yhtomit
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(Inspired by this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=600564 )
The gun linked to from the above thread is a pre-charged airgun, but the FAQ about it points out that it can't be pumped by hand, because it requires a slow, powerful source of dry air.
OK -- it's an esoteric (well above $1000) airgun, and I guess it's not marketed to people who want one just for backyard plinking
However, I remember reading in Mel Tappan's "Survival Guns" about quite powerful airguns (in the same general class as this one -- i.e. not carnival toys, and not firing 8oz shot 16 miles) being used by Korean peasants and farmers to capture game. That's not a new book, and Korea wasn't exactly covered by 5th generation wireless service at the time, so I am at least suspicious that the average peasant / farmer didn't have pre-charged airtanks to hand for refilling. Maybe they did, and the infrastructure for refilling airguns evolved with more complexity than I'm picturing.
But are there powerful airguns of this general class (biggish bullet, pre-charged) with a more forgiving charging system, such that the charging can be done by hand (or foot) pump? It would be give me a good incentive to use an exercise bike, if I knew I was also pumping up a rifle, to have some target shooting as a reward
(Putting this in non-firearms weapons, though the above post was in Rifle Country; there seems a reasonable overlap ... )
Thanks for any insight --
timothy
The gun linked to from the above thread is a pre-charged airgun, but the FAQ about it points out that it can't be pumped by hand, because it requires a slow, powerful source of dry air.
OK -- it's an esoteric (well above $1000) airgun, and I guess it's not marketed to people who want one just for backyard plinking
However, I remember reading in Mel Tappan's "Survival Guns" about quite powerful airguns (in the same general class as this one -- i.e. not carnival toys, and not firing 8oz shot 16 miles) being used by Korean peasants and farmers to capture game. That's not a new book, and Korea wasn't exactly covered by 5th generation wireless service at the time, so I am at least suspicious that the average peasant / farmer didn't have pre-charged airtanks to hand for refilling. Maybe they did, and the infrastructure for refilling airguns evolved with more complexity than I'm picturing.
But are there powerful airguns of this general class (biggish bullet, pre-charged) with a more forgiving charging system, such that the charging can be done by hand (or foot) pump? It would be give me a good incentive to use an exercise bike, if I knew I was also pumping up a rifle, to have some target shooting as a reward
(Putting this in non-firearms weapons, though the above post was in Rifle Country; there seems a reasonable overlap ... )
Thanks for any insight --
timothy
