from the first batch, made without safeties. They have fairly low serial numbers so, I'm guessing they're from around 1981/2?
I've never been much of a target shooter - I like to hunt and cook, usually going for rabbit, wood pigeon and squirrel so, I'm looking forward to getting out with my recent acquisition.
Thanks for reading my first post - here's the pictures...........
This is my first post since being allowed to join your forum so, thank you.
I found this place while looking for more info on the Beeman C1 - they seem to be much more well known on here than on UK forums.
I came back to air guns in 2015 after being away from them for a long while (it was a 'life got in the way' kinda thing), since then, I've been lucky to own a lot of nice rifles, PCPs and springers - my firm favourite now is the humble Beeman C1. I love the look of it, the ballance and how they shoot.
Not the easiest thing to use - they do punish any lapse in technique and concentration.
........ I've found that I get best results with a very light hold at the front and, by shooting thumb up - then squeezing the trigger while applying equal pressure with my thumb. Like I'm trying to bring thumb and finger together through the stock.
Neither of these 2 came to me with open sights, hence the adjustable butt pads, 1 piece mounts and scopes.
I got the first one a couple of years ago - I swapped it with an HW50 with a friend.
He got it from a late uncle - it wasn't in the best condition so, he stripped the metalwork, restored the stock and had the internals refreshed. It's now working well with an older Hawke Sport 4x32 AO scope.
........ This one is a .22.
I got the other one a few days ago through a contact on another forum - he'd already been inside and, it feels like he did a nice job.
I put a Niko Stirling Platinum 4-12x40 AO on this one. I may go for something smaller but, I like the gloss look on it for now.
......... This one is a .177.
The previous owner recommended H&N FTTs in this one - considering our 12ft lb limit, the reading on the chrono today seems healthy so, I'm happy with that so far.
Both rifles are from the first batch, made without safeties. They have fairly low serial numbers so, I'm guessing they're from around 1981/2?
I've never been much of a target shooter - I like to hunt and cook, usually going for rabbit, wood pigeon and squirrel so, I'm looking forward to getting out with my recent acquisition.
Thanks for reading my first post - here's the pictures...........
