Airgun Sports Australia - NSW

08/10/2025

A batch of Hills Mk5 & Spartan hand pumps with Dry Pack filters has just arrived for those wanting to get fit for summer :D

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22/11/2024

Black Friday Weekend offer, 7.5% off all compressors & HPA tanks if ordered before Sunday night.

16/11/2024

Don't forget to message me for Black Friday deals on Hill & Shootair products.

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07/11/2024

Unfortunately due to our laws on fi****ms suppression, to own a silencer (in most states) requires a very good genuine reason. Typically the few that are allowed to own & use one are professional pest controllers, government contractors & a few primary producers who shoot around livestock.

P*P's unsuppressed are loud, even when dropped down in power. Before an import ban was imposed in late 2012, P*P's with a shrouded barrel were allowed into Australia & indeed are still legal to own. These do quieten the guns down somewhat. The pre-2012 airguns that came in shrouded were to my knowledge the following:

1. Early Benjamin Marauders
2. Early Evanix Blizzards, Rainstorms, Windy Cities
3. Early FX Royales
4. FX Monsoons
5. AA S410 Xtra & S510
6. Theoben MFR's
7. HW100 FSB
5. A few Daystates / Beeman's
6. Pre-2012 HW97K (springers)
7. Pre-2012 AA ProSport & TX 200 full length
8. Walther LGU's (springers)

I'm sure I missed a few, so feel free to comment

Of course with tuning of hammer spring tension, transfer port size & regulator pressure some P*P's can be made a lot quieter.

Other options if you want low power, stealthy airguns to take out pests out to say 10 to 25M include multi pump guns like the Sheridan Blue & Silver Streak, Sharp Innova & Ace + some older Crosman's & Daisy models. A couple of pumps can be all it takes to generate enough power for short range pest control.

Finally lower powered springers can also be useful for short range pest jobs too. Anything from a HW30S or HW50S, the lower powered Diana / Gecado's spring guns (D24, 25, 27, 35), Anschutz 335's, BSA Meteors all work well, heck I even know of a few sparrow snipers that use 10M match air rifles.

In these cases, it is important to know your own & your rifles capabilities & accurate shot placement is key. But power levels between 6 & 10 fpe can be very effective for short range, stealthy, small pest control.

I hope people find this useful, please feel free to add any airguns you yourself might use for stealthy, quiet pest control.

04/11/2024

So a lot of my current work is servicing top end P*P target air rifles & pistols, sporting P*P's etc.

However as an apprentice served toolmaker & qualified Mechanical Engineer I love repairing & tuning spring piston air rifles. My personal preferences are Weihrauch's, but I also love working on Air Arms, Diana, Webley, BSA & even the older GAMO models.

Smoothing out the recoil & the general shot cycle of a springer is very satisfying to me. I do this by reducing the internal friction inside the gun, which allows for a "lighter" spring to be used. This can be done a number of ways, machining bespoke tuning internals (guides) married to a quality spring, fitting low friction piston sleeves, top quality piston seals, buttoning & gliding pistons, lightening pistons & using my own formulated low friction grease. All this work is personally carried out by me in my machine shop.

Things can then be improved further (especially for target work) with a heavier scope & stock who's extra weight absorbs recoil further.

I am also the importer for Custom Stocks of Sheffield (UK) who have been producing quality stocks specifically for airguns for well over 40 years now. The photo shows a HW97K fitted with a walnut CS800 FT style stock.

03/11/2024

People ask me what guns I personally use. I'm lucky that over the 11 years I have been repairing P*P's commercially I have repaired & shot everything from Air Arms to Theoben's, Daystate's to Steyr's.

Well, I have more air rifles than I can shoot in a day's session. Whilst I appreciate the advances in airgun technology & work on some very sophisticated, multi-regulated air guns, I myself prefer simplicity. I shoot airguns in the 6 to 35 FPE power range. Above that for me personally I have .22LR rimfires, which I also enjoy using.

Due to the sound moderator restrictions we currently have in Australia, until these change I don't think my views will change....high power P*P's are very loud fi****ms.

I have 2 x sporting P*P's that I will never part with. They are accurate, with either Lothar Walther or Anschutz barrels, very few working parts, magazines that just work & handle beautifully. These are:

Theoben Rapid Mk 1 in .20 calibre (effectively a hand built rifle)

FX Typhoon T12 in .22 calibre (still in the FX line up after 25 years)

If you ever get the chance to buy either, unless they are in very poor condition I wouldn't hesitate to snap one up.

Spares are still readily available & they are easy to work on.

03/11/2024

I service & repair a lot of 10M target air pistols. I have listed the main brands in order of my own personal preference based upon quality, reliability, spares availability & ease of maintenance.

1. Feinwerkbau
2. Steyr
3. Morini
4. Walther
5. Tesro

Note - I don't work on Pardini's, as their agent operates a very good repairs service. However I understand these would rank very highly on the list.

All these brands are superbly accurate & a purchase should consider how the gun shoots for you obviously. None of the above should be over-looked they are all premium products.

02/11/2024

The Hill EVO 310 compressor, I wouldn't be without one as a shooter & airgun repairer. Now in its 5th year of production, these machines don't give an ounce of trouble if maintained properly.

They accurately meter out high pressure air, protect themselves from over-heating or over-pressurising & have a superb, cyclonic seperator moisture system.

Designed to fill airguns directly or smaller tanks. They will fill larger tanks if "stage filling" is carried out. When filling larger tanks or where located in humid conditions the supplementary Dry Pack Pro air filter system is now available.

These units are popular with shooting clubs, people with disabilities, people who live remote & not near diveshops, professional pest controllers & owners of P*P's with maximum fill pressures in the 250 to 300 Bar range

02/11/2024

The Hill hand pumps, robust, reliable & as easy as P*P hand pumping is going to get. The Mk5 is the premier product, the Spartan the simplified, cost effective version. Both made in the Hill's factory in Sheffield, UK, the company having some 175+ years of pump manufacturer.

Both are sold in Australia with the Dry Pack moisture extraction system. Always handy to have a hand pump as an emergency back up, or for those wanting to save on gym membership....an every day P*P charging option.

02/11/2024

So for the last few years I have formed a partnership with Shootair HPA tanks who produce these tanks specifically for the P*P airgun & paintball markets in Newcastle, NSW. I assist them with sales in the airgun sector & they compliment the Hill EVO-310 air compressors I also distribute very well indeed.

The Shootair tanks are carbon fibre wound for high strength, whilst keeping weight light. And can be filled upto 310 Bar, which matches the Hill EVO 310 pressure maximum perfectly.

As these are for non-breathing applications, they don't need to be tested every year like SCUBA tanks, but every 5 years.

02/11/2024

After being hacked a few years ago & losing my account, I have decided to rebuild my business FB page. Watch out for photo's, service details & products soon :)