I was wondering if any of ya apperciate n use airguns? I am guessing more of ya do than would be suggested by the airguns subsection...

[doubleh]

After having both rotator cuffs sewn back where they were supposed to be I found a dislike for pump up guns and an even larger one for break barrel guns. The first made my shoulder start hurting quickly and the latter instantly. I switched to CO2 handguns and enjoy them. I did buy one of the CO2 powered short AR look-a like rifles that has a full auto setting and uses two cartridges. It will shred a coke can in seconds with one mag but on FA you spend more time changing CO2 cartridges and charging magazines than shooting and the cost quickly adds up. I have a charger that makes it easy but it only works well with precision BB's. It's supposed to be made for copper clad BB's but they hang up. Hornady Black Diamond ones work flawlessly and are much more accurate. I have looked at CO2 rifles but they all seem be only pliners.

 

[Trashyshoots]

I miss having a backyard where I can shoot pellet pistols. I can't wait to get back into a house for the backyard, as long as I have a straight 10m shot.

 

[jmohme]

I am surprised ya don't have good luck with your hw30? something sounds "off" they are usually pretty accurate- with the right pellets anyhow

The right pellet can be the tricky part sometimes.

I have had pump, CO2, Springers and now PCPs
I never got comfortable with springers, The bidirecitonal recoil was probably to blame. If I had stuck with them, I might have learned to like them. I still have an older Crosman pump, They are fun little guns, but when I got my first PCP, all the others got set aside.

I see several mentions of the Benjamin Marauder. That is a great affordable starter gun and with all the aftermarket support, it can grow with you if you are into modifications.

I have a three PCPs. The first is an Airforce TalonP in .25. It has some mods, but biggest and also the one that made the most improvement was a MadDog stock.

I got the Talon P to deal with racoons that were killing my chickens and ducks so that I would quit waking the neighbors at 2:00 am when dealing with them with loud firearms.
It is quiet enough with the moderator installed.

I really never expected it to be so much fun or so accurate. Here is a group at 85 yards.

Another plus to the Talon P is that it is American made in Texas. As far as I know the only imported component is the Lothar Walther barrel.

What I was really after was a good benchrest gun. I looked at and researched many before deciding on this RTI Prophet Performance.

This gun is increadible. I shoot both of these far more often than any of my conventional firearms.
Expensive, but not so much so when you caluclate how much I would have spent on .22, 9mm,10mm and other ammo if shot them as much as these two guns.
The RTI has about 25,000 pellets and slugs through it since I bought it.

So yeah, I definitely appreciate air guns.

One other thing. PCPs can be quite loud. I have moderators on both of mine. The good thing about that is airgun moderators do not require a tax stamp.

 

[R Reed]

After having both rotator cuffs sewn back where they were supposed to be I found a dislike for pump up guns and an even larger one for break barely guns. The first made my shoulder start hurting quickly and the latter instantly. I switched to CO2 handguns and enjoy them. I did buy one of the CO2 powered short AR look-a like rifles that has a full auto setting and uses two cartridges. It will shred a coke can in seconds with one mag but on FA you spend more time changing CO2 cartridges and charging magazines than shooting and the cost quickly adds up. I have a charger that makes it easy but it only works well with precision BB's. It's supposed to be made for copper clad BB's but they hang up. Hornady Black Diamond ones work flawlessly and are much more accurate. I have looked at CO2 rifles but they all seem be only pliners.

bought my 1377 years ago on sale at walmart for $40. Fun little gun but the pumping does get old fast and I sure I wont be able to do it for forever. I am looking into getting my first PCP. C3622KT, a 22cal, bicycle style pump. really looking forward to being able to pump and shoot, or pump and hunt and not have to pump up every shot.

 

[CoalTrain49]

I don't know anything about the newer air rifles but I've had an RWS model 36 for >30 years. I use it around the property on crows mostly. I have some neighbors within shouting distance so don't want to alarm anyone. Groups about an inch at 100' which is all I need. I read in the manual that it's 900-1000 fps.

 

[Gumby0961]

I have 4 springer, two RWS 48s, a RWS 300, and Fwb 300s. I'm thinking about getting rid of them and getting 1 nice PCP. I might have a little extra to go towards a pump.

 

[Riomouse911]

I have a couple of Beeman pellet springers that I have owned since the 1990’s; a Webley Vulcan .177 rifle and a Beeman 800 (Diana) pistol, also in .177.



