Airguns

[SpydieFlicker]

Just wondering if any of you shoot airguns. I find it really fun, and the ammo is relative cheap. I currently shoot a Gamo Recon Break-Barrel, and it is really accurate.

[Higher]

It was quite unexpected to see it on this forum. But this is interesting to me. I now have two rifles from KalibrGun. Cricket and Cricket carabine.
There used to be 8 different air rifles at the same time. But I realized that I was moving somewhere in the wrong direction. I sold everything and left only these two.

Some time ago I rented a shooting gallery and a shooting range. I gathered people and held competitions there. We were shooting competitions: Benchrest, Varmint, Longrange. And we went to the neighboring town for the Fieldtarget competition.

But I stopped it a few years ago. Rifles, sights, firing stops remained at my house.

All this is very interesting in terms of self-development. Studying how air systems, sights, bullet ballistics work. And the most important thing is to work on yourself, on your capabilities.

[TomAiello]

I have an air rifle that I use for pest control (mostly pigeons, who seem to have decided to build nests under the eaves of our house, just outside our bedroom window). Looking at the markings, I see that it is a Gamo Whisper Fusion, but I honestly have no idea if that's any good or not. I ended up buying it after working my way up through three other air rifles that had insufficient stopping power for pigeons.

Aside from learning to use it and sighting it in, I've never shot it recreationally at all. Where I live firearms are a major form of recreation, and open shooting is allowed outdoors within minutes of my house, so I've never really though of an air rifle that way.

[Doc Dan]

I love airguns. I had a Beeman R1 for many years. I sold it before we moved overseas as it is life in prison for owning one, here. It was a fantastic rifle: accurate and powerful. It was no Daisy, let me tell you. It was as powerful as a .22 rifle. The R1 was a break barrel.

[ChrisinHove]

When I was in my early teens I loooooved my .22 Webley Tempest air pistol. It was my dream to possess one, and it was the fruit of a Saturday job sweeping up on a small building site. My father had a pre ww2 break action Webley .22 rifle with modified spring, but that pistol was all mine. Like everything, those are controlled and licensed here now

[JRinFL]

I love airguns. I had a Beeman R1 for many years. I sold it before we moved overseas as it is life in prison for owning one, here. It was a fantastic rifle: accurate and powerful. It was no Daisy, let me tell you. It was as powerful as a .22 rifle. The R1 was a break barrel.

The R1 is an excellent air rifle, but in regards to power, it would be anywhere from 1/10 to 1/3 the power of a .22 rimfire, depending on which pellet and which 22 rimfire round you are comparing.

These tests show a maximum measured energy at 19 ft/pounds at the muzzle of the R1. https://www.straightshooters.com/ourtake/ourtaker1.html

[Doc Dan]

I love airguns. I had a Beeman R1 for many years. I sold it before we moved overseas as it is life in prison for owning one, here. It was a fantastic rifle: accurate and powerful. It was no Daisy, let me tell you. It was as powerful as a .22 rifle. The R1 was a break barrel.

The R1 is an excellent air rifle, but in regards to power, it would be anywhere from 1/10 to 1/3 the power of a .22 rimfire, depending on which pellet and which 22 rimfire round you are comparing.

These tests show a maximum measured energy at 19 ft/pounds at the muzzle of the R1. https://www.straightshooters.com/ourtake/ourtaker1.html

.22 shorts and that R1 were pretty close in penetration and the R1 was flatter shooting. Beeman has some excellent airguns, or they used to. They have some now that are far more powerful.

[Frozenspyder]

I've currently got an Airforce TalonP and a Stoeger XM1. The Stoeger is my general purpose plinking and pest control gun. The Airforce is more of an ongoing tuning project.

[yablanowitz]

Among the things I inherited when dad passed was his old Crosman 400 Repeater. I had to tear it down three times before I got the leak sorted out, but it works well now. Uses 2 12gram CO2 cartridges at a time, but it will fire 80 to 100 shots on a charge.

[bryan123]

I have a Daisy 853 from the Civilian Marksmanship Program and I compete in matches on the Gatewaytoairguns.org forum. Lots of fun.

[Higher]

... and I compete in matches on the Gatewaytoairguns.org forum. Lots of fun.

It's so cool that people are into sports!

[Doc Dan]

Hey, that's cool. I used to know a young woman who competed many years ago. Since I was in college I did not have time, but that is a great sport...so much fun and a great de-stresser.

[Higher]

Hey, that's cool. I used to know a young woman who competed many years ago. Since I was in college I did not have time, but that is a great sport...so much fun and a great de-stresser.

Yes Yes Yes. It is very fun and interesting. Work earlier on yourself, study the device and forces that affect the flight of pellets.
We call it "fighting the wind"

[Ngati Pom]

My son and myself have a couple of Gamo break-barrel rifles. A .177 Whisper Fusion and a .22 Shadow 1000.
Mostly for rabbit with a bit of casual target shooting thrown in.
It’s a lot of fun and good father and son time. :)
We’re eying up an FX Impact M3 PCP as our next purchase.

[JD Spydo]

Some of my fondest memories growing up from childhood into my early 20s were all the cool air rifles I had from the time I was just 9 years old. I started out with a lever action Daisy BB gun when I was a little kid till when I was about 12 years old. Then I graduated up to a single shot, break down barrel air rifle which shot .177 cal pellets or BBs. It was incredible how many frogs and small game I was able to bag with that break down barrel rifle.

Funny that this thread would come up because I've been seriously contemplating getting either a high powered .22 caliber pellet rifle or maybe one of the newer Benjamin air rifles that shoots BBs or pellets. They've got many of these newer air rifles now with similar power to a .22 Cal rimfire.

[JD Spydo]

Some of my fondest memories growing up from childhood into my early 20s were all the cool air rifles I had from the time I was just 9 years old. I started out with a lever action Daisy BB gun when I was a little kid till when I was about 12 years old. Then I graduated up to a single shot, break down barrel air rifle which shot .177 cal pellets or BBs. It was incredible how many frogs and small game I was able to bag with that break down barrel rifle.

Funny that this thread would come up because I've been seriously contemplating getting either a high powered .22 caliber pellet rifle or maybe one of the newer Benjamin air rifles that shoots BBs or pellets. They've got many of these newer air rifles now with similar power to a .22 Cal rimfire.

[soc_monki]

I have a crosman I got at Walmart for $90. 177, came with a scope. I use it for squirrels and other pests. Does the job!

I see they have AR pattern bb guns... I may have to get me one for the heck of it!

[MacLaren]

I would get into Air competitions but the guns are just ridiculously expensive.....I shot a $2k FX Impact and it was nice.......but, $2k? Come on now......

[bearfacedkiller]

I have some Gamo that I used for pest control when I lived in the suburbs. I have been living out in the woods for years now though so the 10/22 does all my pest control now. I haven’t fired air rifles for fun since I was a kid. With the current ammo situation I should probably take it back out.

I am curious about some of the big bore air guns though.

[JRinFL]

I would get into Air competitions but the guns are just ridiculously expensive.....I shot a $2k FX Impact and it was nice.......but, $2k? Come on now......

You are paying for innovation and small batch construction from an expensive country. I don't own one due to the price, but I will not say that they are not worth what they ask. FX is not the only high end high priced air gun maker.

I have a mass produced Benjamin Bulldog which is much cheaper than an FX, but still not as cheap as a 10/22. Big bore is a whole 'nother game. You really need a HPA tank and/or your own compressor. Big bore AGs are longer than firearms, with less power. The trade off is that AG ammo over the long haul is cheaper*.

* Not always