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BBD280

BBD280

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I've got a Gamo Bone Collector .177 pellet rifle that has been a surprise, to say the least. It's more than capable of putting food on the table and ammo is CHEAP. Very easy to stock thousands of rounds for very little money. It's a bad little machine @ 1300 fps. 20170328_212106.png
 
I've been thinking about getting some for a very long time. Are they better than the old Crosman and Daisy as far as maintenance? Can you get parts for them? And/or will they store like power burners without their seals drying out?
 
Mikew said:
I've been thinking about getting some for a very long time. Are they better than the old Crosman and Daisy as far as maintenance? Can you get parts for them? And/or will they store like power burners without their seals drying out?
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The seals dried out on mine. A couple drops of sewing machine oil in the hole restored compression.
 
I ordered mine from Ebay, but I've seen the same rifle at Walmart
 
There are videos on YouTube of people hog hunting with these rifles. I'm not saying you should, but it just goes to show how useful a tool they could be if needed.
 
BBD280 said:
There are videos on YouTube of people hog hunting with these rifles. I'm not saying you should, but it just goes to show how useful a tool they could be if needed.
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It's not eactly "these guns". The high caliber airguns are much better made than your average big box airgun and orders of magnitude more expensive.
 
And while we're here, PyramidAir is a good place to comparison shop and not a bad place to buy. Several educational resources available there too.
 
Tigard said:
It's not eactly "these guns". The high caliber airguns are much better made than your average big box airgun and orders of magnitude more expensive.
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ACTUALLY...... Look up Pigman's videos on YouTube. He kills em with a Gamo Whisper .177 cal @ 1400 fps. He does exactly what I said. Kills hogs with a $220 Gamo air rifle.
 
Yes, Pyramid Air. I'm thinking about sending an air rifle in for a air ram piston upgrade. Seriously considering a 9mm/.357.
Generally, .22 air rifles are harder hitting, but the heavier projectiles also mean a more rainbow trajectory over distance. Therefore, more distance/drop compensation/calculation is required.

In case some haven't seen it...
 
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@ BBD280 Well now that is impressive. I was envisioning a little larger, older animal at a little more distance but damn if that didn't eventually work. Next time I'm hunting baby pigs under a feeder at 22 yards, I'm takin' an airgun.
 
@ georgel Airgun Depot has a page called "Lightning Deals" (used to be AirgunsDaily) that has great deals on some pretty nice guns. There's currently a Benji Titan refurb in 22 for $99 among others. I got one from them a couple years back and it rocks. You may be able to get a new piston gun for less than having the old one upgraded.
 
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And quiet. ;)
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Most magnum air rifles are fairly loud, louder than a 22lr shooting CBs, but that one is suppressed. But at 1300fps you're still going to get the supersonic crack. I would go 22 cal over 177 for quietness. The best thing about air rifles is cost of ammo. They won't last as long as a bolt action 22, are more complicated and in most cases you can get 22 ammo like CB caps (do they still make them?) that are even quieter than a magnum air rifle and more powerful.
 
I have the Ruger silent air 22. This thing is brutal to the tree going rodent population that is trying to invade my blueberry bushes. Suppressed and quiet. Can't beat it for less then $200
 
I have a Gamo CFX that I got from someone on the forum. Can't remember whom. It has a fixed barrel with an under lever and is inherently accurate. Plus I can upgrade it with an aftermarket trigger that's supposedly very good. That's the one I'm thinking of upgrading. It came with a plastic muzzle device that kind of implies noise damping or muzzle weight, neither of which it did. But, since there was a smaller inner diameter tube inside of a sealed larger one, I drilled holes in the inner liner tube. Not surprisingly, it took the edge off of the normal firing noise, to the point my wife, in the house, no longer noticed when I was shooting it.
 
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