Air Arms Owners Club

Hi, I currently shoot with a PCP but would like to try a springer.

However, due to shoulder injury I need one with little or no recoil.

Any suggestions.

if you have a shoulder injury, will cocking the rifle compound the injury?

If you can get yourself a Park rh 93 , twin piston spring powered air rifle.
I did a sercice on one a couple of years ago for a friend (it needed new piston seals and a clip for the chain) when testin i was amazed
just how little recoil there was , damn thing weighed a ton, made the 97k feel like a lightweight but a sweet rifle to shoot.
daz

I think you will find the weight will be against you.

BBF

Just get a TX 200 and give it a light piston ..

The problem is that most quality springers are heavy as has been said. The old airarms tx200sr (semi-recoilless) has the action mounted on a sledge to absorb recoil. Lovely guns but heavy. Same goes for the old 10 metre Feinwerkbau's such as the 300s etc and those of other makes. Double opposing springs and sledges to reduce recoils. Average power output around 6 ft Ib on most of these match rifles but all weighty.

Other options are the Weihrauch 30, 50, 99s or even the underlever 57. Lighter but still with some recoil. The 99s is tuned by Sandwell Field sports to produce a smooth shooting little rifle putting out near enough the full power allowed.

http://s521426066.online.de/luftgewehre

Examples of prices etc here

http://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/cat ... ihrauch_1/

The SR version of the TX is also a good bit harder to cock than a new standard length TX. I weigh in at 200 lbs. with not a lot of fat and the SR still wears thin on me after a plinking session.

How about the HW30s very light admittedly not full power but only 18lbs to cock. I'm currently thinking of getting one to use with open sights or a low mag lightweight scope for a bit of fun shooting.

depending how bad your shoulder is? I`d stick with PCP`s, if it`s THAT bad that an air rifles recoil is an issue, & your adamant you wanna try a springer, changing your shooting to use the other shoulder would be an option, be fun trying to shoot from the opposite side I`d say.
fill out your location, a member may help with a lightly recoiling gun, I doubt your near west central Scotland but my LGU has very little recoil out of the box.

I would say, on balance, that of all the (semi) or recoilless air rifles noted above, the FWB 300 would be the most suitable if you already have a dodgy shoulder. Least cocking effort of all those mentioned combined with the least weight.

The one I worked on put out around 5.5 ft lbs and was so accurate and consistent it was unreal.

Fantastic engineering when compared to the TXSR (made the TX look like Baikal tractor compared to a Ferrari)

Duncs

(on balance, stick to a nice light, accurate PCP)