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Just pure fun
- daytime dave
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Just pure fun
I recently made two purchases of air guns for no other reasons other than just PURE FUN. That's what they are. I was in a Gander Outdoors and was looking over the firearms counter, handguns to be exact. They had some interesting revolvers. Nothing I was going to buy or look at though. Then I headed over to the airguns. I looked over the poor selection they had and I spied an M1A1 Thompson. It was fully automatic. It didn't say if it was semi auto also. It was in a plain looking box. It was just before Father's day. I hemmed and hawed and left without it. I went back a week later and it was gone. I did my homework on line and discovered they are accurate and semi automatic also. They are good for at least two magazine loads of air. It sounded fun. I had fired a real machine gun, so this would be a cool similarity. An order to Pyramid Air and a few days later my Thompson arrived. Accurate was right. On my 10 meter indoor range, it did great. On full auto it brought a rare smile to my face. It was PURE FUN. The first five were semi auto and the rest were full auto till out. The firing stops when the magazine is empty. The second magazine I fired five semi auto and then tried controlled bursts. What fun. It was still accurate with bursts. Out at the new place I tried to see how long I could shoot on the original two air cylinders. Six magazines and ten rounds into the seventh before it was not penetrating the cardboard box. Out at the farm I had moved to 15 yards. It was still very accurate, especially for a smoothbore BB gun.
Fast forward to July 4th or thereabouts. Pyramid Air had a 10% off sale. So................the MP40 qualified for that sale. Yup it arrived a few days ago and went out to the farm. It does not seem as accurate as the Thompson. The rate of fire is a lot slower than the Thompsons too. It is more in line with the "real" firearms I think. It too is PURE FUN.
Fast forward to July 4th or thereabouts. Pyramid Air had a 10% off sale. So................the MP40 qualified for that sale. Yup it arrived a few days ago and went out to the farm. It does not seem as accurate as the Thompson. The rate of fire is a lot slower than the Thompsons too. It is more in line with the "real" firearms I think. It too is PURE FUN.
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Re: Just pure fun
The MP 40
The MP 40 was able to hit all three of the steel targets at the top of the box from 15 yds in semi auto. The hits knocked the pig and the turkey off the box with authority. The full auto bursts were low. A sight issue and my glasses I'd say. I wonder if the sound carried over to the neighbors? No police came by, so that's a good thing.
It was and is JUST PURE FUN!!!!!!
The MP 40 was able to hit all three of the steel targets at the top of the box from 15 yds in semi auto. The hits knocked the pig and the turkey off the box with authority. The full auto bursts were low. A sight issue and my glasses I'd say. I wonder if the sound carried over to the neighbors? No police came by, so that's a good thing.
It was and is JUST PURE FUN!!!!!!
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Re: Just pure fun
Way cool!
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Re: Just pure fun
Very Sweet... have to check them out.
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Re: Just pure fun
Looks like fun Dave might need to check out that Thompson myself
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Re: Just pure fun
Dave, you better be careful, that gun doesn’t look as if it complies with the NYS SAFE Act!
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Re: Just pure fun
Dave, I'm very impressed, though not surprised. Good for you. We both can give folks the low down on all the advantages of shooting air guns, but that just plain FUN factor is at the top of the list. Great post.
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Re: Just pure fun
Fun is airguns middle name.
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Re: Just pure fun
They do comply with the HRF FUN ACT!
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