I shoot cardboard boxes stuffed with a blanket, wrapped in tape or shrinkwrap. With neon dots stuck to it. With a backstop, just in case. By far, the quietest target Ive made. And the pellets don't escape it. The dogs still call me out!
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How did you know you were done?
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Don’t get me started on my other expensive hobby. high end Audio. It’s worse than air rifles as we are a rare breed who sit in front of two expensive speakers and equipment listing for nuances and ghost images.if you like something enough you will find a way. Airgunning is a sport,I like fishing even more,I like gardening, models and music, none of them is an end all, they are hobbies,if I can not do one there is another one,of I love optics,bird and whale watching,I am on a ten-year plan;I will be too old to do many of the things I enjoy now, big deal there ,is always dreaming
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I am in a apartment.
Shooting clubs here, though they exist, well i can not go there CUZ what i shoot ( bench ) are not really a thing in any club i know off here, its all Olympic disciplines.
Private land, fortunately my friend have some of that, but as he already died 12 times ( in a row within 1 hour about 15 years ago ) well he could go again at any moment,
Fortunately for him i am skilled in all forms of resuscitation but i am not around all the time.
Renting private land, it do seem to be possible, at least Viking airgunner have a spot, but i am not aware if he is somewhat affiliated or it is a complete stranger that hooked him up with his range.
That would be nice, and i would of course also pay for something like that, i am not looking for any freebies, my government "give " me plenty of those as it is.
Not entirely aware how i would go about looking for such a option, but i will work it out if i get to there.
Public land,,,,,, that's not really a option, also i dont even think its legal here, and even if you went " naughty " and into 100 % sniper mode, well Denmark is a small place and it would be hard to find a place where that was actually possible.
It is for sure not a option i would bet any amount of money on.
So yeah in a heartbeat or rather sudden lack of those, and i could find myself between a legislative hard place and a solid steel mock-up of the projectiles the German railway guns was hurling.
I will adapt and overcome, well i hope to at least.
I am closing in on the big 60 and its only getting worse with health too, but at least now i have a light weight bottle to tether to CUZ the old heavy 12 L bottles, well the want to carry those around are already at a very small place, hence why i invested in a 9 L carbon fiber bottle.
Shooting clubs here, though they exist, well i can not go there CUZ what i shoot ( bench ) are not really a thing in any club i know off here, its all Olympic disciplines.
Private land, fortunately my friend have some of that, but as he already died 12 times ( in a row within 1 hour about 15 years ago ) well he could go again at any moment,
Fortunately for him i am skilled in all forms of resuscitation but i am not around all the time.
Renting private land, it do seem to be possible, at least Viking airgunner have a spot, but i am not aware if he is somewhat affiliated or it is a complete stranger that hooked him up with his range.
That would be nice, and i would of course also pay for something like that, i am not looking for any freebies, my government "give " me plenty of those as it is.
Not entirely aware how i would go about looking for such a option, but i will work it out if i get to there.
Public land,,,,,, that's not really a option, also i dont even think its legal here, and even if you went " naughty " and into 100 % sniper mode, well Denmark is a small place and it would be hard to find a place where that was actually possible.
It is for sure not a option i would bet any amount of money on.
So yeah in a heartbeat or rather sudden lack of those, and i could find myself between a legislative hard place and a solid steel mock-up of the projectiles the German railway guns was hurling.
I will adapt and overcome, well i hope to at least.
I am closing in on the big 60 and its only getting worse with health too, but at least now i have a light weight bottle to tether to CUZ the old heavy 12 L bottles, well the want to carry those around are already at a very small place, hence why i invested in a 9 L carbon fiber bottle.
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Tell me about it, my first addiction well aside for legal and illegal drugs, i was well into my 30ties before i was done paying for that.
And yes at some point i changed speakers more often than underwear, fortunately around the same time i was a punk with a illicit income too, but still a lot was paid for with the banks money.
