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Originally Posted by Neil

You have no idea if he has total disregard for gun safety from what he has said.



That is utter rubbish.
Air weapons are no more powerful now than when I had my first one at 15 ish.
They may or may not be more accurate now, that depends on how good a shot you are as pre-charged tend to require less skill to shoot with good repeatability.

The legal limit for air weapons has been 6 ft/lbs for pistols and 12 ft/lbs for air rifles since at least 1969 without a firearms certificate as you state. Why you mention many of them require a firearm certificate I dont know as that applies to other rifles, shotguns, hand guns etc

I have two old air rifles, one is a 1937 BSA copy of the Lincoln Jefferies in .177 the other is a Webly & Scott, with interchangable .177 & .22, I've fired them many times over a Chronoscope, with different pellet weights, & neither of them is even 6 ftlbs.

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