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Moiecol · October 3, 2013, 06:20 AM

Bedbugbilly:
It's sound far different from your recent post just above
(If a .22 not viable)
(A different pest control rifle) Oct 1, 2013
Please excuse my ignorance . . . it's been probably 50 years since i have shot a pellet gun. Back then, we had a Benjamin pistol and a Sheridan rifle. Both pumped up - the more you pumped, the greater the pressure, etc. I've seen air rifles in some LGS but never paid much attention to them. I'm sure the technology has changed greatly. Just how do the current ones work? Are they pumped up like the old Benjamins/Sheridans or is there a different technology that gives you the air pressure?

Pests for me are venomous snakes, squirrels, and other small critters. Air rifles today are worlds away from the BB guns we had as kids I soon found out. The Black magic throws pellets at over 1,000fps

October 3, 2013, 06:20 AM	#60
Moiecol Member Join Date: July 25, 2013 Posts: 17	Bedbugbilly: It's sound far different from your recent post just above (If a .22 not viable) (A different pest control rifle) Oct 1, 2013 Please excuse my ignorance . . . it's been probably 50 years since i have shot a pellet gun. Back then, we had a Benjamin pistol and a Sheridan rifle. Both pumped up - the more you pumped, the greater the pressure, etc. I've seen air rifles in some LGS but never paid much attention to them. I'm sure the technology has changed greatly. Just how do the current ones work? Are they pumped up like the old Benjamins/Sheridans or is there a different technology that gives you the air pressure? Pests for me are venomous snakes, squirrels, and other small critters. Air rifles today are worlds away from the BB guns we had as kids I soon found out. The Black magic throws pellets at over 1,000fps Last edited by Moiecol; October 3, 2013 at 12:47 PM.