Ian & Gareth discuss which Air Rifles they had growing up & also which they now use as adults. We also take a look at the standard Air Arms TX200 vs the TX200HC
You know, I like the show, quite a lot. Got a 1974 BSA Mercury in. 177, me old man bought it new ( obviously in 1974) still got it, complete with smartie tube scope ( bought a few years later with pocket money) never sell it.. Brings back great memories of yesteryear.. Between the two of us, me and the Mrs own around 17 PCPs ( she's got 3)still got the airgun bug @ 64yrs old
Great video guys, as you say nostalgia is a powerful thing.. currently buying back the rifles of my past that I fell in love with..this year bought a MK1 Tyrolean Rapid in .20 along with a MK2 Anschütz trigger in .22 and an MFR in .177 A Daystate .20 Huntsman classic with the Anschütz barrel is currently undergoing restoration and shooting any of these takes me back to happy times… Love a lot of the new stuff of which I have 10 or so but the classics put a proper smile on my face 😊
Only just found your show so got a lot of catching up to do! I’ll be sure to pay a visit to your shop when I’m in north Wales next. Keep up the good work! To answer your question, I’m currently on 25 guns altogether and running out of hiding places for them now! 8 rifles and the rest pistols. Favourite one has to be my Edgun Leshiy 2.
Hello Gentlemen, I love your show. I think you're both easygoing, down to earth fellas who'd get on with most people. I have the TX Walnut stock. I love it and wouldn't alter it in any way. Every time I shoulder it, it goes to the same place. I love owning and using it. I wanted a Weihrauch HW80K since being twelve years old. I didn't have a hope. Although my dad was a shooter, air rifles, shotguns, black powder/muzzle loaders and gunsmith, I was twin to another boy. Game over! My brother wasn't bothered. I was a good kid. I wasn't a drinker, smoker, or did drugs. It hurt my feelings that, for some reason, I wasn't to have my own air rifle. Our dearly loved father passed in 2017, and I didn't race out go buy an air rifle. We were close, and I don't think I'll ever come to terms with parental loss. There were some Magpies landing nearby. I purchased a Weihrauch HW97K Silverline, black moulded stock. There, my journey began. The Magpies didn't get shot as they were on another property, making it illegal. I never liked the black plastic stock and eventually made my own. It was laminated out of Walnut and Ash. All hand sawn and made by hand. The build is all photographed as proof I'd done it. Following that, I didn't like my HW80K gunstock. I thought it was dull and lacklustre. I made a gunstock for that, too. I love both of them, though the HW80 is the one I'm most proud of, my second build. I adore shooting my 97 and 80K's. The only thing with springers, they're heavy and reloading is a pain, as opposed to cocking a lever. When I'm hunting, I don't like a springer spring cocked for too long. The pcp's are fantastic because of their no recoil function, their magazines-ten/twelve shot, and not too heavy. Come the better weather, I'd like to bring in my gunstocks to show you. It would be nice to have a look at your shop, too. I wish you well, gentlemen. Thank you for a great show. Best wishes.
@hotair4269 Thank you, my friends. I will call you and make sure that when I call in, I can meet you both. Work is very busy, and getting a day off is like finding hens' teeth, but I will do it and look forward. Best wishes to you both.
My first air gun was a Diana 28 in.22 and it cost me 25 quid, that was about 50 years ago. It got a lot of usage and I had years of enjoyable shooting with it. An excellent first gun to develop the basics of shooting springers and in all honesty, springers are still my preference. For me, there's something not quite right when you don't get recoil or hear the mechanics of the gun working and there's something very satisfying when you consistently hit what you aim at with what a lot of people these days consider an old, outdated and inaccurate piece of air gun technology. Great show guys, made some excellent points and brought back a lot of memories of how much fun air gunning was back in the day (and still is although, not with the same kind of freedom we had 😁). 👍👍👍👍👍
Fantastic comment mate :) I have to agree the springers for me, albeit an older bit of kit, still gives me the buzz to get out and shoot it, nostalgic over and over again
@@hotair4269 been lucky to get my hands on quite some guns from the Frakor collection included those BSAs , . (if Frakor says anything to you,) and just bought today Robert Beemans Haenel 28 air pistol, just very exited had to share. :)
I love weihrauch! I have had my 98 since I was 13 and I am now 34! It’s still mint and shoots like new having had a funny Monty tune by Dave hall many years ago! I now have a 97k nickel, 100kt and a 45! I wouldn’t part with any of them!! They are more than air guns to me!
