Tell me about an Air Rifle

[Wade Lippman]

If they are as loud as 22 rifles, why not just get a 22 rifle?

[Phil Thien]

If they are as loud as 22 rifles, why not just get a 22 rifle?

There are some communities where it is legal to fire air but not powder.

Also, 22 rimfire ammo seems to have become quite precious (difficult to obtain in quantity).

I don't think I'd want to fire anything that sounded like a 22 as I would get a police response here after repeated firings.

[Jason Roehl]

There are some communities where it is legal to fire air but not powder.

Also, 22 rimfire ammo seems to have become quite precious (difficult to obtain in quantity).

I don't think I'd want to fire anything that sounded like a 22 as I would get a police response here after repeated firings.

On the flip side, I have some sub-sonic .22 LR that is quieter than my (common, inexpensive) air rifles.

[Myk Rian]

If they are as loud as 22 rifles, why not just get a 22 rifle?

What makes you think I don't?
I have one, and can shoot it off my deck since I have 33 acres of woods behind us. Just don't want to.

[Keith Outten]

Recently I got my very old 22 cal Benjamin air rifle out of the closet so I could scare some small critters from my garden. I don't have any idea that this old gun would kill anything but a very tiny animal but a couple of pumps will give them a sting that gets their attention.

I'm amazed at how advanced air rifles have gotten over the years.

I own a 22 rifle that I use to send ground hogs to animal heaven every chance I get. Ground Hogs are so destructive I can't allow their numbers to increase or I would soon be overrun.

[Myk Rian]

I own a 22 rifle that I use to send ground hogs to animal heaven every chance I get. Ground Hogs are so destructive I can't allow their numbers to increase or I would soon be overrun.

I did that with my .22
Shot at it as it was running from my deck, to the neighbors deck. 6 or 7 shots.
4 days later Russ was tearing his deck up. He was trying to find the source of the stink.

[Myk Rian]

I like the air rifle, as opposed to my .22 for little targets, which ar no farther away than 100 feet. After that it's in the woods.
Chupmunks as an example. I have 63 notches on the gun stock. Sometimes rabbits. (4)
If a squirrel figures out how to raid the bird feeders, he gets it too. (3) The hunting pellet will take them down.

[Scott Donley]

The gun club I belong to has an air gun range. One day I walked down to it when they were having a match, man, did that change my thinking about air guns. The range was packed, with targets at 15 to 50 yards. I don't know what rifles they were shooting but most looked like they were close to home built. I was amazed at the accuracy they were able to do. I did not see any one doing multiple pumping. Like I said , it sure changed what I thought about air guns. Not ready to give up my center fires for one but thinking about adding one to my inventory.

[Bert Kemp]

Now I have to go out and shoot some of mine to see how quite it is, and if the cops come I'm telling them you said it was quite and OK

On the flip side, I have some sub-sonic .22 LR that is quieter than my (common, inexpensive) air rifles.

[Dave Lehnert]

Thanks for all the info.
If anyone is interested, I found a TV show available on You-tube called "American Airgunner" The "Round Table" in the show has some good info for the beginner. The show is on TV, but have not figured out what channel.
I most likely will never buy an air gun, Just interesting to read how advanced they have become since the Red Rider we all had as kids.

[Jason Roehl]

Now I have to go out and shoot some of mine to see how quite it is, and if the cops come I'm telling them you said it was quite and OK

My address is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C....