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planning to buy my first air rifle (bought IHP national 35 .22 fiber stock)

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:53 pm
by keygun
hai friends, i am planning to buy my first air rifle tomorrow. i am confused between ihp m35 .22 wooden stock and fiber stock. a local dealer offered me black fiber stock ihp for rs 6000. my primary use is plinking and target shooting. which one should i go for wooden stock or fiber stock? or should i go for other brands like sdb, uta etc? please help with your suggestions

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:57 pm
by kshitij
Precihole nx100 in .22

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:21 pm
by nagarifle
kshitij wrote:Precihole nx100 in .22
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: (y) :agree:

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:52 pm
by Big Daddy
Hi Keygun,
Welcome to our world.
Now a days you have a variety. From a few thousands to several thousand. Cannon, AK, IHP, SDB and PH to name a few. PH has the advantage of a nitro piston and safety on trigger. SDB is a beast you need to tame. IHP, what ever said about it, is a classic and sweet of tuned well. The list goes on. In fact the forum is a treasure mine that will help you decide.
All the best.

BD

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:55 pm
by keygun
thankyou kshitij and nagarifle. but i dont want to go for that expensive a gun for the first time use. 5-6000 is my budget. sorry for not mentioning this at first.

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:01 pm
by keygun
thanks BD. i will consider cannon sdb and ihp. if i am to go for ihp should i go for fiber stock or wooden stock? is there any difference in performance between these two? fiber stock looks good in appearence to me.

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:40 pm
by kshitij
I personally like the feel of wood. But not sure about the quailty of wood used by our local manufacturers so would suggest the synthetic stock. Buy once but buy something you'd be happy with in the long term ;)

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:18 pm
by keygun
thanks all. bought ihp national 35 .22 black fiber stock. feeling good. :D
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Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 4:24 pm
by Basu
Nice buy.......
Enjoy.........
Does it have scope rail and synthetic seal ??
Pl.post pics. of that.

Basu

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:01 pm
by ibalajis
Congratulations on the new possession... Enjoy.

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:24 pm
by keygun
thanks basuji and ibalajis. i think it has a scope rail but i dont know about synthetic seal. i am posting the pics. is this grooves enough to mount a scope. i dont know much in this field, thats why.
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Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:58 am
by Basu
Dear Kaygun,
Nice to note that IHP 35 with synthetic stock is having built in scope rail.
You have not posted picture of breech seal.

Basu

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:07 pm
by keygun
sorry basuji, i uploaded the second photo thimking it was of breech seal, but it was the same scope rail :lol: i am uploading it with this.
but i have a few doubts.
1. when i load g.smith pointed and round head pellets, a little bit of skirt projects beyond the breech( about .5-1mm). is it normal or will it harm my rifle. with cheaper marksman shot pellets, it easily goes in and no part of skirt projects out. so i have temporarily stopped shooting with g.smith. i am uploading pics of the same with this.
2. can i directly mount a scope to this scope rail?
3. or do i need to buy any special kind of scope to fit this rail?
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Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:18 pm
by Basu
Dear keygun,
This Gsmith pellet is not good for this barrel , the skirt and head is also very tight fit in your breech.
Better try and use other pellets.
Breech seal seems to be at least not of leather, may be synthetic, good for consistency in terms of power thus accuracy.

Basu

Re: planning to buy my first air rifle

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:45 pm
by brihacharan
Basu wrote:Dear keygun,
This Gsmith pellet is not good for this barrel , the skirt and head is also very tight fit in your breech.
Better try and use other pellets.
Breech seal seems to be at least not of leather, may be synthetic, good for consistency in terms of power thus accuracy.
Basu
Congratulations Keygun on your purchase of the IHP35 (22 cal I presume)....
Its a good AR for beginners....
It takes about 500 to 700 shots to settle down - be patient!
As regards knowing whether it has a 'synthetic seal' - you have to dis-assemble the gun to find out....if you are new to air guns i wouldn't advice you to do it :oops:
Dry different types / brands of pellets - then settle on the one brand that suits your gun....
Good Luck (y)
Briha