Conventional rifles and hand guns cost hundreds of or maybe more than $1,000 dollars to obtain and they can be troublesome to move also to store safely. Air guns are a lower priced and practical solution for time recreational shooting. With range fees and ammunition costs a day in the shooting range having a conventional firearm can cost you a lot more than $100. For comparable sum of money you are able to equip yourself which has a fine performing air gun rifle or pistol that you keep forever. Airgun fire pellets which can be extremely inexpensive. It will cost only a cent a round in most cases. There is an exception which I will show you about later.

These are generally my 3 favorite air guns and why I enjoy shooting and owning them. The favorites list could be doubled or tripled but this short list provides an overview of a number of the varieties of air guns that you could buy.

The Crosman 2240 is really a 12 gram CO2 powered, single shot pistol. It’s a bolt action breech for loading. This pistol foire .22 caliber pellets shoots at 460 feet per second velocity. The 10 in. barrel is rifled so that it is an extremely worthy target shooter to 90 feet or so. The Model 2240 is incredibly popular in the USA and in Europe and there is a sizable choice of custom crosman parts that can use to customize this highly prized target pistol.

The Crosman 1077 is styled as being a military carbine and is a .177 caliber CO2 powered pellet rifle. Of many Crosman air guns this is actually the most fun to shoot since it fires 12 rounds as fast as possible pull the trigger. The 1077 will not make a lot of noise either so you do not be disturbing your next door neighbor. This air rifle can be very popular in Europe looked after has many aftermarket parts for customization.

Essentially the most fun of the bunch is the EAA Drozd automatic bb gun pistol. The Russian made baikal drozd air gun will fire 6 round bursts for a price of 600 rounds per minute. Which has a muzzle velocity of 500 fps the hail of steel BBs it fires will break as much bottles during a period as possible stand up. Construction is military grade polycarbonate and steel. This baby just isn’t a toy and neither does it look or seem like one.

Air guns can provide a satisfying shooting experience devoid of the noise and expense of conventional firearms. That is not to mean that air guns should ever be treated as toys, however. They demand a similar safe shooting environment and range safety procedures as every other ballistic weapon.

Family April 20th, 2010