I personally have a varied collection of over 30 rifles & 35 pistols . My favourite springer is my .177 Pro Sport & favourite pcp is my old Titan MPT also in .177 but closely followed by the AGT vixen, .177, that i've only just brought. Love the show too lads .
As a 14 lad I had to save my money to buy my 1st air rifle... The newsagents was opposite a sports shop... In the corner of the sports shop they had a selection of air rifles every day I would call in and ask if I could hold the rifles and owner of the shop became a friend I asked him how much for this relum tele base model air rifle and the cheapest I could afford... This was in 1974...i asked my mum if I could buy this pride and joy.. And I remember my mum saying we don't have guns in this house... I worked for months saving... And every week I would call in to see my rifle...the amount of rifles been slowly been sold... The shop owner told me I need an adult to buy the rifle another nail in the coffin... By luck my older brother like fishing and called into the shop for his supplies of bait... I made the money I needed just had to ask my brother if he would buy the rifle... He said know... But the newsagent said he would and I could store there.. So I managed to buy it... This is my story.. Of my 1st airgun which I still own... In between owning this I have owned most makes models but the two I will never sell will be my relum tele and a Hw100s.... Lots of story's to tell....
Hahahaha that’s a great story :) lovely to see that you’ve managed to keep and continue to use your boyhood rifle. Can’t disagree with the HW100 either, i personally love mine.
Cool story! I have had my 100 since 2009 and other than a new seal in the manometer it has been faultless! I have kept it mint too! You would think it just came out of the box, not a mark on it anywhere! I love it!
I was looking at a TX200 Ultimate Springer, beautiful bit of kit but seemed overpriced compared with similar rifles. Of my small collection of springers the last one I would sell has to be my BSA Airsporter for sentimental reasons, it belonged to my grandpa and we used to shoot it in his garden. Call me old fashioned but I'm still a fan of characterful spring guns made of steel and wood and .22 cal
@@hotair4269 I have similar fond memories and of shotgun shooting. Nothing against PCPs but spring rifles like your Venom HW35 are the kind of thing I really like, definitely a keeper.
My current collection - rapid 7 MK1, Daystate Huntsman regal, BSA R10, air arms S410 carbine, air arms ultimate sporter and weihrauch HW100. Basic rule of thumb for how many air rifles you need is - current collection plus 1 😂😂
I have got a laminate ultimate springer, it is a beautiful bit of kit but as you say it was expensive for what it is, especially when I already have a normal TX200😂😂
Cracking video again la keep them coming and great to see an unbiased video and not like alot on CZcams now and i bet air arms are going to love you lol
You know I love the tx had a few and own a pro sport but this extra money for an adjustable stock in my opinion it should have been the same price and called a mk4
100% agree alot of the airgun company's have been taking the pxss with there prices for a fair few years now it's about time they gave us shooter's something back for our loyalty but I doubt it will happen la
Hi guys, love this chatting in your living room format. I’m very interested in your comment about stock mods & cheek risers. I’m not aware of any specialist stock modifiers. I’ve returned to air rifles after a 40 year break. Can you recommend anybody to add a cheek raiser for me?
If it is a mk2 buddy it’s a very early edition one as it has the 25mm internals as a few of them did, I think it was around 92 when we bought it but was used then. It has a lot of memories for me,
Great show guys ! I could talk or listen about air rifles all day 👍
Thanks Darren
You know, I like the show, quite a lot. Got a 1974 BSA Mercury in. 177, me old man bought it new ( obviously in 1974) still got it, complete with smartie tube scope ( bought a few years later with pocket money) never sell it.. Brings back great memories of yesteryear.. Between the two of us, me and the Mrs own around 17 PCPs ( she's got 3)still got the airgun bug @ 64yrs old
Thanks Mark :) Mercury’s where a fantastic rifle, fond memories of me and my dad firing his :)
Merry Christmas from me and Gareth :)
Great video guys, as you say nostalgia is a powerful thing.. currently buying back the rifles of my past that I fell in love with..this year bought a MK1 Tyrolean Rapid in .20 along with a MK2 Anschütz trigger in .22 and an MFR in .177
A Daystate .20 Huntsman classic with the Anschütz barrel is currently undergoing restoration and shooting any of these takes me back to happy times… Love a lot of the new stuff of which I have 10 or so but the classics put a proper smile on my face 😊
Nice to see the website back.....
