Basher
HAM Specialist
What made you decide to get in to airguns? Was it nostalgia? Simplicity? Ease of access? Cost (at least at the start lol)?
For me, I started my life-long fascination of shooting with airguns. But as I got older, I figured I “outgrew” them. Like I mentioned in my intro thread though, life’s twists and turns brought me to my current situation wherein I’m on anti-coagulants and I bruise very easily and heal slowly. How long I’ll need to be on them I’m not sure, but at my relatively young age (under 40 for a little while longer), I may see a need to be on them for a while to try and get my health fully under control and shooting any of my firearms over about a .223 is likely to take a back seat for a bit.
In addition, my health situation also forced a major change in my chosen career path. I was a flight instructor and on my way to being tied in to a small but solid charter operation. That all came to a very abrupt end when we discovered I had coronary issues. There’s a chance I could get back in the cockpit someday, but knowing what we know now, doing so would be a gamble because I could lose my medical certificate again quite easily and at any time. So my career trajectory may be permanently altered, and until I get things figured out long-term my income cap is much lower than we had planned. I’ve sold several PBs to help fund my entry to airguns, and once I get the initial expenses of acquiring things out of the way, shooting airguns will be SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than PBs.
Lastly, we moved for my flying career from out West with vast, open, plentiful public lands with many long-range opportunities, to the Midwest where almost all land is privately owned and there’s actual GREEN stuff that grows, so most available distances are much shorter. Most hunting opportunities are for smaller game out here as well, so that’s another plus.
In short, essentially eliminating recoil and cutting long-term expenses while better fitting my available range to a low-powered option just made sense to me, so here I am. What about you?
For me, I started my life-long fascination of shooting with airguns. But as I got older, I figured I “outgrew” them. Like I mentioned in my intro thread though, life’s twists and turns brought me to my current situation wherein I’m on anti-coagulants and I bruise very easily and heal slowly. How long I’ll need to be on them I’m not sure, but at my relatively young age (under 40 for a little while longer), I may see a need to be on them for a while to try and get my health fully under control and shooting any of my firearms over about a .223 is likely to take a back seat for a bit.
In addition, my health situation also forced a major change in my chosen career path. I was a flight instructor and on my way to being tied in to a small but solid charter operation. That all came to a very abrupt end when we discovered I had coronary issues. There’s a chance I could get back in the cockpit someday, but knowing what we know now, doing so would be a gamble because I could lose my medical certificate again quite easily and at any time. So my career trajectory may be permanently altered, and until I get things figured out long-term my income cap is much lower than we had planned. I’ve sold several PBs to help fund my entry to airguns, and once I get the initial expenses of acquiring things out of the way, shooting airguns will be SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than PBs.
Lastly, we moved for my flying career from out West with vast, open, plentiful public lands with many long-range opportunities, to the Midwest where almost all land is privately owned and there’s actual GREEN stuff that grows, so most available distances are much shorter. Most hunting opportunities are for smaller game out here as well, so that’s another plus.
In short, essentially eliminating recoil and cutting long-term expenses while better fitting my available range to a low-powered option just made sense to me, so here I am. What about you?
. Then I got a Crosman 2400 from the custom shop. Ok, now I need a Hatsan Supertact just for giggles
. Next, an RWS 34 springer-whoa- this was not my old 870! Ok, now I had to have a TX200!!! So much for $2-300 on an airgun
. So far I have resisted the dark side of PCPs but once you get started, it’s impossible to stop. Is there an Airguns Anonymous for people like me?!
) I got my first AG a crosman springer on my 10th bday from my dad, Cdn spec 495fps. Had alotta fun plinking and hunting sparrows with that. At that time I didn't know other pellet brands existed besides crosman. Fastforward 5 yrs or so and I sold it to a cousin and 'stepped up' to the Slavia 630, another cdn spec 495fps gun. Owned that exclusively till about last yr I got my gun license and now I'm in DEEEEEEP. I put my marriage/mortgage/house and all that fun stuff first, now I can afford what I want (within reason of course
) My coworkers laugh and tell me to buy real guns....I laugh and show them how much fun I have weekly shooting paper, pests, plinking, etc. No range, ear muffs, or $100/day plus ammo costs needed here!
