Air rifle suggestions

jmcrawf1 · Jun 17, 2008

Ok, im looking to get an air rifle. It's purpose will be for backyard squirrel and rabbit 'eradication'

. Something in the cheap yet reliable, last a long time category and <1000 fps....

And the single most important feature it must have: crack barrel design (not the pump it up 10 times and by that time the squirrel ran away feature.

I like the gamo models and the benjamin super silver streak models but thats just from interwebz searching....

Richard in LA · Jun 17, 2008

I've got a Gamo Hunter 220 that I got from academy a few years back. It came with a 4x scope and rings, and is very accurate and powerful. With the new special alloy pellets, they are deadly on all kinds of small game/varmints. The only thing about the super fast ones is they can be noisy.
http://www.gamousa.com/Catalog.aspx?Action=Videos
check out the first vid, guy DROPS a 250 lb hog with a .177 airgun.

JadeRaven · Jun 17, 2008

I believe Crossman has a good line of pretty inexpensive products. Some of them with a little tuning can actually be serious field target rifles.

Request Dust Off · Jun 17, 2008

July 2008 issue of the American Rifleman has an article on 2 Gamo air rifles.

My brother has a gamo if you want to check it out.

topgunz1 · Jun 17, 2008

suppressed .22?

jmcrawf1 · Jun 17, 2008

Request Dust Off said:
July 2008 issue of the American Rifleman has an article on 2 Gamo air rifles.

My brother has a gamo if you want to check it out.

Yep, just got finished reading it. That's what prompted the thread....So far i'm liking what i've read about Gamos in the mag and on the interwebz

topgunz1 said:
suppressed .22?

It's for popping squirrels at my parents house in a neighborhood. Probably not a good idea.....

Request Dust Off · Jun 17, 2008

topgunz1 said:
suppressed .22?

Might be cheaper than some of the air rifles. Or get some of the CB caps. I might have some to try out.

My air rifle ammo was about half the price of .22lr a while back.

GunAddict · Jun 17, 2008

If you want something that will last like a fine hunting rifle and one that you pass on down the family line, do not settle for anything less than one of the top line Beeman's or at the least an RWS. I bought a Beeman back in the early 90's for $450(dealer cost plus 10%). It is the breakbarrel design, weighs around 8 pounds and the cocking action is listed at 38 pounds. Put a good scope on it and it will zip through a coke can at fifty yards every time, and most of the times if a dead center hit, it won't even move the can. You can get a Beeman in .177, .22, .25 caliber. As for as I know, Beeman is the only one that makes a .25 caliber that runs around 800-850 fps. Mine is the .177 at around 1100 fps and I have even seen in the past on gunbroker they had silencers, err, noise supressor for the Beeman. :eek3:

Cabela's carries the RWS, and will run you at least $300 for a good one, but is a little higher in price than some others. I think it was the Sportsman guide or Cheaperthandirt had them a little lower in price. If around N.O., I saw where Chalmette Jewlry in Chalmette was back in business, and he carried the Beemans before the storm. You haven't fired a good one until you have tried one of these. If you put more than a drop of lubricant in the spring piston chamber of the Beeman, it will ignite the oil and a flash will come out of the end of the barrel. Not good on the gun, but it will happen and make it sound like the crack of a .22 lr stinger round. Both Beeman and RWS are all steel rifled barrel with beautiful wood stocks either of which you would be proud of.....

SKYWLKR · Jun 17, 2008

I have a Gamo Big cat that I got for $60 off amazon.

There is no need for something so fast though. I have dispensed Squirrels with a cheap 700 FPS Chinese side cocker.

jmcrawf1 · Jun 17, 2008

SKYWLKR said:
I have a Gamo Big cat that I got for $60 off amazon.

There is no need for something so fast though. I have dispensed Squirrels with a cheap 700 FPS Chinese side cocker.

Damn, was it on sale?

SKYWLKR · Jun 17, 2008

It was a return that had a screw stripped on the mount, swapped it out and it was good to go.

I was not impressed with the accuracy but I cleaned the barrel and shot it a bit more and it tightened up.

jmcrawf1 · Jun 17, 2008

SKYWLKR said:
It was a return that had a screw stripped on the mount, swapped it out and it was good to go.

Sweet deal.....

GunAddict · Jun 17, 2008

Don't know the quality, but remember seeing this at the sportsman guide:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=394652

$140 for a dual setup, comes with a .177 barrel and a .22 barrel and made by Beeman. With scope and a carry bag. May be an option. A Benjamin was a $100 at wally world back in '04.

GunAddict · Jun 17, 2008

http://www.airgunsus.com/desc/bee1807.html

You don't even want to check the price on this one. .25 cal. May be less somewhere else, but damn, you can buy a Bushmaster for about this price.....for the lotto winners. :rofl:

Born4spd · Jun 17, 2008

Benjamin .22 Pump Rifle.

I got 2 of em. They are nice.

http://www.network54.com/Index/12861

GunAddict · Jun 17, 2008

Yeah they are, mines .177 tho'...but it seems that it is not the quality as the one I had back in the late 60's to early 70's...wore out 2 crossman before getting the benjamin. Bagged one of the biggest rabbits I ever got with one of the crossmans and it sure did taste good. :drool:

penguin · Jun 17, 2008

I've got a Crossman 66 powermaster that came with a 4x scope and has a 5 round pellet 'magazine'. It's a pump gun. I have effectively engaged with effect crows at 20 yards so I am very happy.

GunAddict · Jun 17, 2008

Penguin, don't tell me your down to eating crow now?? I know on another post you had some elaborate taste, but not crow! Check this out, sold out but might could have a little fun with it:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=248635

penguin · Jun 17, 2008

That full auto is bad. Nah, I free feed my labs and crows seem to like dog food alot. I bought a plastic owl from Jefferson Feed but the crows now use it as a landing pad. Those fuckers aren't scared of anything. So, I just pick one off and they stay gone for a couple of days. They can take a center mass shot pretty well, though.

Although I'd eat one. I've had kangaroo in Australia, dog in Korea, cat and raw goat in Okinawa and roaches in Thailand. All of them pretty good (the goat is my favorite).

GunAddict · Jun 17, 2008

Yep, goat ain't bad, used to have BBQ goat for family reunion every year back in the 60-70's. Can't say anything about the other except probably had cat a few times. I heard that one of the Chinese eating places here was caught a couple of times with a lot of cats in cages out back. Don't know if it was or not but it was good.

If you can just wing the crow where he falls to the ground yelling out for help, the others will stick around for about 5 or 10 minutes giving you another shot or two. I lived off of hwy 41 before the storm and the crows were a favorite past time, even bought a crow call.

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