How Did You Get Into Airguns ?

[PasadenaMike]

My uncle (RIP) many moons ago gave me a from what I remember a break barrel Diana. I grew up going to my uncles work place.
I don’t know if he owned the place or just worked there but I remember seeing a bunch of what I recall as multi pump Airguns being built. I remember going along hunting with Airguns with my uncle. Airguns have always been special to me growing up. I wish my uncle was around to see all my Airguns. Anyway that’s my story. I also taught kids to shoot Airguns and archery at a YMCA camp as dude who runs the range. During the pandemic the obsession re ignited with multi pumps and now PCPs

 

[Starling Stalker]

My uncle (RIP) many moons ago gave me a from what I remember a break barrel Diana. I grew up going to my uncles work place.
I don’t know if he owned the place or just worked there but I remember seeing a bunch of what I recall as multi pump Airguns being built. I remember going along hunting with Airguns with my uncle. Airguns have always been special to me growing up. I wish my uncle was around to see all my Airguns. Anyway that’s my story. I also taught kids to shoot Airguns and archery at a YMCA camp as dude who runs the range. During the pandemic the obsession re ignited with multi pumps and now PCPs

Got my first one a Daisy when I was 8. Made the usual progression and now at 60 am using PCP’s. They have come so far since my youth.

 

[Soren Drost]

As a teenager I shot a Diana 34 break barrel for quite some time - Took out a lot of birds and rats !

Got back into airguns and my first pcp 10 years ago (Benjamin Marauder .177) and it all evolved from there since then

 

[Florida_Man]

Crosman 2100 as a kid in the early 90’s. In 1997 my parents bought me a RWS Diana 48. Shot a Daisy M853 in high school JROTC.
The whole time I shot PB’s, archery, and Super Soakers.

 

[Danman]

Got a Crosman springer @ 10years old for my birthday. Had a lot of fun with that thing!! Sold that and got my Slavia 630 probably at age 15 or so and I still have it. Was using on pests and am now overhauling it currently. About 2 years ago the pests amped up and I needed more power. Borrowed my brother's and dad's .177 diana 350 magnums as required for them. I got my gun license and have only bought air rifles since. Bought an S510 and a TX200 last year and the quality and accuracy is superb, will never go back to cheaper stuff myself. Started getting back into plinking, bench shooting from 20 to 50 yards on paper, and raining doom @ pests up to 50 yards. Which was unthinkable with the ol 4.5 ft/lb slavia.

 

[Luis Leon]

The first time I heard a Crosman 160 pressurized at the piercing of the two CO2 cartridges. I was eight years old, one of the older boys held the gun. I was too small to do it on my own. And he let me squeeze one off, will never forget it. It was the late 1960s in Puerto Rico, the older boys shot and ate the pigeons they killed with that Crosman… That started my interest specific to airguns…

 

[Mike Brown]

As far back as I can remember, guns have been my passion. Used to loan my fielders glove to a friend of mine so I could barrow his Red Ryder. That worked until my 13th b-day when I got my Crosman V350 air rifle. A couple years later I bought a Benjamin 312 and then graduated to powder burners until getting a Beman C1 in the early 80s. Now have a Hatsan Flash QE .25 and a Notos and haven't shot any of my powder burners in over 2 years.

 

[PasadenaMike]

As far back as I can remember, guns have been my passion. Used to loan my fielders glove to a friend of mine so I could barrow his Red Ryder. That worked until my 13th b-day when I got my Crosman V350 air rifle. A couple years later I bought a Benjamin 312 and then graduated to powder burners until getting a Beman C1 in the early 80s. Now have a Hatsan Flash QE .25 and a Notos and haven't shot any of my powder burners in over 2 years.

It’s interesting how we graduate to pb from air only to go back to air

 

[Eckhearth]

When I was around 9 or 10 years old my grandfather toke me shooting. He had an Weihrauch HW35 ( springer ) an amazing experience! Directly one of the best memories I have with my grandfather, and he gave me the best hobby that I still practice on this very day.

