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Hi
I want to buy an air riffle and an air pistol. I want to buy these two because

1. I want to do soeme target practice <10 m in my back yard so I dont want anything very very powerful
2. I dont want to get into a legal hassel of buying a gun for which I may have to prove a milliom things and fill in a 1000 forms
3. I dont think I can afford a good firearm

I have used air guns in past and think I am a good marksman, but these were some air pistols and air guns I used with my friends and in fairs and other places.

I dont know much about air guns. Doing some reserch online I find that there are many good ones which I could afford had I been in US or in UK but I am not.

My questions are

1. Where in India - Delhi can I buy air guns. Hopefully a place which will not rip me off
2. Any suggessions around which air psitol and air gun I should buy for a 10 m range which is not very powerful but has the following features
a. It uses (CO2)Gas power instead of me have to pull the entire spring action
b. It has a magzine instead of single pellets
I want to buy both a riffle and a pistol

3. What would be the approx price of these suggested guns, just so that I can carry the required cash / ensure cards have enough money
4. What other stuff do I need to purchase other than guns, pellets, CO2 gas catrage ?
5. Do air guns need cleaning
6. I want to do target practice what is the stuff for target practice with air gun called so that I can look it up online
7. Any book I can read ?

anything else I should know ?

Thanks
Regards
Gaurav

Guys Still waiting on this

hii gaurav

visit www.indianhumepipe.com and from this you will get the name, address and phone number of the dealers of national air rifle. o rcheck with the other retailers, there address may be find from the dealer itself.

good shoot

suresh

Thanks a ton

gverma wrote:Hi
I want to buy an air riffle and an air pistol. I want to buy these two because

1. I want to do soeme target practice <10 m in my back yard so I dont want anything very very powerful
2. I dont want to get into a legal hassel of buying a gun for which I may have to prove a milliom things and fill in a 1000 forms
3. I dont think I can afford a good firearm

I have used air guns in past and think I am a good marksman, but these were some air pistols and air guns I used with my friends and in fairs and other places.

I dont know much about air guns. Doing some reserch online I find that there are many good ones which I could afford had I been in US or in UK but I am not.

My questions are

1. Where in India - Delhi can I buy air guns. Hopefully a place which will not rip me off
2. Any suggessions around which air psitol and air gun I should buy for a 10 m range which is not very powerful but has the following features
a. It uses (CO2)Gas power instead of me have to pull the entire spring action
b. It has a magzine instead of single pellets
I want to buy both a riffle and a pistol

3. What would be the approx price of these suggested guns, just so that I can carry the required cash / ensure cards have enough money
4. What other stuff do I need to purchase other than guns, pellets, CO2 gas catrage ?
5. Do air guns need cleaning
6. I want to do target practice what is the stuff for target practice with air gun called so that I can look it up online
7. Any book I can read ?

anything else I should know ?

Thanks
Regards
Gaurav

Guys Still waiting on this

Gaurav,

There are pages of discussion on different thread on which airgun to buy so just take a look into them and you will automatically know which one suits you better , anyway here are my 2 cents

1. Where in India - Delhi can I buy air guns. Hopefully a place which will not rip me off

May be a Member from Delhi can help you on this , if you want to check the gun personally before buying it. Incase, if you decided the Model already . Order it online. Its much cheaper than shop .

2. Any suggessions around which air psitol and air gun I should buy for a 10 m range which is not very powerful but has the following features
a. It uses (CO2)Gas power instead of me have to pull the entire spring action
b. It has a magzine instead of single pellets
I want to buy both a riffle and a pistol

Apart from Indian Hume Pipe I dont know any Indian Brands Makes CO2 version or not, Consider how you fill up CO2 everytime when your Cylinder is empty. Stick to a Break Barrel Springer if you want hassle free Indian rifle at a affordable price. Otherwise you can consider Foreign makes if budget is not a problem and you are really serious about target shooting. Rifle generally dont comes with Magazine, they usually single shotter, some foreign model comes with rotary chambers , but not seen any on any Indian brand. I dont know any Indian Pistol apart from national , comes in .177 Caliber and has decent accuracy at 10M range.

3. What would be the approx price of these suggested guns, just so that I can carry the required cash / ensure cards have enough money

3-5K should be a decent budget for Indian make rifle depending on what you are buying and from where. Not sure about pistol price.


4. What other stuff do I need to purchase other than guns, pellets, CO2 gas catrage ? Some Gun Cleaning Accessories, Grease and oil will be a good idea.
5. Do air guns need cleaning - Yes Just like standard Firearms
6. I want to do target practice what is the stuff for target practice with air gun called so that I can look it up online

Not very clear about your question, there are many version available from general plinking to 10M ISSF style shooting. Do a little research online.
7. Any book I can read ?

YES, The best book ever wrote on Air Rifle shooting is Ways of Rifle by Gaby Buehlmann, this is available in india by Abhinav Futurastic (Companys of Bindra) , But this book may cost you more than your indian rifle, approx 5K in INR, so I will advise you to stick to online material . They are great stuff to start with.

Hope this helps

Regards
Saptarshi

The IHP airguns are probably the best 'Indian' variety, although there are a few other local manufacturers too and as disclosed earlier, the prices can vary between 2.5 - 5K.

If you would like to experience any of the foreign makes, just keep a lookout for, and join in one of the IFG offline meets of the Delhi Darlings. It would be a feast for your eyes, to say the least...

Hi Gaurav,

> I underestand from fellow IFGian 'Tirths' that the Cannon LG65 made in Kolkata is good as compared to IHP35 made by Indian Hume Pipe in Ahmedabad.

> The workmanship, design and especially the trigger mechanism appears to be superior. Suggest you get the address from Tirths and get it shipped to you.

> The design I believe is based on the famous BSF model made earlier in Germany.

> Good Luck!
Cheers
Brihacharan

Hi everyone

Thanks so much for all the inputs, you have all been very kind. Concidering all factors and availability I bought National rifles and a National pistol.

For targets I was able to download them from the net and make copies. I also created a home made stand and am waiting for getting into srifort club or some place.

I guess on my next trip out of inida I will try to buy an imported one.

Thanks a million
Gaurav

All's well that ends well... !