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My youngest son came over tonight asking me if he could borrow one of my Leupold or Vortex scopes for a new pellet gun he bought. He has a fixed 6x Leupold on it right now. I was like, are you crazy, I'm not letting you put one of my good scopes on an a pellet gun, just so I can get stuck with the shipping for having to send it in for repair. But he explained that by design it doesn't shake the internals loose like most air guns, something I don't completely understand.
Then he showed me what he had bought, not your average every day pellet rifle. First of all, it's a really nice looking rifle, great wood work. I didn't even know about these, but I haven't been able to yet confirm his claim of near 3000 fps, though it sure seems to be screaming when I shot it. And accurate beyond any pellet rifle I've ever shot. He can shoot .177, 22 cal, .25 cal pellets, and also .30 cal., imagine a .30 cal. pellet rifle, and he also said something about a .40 cal. barrel. But what got me, is this is no toy, not at all. He said he was getting velocities across the chrony in excess of 2500 fps to 3000 fps depending on the settings. I know very little about it at this point, I only got to spend less than an hour with it shooting.25 cal. pellets, which was pretty amazing.
He also told me that Arizona game laws have deemed it legal for deer hunting, unconfirmed by me, but all interesting claims.
Anyone else heard of these air tank rifles? Are they really what they are said to be? Feed me, I can't seem to find out what they are truly capable of concerning velocities.
GS
Then he showed me what he had bought, not your average every day pellet rifle. First of all, it's a really nice looking rifle, great wood work. I didn't even know about these, but I haven't been able to yet confirm his claim of near 3000 fps, though it sure seems to be screaming when I shot it. And accurate beyond any pellet rifle I've ever shot. He can shoot .177, 22 cal, .25 cal pellets, and also .30 cal., imagine a .30 cal. pellet rifle, and he also said something about a .40 cal. barrel. But what got me, is this is no toy, not at all. He said he was getting velocities across the chrony in excess of 2500 fps to 3000 fps depending on the settings. I know very little about it at this point, I only got to spend less than an hour with it shooting.25 cal. pellets, which was pretty amazing.
He also told me that Arizona game laws have deemed it legal for deer hunting, unconfirmed by me, but all interesting claims.
Anyone else heard of these air tank rifles? Are they really what they are said to be? Feed me, I can't seem to find out what they are truly capable of concerning velocities.
GS