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Not only am I loving the hunting medium hereafter known as static lamping, I’m already involved in a crusade to bring it to the masses. Well, sort of. I had a read-through of what I’ve written so far on the subject of static lamping, and it seemed to me that I’d over-enthused a tad about the Idleback chair, and specifically the essential blessings it brings to the method.
KWiC THRILLS!
My new favourite handgun sport of Iron Plate Action Shooting (IPAS) is shot with CO2 powered replicas of fullbore pistols from around the world. These pistols fire .177 lead pellets which splatter when they hit the plates, ensuring no danger of rebounding ammunition hurting anybody. Some people have asked if we could accept airsoft guns that fire 6mm plastic balls and the IPAS organisation is having discussions to see if there is a workable solution that would welcome and include all the folks who own such pistols. This aroused my interest in trying a 6mm pistol just at the time Highland Outdoors showed me some new guns from KWC, a Taiwanese giant that makes guns for some very famous brands. Highland’s sister company in South Africa has been selling these for some time and reported just how amazingly reliable they are. They sell around 4000 a month, and seldom, if ever, see one returned. This gave the UK operation all the encouragement they needed to add them to their catalogue. They selected two models, the 2022 and the 24/7, both of which can be supplied in 4.5mm steel BB or 6mm plastic ball firing options. The steel BB version is set at 2.5 Joules and the 6mm at 1.6 Joules, meaning plenty of power for paper punching or plinking.
Ben’s S410
I’d always wondered why people - especially young men – bought a car like a VW Golf and then festooned it with aftermarket kit. I met one such chap called Wayne or Kevin or something like that (not that I’m stereotyping), when I worked for a car magazine. He’d bought a new Renault Clio and spent another £35,000 ‘pimping it up’. I was aghast at the expense. Who in their right mind would spend that sort of money on an ordinary car when they could have bought a Porsche? Well, I’ve done something similar with my Air Arms S410. My justification being that in these straitened times it’s cheaper to invest in the rifle I already own and enhance its performance, rather than buy a new PCP.
BEST WEST ‘UN
Sometimes, I think life is made more complicated than it needs to be. I’m all for clever things that do a better job, but sometimes I really need to keep things as simple as possible and just get on with the job.
THE UMAREX BOYS’ CLUB
We’re back with our latest competition: PIPAS! This is an acronym for Paper Instead of Plate Action Shooting.
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TEACH THE CHILDREN…
With all the bad press about kids with guns and the scaremongering that goes with it, I thought I’d write something to show just how easy it is to teach children how to enjoy airguns and stay perfectly safe while they’re doing so. I think that more of this sort of education is needed and from an early age. Once the vital facts of airgun safety life are taught, learned and understood, they tend to stay in the minds of those who benefit most from them. My children have always been around airguns and they know how to be safe, because they have learned these simple rules.
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A busy start to the year ...
Now that 2012 and the Airgun Shooting website is really up and running, I thought I'd bring you right up to date with what's been going on around the Airgun World and Air Gunner office, which in a word, amounts to 'loads'.
First, there are times when I think I may have overreached myself a tad, as projects, write-ups, test sessions and what I believed at the time were bright ideas, become part of my monthly 'to do' list...
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