Air Gun advice please

Grouser

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I'm need a new air gun in the 1000fps range (177 or .22)-- I don't need a competition gun but would like something fairly accurate fot keeping the back yard clear of grey tree rats. I don't want to spend 3 or $400 and would rather keep it unser $ 200.00 . I have been looking at the Rugers but no one sells them around here. What are my options and who has the best prices. Cheers/thanks!
John
 
Pick and choose as your tastes allow, but keep an open mind if you ever get near a chrony with any of those 1000 fps airguns.

I'm pretty sure they would test fire them with a Styrofoam bead in them to post higher numbers, if they thought they would get away with it. The lightweight pellets they use, generally are not the pellets that will give anything resembling satisfactory results, as far as accuracy and repeatability go.

650-750 fps is plenty fast, and most of the decent guns that shoot as fast as that are not huge and klunky feeling to handle. Just a thought.

Cheers
Trev
 
Well for under $200 you're not going to get much of anything..
If you have your PAL then i suggest you spend a little more and get something decent..

Velocity numbers are all inflated from the factory, there are few airguns that shoot "1000fps" unless you get into super magnum springers or PCP guns..

check out www.airgunsource.com look at a Bam B-30. You'll get around 950 in .177 and about 760 in .22cal.. It's a chinese copy of the Diana48 Sidelever... It's a very good shooting rifle.. Accurate and power, built like a tank inside and will last a lifetime. It might feel rough at first but it will smoothen out after a few hundred shots..
 
Grouser said:
But geeez i'd blow the bird feeder all to s**t!
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A TRUE 1000 fps airgun will do the same......

I have crono'd a Diana 52 in .177 at over 1,200 fps with standard pellets. It will fully penetrate a dry 1" board and most of the way through a second.

A 22 calibre airgun in the 600+ fps range will do just fine and a cheap one should be between $200 and 300
 
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Grouser, I originally set with the same goals that you had but decided to pay a bit more and get a Diana 34. Although its supposed to be a 1000fps gun, my chrony only reads 893 fps with Superdome .177's but this gives me pass throughs on 2 X 4"s. It is very accurate and something I can safely do on a 10m. range in my basement. As a result of shooting almost daily, I have improved my powder burning off hand and field position shooting significantly. IMO it was worth paying just a touch more for a quality, extremely accurate gun.
 
go with the CBs

madmac said:
canadian tire sells CCI cb caps,(.22 short)
us them in a bolt action rifle, they are quieter that my 1000fps springer air rifle and hit harder out to about 25 meters. :sniper:

and no twang.
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X2 on that. I use them in my Cooey and i prefer them over a pellet gun as theres no spring going'twang', plus with the tube mag (cooey model 60) i can hold 20 of them for followup shots at the squirrels freinds.:runaway:
 
I have a Stoeger 0.177 (scoped package) and will be testing it for accuracy tomorrow. It produces between 900-995 FPS depending on the pellet used. Trigger isn't great and the fiber optic sights are coarse but with my eyes I use the scope. These guns are under $200 and if the accuracy is acceptable will be the best bang for the buck on the market.

Brian
 
I have a Crosman Quest 1000. Nice rifle for the money ($135.00 or so). Plenty powerfull too. I put in a better GTXIII trigger and it's a sweet rifle to shoot.
 
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Thanks for the input. I have been using a Crosman back packer .22 for about 5 years to thin the grey tree rats around the squirell bait -- I mean bird feeder. ;) It used to do a great job but has lost power and accuracy after shooting a hundred and fifty or so per year. I'm in a subdivison and thought the Gamo whisper might be the ticket? Supposed to be 52% quieter?
Cheers, John
 
Re: the Brits: Yup. 12 ft-lbs before they need it to be on a Fire Arms Certificate, for air rifles. IIRC, the limit is 6 ft-lbs for air pistols.

Saw several of the Gamo's for sale at the Calgary gun show. IIRC the asking price was right around $400. So, they are in country.

Cheers
Trev
 
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