Love the way you video your stalking approach , and shots . Very proffesionaly done . I have been subscribed , and watching your videos for well over a year now . Well Done .
Thanks for taking the time to share with us. Enjoyed it and agree some nights it was so hot it made it unbearable to hunt. But the midges loved me all the same.
Im loving watching your videos, very informative and interesting on your hunts. I have just upgraded to the weirauch HW97K .22 and am very pleased with it. Im not rabbiting, but doing more vermin control on my small parcel of land. Majority is magpie, crow and grey squirrel. The squirrels im having no problem with, but getting the magpies to play ball is hard work. I tried dead squirrels, but they ignore it. I think i need to work more on the hide, as theyre canny buggers, and probably spot me way before i spot them! Keep up the good work.
I usually use a dead rabbit split open with the guts hanging out and I've noticed that it can make a big difference if you can set up the hide and bait before it gets properly light in the morning because if the birds notice you setting up the hide and bait they can take ages to land if at all.
Hey there!:-) I received my HW97K Special Edition laminated stock. I have seen your videos years ago of course and told myself "one day" I will get a HW97k, and I finally did!! Boy, it's a beautiful air rifle!! And loving the accuracy it delivers :-) seems it likes 3-types of pellets out of 6 types... I know that I will get even better once I shoot every day. Hold sensitive compared to my pcp shooting. Definitely noticeable shooting a Springer. But once you get into the swing of things it's heaven!!!
Glad you like your new rifle most people will hardly look at a springer now with so many cool pcp rifles about but there is something addictive about shooting a good springer and they can be just as accurate as a pcp with plenty of practice.
@@HuntersVermin Here in NZ it's weird. We have no limits on power with springers, I have a Prosport and two magnum springers that are 28, and 31fpe respectively, with no licence needed. However all PCPs regardless of power level require a firearms licence, which has become extremely difficult to get. In spite of this most people here think they are toys, so farmers laugh at me when I ask for permission to take rabbits on their farms, because they insist I need a powder burner. Ridiculous. My 28fpe .22 break barrel will blow through 19mm ply like it's nothing. But I know from watching UK people doing pest control, that accuracy and shot placement is far more important. It annoys me that people think you can't hunt with an air rifle.
I started with my first Springer about 40 years ago with a beeman r1 when they first came out in was a 177cal shooting 930fps killed lots of rabbits out to 75yds at nite in a open field my wife thought I was nuts going hunting at nite when it was 10 degrees outside kept the freezer full and still own the beeman made in west germany great shooting stalking is some of the part when hunting great job
Great video as always Davey. Think summer has finally gone now so you/I wont be sweating as much from now on! Midge's seem to be about though in an abundance, got bitten to hell at the weekend as I forgot to put on my usual coating of Avon Skin so Soft! Take care and good hunting. ATB Frankie
Hi David.... again an interesting video... I also returned 2 days back. went to my village to hunt rabbits doves pigeons etc. hunting rabbits is a difficult task. saw one for two nights could not get him as it was a full moon night. so hunted mainly doves and pigeons... apart also got hariyal its like pigeon but green in color n a bit heavy then the pigeon. Also got teetar... I like the way u explain things it seems they are happening in front... keep it up
Well i knew that when i posted it but thankfully most people have commented that they liked the stalking footage, i know its a bit of a boar to watch for some but how are people to learn for themselves if i don't show it.
its good to stalk hi nice vid as always question on ur 97 what have u done to the silencer i have a 97k in .22 standerd no mods the thoumb on urs sounds like a rubberised top hat and baffle change in silencer or is it just the mic on cam love the stock on urs though all the best jim
It must be the the camera as the silencer is still standard but i did fit a V-Mach tuning kit which changed the sound a bit and the stock was bought of off ebay.
Mine is a gas piston made by crosman the F4 .177 and it's mussle velocity is 1,000 with 7.4 gr around 12 to 13 fpe but with the pirahna .177 is up to 15 fpe close to the one in the box
To tell you the truth i thought it was just two different words describing the same thing, though some people don't like to use the word silencer as even when using subsonic ammo they don't actually silence the muzzle blast totally but more suppresses the noise so the name suppressor seems more accurate.
