Air rifle or BBQ?
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I’ve got a small (I mean small) amount of cash coming my way after my dad died.
Unexpected, a pension/insurance/life assurance company contacted me to say there was a couple of quid they had been sitting on since he died about 15 yrs ago.
I’ve got a load of things NEED doing and will be putting some of it towards them.
Mrs Cjelli wants a nice holiday, so will be looking at that.
But, I wanted to buy something my dad would have approved of. Something my teenage kids can have when I’ve gone. I have nothing much to remember my dad by.
He was an outdoors, man’s man. He built a chiminea type thing out of two 45 gallon drums welded one on top of another for family do’s. He built a bbq out of a pair of 45 gallon drums to cook a pig/lamb on a spit for the village to use for civic events.
He also was into shooting. As a teen, I ran the trap for him and his friends from the local on Sunday clay shoots on the private land he had access to. We had a few air rifles I learned to shoot with as a youth.
So I want a toy to enjoy with my lads that I otherwise wouldn’t be able to justify out of normal day to day funds.
I have a small garden. No access to 40 yd targets. But I really fancy a decent air rifle. £700 worth of Bullpup goodness seems like a fun place to be.
I also like the look of an automated smoker bbq. Pellet grill or gravity fed charcoal system. A Masterbuilt 800 gravity looks to be a good all rounder for not much more.
I do enjoy cooking, so I reckon I’ll potentially get more use out of the bbq, but I do yearn for the days of the simple joy of banging cans up in the air.
What would you spend your deceased dads cash on?
Unexpected, a pension/insurance/life assurance company contacted me to say there was a couple of quid they had been sitting on since he died about 15 yrs ago.
I’ve got a load of things NEED doing and will be putting some of it towards them.
Mrs Cjelli wants a nice holiday, so will be looking at that.
But, I wanted to buy something my dad would have approved of. Something my teenage kids can have when I’ve gone. I have nothing much to remember my dad by.
He was an outdoors, man’s man. He built a chiminea type thing out of two 45 gallon drums welded one on top of another for family do’s. He built a bbq out of a pair of 45 gallon drums to cook a pig/lamb on a spit for the village to use for civic events.
He also was into shooting. As a teen, I ran the trap for him and his friends from the local on Sunday clay shoots on the private land he had access to. We had a few air rifles I learned to shoot with as a youth.
So I want a toy to enjoy with my lads that I otherwise wouldn’t be able to justify out of normal day to day funds.
I have a small garden. No access to 40 yd targets. But I really fancy a decent air rifle. £700 worth of Bullpup goodness seems like a fun place to be.
I also like the look of an automated smoker bbq. Pellet grill or gravity fed charcoal system. A Masterbuilt 800 gravity looks to be a good all rounder for not much more.
I do enjoy cooking, so I reckon I’ll potentially get more use out of the bbq, but I do yearn for the days of the simple joy of banging cans up in the air.
What would you spend your deceased dads cash on?
pocketspring said:
Nice! Weihrauch HW97 black line stl?
That’s the lad.Lusted after an air arms pro sport for a while, but couldn’t justify the extra expense.
Had Weirauch as a lad and I like the looks.
Plus, my teenagers approve, said it looks like the air rifle John Wick might use, if he needed to do some small pest control.
pocketspring said:
Lovely. And accurate as well. I had an HW97k for around 20 years. I had it a few years then had it Venom tuned which made it so much better. I traded it in a couple of years ago for an HW100 bullpup. I would have kept it if I could but it was needed to free up some cash.
How you finding yours?
Can’t fault it so far accuracy wise, except it shows up my wobbly/shakiness, which is quite chastening.How you finding yours?
When I get it right, it’s right, when I snatch at it, it’s off.
All about practise and concentration.
Stage two has begun.
Redneck bbq smoker prototype mk 1. Just a little one to dip my toe in the water. Planning a full size drum smoker once I’ve learnt things from this attempt.
Test fired it with some cheap meat, turkey leg to see if it was holding temp.
Turned out okay. Got a bit excited and threw it on too early so the smoke taste is quite bitter as it caught the heavy white smoke. Really juicy though.
Chucked some ribs on afterwards which I left on too long, they dried out a bit but were really tasty.
Pleased with it though for a first go.
Redneck bbq smoker prototype mk 1. Just a little one to dip my toe in the water. Planning a full size drum smoker once I’ve learnt things from this attempt.
Test fired it with some cheap meat, turkey leg to see if it was holding temp.
Turned out okay. Got a bit excited and threw it on too early so the smoke taste is quite bitter as it caught the heavy white smoke. Really juicy though.
Chucked some ribs on afterwards which I left on too long, they dried out a bit but were really tasty.
Pleased with it though for a first go.
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