cslinger
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So I get asked this quite a bit and it has definitely come up lately online a lot.
Let me save everybody a ton of time.
Buy a Beeman R7 or Weihrach HW30 in the caliber and trim of your choice.
...."But Gamo has a......" I don't wanna hear it.
Let me save everybody a ton of time.
Buy a Beeman R7 or Weihrach HW30 in the caliber and trim of your choice.
- No you don't need a powerful air rifle. You have guns for that. You are looking for a close range plinker for your basement or backyard. Don't get caught up with power. Power in a spring gun brings a lot of difficulties to the shooting table.
- Yes they cost "Real Gun" money and they are worth every penny
- They are easy to cock, easy to shoot and insanely accurate with spectacular trigger. They make your stock 10/22 look like crap. (I own stock 10/22s....I know of what I speak. )
- Yes they will last for damn ever
- All spring guns require a different technique from firearms when shooting them. The R7/HW30 is one of the far more forgiving models in this regard.
- If you are new to spring guns.......no it is not the gun, I promise. Work on your technique
- Even if you feed your $1500 AR15 Tula steel, for the love of God feed your air rifle good ammo. The cheapest, crappiest, pointed pellets well work about as well as you would expect. Crosman Premiers should be your ground floor and go up and experiment from there.
- .22 has more wind resistance but more drop. .177 shoots flatter but gets blown around more. Neither one is gonna "blow a varmint in half". If you are shooting for groups go with the .177 (smaller holes....hey its not REALLY cheating you can't control the size of your ammo. )
- Start off at close range 30-50'. Work out from there. The R7/HW30 will easily group at 35 yards or so. They will shoot to 50 yards but you need to be on your game.
- But I really was thinking about...........Stop thinking and buy the HW30 or R7.
...."But Gamo has a......" I don't wanna hear it.