Was not sure my self; but there are hard heads on every thing I guess. I only have the use of my right arm/hand, broken neck, so I don't shoot rifles. Can you shoot air rifles one handed with your sticks?
Well there is next to no recoil with a pcp air rifle and if you go for a smaller lighter model it will be easier to move around with one hand. You also get long legged bipods to allow you to shoot from a sitting or kneeling position as well as quad sticks which support the rifle fully in a standing position.
Nice to see a spring gun video again really good shooting .... Is that your old 97 with a new stock ??? It sure is a good looking one I really like those new laminates .... Take care , Kelly
nice video and this deserve 10 thumps up but i m allowed once I have seen u r seldom using spring power air rifle but ur preferred air rifle is PCP but have u ever used ramgas power air rifle for hunting...???? if that is yes then how would compare spring power and ramgas power air rifle ..???
Yes i had a Theoben Eliminator in .25cal 30ft/lb and it was a beast of a break barrel air gun but shot well and hit really hard, you could keep it cocked without worrying about wearing the spring out as it didn't have one and there was no spring twang on firing but this was an expensive gun at the time and i don't know how other cheaper gasram air guns would compare to it.
As usual David, a great video. keep them coming mate. I was also just wondering if you could give me some advice. Basically, I also use the Shot Trak HD camera and I noticed that you mount your camera at the top of the scope. This will, as you already know, make the recorded video play upside down. My question is, What software do you use to enable the Shot Trak video to be played back the right way up, and not upside down? I mount my camera to the rifle as instructed, but by doing this, I always have a shadow on my video playback, which I presume is the end of the scope, or barrel. This is the reason I want to start mounting the camera as you do on top of the scope, and not at the side and eliminate the recorded shadow. Regards, Marc
Hi ya yes i am using Powerdirector 13 Ultimate which has an option to rotate the picture through 180° but i would be surprised if most editing software didn't have some sort of option to do this nowadays.
ive never understood... if your creeping up gently and quietly on to a rabbit for a better shot, surely you dont have to be super super quiet, because after all, you have clearly already moved forward a bit, to place the camera infront of you, to capture you creeping up
Well that's not quite the way i do it but you still need to be quiet when stalking up on a rabbit as they usually know that humans with guns are dangerous.
Good work, you have loads of excellent videos, I'm waiting on the PSNI to process my variation for a new HW97 and am finding out as much info as I can while I wait. (hopefully it's not going to be too long....) Do you have any videos of doing maintenance on your HW97? I seen the one for fitting the tuning kit and its very useful but I was wondering how often should I dismantle for lubrication of spring/piston and what type of lube to use, what would you recommend? Thanks for taking time to make and upload so many videos, very informative
Ah well you'l need a light gun oil and a clean cloth to wipe the metal work down after handling the gun before you put it away each time, a slightly heavier oil for the likes of the trigger mechanism and cross pins then a good grease for the spring which you can apply with a very small paint brush through the cocking slot without having to dismantle the rifle but never put any oil inside the compression chamber or it will diesel and go off with a bang. I have a video on barrel cleaning and how to make a simple pull through for the job but to be honest besides cleaning the barrel every 200-300 shots all i do is wipe the outside of the rifle down with an oily cloth before putting it away.
no should be fine for a short while. Tony wall at Sandwell field sports left one cocked for weeks as a test and was no bad effect from that :) so hour or so while hunting should be fine.
Just what Anthony said, so long as your only keeping it cocked for an hour or so it shouldn't do any harm anyway if i didn't have the rifle cocked and loaded at all times i'd miss quit a few opportunities.
I'm really curious to know what you think of as too hot and muggy? Just genuine curiosity from an American. I'm always down for some spring gun action!
Well if its so hot and sweaty that its not nice to be out in it hunting then its a good bet the rabbits will feel the same way and wait till the cool of night or early morning to come out plus its a lot nicer hunting in the cooler morning air.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Is your HW97 as it came from the factory, or has it been tuned? I have a Webley Eclipse .22mk1 which is an under lever too but a little old and clunky and in need of tuning. Thanks for a great series.
