Air Rifle or stick with plinking .22?

[z400ACDC]

I wanted to get some opinions on air rifles. I shoot a lot with a 22 rifle and MKIII pistol. My daughters (9&12) like to shoot the BB guns and I thought they may like to move up to a air rifle. What brands do you like best?THANKS!!!!!

[tri5ron]

depending on how far you want to go with the air rifles, you can range from mediocre quality, to some awesome quality. basically it comes down to money talks.

Gamo and Benjiman brands are a good place to start, RWS is starting to get into the higher end, (Very Nice!), and then the Ulitmate is the AirForce Condor, and Talon series, (used by Navy Seals).

All the major firearms mfg.'s have a line usually, Ruger, Winchester, Remington, Beretta, so look at those also.

I even have a couple of Chinese Knock-offs of the RWS line,(Tech Force brand), that are actually quite impressive for both power and accuracy. I'm talking 900 and 1100 FPS.
(But, STAY AWAY from any of the $70-$80 specials).
I have dropped numerous 15 to 20 lb opposums with a single shot, from a 1000fps .177 cal., at 25 to 40 yards.
and trust me,.... They were not "Playing" dead. LOL.

A .22 cal. running at 900+ fps, with a hollow point, will pretty much turn a rat inside-out., and Crows look like they got hit with a anti-aircraft missle.

some brands even carry a .25 cal. model, and the take-down power of those is impressive to say the least.


Here's a couple of places to go look at some various lines,
Hope this helps...

http://www.compasseco.com/air-rifles-c-1.html


Here's some real "HOLY COW !"" models...

http://www.airforceairguns.com/condor.html

[hypersnyper6947]

I had a benjiman air rifle i was powerful and accurate but i broke after a couple months. I say pick up a ruger 10/22, best plinking rifle you can get plus the mods you can find for it are endless. I will post a pic of mine if you want.

[ZeroLogic]

Gamo hands down. Its was my first and I still have it. Use it as a chipmunk gun.:p

[tri5ron]

Originally posted by hypersnyper6947
I had a benjiman air rifle i was powerful and accurate but i broke after a couple months. I say pick up a ruger 10/22, best plinking rifle you can get plus the mods you can find for it are endless. I will post a pic of mine if you want.

You want to see a slightly modified Ruger 10/22 ???
Here's one of mine that has just a few add-on's...
(this is shown without the laser, and BMF trigger crank)
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_6979.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_6978.jpg

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But for those of you who may not realize what A.A.D.S. is, then I'll post it up again...

A.A.D.S.
( Accesory Aquisition Disorder Syndrome )
Definition-
The Overwhelming, Compulsive, Pathological, Psychotic all Consuming, inability to resist upgrading, modifying, improving, changing, altering, or perfecting, anything that you own, possess, aquire, or just happen to be standing next to.
In other words...

You are BORN with it.
There's nothing you can do about it.
(Trust me, I've been through the 12 step program,
and the weekly group support meetings)

It is TERMINAL !
There is NO CURE.
It controls everything you do.
The best way to deal with it is to simply accept it,
(The hardest part is getting your Wife to accept it)

Group Support meetings are held the 6th Saturday of each month,
Welcome to the club.
We WILL NOT attempt to cure you,.......
As I said,.... This is a group S U P P O R T meeting !

Now go find peace in your soul,.....
(and Piece, after Piece, after PIECE, AFTER PIECE, for your Quad, or truck, or car, or gun, or camper, or, or, or..... )

"hello, my name is Ron,... and I am an Addict, I have A.A.D.S."

[z400ACDC]

Remember guys, I just want something for play. If I wanted something for hunting, I got plenty of that. I thought my daughters would like to shoot a gun that would not make as much noise as the 22's.

[S.A.J]

hey tri5ron u forgot to add alil part too your a.a.d.s thing for us ummarried guys,its also one of the hardest things to get your parents to accept it too!!! oh and i love that gun,wats the 10/22 stand for though,it is a .22 right? also how much somthing like that run ya n im guessing its semi auto?

[440racer66]

Originally posted by tri5ron
You want to see a slightly modified Ruger 10/22 ???
Here's one of mine that has just a few add-on's...
(this is shown without the laser, and BMF trigger crank)
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_6979.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_6978.jpg

....I've explained to you guys before about the A.A.D.S. disease,and it is not exclusive to quads. It can take over your entire life! on everything you touch! in everything you do!

But for those of you who may not realize what A.A.D.S. is, then I'll post it up again...

A.A.D.S.
( Accesory Aquisition Disorder Syndrome )
Definition-
The Overwhelming, Compulsive, Pathological, Psychotic all Consuming, inability to resist upgrading, modifying, improving, changing, altering, or perfecting, anything that you own, possess, aquire, or just happen to be standing next to.
In other words...

You are BORN with it.
There's nothing you can do about it.
(Trust me, I've been through the 12 step program,
and the weekly group support meetings)

It is TERMINAL !
There is NO CURE.
It controls everything you do.
The best way to deal with it is to simply accept it,
(The hardest part is getting your Wife to accept it)

Group Support meetings are held the 6th Saturday of each month,
Welcome to the club.
We WILL NOT attempt to cure you,.......
As I said,.... This is a group S U P P O R T meeting !

Now go find peace in your soul,.....
(and Piece, after Piece, after PIECE, AFTER PIECE, for your Quad, or truck, or car, or gun, or camper, or, or, or..... )

"hello, my name is Ron,... and I am an Addict, I have A.A.D.S."
your addiction is deff. paying off cause that 22 is sick.
but i wanted to be diffrent when i bought my 22 i got a rem. model 597 i have shot 10/22s they are great but i can shoot my rem. better but thats just me. getem a 22 i think they are a little more fun then a air rifle. its all in what you want

[tri5ron]

440racer,
That Rem. 597 is a very sweet .22,
especially the TVP or Yellowjacket versions.
Wish I had one.

z400acdc,
you'd probably be quite happy with some of the middle range Tech Force models. med. to high power, pretty accurate, low cost. if you want to step up a bit from that, then take a good look at the Gamo's and Benjamin's. I recently picked up a nice Benjamin combo, that has change-out barrels, (one .177, and one .22) , on the same stock/action. I think it was on sale for around $115


here's a couple of pics of my modded bush gun. it started as a regular Winchester model 94, old style top eject, then came the Synthetic stock, tru-glo "iron"sights, Tru-glo optical Red dot sight, hammer extender, Three stage gel butt pad, Nylon sling, and i'm now using the new Hornady rounds that adds an extra 100 yards effective range.
What's that???? A 30-30 that is good for 300 yards? Yep!
(Now it's gotta come back apart for a nice re-blueing job)
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_6965.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_6972.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/IMG_7024.jpg


I'll see if I can find some recent pics of the latest A.A.D.S. afflicted firearm. it's a SKS done up very nice with a Monte Carlo Synthetic, and a whole list that follows.

[z400ACDC]

Thanks
I am not looking for anything hightech. If I need to shoot anything over 100yards, I will breakout the Remington 700BDL 22-250. I just want a plinker for my daughters with no mods. I try to get them to shoot my marlin auto 22 and MK111 22/45 hunter 22 pistol, but I think the noise makes them want to stick with the BB gun.

[Warnerade]

I;d go with a Gammo if you jsut looking to have a little fun here and there...mine is pretty accurate, its a little loud though...I got the viper model, I beleive they make a model called the whisper thats supposed to be a lot quieter...mine has just enough power to kill kittens and its pretty accurate, so I cant complain