SMK air rifles can be found in most Gun shops in the UK and are proving to be highly popular with begginer air gunners as they are cheap, the SMK state that their rifles are full power and suitable for hunting small game.
I have just recently started hunting with air rifles (ive been shooting them since i was about 9) and decided to buy a more powerful and accurate air gun than my old .177 BSA cadet. as i am a student and had a tight budget of around £100 i went for a look around the gunshops in my area (buying from BBS was not an option as i cant register). after looking in a few and lookng on the internet i bought a smk19 in .22 for around £90, i was so pleased, some reveiws on the internet said that this gun was of poor build quality i should have listened. i found the quality ok but the trigger was hellist and the recoil was similar to that of a 12bore. after zeroing my scope, practicing and practicing untill i could hit a grape at 20 yards i aquired permission from a local farmer and off i went after rabbits, crows and pigeons.
scope zeroed at 30yrds i could see it was innifective at this range as very few of my kills were clean and often required a second shot. the first one to be wounded was a rabbit shot 25yrds away in the head, having done this it upset me, i hit the rabbit in the exact place but the pellet just didnt do the job i didnt hunt with that rifle after that.
After just one and a half tins of bisley lrg's and the pellets were clearly visible when shot and bounced off wood at 20 yards (full power my ar*e), then the spring broke, i had the rifle replaced thinking that my last one was faulty but no after a couple of weeks the same thing happned, thinking it was mabye the model of the rifle i bought an SMK xs36-2 underleaver claimed to be very powerful, nope it to lost power plus upon inspection the new rifle had a nice layer of rust inside the breech, that was it, i took it back and got a full refund.
After looking around a bit more and saving up some more money i went for a BSA lightning in .22, its unbelivably better, im now able to hit a hazel nut from across my garden (35m) and take everything cleanly in one shot, its my pride and joy and will keep my freezer full.
i will never buy from smk again and deeply regret ever investing in their products.
Rant over
ATB
Josh
I have just recently started hunting with air rifles (ive been shooting them since i was about 9) and decided to buy a more powerful and accurate air gun than my old .177 BSA cadet. as i am a student and had a tight budget of around £100 i went for a look around the gunshops in my area (buying from BBS was not an option as i cant register). after looking in a few and lookng on the internet i bought a smk19 in .22 for around £90, i was so pleased, some reveiws on the internet said that this gun was of poor build quality i should have listened. i found the quality ok but the trigger was hellist and the recoil was similar to that of a 12bore. after zeroing my scope, practicing and practicing untill i could hit a grape at 20 yards i aquired permission from a local farmer and off i went after rabbits, crows and pigeons.
scope zeroed at 30yrds i could see it was innifective at this range as very few of my kills were clean and often required a second shot. the first one to be wounded was a rabbit shot 25yrds away in the head, having done this it upset me, i hit the rabbit in the exact place but the pellet just didnt do the job i didnt hunt with that rifle after that.
After just one and a half tins of bisley lrg's and the pellets were clearly visible when shot and bounced off wood at 20 yards (full power my ar*e), then the spring broke, i had the rifle replaced thinking that my last one was faulty but no after a couple of weeks the same thing happned, thinking it was mabye the model of the rifle i bought an SMK xs36-2 underleaver claimed to be very powerful, nope it to lost power plus upon inspection the new rifle had a nice layer of rust inside the breech, that was it, i took it back and got a full refund.
After looking around a bit more and saving up some more money i went for a BSA lightning in .22, its unbelivably better, im now able to hit a hazel nut from across my garden (35m) and take everything cleanly in one shot, its my pride and joy and will keep my freezer full.
i will never buy from smk again and deeply regret ever investing in their products.
Rant over
ATB
Josh