Pellet Gun for Around the House

sky's the limit. How much do you want to spend and what style, pump, co2, etc... What are you shooting?

And if you need quiet, a .22 works better IMO

I have a gamo that literally throws 2 ft groups at 20 yards. I've tried setting the scope and changing ammo. IDK if they are all like that but that's my experience with the one. I bought a crosman break barrel .22 caliber and have had good luck with it.

Very nice....but yea, I don't want to spend more than a couple hundred. lol

I didn't think you could spend that much on a pellet gun....that's pretty out the box.

Absolutely lol

I’ve got a Gamo that was gifted to me, but there is something about an old Benjamin pump that is just fun. I shoot that more than Gamo.

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I have a gamo that literally throws 2 ft groups at 20 yards. I've tried setting the scope and changing ammo. IDK if they are all like that but that's my experience with the one.

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My experience too, hate that is Gamo is such a poorly shooting air rifle.

I have a Ruger Airhawk.

Pros:
Very powerful

Easy to load with 1 crack.

Fit and finish are pretty nice for a pellet gun

Cons:
Might be tough for a young person to break over

Accuracy is only so-so. Not 2 ft groups like mentioned above but definitely not like my old Benjamin. I could shoot birds at 20 yds with that thing and hit them in the head almost every time.

A tad heavy for a beginner

Take the scope off and try iron sights. Scope is probably toast. Piston air guns do that to scopes not designed specifically for air rifles.

I’ve owned a break barrel gamo and break barrel Benjamin. Not happy with accuracy on either of them. My 40 year old Benjamin pump with iron sights is money. When I was a kid, I was a small game and bird assassin with that thing. Still use it to keep the backyard tree rat population in check. If I was in the market for a new one, I would still find an old Benjamin pump. My .02

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I've been meaning to ask on here about the Ruger air rifles.

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I have the blackhawk in .177. I use it to thin out the neighborhood squirrels whenever they start becoming a nuisance. It's a good gun for the money. But, for anyone who has never used a "springer" air rifle, they aren't as easy to shoot accurately as other air rifles. They can be very accurate, but you have to learn to shoot them.

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I noticed on the box,something about some nitrogen technology something or other.

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These guns, assuming it's a nitro piston, replace the traditional spring with a cylinder of nitrogen which is compressed when the gun is cocked.


One other thing to note with air rifles, is that generally, keeping your bullet slower than the speed of sound will help your accuracy a LOT. Pellets tend to tumble when they break the sound barrier.