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Unread 02-22-2022, 05:34 PM   #1
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I have 2 break open barrel pellet guns one is a 22 cal. rated at 1000 fps and a 177 sal. rated at 1300 fps...I shot these guns for about 2 hrs... really gave my arms a work out...the 177 is a little easer to cock than the 22...so I tend to shoot the 177 more...the 177 will shoot thru a 5 gal. plasti bucket both sides at30 steps...its a cheap way to spend a evening shooting...charlie
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I have a Ruger air rifle or pellet gun in .22 cal. I've got a scope on it and I've got it all tuned and zeroed to make 30-50 ft. head shots on the varmints that are chewing up my bird feeders.





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I’ve got one friend that does air rifle matches and he shoots several classes . He has them up to 25 caliber I believe he said . Another guy that hangs around the shop bought his grandson a 35 cal air rifle . If I’m not mistaken the boy plunked a deer with it two years ago .
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these air rifles have come a long way since my benjimen pump up 22....I would not mind getting a 25 cal. gun some day .......charlie
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About thirty years ago I ran across a Quackenbush circa 1890-1900 air rifle . I bought it and gave it to my pop for Xmas that year , think I paid $100 . Ive been liquidating some stuff and sold that air rifle last year think I got about $400 for it if memory serves .
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Charlie I love my air rifles and pistols. Last year I bought 2 PCP rifles, portable bottle and compressor.
These rifles are suppressed and are unbelievably quite.
It was way too hot last summer so I came up with a set up to shoot at night.
With a heavy metal bullet trap, a portable rechargeable light, I can open the doors from my office at night with the A/C running and practice in the dark. The loudest noise is the pellet hitting the trap.
I enjoy shooting my pumps and Break barrel rifles but you are right it flat wears you out.
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boy you got the right set up for shooting on a hot day....a fellow can get quite good at shooting with these air rifles the best I ever was I shot a dasisy bb gun...birds beware....I would like to have seen that quackinbush air rifle....charlie
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About thirty years ago I ran across a Quackenbush circa 1890-1900 air rifle . I bought it and gave it to my pop for Xmas that year , think I paid $100 . Ive been liquidating some stuff and sold that air rifle last year think I got about $400 for it if memory serves .
Interesting.... Quackenbush is my mother's family name and yea, we are distant relatives to the gentleman who invented that gun.
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Interesting.... Quackenbush is my mother's family name and yea, we are distant relatives to the gentleman who invented that gun.
If I’m not mistaken there’s still a Quackenbush air rifle company in TX think it is . They build kinda a semi custom deal .
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Heck of a coincidence this thread started and two days ago my brother in law was after my wife to have me bring a I think it’s called cpc air rifle to him in the Philippines . I’ve always been sort of intrested in the big bore 35 cal and up . So naturally I started looking around
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