Introduction- Phirozeirani
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:34 pm
Hey all..
Heres my introduction...
I am located in AAMCHI MUMBAI and have used air rifles and shot .22 rifles and 12bore shotguns (under senior supervision ofcourse) since forever... getting older and busy with work, I completely lost touch of a 'sport/hobby' i grew up loving... I never understood the legality of owning and shooting air rifles here and chose to stay away from it altogether as there seemed to be a taboo against owning any sort of gun...
During a visit to the US, and a walk through a sports store in Texas, I realised what i was missing and felt completely helpless as i believed that back home, it would be imposible for me to enjoy the one hobby that made me forget about everything around me (unless i take it up professionally - for which i do not have the time at all). That is when i started researching and found this forum along with several other articles about air rifle ownership in India...
After a bunch of asking around i learnt about and took the basic safety gun handling course at Swatantra Veer Savarkar shooting range (I must say, Mr. Shinde is a wonderful and dedicated sports person) .. and then only recently, my membership.. and now almost three years later, i finally purchased my very own Air Pistol (Webley Alecto) , which is pretty awesome... I do have my dad's air rifle that i grew up using, (weihrauch break barrel) Also got myself one of precihole's nitro pistons in .22 which if held correctly is very accurate.... might need some work on the trigger but awesome otherwise...
Its amazing how you go right back to being a child while plinking with these air rifles... glad im back in the game...
I look forward to getting to know some more likeminded people here... talk soon...
Phi...
Heres my introduction...
I am located in AAMCHI MUMBAI and have used air rifles and shot .22 rifles and 12bore shotguns (under senior supervision ofcourse) since forever... getting older and busy with work, I completely lost touch of a 'sport/hobby' i grew up loving... I never understood the legality of owning and shooting air rifles here and chose to stay away from it altogether as there seemed to be a taboo against owning any sort of gun...
During a visit to the US, and a walk through a sports store in Texas, I realised what i was missing and felt completely helpless as i believed that back home, it would be imposible for me to enjoy the one hobby that made me forget about everything around me (unless i take it up professionally - for which i do not have the time at all). That is when i started researching and found this forum along with several other articles about air rifle ownership in India...
After a bunch of asking around i learnt about and took the basic safety gun handling course at Swatantra Veer Savarkar shooting range (I must say, Mr. Shinde is a wonderful and dedicated sports person) .. and then only recently, my membership.. and now almost three years later, i finally purchased my very own Air Pistol (Webley Alecto) , which is pretty awesome... I do have my dad's air rifle that i grew up using, (weihrauch break barrel) Also got myself one of precihole's nitro pistons in .22 which if held correctly is very accurate.... might need some work on the trigger but awesome otherwise...
Its amazing how you go right back to being a child while plinking with these air rifles... glad im back in the game...
I look forward to getting to know some more likeminded people here... talk soon...
Phi...