Well done fellas brilliant 👏...
Only just found your show so got a lot of catching up to do! I’ll be sure to pay a visit to your shop when I’m in north Wales next. Keep up the good work!
To answer your question, I’m currently on 25 guns altogether and running out of hiding places for them now! 8 rifles and the rest pistols. Favourite one has to be my Edgun Leshiy 2.
Hello Gentlemen,
I love your show. I think you're both easygoing, down to earth fellas who'd get on with most people.
I have the TX Walnut stock. I love it and wouldn't alter it in any way. Every time I shoulder it, it goes to the same place. I love owning and using it.
I wanted a Weihrauch HW80K since being twelve years old. I didn't have a hope. Although my dad was a shooter, air rifles, shotguns, black powder/muzzle loaders and gunsmith, I was twin to another boy. Game over! My brother wasn't bothered. I was a good kid. I wasn't a drinker, smoker, or did drugs. It hurt my feelings that, for some reason, I wasn't to have my own air rifle.
Our dearly loved father passed in 2017, and I didn't race out go buy an air rifle. We were close, and I don't think I'll ever come to terms with parental loss.
There were some Magpies landing nearby. I purchased a Weihrauch HW97K Silverline, black moulded stock. There, my journey began.
The Magpies didn't get shot as they were on another property, making it illegal.
I never liked the black plastic stock and eventually made my own. It was laminated out of Walnut and Ash. All hand sawn and made by hand. The build is all photographed as proof I'd done it.
Following that, I didn't like my HW80K gunstock. I thought it was dull and lacklustre. I made a gunstock for that, too. I love both of them, though the HW80 is the one I'm most proud of, my second build.
I adore shooting my 97 and 80K's. The only thing with springers, they're heavy and reloading is a pain, as opposed to cocking a lever. When I'm hunting, I don't like a springer spring cocked for too long.
The pcp's are fantastic because of their no recoil function, their magazines-ten/twelve shot, and not too heavy.
Come the better weather, I'd like to bring in my gunstocks to show you. It would be nice to have a look at your shop, too.
I wish you well, gentlemen. Thank you for a great show.
Best wishes.
Thanks Ian, well said and love the detail you’ve gone too :)
@hotair4269 Thank you, my friends.
I will call you and make sure that when I call in, I can meet you both.
Work is very busy, and getting a day off is like finding hens' teeth, but I will do it and look forward.
Best wishes to you both.
Well said lads,kids need to be outside not festering in their rooms hunched over games/social media.👍
Nice one lads
My first air gun was a Diana 28 in.22 and it cost me 25 quid, that was about 50 years ago. It got a lot of usage and I had years of enjoyable shooting with it. An excellent first gun to develop the basics of shooting springers and in all honesty, springers are still my preference. For me, there's something not quite right when you don't get recoil or hear the mechanics of the gun working and there's something very satisfying when you consistently hit what you aim at with what a lot of people these days consider an old, outdated and inaccurate piece of air gun technology. Great show guys, made some excellent points and brought back a lot of memories of how much fun air gunning was back in the day (and still is although, not with the same kind of freedom we had 😁). 👍👍👍👍👍
Fantastic comment mate :) I have to agree the springers for me, albeit an older bit of kit, still gives me the buzz to get out and shoot it, nostalgic over and over again
Pride owner of vintage 5 different Meteors, a mercury, Cadet and Merlin, i love them.
Brilliant :)
@@hotair4269 been lucky to get my hands on quite some guns from the Frakor collection included those BSAs , . (if Frakor says anything to you,) and just bought today Robert Beemans Haenel 28 air pistol, just very exited had to share. :)
I love weihrauch! I have had my 98 since I was 13 and I am now 34! It’s still mint and shoots like new having had a funny Monty tune by Dave hall many years ago! I now have a 97k nickel, 100kt and a 45! I wouldn’t part with any of them!! They are more than air guns to me!
Yeah,£250 is a lot extra for what's on that tx.
Great vid boys
Good to see Hot Air lives!
You started with an Airsporter but you should have closed with a ProSport, it's natural successor 👍
I personally have a varied collection of over 30 rifles & 35 pistols . My favourite springer is my .177 Pro Sport & favourite pcp is my old Titan MPT also in .177 but closely followed by the AGT vixen, .177, that i've only just brought.
