Although I have one brick of .22LR ammo, I haven’t been able to find more.
Originally this cut into my range time, but I now find that a nice nitrogen piston air rifle can be had in the range of $150 to $350 and it will throw out a .22 caliber pellet at the same muzzle velocity as the .22LR round. Although, it’s single shot, I can still get in the range time I want with this substitute. Air rifles have come a long way in power and performance since I was a kid.
Not exactly. A good break barrel will hit 20-30 FPE. A 22LR will hit 100 FPE. Even subsonic 22 will still make 40-50 FPE.
Airguns are cheap to shoot,wonderful training tools, good for quiet plinking and small game (squirrel,rabbit) hunting but they are not as powerful as a 22LR.
And be careful, they are really addictive...
Oops! You said “muzzle velocity”. In that case you’re right. Forget everything I just said. Carry on.