Back in the day the 50s,60s Everyone had a airgun of some kind ,that was the NORM for kids. Fast forward ....kids never change,they just get older 
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What got you into Airguns
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What got HER into airguns. Met my wife in 1983. I liked this cute urban girl because she was active. Liked to ride horses, exercise, the outdoors, running, biking .. Also easy on the eyes!
Took her fishing and she enjoyed that. Hiked in the woods and she enjoyed all I knew about outdoor life. Man she's rugged. She could stand my mountain bushwacking hikes with aplomb. Climb steep rock outcroppings. I was really impressed. Problem....She said she didn't like guns. Uh oh. So I took her out to plink with an airgun. Well! She enjoyed destroying cans! Next I bought her a Daisy 120. (El Gamo pellet rifle) (Remember they were originally called El Gamo) By Christmas the Next year she was ready for the Beeman R7 I bought for her. A sport aperture sight and a trigger shoe. To this day she loves that gun.. Still likes to hear the clank sound of the pellet hitting. At 62. She's a real trooper. A keeper.
What HE joined together let no man separate.
Took her fishing and she enjoyed that. Hiked in the woods and she enjoyed all I knew about outdoor life. Man she's rugged. She could stand my mountain bushwacking hikes with aplomb. Climb steep rock outcroppings. I was really impressed. Problem....She said she didn't like guns. Uh oh. So I took her out to plink with an airgun. Well! She enjoyed destroying cans! Next I bought her a Daisy 120. (El Gamo pellet rifle) (Remember they were originally called El Gamo) By Christmas the Next year she was ready for the Beeman R7 I bought for her. A sport aperture sight and a trigger shoe. To this day she loves that gun.. Still likes to hear the clank sound of the pellet hitting. At 62. She's a real trooper. A keeper. What HE joined together let no man separate.
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I grew up in the Scottish Highlands were every lad had an airgun of some shape or form from an early age to shoot rabbits and crows with. At aged 11 I bought a Webley Excel break barrel in 22 and the rest is history, albeit very expensive history. A stint in the military saw me ditch the airguns for powder burners but I got drawn back in again watching amazing YouTube videos. A change of law which requires a license for even a sub 12ftlb airgun in Scotland saw me up the power via a firearms application but I worry kids in Scotland won't have the same experience I had as they can't hold a licence independent of a guardian: so looks like the sport will be nipped in the bud by a government very much against firearms ownership which is a real shame.
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I got my Air Arms S400 to practice metallic silhouette at home. Then started shooting the air rifle more than firearms. Then went to a field target event that was a hoot. So I bought a Huntsman so my kid could shoot with me shooting the S400. We did that for awhile but the club near me dosnt shoot in the summer. So I mostly shoot around the house. Silhouette shooting is my favorite, I wish clubs would shoot NRA silhouette that would be a blast.
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The old yellow. It was around 1999-2002 that I stumbled on it. I’d see pictures of all the really nice guns: HW97k, TX200, BSA supersport, and hunting pics. Then there were all the 2240 and qb78 modders and the Chinese versions of the really nice Diana guns. MazZbulk was the guy for bulking CO2. I bought a QB78. Then I started doing reviews on all the Chinese models and people from the yellow started sending me things that they’d make for guns and ask my opinion. I’d do write ups for them and reviews (before this was a huge thing). Then I joined the army and by the twine I got back into airguns the hobby changed.... a lot...
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A country boy that grew up on a farm and we were not allowed to have pellet guns because we were told that we would shoot one another's eyes out, so we made sling-shots. My grandparents finally bought us our first bb gun and we went crazy from that point on. I graduated from high school in 1972 and joined the Air Force during the draft that summer and the draft ended the following fall. That was an experience of a life time because I turned 21 in Thailand in 1975 and came back to the states after 363 days of pure fun and R and R but I never forgot where I came from.
I got out of the AF in 1976, lived with my mother for a few months and then I went back to live with my grandfather on the small farm when I picked up/found an old break barrel rifle that we played with as child. The barrel was broken off at the breach block so we had to cock it on a rock and we shot ever-green berries instead of pellets because we couldn't buy pellets. Well, I ended up buying a Crosman multi-stroke bb/pellet airgun but I remembered that old pellet gun that I lost earlier.