My intention was to keep the HW97 as stock as it shot well out of the box but i noticed a drop in power so fitted a V-Mach kit in it and its been running well ever since. th-cam.com/video/sQAj5zDYji0/w-d-xo.html
The HW90 was made under licence from Theoben plus you could also buy a gas strut from Theoben to replace the steal spring in both Weihrauch and BSA rifles at one time but i don't know if they are still available.
nice shooting! keep up the good work! wish i could get permissions where i live. nobody seems to care (but my wife and I) about the local wildlife destroying our veggie garden and being hit in the streets, that they are in need of some population control. i am limited to any pests (squirrel, crow or rabbit) that enter my backyard that i can randomly catch. i use my "tuned" crossman phantom .22 cal break barrel (sadly the best rifle i can afford and get my hands on) with some crossman powershot lead free high velocity 16.7 grain pellets (for larger animals) and normal crossman pointed tip lead pellets 14.3 grain, at around 650-700 fps. and like other responsible shooters if no kill shot is presented no shot is discharged. have u ever used the high velocity pellets? and if so what did u think?
Sorry no i've never used the crossman powershot pellets and they do look a bit too long for the magazines on my two pcp powered air rifles though they do remind me of the prometheus pellets that have been about for years.
thanks for the reply... ur right, they do look similar... and if i can retrieve the lead free pellets from the target i fired at i can shoot that same pellet again because there has been no damage to the pellet in most cases.
I don't mind leaving the rifle cocked for an hour or so when out hunting or in a hide because a lot of the time when you get an opportunity you don't have the time to cock the rifle for the shot. This doesn't seem to do any harm i think its more if you forget yourself and store the rifle cocked for days that you'l weaken the spring.
thanks for posting. your production is first rate. so, i'm in the u.s. and will soon be purchasing a .22, probably NP. the rifle in this video looks like a pcp. if it is, why is the word spring in the title. or was is a play on words. cheers
isso é verdade. o euro é é 4 vezes mais que a nossa moeda. mas mesmo assim eles colocam uma taxa muito alta. qualquer arma aqui não é vista com bons olhos
That's a shame, we can have a similar problem here in N'Ireland as any guns, ammo etc that are posted over from main land England have very high postage doe to the fact you have to use special couriers which can charge what they like.
tem mais uma ironia aqui a caça aqui é proibida. sendo somente permitido caçar javalis e animais híbridos deles. mas é totalmente proibido as armas de fogo temos que nos virar com balestras e arco e flechas como indios kkkk
Here in the UK we can legally hunt with firearms such as shotguns air rifles rim & center fire rifles with the right rifearms licence but it is illegal to hunt with a cross bow or bow and arrow.
Its a Weihrauch HW97 in .177cal with almost 13ft/lb of energy, i have also fitted a V-Mach tuning kit to it and an MTC Mamba Lite 3-12x44 scope in Sprotsmatch mounts.
@@HuntersVermin thanks comrade. In Ukraine, the caliber, 22 lr pneumatics is difficult to buy in a store. I am looking for comrades abroad to buy myself a "Kozak" type rifle in 5.5mm caliber. Zbroya makes such a caliber for export. good quality . I wonder what the price of such a rifle is. thanks comrade
Without a firearms licence you can only have a 12ft/b air rifle yes, but it's more than enough for small game. It just means we have to be more accurate!
Here in NZ everyone, including the government thinks springers are toys. PCPs require a firearms licence regardless of power. Since the Christchurch shooting it's near impossible to get one, and a lot of innocent firearms owners are getting their guns confiscated for having the wrong opinions on Facebook so it's never going to happen for me. The advantage is I can have the most powerful spring guns on the market with no licence. The disadvantage is farmers laugh at me when I ask to do pest control on their land because they don't believe a springer can take rabbits ect. This is retarded, my spring guns are more than effective enough, and a lot safer to people, animals and property than a .22 rimfire, which can over penetrate and ricochet off the ground, one reason. 17HMR is becoming popular for varminting. For all the power I have in my magnum springers though, I would rather take out my Air Arms Prosport .177 which is making 15fpe. Far more accurate, quiter and more pleasant. My Gamo G-magnum .22 makes about 28fpe but it is incredibly violent and while I've learned to shoot it pretty well, it's becoming clear it's just unnecessary. The Prosport can get me headshots all day. But farmers here in NZ are narrow minded pricks.
