I've got one of those daisy 1000x's. I use it for squirrels, rabbits, and the occaisional skunk or woodchuck that frolicks into the back yard. It hits about as hard as subsonic .22lr, maybe a little harder than some loads. In fact, it's a great survival tool even if everything in life is peachy. I can't shoot a rabbit in my yard with a firearm, that is illegal. But with the pellet rifle, it's free food. I don't want to try it unless i'm starving, but with a good solid pointed pellet, this thing could probably penetrate a deer's skull inside 40 feet. It will go through the walls in my house, as i've found out. It penetrates drywall, plywood, and another thing of drywall and burries itself in the next wall somewhere.
For big game however, you can rig up a common wrist rocket to fire arrows. Or just shoot it in the head with a .22.
The size and weight of the daisy 1000x allows it to be as powerfull as it is, but it is extreemly large and heavy as compared to a ruger 10/22.
A more practical air gun for survival use would be a browning 800 mag. It is a pistol that fires lead pellets at 700 +/- fps. it gives you the power of those pump up powerfull pellet guns, but it is a break barrel pistol. You can just slip it in a backpack. it works just fine on rabbits/squirrels/birds as far as power goes, but due to its oblong shape it can be difficult to hit small critters past 50 feet. This can be fixed with a simple Y stick to rest the barrel on. I think the break barrels are more reliable in the long run as compared to the pumps.
Another good one is the daisy 22x. They are .22 caliber pellet rifles that you pump up to 8 or 10 times. Plenty of power for small game. The cool thing about the 22x's, is they are very lightweight and easy to lug around.
For big game however, you can rig up a common wrist rocket to fire arrows. Or just shoot it in the head with a .22.
The size and weight of the daisy 1000x allows it to be as powerfull as it is, but it is extreemly large and heavy as compared to a ruger 10/22.
A more practical air gun for survival use would be a browning 800 mag. It is a pistol that fires lead pellets at 700 +/- fps. it gives you the power of those pump up powerfull pellet guns, but it is a break barrel pistol. You can just slip it in a backpack. it works just fine on rabbits/squirrels/birds as far as power goes, but due to its oblong shape it can be difficult to hit small critters past 50 feet. This can be fixed with a simple Y stick to rest the barrel on. I think the break barrels are more reliable in the long run as compared to the pumps.
Another good one is the daisy 22x. They are .22 caliber pellet rifles that you pump up to 8 or 10 times. Plenty of power for small game. The cool thing about the 22x's, is they are very lightweight and easy to lug around.
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