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Posts: 50 (11/15/07 04:54 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I am looking at buying a romanian milsurp air rifle is it worth 29.99.m44
m1 talker		#1	[-]
Posts: 5575 (11/15/07 08:05 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, I don't think it would be really considered a milsurp, as I can't imagine any country using air rifles as a military weapon. I am not too much into air rifles, but I am amazed at what some can do. One day I was at the range with a couple .22's and the guy in the next bench over had a neat looking air rifle and he outshot me! The range was 50 yards and he had a tighter group than my M-69 Romanian trainer bolt action rifles did. But for thirty bucks, who can complain? Curt
zeebill		#2	[-]
Posts: 2816 (11/16/07 07:48 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have shot and was impressed with a Mars something another air rifle which was used supposedly by the Germans to train soldiers. It is remarkably K98 like and I was quite impressed with the thing. The thing was made by part of the consortium that was ID'd as Bohler Stahl which made the German barrels for the 91/24 "Lotta" rifle for the Finnish nation. I think it was Venuswaffenwerks if I am remembering rightly. You just never know where air rifles are going to come up in history! Lewis and Clark carried one on their cross country expidtion and it was what impressed the indians the most on the trip. Heck I even qualified in the USAF one year with one due to the shortage of AR-15's! You just never know how good they are until you fire a high quality one! Bill
avenger		#3	[-]
Posts: 19 (11/17/07 10:24 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The Austrian Army fielded air rifles for sniper-type work back in the early 1800s. No idea what they were, but a book I got from the library years ago mentioned that they were "deadly accurate to a distance of 200 yards in the hands of a trained soldier." I'm assuming they were pump-type, using an internal reservoir, rather than a spring-type.
jmeck		#4	[-]
Posts: 4 (11/17/07 06:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My son swears by his crossman air rifle. And come to think of it, I haven't seen to many squirrels around lately.Seriously though, I do feel air rifles are a great way to practice marksmanship.
powderhead		#5	[-]
Posts: 173 (11/17/07 10:25 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have two of the air rifles you are refering to. I gave less than the price you mention, but they are well worth it. It my understanding that they were issued to their version of the Boy Scouts. They are accurate and have more power by far, for a one pumper, than anything you can buy at Wal Mart.
Carl Gustav		#6	[-]
Posts: 2828 (11/18/07 05:17 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I checked with a fellow who speaks Romanian and the the inscription PIONIER on the rifle is synonymous with boy scout. I have two and they seem to work fine. The trigger pull is heavy. Carl