HuntersVermin been watching all your videos recently and really enjoying them. I've a tx200hc waiting to be collected once my FAC comes through. Where abouts in County Antrim are you? Regards .J
I might put up a collection of shots only from years ago sometime for those like yourself but most people seem to like seeing how i stalk into the target for the shot.
Great to see some spring action again! Love my .22 HW97!
Glad you liked it.
Love the way you video your stalking approach , and shots . Very proffesionaly done . I have been subscribed , and watching your videos for well over a year now . Well Done .
Thank you very much glad you've enjoyed them.
Thanks for taking the time to share with us. Enjoyed it and agree some nights it was so hot it made it unbearable to hunt. But the midges loved me all the same.
Oh i hate the midges, i used to come home with bite marks all over my face and hands, how the rabbits stick it i don't know.
Great video great to see the whole run up and not just a video of kill shots.
Fantastic to see the 97 out!!
Thanks very much as some people just want to see the kill shots but you don't learn much about rabbit stalking that way.
Nice morning to be out if a little damp with dew, the crack of dawn is my favourite time for rabbit, pigeon and crow, all power to you mate ! atb phil
Yeah it is a nice time to be up and out, i should do it more often. Glad you enjoyed it.
It's always a pleasure watching your videos mate...Always so well done!
Cheers, Mark (Now living the other side of the pond)
Thanks very much and hope you get settled in OK over there.
Good to see hunting with a springer,...and a 97 too at that. Thanks for this one again David.
Your welcome glad you liked it.
Another top video, awesome shot, well done, regards from NZ, Tony.
Thanks again fellas and thanks for watching.
Thanks as always for sharing what was a 'very' damp morning all round. More great shooting with the .177 doing the business. atvb t ..
Thanks very much tadpole.
As always you show us that a springer is as good as a pcp for hunting, love the bluffing and stalking using the natural cover to disguise your shape.
Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it.
Im loving watching your videos, very informative and interesting on your hunts.
I have just upgraded to the weirauch HW97K .22 and am very pleased with it.
Im not rabbiting, but doing more vermin control on my small parcel of land. Majority is magpie, crow and grey squirrel. The squirrels im having no problem with, but getting the magpies to play ball is hard work.
I tried dead squirrels, but they ignore it. I think i need to work more on the hide, as theyre canny buggers, and probably spot me way before i spot them!
Keep up the good work.
I usually use a dead rabbit split open with the guts hanging out and I've noticed that it can make a big difference if you can set up the hide and bait before it gets properly light in the morning because if the birds notice you setting up the hide and bait they can take ages to land if at all.
Another great video David, well done.
Geoff.
Glad you liked it.
I enjoy your hunting videos. Is true the stock is just as important than the shot taken. Keep up the good hunt
Thank you i'll try.
Hey there!:-)
I received my HW97K Special Edition laminated stock. I have seen your videos years ago of course and told myself "one day" I will get a HW97k, and I finally did!!
Boy, it's a beautiful air rifle!! And loving the accuracy it delivers :-) seems it likes 3-types of pellets out of 6 types...
I know that I will get even better once I shoot every day. Hold sensitive compared to my pcp shooting. Definitely noticeable shooting a Springer. But once you get into the swing of things it's heaven!!!
Glad you like your new rifle most people will hardly look at a springer now with so many cool pcp rifles about but there is something addictive about shooting a good springer and they can be just as accurate as a pcp with plenty of practice.
@@HuntersVermin Here in NZ it's weird. We have no limits on power with springers, I have a Prosport and two magnum springers that are 28, and 31fpe respectively, with no licence needed. However all PCPs regardless of power level require a firearms licence, which has become extremely difficult to get.
In spite of this most people here think they are toys, so farmers laugh at me when I ask for permission to take rabbits on their farms, because they insist I need a powder burner. Ridiculous. My 28fpe .22 break barrel will blow through 19mm ply like it's nothing. But I know from watching UK people doing pest control, that accuracy and shot placement is far more important.
It annoys me that people think you can't hunt with an air rifle.
nice video! enjoyed it very much. beautiful country.
Thanks glad you liked it.
Another great video David... Yes, stalking a shot is what we do and should. Very glad you added that ;o))))
I know i said its a bit long winded but most people seem to like the fact i showed the stalking footage. Thanks.
