Nice shooting.
Yup even a .22 with a velocity of 800fps can easily penetrate a human skull or enter the chest cavity into a vital organ. I’d not want to rely on a pellet rifle for home defense though.
I have a .22 Gamo Nitro. 1200fps using Devastator ammo. Okay, have to cock between shots though.
Shoot them in the nads.
Shoot them in the nads...
I almost bought a Crosman Nitro piston last week. It was rated at 1400 fps with magic pellets. With normal .177 I think I read where some guy chronoed it at just under 1000 fps.
That is still a lot of power.
Does anyone remember an episode of “The Rockford Files”, where Rockford has to hold off some gad guys with a pellet gun?
Did she shoot somebody’s eye out?
We should not regulate guns. We should regulate politicians.
Ya, I’m taken down rabbits at 55 - 70 yards, so I definitely don’t want to get hit with a round from my Benjamin.
http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Dragon_Claw_Air_Rifle/2499
Pathetic. But whatever it takes.
“You could put an eye out with that thing! “
Lens caps on the scope!?
Read up on Lewis & Clark's air rifle . Interesting.
Can anybody recommend a good entry level air rifle that will have enough power for squirrel mostly and has a scope attachment?
I can go single spring or multiple pump style.
I’ve got a sweet Daystate AirWolf .22 PCP. It has a 10 round magazine, a suppressor to keep the neighbors guessing, and can easily spit out about 70 shots in between air fill-ups with pinpoint accuracy. I shoot gophers in the head at 50 yards when they dare to poke up in my lawn. While initially very expensive to purchase the rifle, scope & scuba tank accessory, pellets are cheap, and so is air! I use it to teach my boys proper scope usage, breathing technique, and how to stalk game - in our backyard. Its wonderful for that, and not at all a Wally World “BB gun” (tsk, tsk). I recommend you check out this place if you are in the market for a premium air rifle local to Arizona or via mail order. http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/
I’ve got a sweet Daystate AirWolf .22 PCP. It has a 10 round magazine, a suppressor to keep the neighbors guessing, and can easily spit out about 70 shots in between air fill-ups with pinpoint accuracy. I shoot gophers in the head at 50 yards when they dare to poke up in my lawn. While initially very expensive to purchase the rifle, scope & scuba tank accessory, pellets are cheap, and so is air! I use it to teach my boys proper scope usage, breathing technique, and how to stalk game - in our backyard. Its wonderful for that, and not at all a Wally World “BB gun” (tsk, tsk). I recommend you check out this place if you are in the market for a premium air rifle local to Arizona or via mail order. http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/
My daughter and her fiancé bought me a nice 1500 fps air rifle 2 years ago. 1500 fps is too fast and loud. I traded it in for a nice 1050 fps .22 cal Benjamin so that I could plink in the back yard without alarming the neighbors.
The problem with pellet guns that are faster than 1100 fps is that a sonic shock wave will catch up with the pellet and make it tumble.
I shoot the primer-only Aguila 22LRs in my S&W 617 in the basement for practice for my S&W 686. Both are same except for caliber.
They sound like a suppressed 22LR, but they could still do some damage.