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Ruger Air Rifles
Smoky14
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Does anyone have experience with RAR and care to share an opinion?
I'm looking for a .177 cal with about a 1K fps that will last a few years and be accurate enough for urban pest control.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated[8D]
Thanks Smoky
I'm looking for a .177 cal with about a 1K fps that will last a few years and be accurate enough for urban pest control.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated[8D]
Thanks Smoky
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Does anyone have experience with RAR and care to share an opinion?
I'm looking for a .177 cal with about a 1K fps that will last a few years and be accurate enough for urban pest control.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated[8D]
Thanks Smoky
I liked them when they first came out and had planned on buying one until I saw on the box "Made in China", that turned me off. Wish they were made in the USA [;)]
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high velocity the spring airs should be easy to cock and have a good trigger pull. I have a Beeman B3 that you could cock all day, no (or very little spring noise) and a decent trigger at about 2 to 3 lbs. The one thing you need to be careful about is a scope if you plan to use one. The backwards recoil of most air guns will blow the cross hairs of regular scope. Buy one that is made for air guns
The backwards recoil of most air guns will blow the cross hairs of regular scope. Buy one that is made for air guns
This.
To amplify, what happens with spring piston airguns is that when the piston is moving forward and the pellet is leaving the bore, you get a conventional rearward recoil just like any other rifle.
But when the piston hits the end of its forward motion it makes a sudden jarring "snap", causing the rifle to actually jump FORWARDS with a sort of reverse recoil. Ordinary rifle scopes are only designed to handle a conventional rearward recoil.
Its the constant back-and-forth double-recoil that jars the guts of ordinary scopes loose and ruins them.
On the original question, I wouldn't buy a Ruger branded air rifle. Bluntly, that company isn't known for making airguns, and as mentioned above, I strongly doubt that they had ANYTHING to do with either the design or manufacture of said guns. Their gun is probably an off the shelf Chinese design (themselves knockoffs of European guns) badged then branded as a Ruger.
If you won't want to shell out the money for a German RWS or Beeman, and you just want a cheapie gun you can buy off the shelf at a Walmart or sporting goods store, then I'd check out Gamo. Its a Spanish company, they actually specialize in airguns, and they have some pretty good designs at reasonable prices.