Brilliant mate ;o))))
I started with my first Springer about 40 years ago with a beeman r1 when they first came out in was a 177cal shooting 930fps killed lots of rabbits out to 75yds at nite in a open field my wife thought I was nuts going hunting at nite when it was 10 degrees outside kept the freezer full and still own the beeman made in west germany great shooting stalking is some of the part when hunting great job
I had a comment saying 177 is just for paper but i think it does make a good rabbit gun even in sub 12ft/lb. thanks for watching.
Great shooting David with a springer!!!! thanks for another great vid.
atb brian
Glad you enjoyed it.
You make very good video's really interesting I've watched quite a few of your videos Which I've really enjoyed keep up the good work fella
Thanks very much glad you've enjoyed them.
I liked this video. Well done.
Congrats from Norway
Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it.
always enjoy your videos. thanks
Thanks for watching.
another nice video bud as always thanks for shareing
Thanks for watching Moonbear.
Great video as always Davey. Think summer has finally gone now so you/I wont be sweating as much from now on! Midge's seem to be about though in an abundance, got bitten to hell at the weekend as I forgot to put on my usual coating of Avon Skin so Soft! Take care and good hunting.
ATB
Frankie
Yeah someone else mentioned midge's in their comments, i hate the things drive you mad at times but i must mind that Avon Skin for next time, thanks.
It works for me Davey and it doesnt smell unpleasant
Yet another great video,some good shooting.thanks!!
Glad you liked it.
Another well made video, well done sir.
Thanks very much.
I love your videos man. One day I MIGHT be this skilled.
Thanks very much but with a bit of practices i'm sure you could do better than me.
Another great video !
Thanks again.
Great video as always, David. I've been out a couple times chasing the Squirrels here in the US. But it's still a little to hot for me.
Thanks very much, haven't done much squirrel hunting myself as i haven't got any forestry to hunt over.
Another fine effort. Thanks for the entertainment.
Great shooting Dave, cheers Dean
Thanks very much.
Great video as always!!
Thank you.
Nice shot and nice air gun sir
Hi David.... again an interesting video... I also returned 2 days back. went to my village to hunt rabbits doves pigeons etc. hunting rabbits is a difficult task. saw one for two nights could not get him as it was a full moon night. so hunted mainly doves and pigeons... apart also got hariyal its like pigeon but green in color n a bit heavy then the pigeon. Also got teetar... I like the way u explain things it seems they are happening in front... keep it up
Thanks very much and hopefully you'l get that rabbit next time.
its a bummer when you stalk in for what feels like ages to get a surprise one jump out just yards away and they all run off.
Yeah I know but then that's what makes hunting so interesting and challenging.
Another great video, thank you
Thanks again.
Great video again David. I think some people have missed the point of you videoing your "walking"/stalking technique. The proofs in the bag.
Well i knew that when i posted it but thankfully most people have commented that they liked the stalking footage, i know its a bit of a boar to watch for some but how are people to learn for themselves if i don't show it.
I've picked up heaps of subtle things from watching your stalking technique. Keep the vid's coming mate!
Thanks very much i'll try.
its good to stalk
hi nice vid as always
question on ur 97 what have u done to the silencer i have a 97k in .22 standerd no mods
the thoumb on urs sounds like a rubberised top hat and baffle change in silencer or is it just the mic on cam
love the stock on urs though all the best jim
It must be the the camera as the silencer is still standard but i did fit a V-Mach tuning kit which changed the sound a bit and the stock was bought of off ebay.
Mine is a gas piston made by crosman the F4 .177 and it's mussle velocity is 1,000 with 7.4 gr around 12 to 13 fpe but with the pirahna .177 is up to 15 fpe close to the one in the box
Juan Bedia I'm shooting the F4 also. My best pellet is the pointed and the destroyer. The piranha is all over the place.
Here in the states, there is a debate over suppressors, -vs-silencers , do you guys see any difference between the two , and if so, your opinion.
To tell you the truth i thought it was just two different words describing the same thing, though some people don't like to use the word silencer as even when using subsonic ammo they don't actually silence the muzzle blast totally but more suppresses the noise so the name suppressor seems more accurate.
