Different Calibres -Big Bore Air Rifles UK

Big Bore Air Rifles in the UK

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There has always been the debate among air-gunners as to what is better .22 or .177.
.177 has a flatter trajectory, .22 is harder hitting... etc etc. Yawn.... We hear it everyday. Most of the guns we sell are actually in .22 which seems the norm for our local area with only a few shooters prefering the .177. But I'm not here to debate this any more.... Our shop name is now truely a description of what we have in stock. You want a .357 or .50cal airgun. No problem we have them, (or at least will make you one).

Our biggest bore air rifle is the Samyang Dragon Claw. This is a .50cal single shot monster

 

 

It handles both pellets (if you can call them that) or solid lead musket balls. It throws these out at 230ftlbs of pressure (compare that your standard 12!) at over 600fps. The pellet weight is 225grains! That's heavy even for a traditional rifle!

We really do like this gun in the shop!

Notice we have removed the cocking lever for "Safety Reasons"......


Just in recently is the Benjamin Bulldog .357

This thing looks like a 'rail gun'! It has a completely minimilistic design with sharp angled shrouds covering the internals. It has a 5 shot rotary magazine with a side lever bolt action.
It fires the .357 pellet from Nosler which is plastic ballistic tipped. These are 145 grain pellets coming out at 200ftlbs and 900fps! Price is £1299

We have sold a few of these already to customers (Who must have a firearms license) for the purpose of vermin control.

Next in our arsenal is the Sumatra Carbine. Also known as the Stinger.

Styled much like the Dragon Claw, this rifle has an under lever action with a rotary magazine. This is available in .22, .25 and 9mm! It has a very interesting engraved section on the metal. From customers who have had these we can say that it's accuracy is exceptional.

Some people like it, some don't! That's all I can really say about the styling on this one. Prices start from £560 for the carbine version. There is also a bigger rifle version available for £625,
One of our members of staff has the 500cc version in .25 and uses it for pigeon and other pest control.


The BSA R-10 MK2 is a very popular air rifle and most seem to go for it in .22 calibre. I have a suspicion that this is because no one realises that it is actually available in .25! We are so used to having only the two 'usual' calibres in the UK that we don't even consider the others.

 This fully regulated air rifle is one our best sellers, starting at £780. You get 8 shots in the rotary magazine for a .25 and this one doesn't need a license. In fact most .25cal guns are fine for UK use at sub 12ftlbs limits especially at short ranges for knocking over rats etc.


The Daystate Wolverine is available in a multiple of calibres. We have the .22 in the shop for display, but we can get the .303 version in if you have a licence. One of our customers uses his for rabbit control.

 The one shown is the 'C' cylinder version, but bottle versions are also available.

We will be adding more to our big bore airguns if there is demand. Come in and have a look. In 12ftlbs (UK legal no license) we reckon you can use up to 9mm with out any issues.