Today i have nothing,,,,, okay i do have a set of Bose 601 speakers but no AMP or anything to play anything on, well aside for my PC.
Even my car audio ( which i was into in the 90ties ) well it is a cheap android head unit and factory door speakers, dont even have a woofer.
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As long as it is legal for you to shoot in your yard I would modify the gun (as already suggested) and be careful about the time of day. I shoot less on the weekends when more people are around. During the week during the middle of the day bothers the least people. I also tell my neighbors what I am doing if they ask. Several others shoot pump ups. My lot is slightly less than half an acre and I only have room for a maximum of 35 yards. To shoot that far I shoot off a side porch but I have room there to leave the bench set up. I occasionally go to a range to shoot further but if I had to do that to shoot at all I might quit or at least do other things most of the time.
My little P35 in 177 is my least noisy PCP. It also sells for less than $500 last time I looked. Stoeger Bullshark is almost the same rifle and available in the U. S.. I use a printed moderator in the shroud on all my P35s. These are regulated guns and the 177 should get around 100 shots per fill. I'm messing with it now trying to find a more accurate tune but it has done a 194 on the 30 yard challenge (out of 200). It came shooting about 19 fpe but that has 10.65 grain pellets going almost 900 fps so I'm trying lower tunes. If I get to 850 or a bit less without finding something I like better I will probably try going up. The tune that was giving me ~900 fps in the summer was about 875 last time I shot it. So I could try pushing it back up to 900. A new tune on my P35-25 made a surprisingly big difference in its accuracy.
My little P35 in 177 is my least noisy PCP. It also sells for less than $500 last time I looked. Stoeger Bullshark is almost the same rifle and available in the U. S.. I use a printed moderator in the shroud on all my P35s. These are regulated guns and the 177 should get around 100 shots per fill. I'm messing with it now trying to find a more accurate tune but it has done a 194 on the 30 yard challenge (out of 200). It came shooting about 19 fpe but that has 10.65 grain pellets going almost 900 fps so I'm trying lower tunes. If I get to 850 or a bit less without finding something I like better I will probably try going up. The tune that was giving me ~900 fps in the summer was about 875 last time I shot it. So I could try pushing it back up to 900. A new tune on my P35-25 made a surprisingly big difference in its accuracy.
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I've been there with another "hobby" myself and I understand the sadness but I found other things to fulfill my madness and took up hardcover book restoration and book binding for several years before I could get back to shooting.
It's OK to walk away, it's your life and your money. I too will have to walk away once I end up in "the home".
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Some things I did back in the day like competition rifle, I knew it was time to quit when I stopped enjoying it. Still true. I’ve enjoyed airgun shooting competitively for a couple years now as well as just chasing cans around the back yard. I just don’t get overly serious about any of it.
Rick H.
Rick H.
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I recently saw some footage of Ozzy Osborne, very frail due to illness, still shooting his airguns! It's inspiring!
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As i am not a uneducated simpleton, i get the Fats Domino reference, even if i somewhat embarrassing do not have a single record of his, or had when my vinyl collection was at its MAX
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rather than shooting i think more about if i recognise that i'm not safe driving any more and stop . i see a lot of old timers still driving past when they should have stopped .
BUT ! there is this old guy , comes to the range every sunday . Shoots a 30 06 with iron sights @ 100 yards . He is a lot older than i am . Shoots 5 rounds , all inside a 2 inch bull . That's it , goes back home . reloads .
BUT ! there is this old guy , comes to the range every sunday . Shoots a 30 06 with iron sights @ 100 yards . He is a lot older than i am . Shoots 5 rounds , all inside a 2 inch bull . That's it , goes back home . reloads .
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Since I am unsure of where I may end up in a few years after retirement I've been building a collection of 10M pistols and HW30's just in case, still hoping to score a 10M rifle at some point. I plan on shooting until I can't physically do it.
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Ozzy Osborne got into air gunning by accident. He ordered a Brocock because he thought it was a sex toy.
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