notnksnemor
The Great and Powerful Oz
How much killin' does a skerwl require?
The 392 had been discontinued.Get yourself a Benjamin 392 and be done with it. The quality is where it matters, in the seals and solid brass barrel.
Pre charged pneumatics shoot well too but $$$ and $$$$..
Todays cheapo pump rifles have poorly fitted stamped sheetmetal tubes with plastic bushings that support a barrel akin to a metal drinking straw. If you can find one from earlier than about 1985 with a solid steel unsleeved barrel theyre okay and will do the job.
Forget the break barrels. They generate reverse recoil which makes for quite a learning curve when learning to shoot them accurately. Reverse recoil is also very gard on scopes and mounts unless specifically built for it.
Throw box labeled velocity figures out the window as well theyre just marketing gimmicks primarily based on super light alloy pellets and an anomoly known as dieseling. (When lubricant ignites under compression and explodes) this creates crazy and wildly varying pressure spikes and wildly varying levels of noise as well.
Best advice, just get the Benjamin 392 powerful accurate and dependable.
Good luck
Under 25ft, 4 pumps has been plenty.How much killin' does a skerwl require?
2nd from right, looks like a 760 Pumpmaster. That to me was one of the best rifles for the buck. I think mine is at my brother's house, but not sure. Probably bought it around 1986 or so.These are all from the 1980s .177, .20 and .22 cals. No squirrel has felt their wrath and lived to tell about it.
That 2200 Magnum is a beast..
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You are correct. That particular one has the brass/metal bolt. As Crossman kept making them, they used cheaper and even more cheap plastic parts to the point that they were not worth buying anymore. Into 1990s they were still decent.2nd from right, looks like a 760 Pumpmaster. That to me was one of the best rifles for the buck. I think mine is at my brother's house, but not sure. Probably bought it around 1986 or so.
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If you buy a Chinese Airgun from Mike Melick at Flying Dragon Airguns, it will rival the expensive German HW and Diana models in performance and pretty close in looks and quality I cannot tell the difference between my $400 Diana 350 and my $180 Xisco B28 from Flying Dragons in both looks and performance. Below is the quality control that Mike does on his airguns. Virtually eliminates chances of you getting a lemon. I always pay for the full tune but you get a good one without it, just not as smooth and accurate. Note he does sell other airguns including German ones. Below is the quality control work he does with his CO2 guns. What he does with his PCP and springer guns is similar.I would never pop a squirrel, out of season, that is tearing up my bird feeders.
But if a fella was going to be an accurate, not too expensive, pellet rifle.