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Jeff Higgins Jeff Higgins is online now
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Originally Posted by Rot 911 View Post
Jeff, what rifle/scopes you using? Been thinking of getting a nice air rifle and perhaps pistol, but don't know enough about them. Not looking for an uber expensive gun, just one for plinking in the back yard.
My rifles are an RWS Model 34 TO6 Classic and an RWS Model 48 for the springers. Both wear Williams peep sights, having destroyed a couple of scopes on both of them. My pneumatic rifles include two Sheridan Blue Streaks, one dating from 1963 and the other from 1978 (both with Williams peeps), and a 2013 model Benjamin in .22 caliber with a Weaver 3-9x muzzle loader scope (for the close range parallax correction). All three pneumatics have been modified by Mac1 Airguns to deliver over 20 ft lbs of energy.

My pistols include a Webley Tempest in .22 (spring air), a Weirauch HW 40 in .177 (single stroke pneumatic), two early '70's Benjamim pneumatics (one in .177 and one in .22), a late '70's Sheridan, and a 2013 Benjamin HB22.

The one I shoot the most, by far, is the RWS 34 rifle. It's really a joy to shoot, and is about the quietest of the bunch. The Model 48 doubles its power, as do the pneumatics when fully charged, but I rarely need that. Only when shooting rats off the fence rail or cell phones out of drivers' hands.
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