For CO2 guns, I have a Umarex Glock 17 and an H&K Mp5k. Both look almost identical to their respective original firearms.



Always fun to play with the Red Ryders, too. I keep two of those in my toy hauler for perforating empty cans out in the desert.

Stay safe.

 

[Old Dog]

I have a fenced area on my property (my backyard) that's about an acre; I don't have the acreage required by county law to shoot actual firearms on my property, but I'm out in the woods and my yards are pretty private.

So air rifles are my main mode of practice. Unfortunately, with two crap shoulders, arthritis and CTS, break-barrels and pumps now suck. Guess I'm ready finally to go the CO2 route.

or CO2 guns, I have a Umarex Glock 17 and an H&K Mp5k. Both look almost identical to their respective original firearms.

I've been seriously looking at both of those. Good cheap training tools. (Fond memories of being on a tac team and having an MP5.)

 

[speedingpickle]

I have the Mp5k too, fun fun but not particularly accurate. Where I live, (a heavily populated suburb of Denver) it's legal to shoot air guns in the backyard. Trouble is, my neighbors don't know that, so I've had the police out here more than once after shooting my only PCP, a Benjamin Discovery. Love that gun, it's dead nuts every time but it is easily as loud as a .22lr rifle.
The best thing about air guns? Full auto without the real-deal price tag! The little broom handle Mauser replica will empty a mag in less than 3 seconds. And the Co2 cartridge in just a little more time than that
My favorite though is a Beeman P3. I bought one after picking up a cheap copy at wally world (P17) that put every pellet in the same hole. (won't set foot in there now, so not sure if they still carry it) It is the only air gun I have that isn't ammo sensitive and doesn't throw fliers. The cheapy broke after exactly 31 rounds btw, just fyi.

 

[12Bravo20]

I live in a small rural town of about 1,100 people. They don't allow the discharge of firearms inside city limits so I went and bought one of the loudest break barrel 177 rifles I could fine since they said I couldn't use my old single shot 22lr with CB caps.

I got to shoot a high end PCP air rifle and man was that nice. But there is no way I could afford a $3000 rifle of any kind. I am looking for a nice quiet air rifle without breaking the bank.

 

[jmohme]

bought my 1377 years ago on sale at walmart for $40. Fun little gun but the pumping does get old fast and I sure I wont be able to do it for forever. I am looking into getting my first PCP. C3622KT, a 22cal, bicycle style pump. really looking forward to being able to pump and shoot, or pump and hunt and not have to pump up every shot.

I have been down that hand pumping road with my first entry level gun and also have hand pumped my Racoon gun when it only had a 200 cc tank. I only pump it to 2600 psi. It is a bit of a workout and I have to stop midway to let the pump cool. It gets quite warm and will crysalize the piston seal if you keep going.
When I got my RTI with it's 500cc 4500psi bottle, the hand pump was no longer an option with that gun so I got a compressor.

I still have two hand pumps. One of them with a folding base fits nicely in the second compartment of my soft rifle bag, so I can take it in the field. But not with my RTI.

And I stll have a 1377 too. That is one fun little gun!

 

[Lefty38-55]

I'm an admittedly casual air rifle shooter, in that I only have 1, but at least I am serious when shooting and training with it. For my $$$, I find the $125 Avanti/Daisy 753 or 853 from the CMP.org to be a 'best buy'. I bought the adjustable trigger update parts from Daisy and am thrilled with the results!

With pellets it likes it will put them throught the same ragged hole on my 35' indoor range whilst benched or rested, so it is IDEAL for me for my indoor and expressly offhand practice. I did add weight to the stock to make it heavier.

 

[.38 Special]

I find airguns useful for maintaining skill when I can't get to the range. And of course they can be helpful in teaching the basics to newbies.

But while I can see how the airgun bug could bite hard, it never quite has for me. I figure I'm probably like a lot of shooters in that I always have some airguns on hand, but have rarely seen fit to spend enough for really good ones, nor to put a lot of effort into shooting them.

 

[Mountainman2]

I'm an admittedly casual air rifle shooter, in that I only have 1, but at least I am serious when shooting and training with it. For my $$$, I find the $125 Avanti/Daisy 753 or 853 from the CMP.org to be a 'best buy'. I bought the adjustable trigger update parts from Daisy and am thrilled with the results!