I knew that at that time, I could not find that pellet gun at K Mart so I ended up at a gun shop where I met this guy as I was entering the shop. A few words were exchanged concerning the pellet gun that I was looking for and this guy really knew his stuff and introduced me to the Beeman R1. I never knew that a pellet gun could cost so much and it only shot one time so he then introduced me to an RWS45. Now the Beeman R1 was about 450.00 at that time but the RWS45 was 176.25 out the door, the hook was set in my gut and I swallowed the whole thang and this was in 1983. I killed my first rabbit with open sights with that gun, after the second shot under a street light one evening and the rest has been history. Next was an AR6 in .22 from Air Rifle Specialist, a Daystate Huntsman with a cut piece of sheet metal as the trigger that I still own that the gentleman that I at the gun shop modified into a FT rifle. In 1991, I attended a FT match in Greenwood, SC where I met Rodney Boyce from Florida and another gentleman that was with him. Rodney was shooting a Daystate that he modified and ended winning the match tying the match with his partner Roy Piltzes from Florida at 52/60, I came in 3rd place with 43/60.
That was many years ago and if you had my FX Boss to my head this evening and asked me "how many to you have now", I could not tell you. I ended up with some of the finest springers, from the FWB124D, TX200, HW97, HW95, Beeman R10 in .20 caliber, FWB300, Walther 793 and some Chinese springers that are clones. I'm not bragging about what I've worked for but it started on a little farm when I was a kid and I'm waaaaay on the dark side with my PCPs. Airgunitis is my affliction, not only my addiction and I offer no apology as an ole man and a country boy that's enjoying his obsession after all of these years slinging lead.
That's my story,
I'm sticking to it and
I'm "Simplyhooked" on airguns.
I got out of the AF in 1976, lived with my mother for a few months and then I went back to live with my grandfather on the small farm when I picked up/found an old break barrel rifle that we played with as child. The barrel was broken off at the breach block so we had to cock it on a rock and we shot ever-green berries instead of pellets because we couldn't buy pellets. Well, I ended up buying a Crosman multi-stroke bb/pellet airgun but I remembered that old pellet gun that I lost earlier.
I knew that at that time, I could not find that pellet gun at K Mart so I ended up at a gun shop where I met this guy as I was entering the shop. A few words were exchanged concerning the pellet gun that I was looking for and this guy really knew his stuff and introduced me to the Beeman R1. I never knew that a pellet gun could cost so much and it only shot one time so he then introduced me to an RWS45. Now the Beeman R1 was about 450.00 at that time but the RWS45 was 176.25 out the door, the hook was set in my gut and I swallowed the whole thang and this was in 1983. I killed my first rabbit with open sights with that gun, after the second shot under a street light one evening and the rest has been history. Next was an AR6 in .22 from Air Rifle Specialist, a Daystate Huntsman with a cut piece of sheet metal as the trigger that I still own that the gentleman that I at the gun shop modified into a FT rifle. In 1991, I attended a FT match in Greenwood, SC where I met Rodney Boyce from Florida and another gentleman that was with him. Rodney was shooting a Daystate that he modified and ended winning the match tying the match with his partner Roy Piltzes from Florida at 52/60, I came in 3rd place with 43/60.
That was many years ago and if you had my FX Boss to my head this evening and asked me "how many to you have now", I could not tell you. I ended up with some of the finest springers, from the FWB124D, TX200, HW97, HW95, Beeman R10 in .20 caliber, FWB300, Walther 793 and some Chinese springers that are clones. I'm not bragging about what I've worked for but it started on a little farm when I was a kid and I'm waaaaay on the dark side with my PCPs. Airgunitis is my affliction, not only my addiction and I offer no apology as an ole man and a country boy that's enjoying his obsession after all of these years slinging lead.
That's my story,
I'm sticking to it and
I'm "Simplyhooked" on airguns.
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Sorry for the large letters and I'm not blind, it's just a little late and I should have checked before I posted this my story.
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A Daisy Model 25.....When I was a little squirt of 10 on vacation in upstate NY , I was introduced to a Boy Scout that was practicing for a merit badge in his backyard . He let me have a few shots and that began my addiction. For the next 55+ years on and off I have been nuts about air guns. Now I'm retired in rural Ohio and I get to shoot as often as I want....got to have something to enjoy in these trying times...stay well all
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The Oxwagon Diaries got me into air guns...I really enjoyed that series... and I don't like to kill anything..... Weird I know.
Now I really enjoy watching the European Field Target matches.
