GeoBoy, I think I have a Crosman .22 CO2 gun in the collection. It is intermediate in velocity, as NCG states above. I know Beeman makes a .22 just like my .177 that I started the thread with. I don't have any experience with it and when I looked it up, it said 550 fps max.
Depending on the pest, I'm not sure how well a .22 CO2 would work.
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Relaxing plinking
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daytime dave
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Re: Relaxing plinking
Some days I'm Andy, most days I'm Barney........
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Re: Relaxing plinking
PCP is the way to go for sure. But grab on to your billfold when you do
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North Country Gal
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Re: Relaxing plinking
So right, Al. It's not just the cost of the guns, though some are very affordable. It's the added cost of the equipment to fill those guns. By far, the most practical option these days is a compressor.
We started out with a hand pump, but that got old really fast. Next we went with scuba tanks, but that was a hassle, too, getting them to a place that could fill them and keeping the certification current. And with so many PCP rifles now running at 3600 psi for a complete fill, you can only get a partial fill with those old scuba tanks which max out at 3000 psi.
We finally spent the money and got a good compressor. Really the only way to go if you want to shoot PCP as much as other types of air guns.
So why bother with PCP? Accuracy and power and getting that power in a reasonable weight of gun. There's a reason that all types of air gun competitions are shot with PCP. No other type of air gun can compete.
We started out with a hand pump, but that got old really fast. Next we went with scuba tanks, but that was a hassle, too, getting them to a place that could fill them and keeping the certification current. And with so many PCP rifles now running at 3600 psi for a complete fill, you can only get a partial fill with those old scuba tanks which max out at 3000 psi.
We finally spent the money and got a good compressor. Really the only way to go if you want to shoot PCP as much as other types of air guns.
So why bother with PCP? Accuracy and power and getting that power in a reasonable weight of gun. There's a reason that all types of air gun competitions are shot with PCP. No other type of air gun can compete.