Love the show too lads .
That’s some collection Mark :)
And do you make stocks by any chance?
@@hotair4269 no, unfortunately not.
@@hotair4269I thought the same thing!
Great video guys I think the ultimate springer is too expensive and it is also heavier than the standard tx thanks a lot for doing this enjoyed it 🤩
As a 14 lad I had to save my money to buy my 1st air rifle...
The newsagents was opposite a sports shop... In the corner of the sports shop they had a selection of air rifles every day I would call in and ask if I could hold the rifles and owner of the shop became a friend I asked him how much for this relum tele base model air rifle and the cheapest I could afford... This was in 1974...i asked my mum if I could buy this pride and joy.. And I remember my mum saying we don't have guns in this house... I worked for months saving... And every week I would call in to see my rifle...the amount of rifles been slowly been sold... The shop owner told me I need an adult to buy the rifle another nail in the coffin... By luck my older brother like fishing and called into the shop for his supplies of bait... I made the money I needed just had to ask my brother if he would buy the rifle... He said know... But the newsagent said he would and I could store there.. So I managed to buy it... This is my story.. Of my 1st airgun which I still own... In between owning this I have owned most makes models but the two I will never sell will be my relum tele and a Hw100s.... Lots of story's to tell....
Hahahaha that’s a great story :) lovely to see that you’ve managed to keep and continue to use your boyhood rifle. Can’t disagree with the HW100 either, i personally love mine.
Cool story! I have had my 100 since 2009 and other than a new seal in the manometer it has been faultless! I have kept it mint too! You would think it just came out of the box, not a mark on it anywhere! I love it!
There seems to be a resurgence in 177cal after the appearance of all the recent heavyweight pellets!.
I was looking at a TX200 Ultimate Springer, beautiful bit of kit but seemed overpriced compared with similar rifles. Of my small collection of springers the last one I would sell has to be my BSA Airsporter for sentimental reasons, it belonged to my grandpa and we used to shoot it in his garden. Call me old fashioned but I'm still a fan of characterful spring guns made of steel and wood and .22 cal
You and me both mate, i love the old springers, as i said in the video always make me nostalgic of my dad and time spent chasing down quarry
@@hotair4269 I have similar fond memories and of shotgun shooting. Nothing against PCPs but spring rifles like your Venom HW35 are the kind of thing I really like, definitely a keeper.
Can you do a sweet 16 nice video keep up the good work
I had an BSA Airsporter S in .22 circa 1986 second hand i think it was £50, bloody heavy gun.
My current collection - rapid 7 MK1, Daystate Huntsman regal, BSA R10, air arms S410 carbine, air arms ultimate sporter and weihrauch HW100. Basic rule of thumb for how many air rifles you need is - current collection plus 1 😂😂
Current collection plus 1 is a very good rule of thumb hahaha
Nice 'Ripper' there guys.
I have got a laminate ultimate springer, it is a beautiful bit of kit but as you say it was expensive for what it is, especially when I already have a normal TX200😂😂
Cracking video again la keep them coming and great to see an unbiased video and not like alot on CZcams now and i bet air arms are going to love you lol
You know I love the tx had a few and own a pro sport but this extra money for an adjustable stock in my opinion it should have been the same price and called a mk4
100% agree alot of the airgun company's have been taking the pxss with there prices for a fair few years now it's about time they gave us shooter's something back for our loyalty but I doubt it will happen la
14:20 now I see, it was just a "view thing" opticle miss understanding
Hi guys, love this chatting in your living room format. I’m very interested in your comment about stock mods & cheek risers. I’m not aware of any specialist stock modifiers. I’ve returned to air rifles after a 40 year break. Can you recommend anybody to add a cheek raiser for me?
CS are doing laminates in nearly all their range, so buy a poverty spec beech TX, sell the stock for £80 and then a better Cs700 for the same or less.
Hi guys. 7:50 the stock/cheek rest on this HW77 is different to mine. I mean the sharp edge from my point of view. Like a hunter style.
They've updated the stock in the last couple of years.👍
Mk2 77, can’t remove the foresight blade and the video 77 has the sliding catch as per mk2.
If it is a mk2 buddy it’s a very early edition one as it has the 25mm internals as a few of them did, I think it was around 92 when we bought it but was used then. It has a lot of memories for me,
Asi sniper 😊