No. I have a Crosman pump rifle. Yes, it says to pump ten times but I do more. Only use BBs in it, afraid to use pellets because the penetration with BBs is nice. Used on gophers and rats, never on windshields!
We were young. Teens. Bored. Way too much testosterone and too little jobs or money. We vented. Eventually those rubber seals gave out after shooting so many over-presure shots, and you’d be lucky to hit a beer can at ten yards with enough force to move it. We didn’t upgrade to .22’s because they made noise. For those purposes, anyway. Squirrels and crows were another matter. People were grateful - we were free pest control.