Now I really enjoy watching the European Field Target matches.
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I bought a Benjamin 177cal used in 1964 still it and killed count less rabbits rats squirrel and quail. In the 1990 I bought my first pcp Daystate harrier and a theoben rapid 12 both in 22cal, and many more. I have to answer the original question with accuracy, and I did shoot and reload a lot of powder burners. Now I’m old and have a shooting lane in my back yard 50-125yrds ,so I shoot my airguns daily. Three weeks ago I bought a edgun standard 22cal and have shot over 1000 slugs and 1000 pellets in this time frame the gun is truly impressive both slugs and pellets. The gun is light short 27and one half inches long including the moderator and as I age it suits my needs better. Have fun shooting one and all.
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I love the fact I can use them in my homemade basement range. With no fear of violating the law. No powder or lead that needs venting in said range.
I like 22lr bench shooting in the few times I was able to go out. This really pushed the airgun fever for me.
I can shoot indoors with similar bench rifle style. With the cost per round and indoor advantage it made it a no brainier to plunge into the hobby.
I used to shoot the Ruger P95 every 2 weeks at the range. It was fun but repetitive and boring at times.
Air guns are far more challenging. It's in that challenge I have the most fun. Small projectile, a whole new way of dealing with recoil, and so much more to learn. This style of shooting offers me great flexibility and it's cheap.
I want to watch a video of a person on YouTube that bought these plastic Dollar store wilderbeast animals. We use them as targets and made a joke that if you wanted to hunt wilderbeast you can. come to think of it I need to head to the dollar store and buy some green plastic army men.
I like 22lr bench shooting in the few times I was able to go out. This really pushed the airgun fever for me.
I can shoot indoors with similar bench rifle style. With the cost per round and indoor advantage it made it a no brainier to plunge into the hobby.
I used to shoot the Ruger P95 every 2 weeks at the range. It was fun but repetitive and boring at times.
Air guns are far more challenging. It's in that challenge I have the most fun. Small projectile, a whole new way of dealing with recoil, and so much more to learn. This style of shooting offers me great flexibility and it's cheap.
I want to watch a video of a person on YouTube that bought these plastic Dollar store wilderbeast animals. We use them as targets and made a joke that if you wanted to hunt wilderbeast you can. come to think of it I need to head to the dollar store and buy some green plastic army men.
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Simply Hooked-
Great story!
Friends got me started-first in grade school and again as an adult. Ground squirrels are responsible for my current obsession! I taught my son to shoot with my HW55-he's a gunsmith now and still regards the Rekord trigger on that rifle as the gold standard.
Great story!
Friends got me started-first in grade school and again as an adult. Ground squirrels are responsible for my current obsession! I taught my son to shoot with my HW55-he's a gunsmith now and still regards the Rekord trigger on that rifle as the gold standard.
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I was probablt 12 or 13, had gone through (ha ha, i.e.torn up) a few bb guns, and a Crosman 760. Then one fall at deer camp, my father's best friend returned from being stationed in Germany. He had a little break barrel, and I shot that thing till I wore myself out from cocking it - it finally got away from me on my last futile cocking attempt, and pinched the webbing on my right hand. Still have the scar.
Fast forward to the mid nineties, bought a Sheridan C9 for a g-hog problem. 2000-2001 or so discovered the Fun Time website, and have been re-hooked ever since.
Just sent off a 2250 bottle build to Tom West for a custom stock.
Will post some pics when she's back home.
Vines
Fast forward to the mid nineties, bought a Sheridan C9 for a g-hog problem. 2000-2001 or so discovered the Fun Time website, and have been re-hooked ever since.
Just sent off a 2250 bottle build to Tom West for a custom stock.
Will post some pics when she's back home.
Vines
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the birds pooping all over my property and chipmunks got me into it. I had bb guns and then I bought a ruger air hawke and that was it. now I look for them everyday. I think they know the drill. squirrels are a pest around here also have tore up the garage roof twice and they are getting very few I see. funny how they get the hint I think as I did see a few today a few yards over and not afraid to take them down as my neighbors all hate them also and got the green light to take them down.
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Christmas morning, I was 10 or 11 years old. Crossman Powerline pump bb/pellet gun. Growing up in El Paso I had access to countless acres of desert that was my playground. Shooting cans, trying to shot jack rabbits, and the feeling on putting that small steel bb on target was a high I still chase.
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