I want to be able to shoot quiet rimfire outside and pellets inside during the winter. That dueling tree looks good. I have a couple for rimfire and pellets just bounce off.North Country Gal wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:56 amGood idea, Dave. Nice thing about an airgun range is that it doesn't take much to make a safe one, either in terms of space needed or materials. We've stretched ours to 50 yards, but that's very much the exception. 30 yards has become the general consensus as the distance for accuracy testing and it's the distance we shoot the most, by far. Shooting at 30 yards with air guns roughly duplicates what you can do at 50 yards with rimfires as far as the effect of shooting conditions. Shooting air guns at 30 yards is very practical even with a breeze, but it takes a day of near perfect shooting conditions to realize potential airgun accuracy at 50 yards.
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How quiet do you want to go? See some of my old posts on using CCI Quiets, CBs, even SV 22 Shorts. Might even be worthwhile to check into paying the Feds and getting a silencer for one of your 22s.
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It is nice to be able to go out back and shoot what ever you want to. It may sound like heresy here on the forums, but my favorite form of shooting remains the airguns. Rifle, shotgun and pistol airguns. The thirty yard range will be the first one built. Next will be a 25 yd handgun range that can be expanded to 50 yds. The 75 and 100 yd rifle and shotgun range will be last.
Some quiet rimfire is fun and nice to the neighbors.
Some quiet rimfire is fun and nice to the neighbors.
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Some quiet rimfire is fun for sure. The only reason we haven't done more of it this summer is the ammo availability thing. We still have some CBs and 22 Quiets, but we're waiting for the ammo makers to catch up, before we shoot it, again.
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That’s my problem too. I have tons of ammo but not that much quiet. In my search for a new home I want to be able to shoot airguns indoors in the winter.North Country Gal wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:05 amSome quiet rimfire is fun for sure. The only reason we haven't done more of it this summer is the ammo availability thing. We still have some CBs and 22 Quiets, but we're waiting for the ammo makers to catch up, before we shoot it, again.
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