With it raining so bad lately, and the price and (un)availability of .22 rimfire being what it is, I decided to get a pellet gun for indoor marksmanship practice.

The other day, a package arrived at my door with a Daisy Avanti 747 Triumph Match competition grade pellet pistol, a tin of .177 caliber 7 grain RWS Meisterkugel pellets, and a target with pellet trap. Here they are:



Very cool setup!!! This is an entry level competition pistol with a match grade Lothar Walther barrel and adjustable trigger. It's a single stroke pneumatic meaning it cocks with one pump of a lever and doesn't need Co2. I'm very glad I got this gun, it shoots wonderfully so far.

If you are like me and would love to shoot inside, but don't feel like touching off a few cylinder fulls of 240 grain Keith loads from your Model 29 inside your living room, than a quality air gun might be for you, I'm glad I got mine!

Do you shoot air guns? If so, let's seem 'em!

My experience with pellet guns has been limited to convincing the neighbors dog that the blue spruce tree which was just planted in our front yard will "bite" him each time he lifts his leg to "use" the tree. A single cock, .22 Cal. Chinese made rifle is what I'm using and he is starting to learn to relive himself somewhere else.

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The range facilities at the Fort Bliss Rod & Gun Club are excellent, but it's a half hour drive each way. Sometimes it's hot (over 100º) or blowing so hard you can't see the targets for the moving sand. A few years ago I got a used Feinwerkbau 65 pistol and a Feinwerkbau 300 air rifle, both single stroke cockers. Both were Olympic quality weapons in the 70s, and are a lot more accurate than I am. From my utility room, through a door to the far end of the garage is about 17 yards. For a backstop I use an 8 inch cube of styrofoam, sold by Crossman, hung on the garage door. I don't practice as often as I should, but even with a little practice I can see an improvement in my pistol shooting and offhand rifle shooting. I don't often do things this smart.

I've restrained myself from using either on the stray cats that often prowl through my yard and occasionally leave the yard full of dove feathers and body parts. When I got the rifle, I tried it out for penetration; it will shoot through 8 layers of corrugated cardboard and I don't want to have to dispose of a cat corpse.

Years ago (about 60) I had a Crossman CO2 pistol. It was very accurate but gave quite a jar when you pulled the trigger which opened the groups quite a bit. My only triumph was in competition with a friend: he was pretty good with a slingshot, bu he didn't realize just how accurate that Crossman could be.

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I'm strictly a "paper puncher", but love my pellet rifle and pistol for the cold months. Just an hour of shooting in the garage during the winter gives me my fix.
Steyr LG110HP and LP10...

I like them, I had one but somebody 'borrowed it'. I've wanted another one for a long time. Just today I was thinking I'd like to get one. Since the fire we've had to feed our cat outside and this neighborhood cat keeps eating her food. I saw the varmint. I don't want to kill it, but I'd like to give it a few good pops.

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ive got a Gamo 177 cal rifle one pump it really powerful taught my daughter to shoot in the back yard. they advertise it as the Iguana killer because of its low noise report

I bought this Crosman 2240 for around $70 a few months back and enjoy shooting it at about 12 yards on my impromptu backyard range.
It spits out a 14 grain .22 pellet at 465 fps over my little Chrony. Still looking for just the right accurate pellet, as there are a lot to choose from, but not near as many as in .177.

The second gun is a Crosman single action just like I had when I was 9 years old. I wore that thing out in the ditch behind our old house back in the early 60's.
When I saw this one in the box at a local gun show, ($120) I couldn't pass up a chance to revisit my youth. It is also in .22.
Both these guns use co2 cartridges.

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I have 2 crosmans, a 38c and a 38t, sadly both are leaking co2 and I can't find anyone local to fix.
I have always used mine before range time to build muscle memory.

I have the Daisy 747 and Feinwerkbau 65 like Cyrano. The Daisy is a great shooting gun for the price, trouble free. The FWB is first class all the way. The Daisy 717 is very good for a lot less. I know where a Daisy 777 is but havn't gotten over to buy it yet. Indoor practice is fun, Larry

I have a 20 cal. Sheridan rifle with a .22 RF scope mounted on it. I then inherited a second one. I used to use them to "hunt" cicada bugs in the big oak tree behind my home when they were "in season."

