Nope, was going to look at some of the other riffles available while I can still return. Also, accessories because there were little to none where I got the gun. But, alas, the store appeared to be close.
Nice job Adam. You're gonna have a lot of fun with that thing. I'm getting packed up and taking the dog(s) for a little overnight camp and fish trip about an hour from my place. Ordinarily, I'd throw the .22 in for some camp plinking but I'm down to two bricks of ammo so I'm taking the bb/pellet instead. Another benefit to this gun is that it doesn't spook my dog. Lexy hates gunfire so this is a lot easier on her peace of mind.
Looking good! As far as accessories go, I can only think of a few dumb ones. Jot this down, they're easy to mix up.... Something like- 10 and 22, or such AR and 10 or 15, I forget which-( could be both, I dunno..) SK or AK 74 or 47, sumtin' like that.. 1911 or better yet- 1919- sounds about right. I'm getting cornfused, anyone else want to chime in on accessories?
To Grizzly: My name is Chris, I have been using air guns for more than 40 years. 3 main power plants- spring, compressed gas in a tank, or pump up. I am not a fan of the break barrel spring guns but are the less costly of the bunch. Reason being that barrels tend to get tweaked when cocking, particularly on the cheap units. Due to the double recoil of spring guns it takes a bunch of practice to become proficient with one. For many years I used a Sheridan pump up unit 20 cal. Benjamin was similar just in 177 or 22. There are side lever and under lever spring guns accuracy is generally better on these although the cost is higher. For small varmints at say 25 yards in a spring gun 22 is a better choice. Do not get caught up in the velocity hype as most get those numbers with extremely light pellets which have no accuracy at all beyond 5 yards. One of the best all around spring guns , side lever, is the RWS 48. About middle of the road price wise. Advantage of a pump up unit is no recoil from the power plant making them much easier to shoot accurately. The Sheridan and Benjamin units are good to about 20 yards or so depending on the varmint. I can provide much more in depth information about the current air rifle scene. I would not recommend any of low priced air pistols - just do not really have the power needed for a clean kill. .22 Rimfire and CB or primer only ammo - do not use shorts in a long rifle chamber, you will build up a carbon ring in the chamber ( difficult to remove) which will adversely affect loading and extracting standard LR ammo. Use CB longs or similar under different names. best used in bolt action units as there not enough power to cycle a semiautomatic. CB longs will generally feed from a clip depending on the brand and gun, but recommend single loading . Fed law does not consider air rifles Firearms at present. But your local jurisdiction or State may have there own ideas such as one close by me that has an ordinance that prohibits the discharge of anything with a single projectile ( yep, sling shots, bow& arrow are included) But I can blast away with a shotgun in unplotted areas. Before anyone get their shorts in a wad I have more than 35 years of competition experience and hunting with all most all small arms as well as smithing work on same. Air , rimfire, centerfire, blackpowder( flint and cap) and shotguns including black powder fowling pieces. ( its a real hoot shooting trap with a muzzle loading shotgun and flint ignition). My favorite rig for varmints around the house is a Thompson Center Contendor set up as a rifle with cb longs, the 16"barrel on this is very quiet vs the 10" pistol barrel. This is a break open single shot unit.
I called a clip in difference to a magazine due to not wanting to give the impression of trying feed these in a tube type magazine, some units have great difficulty that way particularly the lever action type. Besides I hadn't even finished one cup of coffee yet at that point. Just semantics I guess.
Clips are what is used to feed bullets from. Magazines are inserted into guns as detachable but also can be fixed as in tube magazines.
Well here ya go - M1 Grand, loaded en-bloc clip inserted into magazine area but feeds from the clip. This clip as it has always been referred to is the magazine.
I have been reading up on pellet guns too. I have a sheridan blue streak in 20 cal that has killed piles of stuff including opossum and even a racoon. Been a great gun but is tiresome to pump up and not as accurate as I want it to be. I am zeroed in on an RWS34 in 0.177 cal. A spring gun. They have a couple of compact pro versions that look really nice. Should be under the sound barrier so neighbor friendly.
