Pellet guns, along with airsoft guns and BB guns, are where young shooters and outdoorsmen usually begin. They are after all easy to use, inexpensive, and remarkably durable.
As shooters age, then tend to abandon these guns and focus on larger calibers for hunting and sport at the range. It's a skill many survivalists pride themselves on — being able to handle a variety of guns so they can handle a variety of SHTF situations in the future.
However, during the collapse, a humble pellet gun may once again become a useful weapon for many preppers as they will likely depend on this small-caliber weapon to help them get food.
You might be wondering why you would rely on a pellet gun when you can purchase powerful weapons, am I right?
After the break, check out four convincing reasons why you should hold onto that old pellet gun. It may just be the solution to many of your survival needs!
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let me guess…they put the dog in jail and took away HIS gun…
Bud Shumway
Jadon Christiansen
Done
Not only good practice but capable of taking small game and vermin with low audio signature.
actually it was a female nurse of all things…she shot my dog while he was running along side my daughter who was riding a horse in a roadway…not even in her fenced yard….asked why she did it and she replied, “i hate dogs”…..never recouped the money for our him who happened to be registered….and she only had to spend saturday and sunday in jail for 2 months….was so disappointed…it wasnt for killing our dog but risking the life of my daughter…..
Yes you might need it when you enter a gender nuteral restroom now days!!!!!!!
One nice thing about them, they are quiet.
Saw a guy drop a small hog @30 yards with a .22 air rifle.
Old Crosman 1400 .22cal, only 667fps but dead on. Got rebuilt and certified for $40.
Powermaster crossbows were used in Viet Nam…make your own bolts from used arrows….
funny guy….enjoy your sister/wife lmfao! (I’m jealous 😉 )
don’t worry….I deevorced my old wife and maryed my cusin leretta!
I still have my “wrist rocket”…works with heavy darts(point up)
f**k darts would be killer
I use one for squirrels in the bird feeder. Don’t pump it enough to kill, but they stay the hell away from the bird feeder now lol
I got a gun for my wife. Best damn trade I ever made!
What’s a good air riffle to buy ….I got a drown buzzing my house and I’m over it
Its easy to argue what ya can and can’t have when ya can’t have it.
When ya can have it, no need to argue your point…just point out pros/cons.
That’s what I’m trying to do.
Connie Anderson
have one also i like since great for small game i use it for rabbit hunting and don’t make much noise
Already have one.
i have a gamo nice air rifle for hunting small game
got 2
High powerd pellet and bb guns will also take out a very large wild turkey if shot in the head.
Got one, Beeman 22cal with scope
This is mine here, Crossman
MTR77NP – break barrel. .177.. 3×9-40 scope, and a BSA red-dot (for low light). 1,250 alloy/ 1,205 lead , through crono.
My wife and I both have Gamo Bone Collectors, hers is pink camo, mine is regular camo.
Jennifer
I’ve always had one my boy’s love it. i do need to get a couple more.
James M Running Wind mine is pretty quite but yet powerful
talk about clickbait, and it caught me. Three pages for 4 reasons and all four reasons were common sense. BTW, I’ve been using a pellet gun for years.
I have one just like that I have had it for 40 years and it the best shoots pellets or bbs
I like my Benjamin. Takes down squirrels and other small game with a small pellet rather than loud round
They need to make a small shotgun type pellets. I’ve messed around with a few ideas myself
I had a friend in Texas that was working on a project combining 2 break barrels together, fire same time at this machine shop. I guess I need to get ahold of him, see how it came out.
Faster seems to equate to better in the minds of many Americans (not mine). I believe in slower moving, heavier projectiles, which is the English way
It’s true a buddy of mine used to have a BSA super ten making over 34 ft/lb, a really nice riffle but anything under 60 yards it would over penetrate and even with a clean head shot it wouldn’t kill clean. And don’t get me started on shots per charge.
I love my talon SS .22 pcp… But want yo get a nitro also
Plus you can shoot nails out of them.
I can consistently hit a 2 inch by 2 inch piece of metal at 90 yds with enough FPE left to kill a squirrel. Also want to add this element to the discussion:
4.5 OR 5.5
I clean my NP XL1100 every 500 rounds, use Hoppes #9 down the barrel and just oil the cylinder with cylinder oil by Crosman. I also wash my pellets. The results are consistently satisfactory.
PS – have also found the Benjamin likes normal, average, everyday Crosman Premier 14.3 gr pellets, hp or roundnose, best of all, which is also cool because that’s what they sell at Walmart ALL DAY LONG.
Leapers – UTG! made for airguns and tested on 50s. Your point is critical- an airgun will destroy any scope not made for an airgun. The back and forth torque generated by a springer or piston gun requires special construction to take the punishment.
As a kid, I remember shooting small nails out of an air rifle. Could be useful if out of BBs.
Seems that past 1000 fps, you start to lose accuracy. There’s a reason 900-1000 is about the max. Remember too, that advertised fps are based on the lightest, littlest pellets a given gun can fire, and with typical pellet weights, reality sets in arount 800-850 fps.
The problem with high power is you need a heavy pellet to gain the accuracy back. I’ve heard of pellets braking up in the barrel in a riffle that was pushing 32 ft/lb.
When setting up a riffle with pellets I’d chaser 3 things. Consistency, accuracy and the least amount of pellet drop. After that energy retention and penetration is taken in to account.
https://youtu.be/-pqFyKh-rUI Girandoni .46 cal air rifle. This is what L&C had. It was a repeater before there were successful repeaters. It was also a military rifle used in war. They did not trade them to the Native Americans.