 

[Farmplinker2]

Plinking with a Czech breakbarrel my uncle bought in the late 70s. Early 80s, 10 years old, a Crosman 760. 17 I bought a Crosman revolver. Really started getting into it when PB ammo was short a couple years ago.

 

[Dogowski]

Plinking with a Czech breakbarrel my uncle bought in the late 70s. Early 80s, 10 years old, a Crosman 760. 17 I bought a Crosman revolver. Really started getting into it when PB ammo was short a couple years ago.

My pb rifles and handguns mostly stay locked away in the safe and the PCP air rifles get most of my if not all of my attention now. Cheaper to shoot and i can just walk out my backdoor and shoot on my 30 yard range and be just as satisfied. Whether shooting paper or pesting or just plinking soda cans I'm just as happy shooting as well. The older I get the more fun I'm having with my air rifles!

 

[Grassguy12200]

Well... I got back into airguns during covid. I shot my old break barrel. Couldn't hit squat. So the pcp thing looked promising. Long story short, about 7k later I got the excitement back. Love me some air rifles!

 

[Chief55]

It started out as being backyard friendly with cheap, easy to get ammo with just a dash of prepper thrown in there to keep things interesting.

 

[FL22]

Well when I was a kid mid 80s, I had a Red Ryder. Me and two other kids with pea shooters would have contests for the best shot. The loser would have to eat a handful of dirt or an insect .

 

[Dogowski]

Well... I got back into airguns during covid. I shot my old break barrel. Couldn't hit squat. So the pcp thing looked promising. Long story short, about 7k later I got the excitement back. Love me some air rifles!

Nothing like the stress relief of shooting and enjoying our PCP air rifles. Once you get the bug, there's no going back. Us addicts have to stick together! Lol

 

[Grassguy12200]

Nothing like the stress relief of shooting and enjoying our PCP air rifles. Once you get the bug, there's no going back. Us addicts have to stick together! Lol

Very true. Nothing like the sound of a .25-.35cal smack steel.

 

[Ezana4CE]

My father bought me a Crosman Pumpmaster as a young child. I would plink in the backyard with it shooting aluminum cans in the backyard. I then began shooting birds with it. At that age I hadn’t learned to respect life as I now do. When I was a little older I got a CO2 pellet pistol. It was fun, but more challenging to plink with. By the time I was close to my teenage years I was introduced to a springer. And with that exposure I was no longer a stranger to airguns. PCPs came later when a maintenance worker discussed them with me and I thought what he’d explained sounded interesting. I looked them up after sometime passed following that conversation and ended up purchasing one.

 

[Solo1]

My dad was s gun smith and i was around guns from the very beginning. I start with a daisy don’t recall the model but when i was 8or 10 started shooting with the boy scouts with 22 lr and was a small bore shooter most of my life. In 2012 i saw a aa ev2 and had to have 1 after learning about ft. A change of jobs cut my ft shooting short but a change again when the maverick came out saw me with 2 and shooting ft again! What a wirl wind since and the joy of my youth of just target shooting has returned! I can’t wait for spring and the matches to begin again it’s wonderful that i was able to get together with such a great group of people as i did at the BCSA ft matches!! And thru ft ive now made some friends with people from coast to coast that are very like minded. I truely feel blessed!

 

[Dew]

I cut my teeth at a young age with an old Crossman pumper, then on to powder burners. About 10 years ago my uncle introduced me to PCPs. I was intrigued by them but continued on with my big guns. He passed and I inherited his Kalibrgun Cricket and a great white fill tank. I’m just begging my journey down this rabbit hole but am enjoying it as I can shoot at home.

 

[PasadenaMike]

I cut my teeth at a young age with an old Crossman pumper, then on to powder burners. About 10 years ago my uncle introduced me to PCPs. I was intrigued by them but continued on with my big guns. He passed and I inherited his Kalibrgun Cricket and a great white fill tank. I’m just begging my journey down this rabbit hole but am enjoying it as I can shoot at home.

Awesome brother.