With pellets it likes it will put them throught the same ragged hole on my 35' indoor range whilst benched or rested, so it is IDEAL for me for my indoor and expressly offhand practice. I did add weight to the stock to make it heavier.

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I got one just like yours and it’s fun in my basement when it’s too nasty outside.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

I have a Crossman American Classic pistol that I bought to keep the geese off of my dock when we built our house on a small irrigation lake since I only wanted to sting them, not kill them. 9 pumps with the .177 flat nose pellet will cause them to jump about 6' in the air and fly off at about 20 yards. I find it to be very accurate. My next target is going to be the muskrat that has moved in to the cattails next to the dock.

 

[.308 Norma]

After having both rotator cuffs sewn back where they were supposed to be I found a dislike for pump up guns

That's understandable.
As I've mentioned in other threads on THR, after closing the pump handle on one of the protruding parts on her chest, my wife has a distinct "dislike" for pump up guns like the Sheridan Blue Streak we have sitting by the back door for pests (like starlings) in the garden and currant bushes out behind the house.

 

[.308 Norma]

I find airguns useful for maintaining skill when I can't get to the range. And of course they can be helpful in teaching the basics to newbies.

But while I can see how the airgun bug could bite hard, it never quite has for me. I figure I'm probably like a lot of shooters in that I always have some airguns on hand, but have rarely seen fit to spend enough for really good ones, nor to put a lot of effort into shooting them.

That's me. I've used my old Benjamin, and now my Sheridan "pump-up" pellet rifles for pests in the garden, and they were/are a lot of fun to teach our kids and grandkids "the basics" with, but as far as putting enough money and effort into getting and using a really good air gun, I'm just not interested.
Once I did spend some time shooting my Sheridan "Blue Streak" across my chronograph on the back deck though. I was curious about how many "fps" each additional "pump" gave me. I don't remember what I found out. I only remember that I was impressed by how linear the results were - each additional "pump" (up to 10 pumps) gave me an additional 30 or 35 fps as I remember it.

 

[patmccoy]

I've been appreciating my Diana 75 since 1983. Had seals changed once, and it still shoots like new (and is much more accurate than I am). My IZH46M pistol is only about 16 years old, and I can't come anywhere near matching it's accuracy. A 33' range under the loft in my heated storage shed allows me lots of challenging fun all Winter. For anyone just getting started the CMP Daisy 753/853 is very cost effective way to go (great accuracy and easy to modify trigger for a near match type trigger).

 

[1RedSoxFan]

Been giving getting an air gun a lot of thought lately. Maybe someone can suggest a nice break barrel or spring piston style for shooting targets and maybe grouse. I know very little about them.

AirArms S510. One of the best. Not cheap (I paid about $1400 for mine a few/5 or so years ago). I smile every time I use it.

 

[bamajoey]

I have two, with my favorite being a Diana 34. It’s set up for 35 yards, and able to put 5 pellets in a half inch circle. It took a while to find which pellet it liked but it’s very satisfying for backyard target practice.

 

[lemaymiami]

Haven't touched my old Benjamin 22 cal pump up air rifle in years - but still have it ready to pass along to a grandkid. It was a birthday present sixty (or more) years ago - and I terrorized the local squirrel and rabbit population with it.... a lifetime ago. At the time my family lived on Redstone Arsenal (papa an Engineer...). Right out the back door of our house miles of fields, woods, and small creeks. Have no idea if it still exists... That location was my intro to wild places in the early 1960's... and that air rifle was deadly on small game.

 

[LAH]

I shoot a Diana 34 offhand in my basement. That about it.

 

[Armored farmer]

I bought a Hatsun 95 from Airgun Depot.
It came with a usable scope, adjustable, trigger, wood stock.
I would call it a pretty good all around break barrel .22. I like it, it shoots postage stamp groups at 20yds, from the bench.
I like it well enough that I upgraded the scope to a Hawke 3-9x50 adj parallax airgun scope.
It is an attractive, well built rifle with walnut stocks.
If someone wanted to try out the airgun world, it would be a good one that would satisfy long-term, unless you REALLY want to get 'into it'.

 

[PapaG]

I have a few, from my 1955 Red Ryder, my '57 Benjamin 22, through my fave, a Blue Streak, to my RWS 177. A lifetime of using compressed air.

 

[plumberroy]

I only have about a dozen springers a multi-pump pneumatic