Hello.
I feel I should talk about this keen insight I had about an important survival tool that is often overlooked. I know a lot of gun nuts(like myself) but usually, when we talk survival, we're mostly just talking about AR's and 5.56. Or bows.
One thing I have noticed, is that the .177 cal pellet gun is over looked as a survival tool. It's often looked at as a kids hunting toy, but really, when it comes to survival, this is a great gun. For one, if you wanna talk about Ammo... for 20 bucks, i can buy tens of thousands of rounds. Pellets and BB's are nice, because you don't have to worry so much about age or currosion. No dates or lot numbers.
Next, the actual use of this tool. Granted, you won't be bringing down any deer, coyotes, or wild dogs with this. Not a problem at all. But, what you can bring down with this, are countless numbers of birds, rabbits, squirrels, mink... even cats and rats if things are bad enough. You can even re-use the BB's if they don't go all the way through. That's just handy as hell, in my book.
Now... I'm not saying it's better than anything (like a .22 LR), but, it's definitely a survival took that we should not forget about, or write off as children's toys. You can go out fishing, pop a couple of birds, and there's dinner, fish 'n bird. Yum
Pop a couple of turtle doves in the winter, mmmm good eatin'.
In the long run, I think it's one of the handiest 'survival tools' ever made.
I feel I should talk about this keen insight I had about an important survival tool that is often overlooked. I know a lot of gun nuts(like myself) but usually, when we talk survival, we're mostly just talking about AR's and 5.56. Or bows.
One thing I have noticed, is that the .177 cal pellet gun is over looked as a survival tool. It's often looked at as a kids hunting toy, but really, when it comes to survival, this is a great gun. For one, if you wanna talk about Ammo... for 20 bucks, i can buy tens of thousands of rounds. Pellets and BB's are nice, because you don't have to worry so much about age or currosion. No dates or lot numbers.
Next, the actual use of this tool. Granted, you won't be bringing down any deer, coyotes, or wild dogs with this. Not a problem at all. But, what you can bring down with this, are countless numbers of birds, rabbits, squirrels, mink... even cats and rats if things are bad enough. You can even re-use the BB's if they don't go all the way through. That's just handy as hell, in my book.
Now... I'm not saying it's better than anything (like a .22 LR), but, it's definitely a survival took that we should not forget about, or write off as children's toys. You can go out fishing, pop a couple of birds, and there's dinner, fish 'n bird. Yum
Pop a couple of turtle doves in the winter, mmmm good eatin'.In the long run, I think it's one of the handiest 'survival tools' ever made.