Was not sure my self; but there are hard heads on every thing I guess. I only have the use of my right arm/hand, broken neck, so I don't shoot rifles. Can you shoot air rifles one handed with your sticks?
light pcp's can very well be shot one handed, but the use of a bipod or sticks is advisable
thanks, don't think I would use any thing past a .117 or.22
Well there is next to no recoil with a pcp air rifle and if you go for a smaller lighter model it will be easier to move around with one hand. You also get long legged bipods to allow you to shoot from a sitting or kneeling position as well as quad sticks which support the rifle fully in a standing position.
Do you put a plastic bag inside your game bag or do you just put it in the washing machine to clean all the blood etc?
Good shooting, nice video!! What kind of pellets do you use !??
steinderbush
RWS Superfields
Nice to see a spring gun video again really good shooting .... Is that your old 97 with a new stock ??? It sure is a good looking one I really like those new laminates .... Take care , Kelly
Yes same gun but i managed to get a second hand stock on ebay for it, it does make it a bit heavier but it looks and shoots well.
Great video
Thanks.
nice video and this deserve 10 thumps up but i m allowed once
I have seen u r seldom using spring power air rifle but ur preferred air rifle is PCP
but have u ever used ramgas power air rifle for hunting...???? if that is yes then how would compare spring power and ramgas power air rifle ..???
Yes i had a Theoben Eliminator in .25cal 30ft/lb and it was a beast of a break barrel air gun but shot well and hit really hard, you could keep it cocked without worrying about wearing the spring out as it didn't have one and there was no spring twang on firing but this was an expensive gun at the time and i don't know how other cheaper gasram air guns would compare to it.
Good morning indeed
It was nice for a change but the weathers a lot cooler now.
As usual David, a great video. keep them coming mate. I was also just wondering if you could give me some advice. Basically, I also use the Shot Trak HD camera and I noticed that you mount your camera at the top of the scope. This will, as you already know, make the recorded video play upside down. My question is, What software do you use to enable the Shot Trak video to be played back the right way up, and not upside down? I mount my camera to the rifle as instructed, but by doing this, I always have a shadow on my video playback, which I presume is the end of the scope, or barrel. This is the reason I want to start mounting the camera as you do on top of the scope, and not at the side and eliminate the recorded shadow.
Regards,
Marc
Hi ya yes i am using Powerdirector 13 Ultimate which has an option to rotate the picture through 180° but i would be surprised if most editing software didn't have some sort of option to do this nowadays.
Hello David. What did you do with your blackline stock? Great shooting by the way.
Thanks
ive never understood... if your creeping up gently and quietly on to a rabbit for a better shot, surely you dont have to be super super quiet, because after all, you have clearly already moved forward a bit, to place the camera infront of you, to capture you creeping up
Well that's not quite the way i do it but you still need to be quiet when stalking up on a rabbit as they usually know that humans with guns are dangerous.
Good work, you have loads of excellent videos, I'm waiting on the PSNI to process my variation for a new HW97 and am finding out as much info as I can while I wait. (hopefully it's not going to be too long....) Do you have any videos of doing maintenance on your HW97? I seen the one for fitting the tuning kit and its very useful but I was wondering how often should I dismantle for lubrication of spring/piston and what type of lube to use, what would you recommend? Thanks for taking time to make and upload so many videos, very informative
Ah well you'l need a light gun oil and a clean cloth to wipe the metal work down after handling the gun before you put it away each time, a slightly heavier oil for the likes of the trigger mechanism and cross pins then a good grease for the spring which you can apply with a very small paint brush through the cocking slot without having to dismantle the rifle but never put any oil inside the compression chamber or it will diesel and go off with a bang. I have a video on barrel cleaning and how to make a simple pull through for the job but to be honest besides cleaning the barrel every 200-300 shots all i do is wipe the outside of the rifle down with an oily cloth before putting it away.
Cheers, thanks for that info :-)
Does the 97 not lose power if you keep it cocked when you walk around?
no should be fine for a short while.
Tony wall at Sandwell field sports left one cocked for weeks as a test and was no bad effect from that :) so hour or so while hunting should be fine.
Just what Anthony said, so long as your only keeping it cocked for an hour or so it shouldn't do any harm anyway if i didn't have the rifle cocked and loaded at all times i'd miss quit a few opportunities.
