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vonnick52
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Since I am broke most of the time, I don't get to shoot nearly as often as I'd like. I used to shoot A LOT, and I got pretty good at it due to all the practice. Since moving down here and living the city life, I've gotten rusty and it pisses me off. I still have the proper mechanics and know what I'm doing, but I just need more time behind a gun, especially shooting unsupported.

That being said, I want to get a pellet gun to shoot here at my place. I have already built a silent trap, and now I'm looking for a pellet rifle that is at a budget price that will provide decent accuracy and be mildly powerful, preferably powerful enough for close-range small game.

Does anyone have any experience with air rifles? I used to shoot competitively with a pellet gun, but those were high-end target models and weren't really a utility gun, and I haven't even looked at air rifles in years and years. Don't really want a BB gun, cause those don't work so well with shooting indoors cause the BBs don't usually deform, and just bounce....though I know most BB guns allow you to shoot pellets.

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Papa_J
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Gamo Whisper. My FIL has one, and it's pretty accurate. BUT, it isn't as quiet as they lead you to believe on TV.

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nachogrande
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if you have a 22 cal rifle that can handle shorts, try and find some (aguila .22 colibri, eley prime) they are a 22 short with a 20gr bullet and no gunpowder. I used to shoot them in my winchester lever and all you heard was the hammer fall. very short range, maybe 30' and not very powerfull, enough to stun a squirel, but generaly not kill it unless very close and a perfect shot and I doubt they will cycle/feed in an autoloader, not much louder than a pellet gun when fired from a revolver.

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Papa_J
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I've heard of some of the subsonic 22 rounds that are rated at 900 fps. I can't imagine they'd be very loud at all.

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nachogrande
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these are made in mexico in a multicolored box with a pic/logo of a humming bird on it. theres a phone # if you want to call mexico and habla at them.will they go 900 fps?

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