I have one of the nitro piston .177 pistols. It was amusing for a time, though mine was never very accurate. I had CO2 models in the past, but the nitro piston seemed interesting.

I would not shoot it indoors. Mine makes a decent pop. I suppose ear protection would solve that.

Some places treat airguns the same as "real" guns and prohibit firing them in city limits, etc.

They can kill small animals, richochet, burrow into a wall and otherwise behave like a small caliber firearm.

I've got a Silver Streak I bought 45 years ago. It needs the stock refinished and a rebuild kit but it still works great. Makes as much noise as a .22 though. Some where upstairs I've got a Sheridan CO2 pistol thats had a pellet stuck in the bore for 40 years.

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I have a S&W Model 78G in .22 cal. (CO2). A hefty pistol at 43 oz.

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I have started using a PSP air rifle to dispatch squirrels that have been destroying things like my truck wiring. I think it is inconsiderate (and maybe a little unsafe) to use actual firearms around my house because houses exist within bullet range. These pellet rifles are accurate and fun and have come a long way since the daisy red rider. They come in many calibers also. I have seen them up to .38 size. Apparently Lewis and Clark used them a long time ago but I can't figure out how they them pumped up.

I own a number of pellet, BB... and now even an Airsoft pistol. During the 25 "dark years" of my divorce-induced poverty, air pistols were all that my kids and I could afford to buy and shoot.

Eventually, I bought a Gamo air shotgun for yard pest control and later a cheapy spring-force BB pistol and an airsoft pistol for pests that only needed to be scared off, not injured.

And now my grandson enjoys them all just as much as my kids did.

I still have my old Crossman 22 cal. rifle and pistol that I bought back 1962 or 63.Had the rifle rebuilt a few years ago and it still shoots minute of starling.

Unless you've rebuilt a Sheridan in the past, I'd recommend sending it to a guy who repairs Sheridans for a re-build. I tried to rebuild one, and I ended up ruining it. Maybe it was just due to my ineptness, but you clearly need some special tools and talent.

Here's my small collection of vintage Benjamin hand pump
single shot bolt action air rifles. They are all original in ex-
cellent shape. I have two model 12's in .22 cal., one from 1960
and one from 1967. I also have a model 310 in BB cal./ 177 cal.
from 1962, and lastly a model 347 in .177 cal. from 1970.

We had a model 312 growing up in Hawaii and used it a lot
to hunt doves. Great memories.

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Check this article... Lewis and Clark's Girardoni Air Rifle: The Gun That Helped Discover the West | OutdoorHub

• Duly noted, Thanks

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He is the guy that rebuilt my Crossman.On his service page it says he does Sheridan guns.

ABAirgunHome

I think it was designed to be like the S&W Model 41, for indoor practice. The heft, grip and sights are a lot like the 41.

Thanks for the article good read

VERY cool guns guys! Looking good!

I shoot an IZH34M (Russian) single stroke pellet pistol. It is amazingly accurate, but unfortunately I shot this target several years ago and my current scores aren't so great. I've shot airguns in International Air Pistol competition, and reached my peak back in the mid 80's where I did shoot is several PTO matches (Preliminary tryout for Olympics) but couldn't get up high enough to get invited to the next level, (Colorado Springs). You need to try official targets, 10 Meters, 60 shots. It takes a score of about 560 or better to even get a nod from the Judges. This group is 10 shots.

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SWCA1967 SWHF244

Here's my Walther CP2. I used to shoot in a league, but since I moved out to the coast I haven't been able to find anyone to shoot with. Now I just use it for winter practice in my garage.
(From one end to the other it's just shy of 10 meters and a Lyman .22 bullet trap work great....



The cylinder isn't bent. I just have it mounted loose so the seals won't take a set.......

BTW: Nice target HR!!

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SWCA #680 SWHF #446

The large caliber hunting air rifle concept is still alive, if you don't mind the wait to have one built.



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