HuntersVermin Good info mate, keep up the good work!
I'm really curious to know what you think of as too hot and muggy? Just genuine curiosity from an American. I'm always down for some spring gun action!
Well if its so hot and sweaty that its not nice to be out in it hunting then its a good bet the rabbits will feel the same way and wait till the cool of night or early morning to come out plus its a lot nicer hunting in the cooler morning air.
@@HuntersVermin Agreed! Rabbits in the midwest during the summer definitely keep to the early morning, late evening schedule
Cold you do some more prepping and cooking videos.
I'll have to see if i can get the time maybe the holidays.
Hola que calibre de Weihrauch HW97 K prefieres ?? 4,5 ?? y por que ? gracias
Alonso Soria .177 cal = 4.5 mm
Great shooting! What range do you sight your rifle at?
I have my .177 HW97 set up for 35 yards which seems to give a nice trajectory.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Is your HW97 as it came from the factory, or has it been tuned? I have a Webley Eclipse .22mk1 which is an under lever too but a little old and clunky and in need of tuning. Thanks for a great series.
My intention was to keep the HW97 as stock as it shot well out of the box but i noticed a drop in power so fitted a V-Mach kit in it and its been running well ever since.
th-cam.com/video/sQAj5zDYji0/w-d-xo.html
Do you do any big game hunting with high powered rifles? Or just small game?
No sorry its just small game as it's illegal to take large game like deer in the UK with anything other than a center fire rifle.
Hello at what distance is the best of zeroing a sub 12flb tx200hc? Thank you
Which ever distance you are hunting from
good shooting mate.
Thank you.
is the HW 97 the only one spring -or gas piston air rifle you use ?
Yes at the minute the HW97 is the only spring powered air rifle I have my other two are both pcp powered.
I like Theoben gas ram. but it´s only in the HW 90.If Weihrauch do gas ram in most of their air guns , it will be a success !!!!
The HW90 was made under licence from Theoben plus you could also buy a gas strut from Theoben to replace the steal spring in both Weihrauch and BSA rifles at one time but i don't know if they are still available.
nice shooting! keep up the good work! wish i could get permissions where i live. nobody seems to care (but my wife and I) about the local wildlife destroying our veggie garden and being hit in the streets, that they are in need of some population control. i am limited to any pests (squirrel, crow or rabbit) that enter my backyard that i can randomly catch. i use my "tuned" crossman phantom .22 cal break barrel (sadly the best rifle i can afford and get my hands on) with some crossman powershot lead free high velocity 16.7 grain pellets (for larger animals) and normal crossman pointed tip lead pellets 14.3 grain, at around 650-700 fps. and like other responsible shooters if no kill shot is presented no shot is discharged. have u ever used the high velocity pellets? and if so what did u think?
Sorry no i've never used the crossman powershot pellets and they do look a bit too long for the magazines on my two pcp powered air rifles though they do remind me of the prometheus pellets that have been about for years.
thanks for the reply... ur right, they do look similar... and if i can retrieve the lead free pellets from the target i fired at i can shoot that same pellet again because there has been no damage to the pellet in most cases.
Hi HuntersVermin . How long you usual keep your HW 97 cocked without losing power or even weakening the mainspring ??
I don't mind leaving the rifle cocked for an hour or so when out hunting or in a hide because a lot of the time when you get an opportunity you don't have the time to cock the rifle for the shot. This doesn't seem to do any harm i think its more if you forget yourself and store the rifle cocked for days that you'l weaken the spring.
Hello when you upload new videos shooting rabbits I'm wishing regards, my friend
Hopefully i'll get some rabbit footage this summer again working on hooded crows and magpies at the minute.
what camera do you use ?
I was using the ATN Shot Trak on the rifle and a Canon HFM56 for the back up footage.
What camo pattern is that boss please?
Its a Danish army type cammo that i got from an army surplus shop in Toome.
Many thanks bud
Is that in portadown?
Sorry no.
After many years of harvesting rabbit I am out of recipes, I get tired of the same old, same old. Possibly you have some new ones to share.
