hi everyone. i've been reading The Dianawerk Collective for many years now and have learned an enormous amount of information about guns, techniques, mods, tweaks, and shooting tips. i've been shooting airguns for 50 years and have learned more in the last few years than i knew in the first 46. this is the most polite, considerate, helpful to others, non judgemental, and sport enthusiastic site i have ever read. keep it up. glad to be a part of this site.
On the other hand, you're welcome! (LOL!; English is such a nice language for some things!), it is our privilege and pleasure to be part of this community.
I share your feelings as, not being a US citizen or resident, I have found a lot of interesting people here from all over the world, from the Meditarranean (Malta and Greece) to the far North Atlantic, or the South Pacific.
Each of us experiences different challenges and different facets of the sport and this is what makes this site so interesting.
How do you handle the legal aspects of airgun shooting in Canada? Most of the guns you mention are powerhouses, and definitely above the 500 fps / 0.177" limit.
Talking about our own experiences enriches others and ourselves, so let's keep the ideas and info flowing across borders, oceans, timezones and languages!
I am not Sean, but suffering under the same stupid gun laws as he is, I can answer your question.
Once the speed has crossed the 500 fps threshold, it is considered a firearm and requires a firearms acquisition license to be bought. Also, it has to be registered as a non-restricted firearm (meaning not a 4.1”+ barreled handgun or arbitrarily named military semi-auto). Other than that, if you have the license, your 501 fps airgun will be no different from a 1,200 fps airgun or a 3,300 fps .300 Wby Mag, and there's no other restriction to owning them.
Increible como los politicos liberales pueden ser tan estupidos!!!
Absolutely! I was refering to the Canadian Federal Liberal Party, who is something like Radical Secular Liberals in the US Democratic Party. People bent on destroying society as we know it, in the hope of creating what they believe is an enlightened society. Which, of course, is nothing more than a nanny state which will decide for you.
Anyway, we can still enjoy some freedoms, so I'm really enjoying my new M48. Awesome rifle, even though it's quite sensitive about how it is held, compared to my HW's. Maybe if I did a spring tune on it, it'd be less sensitive but, since I'm hoping to use it for hunting, I don't want to loose any power through a smoothing tune up. We'll see.
From another Canadian on the Forum, Welcome! ...and I like your insights into the Canadian Liberals Juan. My opinion differs in that I believe most of these politicians are completely aware of how assinine their proposed/existing gun laws are but are too spineless and greedy to do what is right. Their own interests and lucrative federal government pensions will always outweigh what is fair and just for the people! (rant over lol!)
As for your 48, go ahead and install a JM kit. IMHO, enhanced accuracy and overall shooting behaviour will far outweigh negligable losses in MV.
I have not found the HW's to be much less hold sensitive than the Dianas, but that is just my perception. Perhaps you need to try shooting a Mendoza to see what TRULLY hold-sensitive is.
I'ld also go for the tune. A few fps here or there will not really matter. What does matter is absolute precision in the placement of the pellet. Especially when hunting.
You're right on the money with your comments. For the liberals it's all about working with perceptions, rather than doing the actual work that has to be done. Thus, we get from them a worthless and ridiculously expensive gun registry, but we cannot get hard punishment laws for hardened criminals.
Thanks for the advice guys, I do think of doing the tune up whenever the budget loosens a little, or if real need arises. But I do have to tell you, accuracy wise; it doesn't really need it right now. It is a tack diver as is. It's just that, move your support hand only a minute distance forwards or rearwards, and there goes the flyer. That just doesn't happen with my Weihrauchs, I have much more leeway with them.
By the way, Hector, FWIW, my Weihrauchs are a HW30 and a HW77. I haven't shot the power houses like the HW90 or HW80; they might indeed be more hold sensitive than my de-tuned HW30 and my ultra smooth HW77, but not having shot them I wouldn't know.
I too will be moving soon to Toronto,which IMO is the most un-gun friendly city in north America. Can u folks advise me if dl airguns are reliable to deal with or any other dealers u can help me with in buying Diana and HW airguns.
I haven't bought from D&L ( http://www.dlairgun.com/ ), but have read comments from some of their happy customers. I have asked for information from them and they've been pretty helpful. They're one of the very few stores which specialize in airguns in Canada, so don't overlook them.
I have bought from Illingworth Imports, which now goes by the name of DAK Sports - http://www.canada-shops.com/stores/siarms/ . The guy I dealt with in the past doesn't seem to be there any longer. Pity 'cause he was really good. The new people seem a little busier, but very nice nevertheless. I have an order of pellets coming from them, as I write this.
I have also ordered from Specialty Shooting Sports - http://www.specialtyshootingsportsoutdoors.com/ . I just got my M48 from them about a month ago, and would happily deal with them again. They have some of the lowest airgun prices I've been able to find around here, although pellets are a bit pricier from them.
Other than that, I know only of big outdoors stores that sell airguns, but they're not specialized in them and can give only limited help. Also, they tend to sell lower quality guns at higher prices, so no need to bother with them.
Those are the ones I know. If Vasil knows any other, I'd be very interested in hearing about them.
