Best Air Rifle?

[dan d]

Happy birthday jon


HPP

[ElysianWort]

Yup that is the rifle birdmove. Good to know the tip about the BB and the potential damage to the rifling of the barrel.

Also Happy Birthday!

[birdmove]

My Daisy 880 now has probably about 3000 pellets fired through it. For about $35 (without a scope), i'd have to say that that and my Crosman Model 760 (smooth bore) are two favorites of mine. You can easily get parts for either if ever needed. I keep hearing that Umarex and Gamo won't sell parts for their airguns to owners. At Walmart, and online, you will see "Ruger" airguns. These are most definetely NOT made by Ruger, and Ruger will not sell parts for them. The Rugers are made by Umarex, and they just stamp Ruger on them.You can buy Ruger branded pellets from Ruger though.
For someone that doesn't want to spend much, but wants to get into airguns, I think the Daisy 880 is a no brainer. Get it without the horrible scope and save a few bucks, then get a decent scope for it. Other 880 owners rave about the accuracy of their 880s. Mine is just not at that level, but, still pretty decent. Buy maybe a 4x32mm scope with rings, some different tins of .177 pellets, and start trying them in your 880. I have tried a lot of pellets in mine, but the Crosman wad cutters, and Crosman Premier Super match (which are also a wad cutter) keep doing the best, often by a huge margin. I seldom bring out my break barrels to shoot because they tend to be pretty loud. The 880 is quiet.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[terracore]

"I seldom bring out my break barrels to shoot because they tend to be pretty loud."

Loud, and they take a really long time to reload. They are good for chores like putting down meat rabbits but relatively worthless trying to hit moving targets unless one has time to run 1,000 or so pellets through it to break it in, and even then, they are not nearly as accurate as a firearm. I have the "Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk Break Barrel Air Rifle (.22) powered by Nitro Piston" ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V958U8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=pw016-20&linkId=0744f36e175ee90ec6319c410b4b9035&language=en_US ) and it feels unusually heavy and not configured to take a standard rifle sling. So it's a tool that is heavy to carry, takes a long time to reload a single shot, can be loud (lighter pellets that break the sound barrier aren't any quieter than a .22 firearm shooting a low velocity round), and one can't hook a sling up to it without modification. It's a good tool to have on hand, but has definite limitations. It's no substitute for a good ole Ruger 10/22, and not any cheaper.

[Guest]

Frank, thanks fpr the practical info .. i ce across something today whetr a guy said to store them with a single pump. * to preserve the seals * do u do this?

iwould imagine regular use iz enough but ???

mahalo and hope u feeling goox

[birdmove]

I don't do that with my multi-pumpers. The thinking is, it will help keep dirt particles from getting into the valves. I like this type or airgun. You control the power by the number of pumps you use, usually from 3 to 10. The coolest multi-pumpers in my opinion, are the Benjamin 307 (in .17) and 392 (in .22). These are all wood and metal, but they cost more too. The barrels are made of brass which won't rust. They are said to be pretty hard to pump though, and noone puts more than 8 pumps in them. Alas, I don't have one, and have never shot one. Amazon sometimes gets down to about $150 for these. You'd pay $200 at a local store.They are a bit more trouble to scope than most air rifles, but mounts are available.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[Guest]

Apologies to you Jon : )

My question was intended to you. salamat for reply.

[rocketman]

Read this link about storage of multi pump Benjamin and Sheridan airguns. Mac1 is a great place to deal with. Used to have one of their Steroid Sheridan rifles, built like a tank. It was fun.
http://mac1airgun.com/steroidbenjaminsstreaks.html

As far as break barrel groups my old Beeman R9 will hit a dime at
20M. If I need better than that I get out my even older FWB 300s. Used to light kitchen matches at 10M with that.

[birdmove]

I believe about the matches. My most accurate air rifle is a Crosman Custom Shop 2400KT which is a CO2 airgun. But, it's waiting for me to tear it down to replace the seal that the CO2 powerlet mates up with. It's in .177 caliber.
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with break barrels. For an old smokeless powder gun shooter like myself, I just figured with my first break barrel, I'd do just fine. Wrong! And the unique two way recoil they have makes scope slide either in the rings, or even on the dovetail mount. Got a super stout mount with scope pin for my Crosman Phantom and the scope finally stayed put. But then the Winchester scope (approved for break barrels) self destructed internally. I'm going to give it another go with a better scope, as my 65 year old eyes can no longer work with open sights. I'll have to start from scratch with it, and try the "artilarry" hold, as it's a magnum ,evel springer in .177.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[rocketman]

I also have a tricked out Crosman 2240, when I moved to Hawaii I knew I had to get a CO2 rifle.
Have you heard of these guys for parts?
https://www.magnumairpower.com/