expat_alaska
Member
Hi folks,
I have a question that I am sure you can answer. I have never posted on this forum section before, I am 66, and have been shooting since 1962 (10 years old then). I started with a Remington 510A single-shot .22 rifle and went on from there. I have never owned a pellet/BB gun as my parents would only allow me to have a Daisy air rifle, but they soon found out I was playing "Army" with other neighborhood kids, sticking the muzzle in the dirt and shooting dirt clods from it, and that was the end of that.
Back to the point of my thread/post.
My daughter found out that her 18-year-old son was in possession of a pellet pistol. She had no knowledge of it, nor what the manufacturer is, said it was heavy (like a "real" gun), and that it used CO2 cartridges. He had been pointing it at his younger brother (even though it had no pellets or cartridges) like he was playing in a damned fantasy video game.
Compared to a .22 (Short, Long, or Long Rifle cartridge in a handgun), how potent is it? I know a multitude of small game animals have been taken using a pellet gun.
Sorry to be so uninformed at my age. My main passion these days are BP C&B revolvers.
Thanks in advance!
Jim
I have a question that I am sure you can answer. I have never posted on this forum section before, I am 66, and have been shooting since 1962 (10 years old then). I started with a Remington 510A single-shot .22 rifle and went on from there. I have never owned a pellet/BB gun as my parents would only allow me to have a Daisy air rifle, but they soon found out I was playing "Army" with other neighborhood kids, sticking the muzzle in the dirt and shooting dirt clods from it, and that was the end of that.
Back to the point of my thread/post.
My daughter found out that her 18-year-old son was in possession of a pellet pistol. She had no knowledge of it, nor what the manufacturer is, said it was heavy (like a "real" gun), and that it used CO2 cartridges. He had been pointing it at his younger brother (even though it had no pellets or cartridges) like he was playing in a damned fantasy video game.
Compared to a .22 (Short, Long, or Long Rifle cartridge in a handgun), how potent is it? I know a multitude of small game animals have been taken using a pellet gun.
Sorry to be so uninformed at my age. My main passion these days are BP C&B revolvers.
Thanks in advance!
Jim