Airgun faith
- Thread starter bacardi
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I don't think any pellets guns will be banned. The way the bill reads, those non-PAL airguns that resemble PAL rated airguns and powder burners will become prohibited. You can continue to own and use them but can't sell, trade, give away, etc. I didn't see anything mentioned about pellets or CO2. The 12 gram CO2 bulbs are used for more things than just pellet guns... such as inflation devices, CO2 drink machines, paintball, etc.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Mostly Sub 500 FPS airguns will be effected by Bill C21, Not the PAL rated. Unless they deem it a replica of say a AR15.
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- Location
- Big Island West Coast
If you haven't, then buy a CPC membership, and get your family too aswell, we're at war and they are our best weapon.
There already “green” pellets in England. They are lighter than lead but seem to do the job
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Problem with Alloy pellets in Canada is. There are no set pellet weight they test velocity. So Alloy pellets CAN take a non PAL rated airgun and push them over the limit.
Canada is super hush hush. When I asked what weight does Weihrauch us to determine the 7 Joules, they told me right off the bat. I asked Crosman Canada, RCMP, even business that import sub 500 FPS airguns into Canada, don't know.
There have been a number of 'alternative' pellets available over the years that do not use lead. Most were junk in terms of accuracy.
The challenge is that with low powered rifles the pellet lacked sufficient kinetic energy to be used for hunting. With target shooting (if it was reasonably accurate) it was very susceptible to the wind. With higher powered rifles, the need for a 'heavy' pellet is even more pronounced if it is to be used for hunting.
On the velocity difference between different weights of pellets, this unfortunately is where velocity is not really the best method to 'measure' an air powered rifle. It should be velocity and the mass of the pellet IMHO.
I tested over 30 different types of pellets through 5 different rifles many years ago. The most accurate were always always the tradidional dome headed, lead pellets. (Eley / RWS or H&N).
Candocad.
The challenge is that with low powered rifles the pellet lacked sufficient kinetic energy to be used for hunting. With target shooting (if it was reasonably accurate) it was very susceptible to the wind. With higher powered rifles, the need for a 'heavy' pellet is even more pronounced if it is to be used for hunting.
On the velocity difference between different weights of pellets, this unfortunately is where velocity is not really the best method to 'measure' an air powered rifle. It should be velocity and the mass of the pellet IMHO.
I tested over 30 different types of pellets through 5 different rifles many years ago. The most accurate were always always the tradidional dome headed, lead pellets. (Eley / RWS or H&N).
Candocad.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Had an airgun that would push the cores out of the plastic skirt Promethus pellets.
Two of my rifles would strip the plastic skirt and produce 8 inch plastic spirals!
Accuracy was aweful, but if you had the sun behind you these pellets reflected well enough to see them in flight, and miss the target!
Candocad.
We have the same selections here too but from the complaints I’ve read most are garbage in accuracy. I can stack pellet on pellet with my cr600w sub 500 with alloys but it does push it to 600fps. Plus being 2x more than lead cost wise, it doesn’t get fed them much.
