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Originally Posted by sourdough44
I've been eying up a few Beeman models, 9 mostly. The other day we were in the backyard shooting a pump Benjamin, BB gun, & a 22. In the 22 the load was the 20 grain 'primer only' from Aguila. They are advertised at 500fps & work best in a shorter barrel. They caution about sticking one in a long barrel. Of course they won't operate a semi-auto action.
They are VERY quiet. I did dispatch a possum last Winter without any problems. They are much quieter than my pump pellet rifle. I may see how they shoot with a scoped rifle & use them some in place of a high cost pellet rifle. I have more testing to do. I hate to buy a high price pellet rifle that is as loud as a 22.
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I hadn't really considered going that route as I have a T/C .22 Classic and a Ruger 10/22 Target..but with the price of high end pellets and pellet rifles et all..I might be better off adding a pump .22 to the collection to shoot .22 sub-sonics. Always wanted one anyway!