You probably know more rabbit recipes than i do but TH-cam is as good a place as any to look for something new.
thanks for posting. your production is first rate. so, i'm in the u.s. and will soon be purchasing a .22, probably NP.
the rifle in this video looks like a pcp. if it is, why is the word spring in the title. or was is a play on words. cheers
No this is actually a Weihrauch HW97 spring powered air rifle and not a pcp powered rifle.
4.5 ou 5.5 ????
4.5
That was my uniform 25 years ago.
Goodness, well i have to say it works very well with the hedgerows of N'Ireland.
parabéns ótimo vídeo amigo.
essa arma é ótima.uma pena ela custar muito caro aqui no brasil
fica num valor equivalente a uma motocicleta.
My goodness i didn't realize it could cost that much in other country's like your own.
isso é verdade.
o euro é é 4 vezes mais que a nossa moeda.
mas mesmo assim eles colocam uma taxa muito alta.
qualquer arma aqui não é vista com bons olhos
That's a shame, we can have a similar problem here in N'Ireland as any guns, ammo etc that are posted over from main land England have very high postage doe to the fact you have to use special couriers which can charge what they like.
tem mais uma ironia aqui a caça aqui é proibida.
sendo somente permitido caçar javalis e animais híbridos deles.
mas é totalmente proibido as armas de fogo temos que nos virar com balestras e arco e flechas como indios kkkk
Here in the UK we can legally hunt with firearms such as shotguns air rifles rim & center fire rifles with the right rifearms licence but it is illegal to hunt with a cross bow or bow and arrow.
скажи будьлоаска яка гвинтівка в тебе . дякую
Its a Weihrauch HW97 in .177cal with almost 13ft/lb of energy, i have also fitted a V-Mach tuning kit to it and an MTC Mamba Lite 3-12x44 scope in Sprotsmatch mounts.
@@HuntersVermin thanks comrade. In Ukraine, the caliber, 22 lr pneumatics is difficult to buy in a store. I am looking for comrades abroad to buy myself a "Kozak" type rifle in 5.5mm caliber. Zbroya makes such a caliber for export. good quality . I wonder what the price of such a rifle is. thanks comrade
Are PCPs restricted or are they simply rare?
@user-ii2cy3vf5x
That's what I hate about the uk airgun that you can buy an airgun only sub 12 fpe that's dum
Without a firearms licence you can only have a 12ft/b air rifle yes, but it's more than enough for small game. It just means we have to be more accurate!
If you have a fac you can get higher foot poundage
Here in NZ everyone, including the government thinks springers are toys. PCPs require a firearms licence regardless of power. Since the Christchurch shooting it's near impossible to get one, and a lot of innocent firearms owners are getting their guns confiscated for having the wrong opinions on Facebook so it's never going to happen for me.
The advantage is I can have the most powerful spring guns on the market with no licence. The disadvantage is farmers laugh at me when I ask to do pest control on their land because they don't believe a springer can take rabbits ect. This is retarded, my spring guns are more than effective enough, and a lot safer to people, animals and property than a .22 rimfire, which can over penetrate and ricochet off the ground, one reason. 17HMR is becoming popular for varminting.
For all the power I have in my magnum springers though, I would rather take out my Air Arms Prosport .177 which is making 15fpe. Far more accurate, quiter and more pleasant. My Gamo G-magnum .22 makes about 28fpe but it is incredibly violent and while I've learned to shoot it pretty well, it's becoming clear it's just unnecessary. The Prosport can get me headshots all day.
But farmers here in NZ are narrow minded pricks.
@Glimpsedshow to an extent, the less powerful the speing the more accurate the airgun should be in theory.
Can you give your followers a good rabbit hunt with a gas piston air rifle
That would be nice but i don't have a gas piston rifle at the minute.
We're an outstanding are u from in Northern Ireland
Oh i'm in Co, Antrim.
HuntersVermin I'm from Co. Monaghan
HuntersVermin been watching all your videos recently and really enjoying them. I've a tx200hc waiting to be collected once my FAC comes through. Where abouts in County Antrim are you? Regards .J
That's how it's done your hired from no
Grand job whats the pay.
cant you just film the shots, i think im not the only one who doesnt need to see you walk.
I might put up a collection of shots only from years ago sometime for those like yourself but most people seem to like seeing how i stalk into the target for the shot.
Nz