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Glad I found this thread!

Can anyone recommend a good semi-auto air rifle suitable for most small game? What FPS would be acceptable? Here's the stoopid question: would any air rifle be suitable for home defense in event of a firearms ban?

ETA - It look like this might do the trick... Marauder Air Rifle

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Here's the stoopid question: would any air rifle be suitable for home defense in event of a firearms ban?

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There are a few semi auto repeating pellet rifles.  They are probably all good, but cost $,$$$.  The maurader is a HUGE air rifle, but has plenty of power, not sure what has happened to the Discovery and it's derivation - but at least though it was built on a 2260 frame that was much more normal sized.  CZ USA was importing a CZ pcp a couple years ago that was very nice and compact, but only shot about 700fps (plenty for what it was intended for).  I got 3 for my kids.

Edgun, FX and Evanix come to mind if budget be damned.

If you really want to empty your wallet - look at some of the pcp rapid fire air pistols.  Think they start over 2k - but Olympic quality air pistols are not cheep.

For feeding them, consider a pigmy tank and a shoebox compressor.

here is some Edgun porn, did I mention they are also suppressed?

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJszgCXwR-2mtZbG0vMeAOk4i5UGgQspUPuo1x5REtMd98YOVZRI8AB9NZtw


 

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I have a sbca tank.  It is good for a bunch of thousands of shots through the CZ and 2 pcp pistols I have, then I pay $7 at the paintball store for a recharge.  That said, the SBCA tank went up $200 since I got mine, so now the Pigmy/shoebox is not much more expensive.

As it is, I think I get 6 months of serious target shooting per charge on the SBCA, so driving to the paintball store is not a big hassle.  It is just a tad large to carry arround - but at least it is not SCUBA - less usable air @ 2x size and weight.  I am an pcp neophite - with about $2.5k invested in my 5 guns and the sbca.  

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Wal-Mart has the Bug-Out survival kit for $69.00.



http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l535/HomeGym/imagesqtbnANd9GcRokkokFP9GV3x28kflZfN-FtAPvKuoRYOZ7jHRHMSYoRXNwJQ2.jpg

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Just ordered it .........damn you ARFcom Peer-Pressure

 

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Got my Walmart gun in, why is the barrel so much shorter than what is pictured on the box/website?

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So, uhh, does that count as an SBR?



It seems like a stupid question, however, I haven't ever put the ATF above regulating stupid things, such as air rifles.

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I dont think they have stooped that low yet.... hell you can even get suppressors for them here in gasp... CA.

 

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I did too.  But I mean have the parts are interchangeable with the 1377 I just ordered, just look at all the money I saved!



None.  



 

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Do you think this would work for dispatching racoons point blank?

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Pics?
 

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This is what is advertised:





http://www.heroarmysurplus.com/images/2289g.jpg





This is what I got


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xWY8dtfkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

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Your barrel length has been improved by 1/2 off



Your savings -50% !  

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That sounds pretty nice, then.  I didn't realize you could get thousands of shots out of those tanks.

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$87



http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?affillinktype=10&dest=9999999997&product_id=21311833&sourceid=42427513220555011351&veh=aff&wmlspartner=lw9MynSeamY

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Will it kill a pigeon? I have pigeons in the neighborhhod and need a way of killing the nasty things.

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Amazon price is up too

http://goo.gl/H9XbG

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Just ordered on on prime for 39.99. Keep refreshing and you can still get in. Dont look at the main part of the page, look at the right hand column...see attached pic

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No it isn't.  You just need to look closer like jhabers pointed out on page 2.

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I've got an FX-2000, which is of course an older FX.  I've got the hand pump for it.  Those shoebox compressors are neat, but then you're looking to spend even more hundreds of dollars.  Just isn't worth it to me.



The only way I'd keep my FX-2000 is if I had one of those compressors, but I don't.  The handpumps are a major chore to use.  I figured out pretty fast why a 70 year old man sold it to me.

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I use mine to check if my Chrony is good-to-go before
taking measurements.

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Get the flat top piston conversion (mine might be mellon - but I think I got the steel front pin from him rather than the flat top piston), it makes it easier and more efficient to pump.  It also does not max out at 7 strokes (lawyer design) like the stock one.  The stock one has some dead air space inside the seal.  The gun will compress the stroke into that dead air space - which will define the maximum pressure generated by the stroke.  Eliminating the dead air space removes the maximum pressure restriction (and allows you to put a ton more stress on the rest of the gun).  You should really replace the roller pin when you replace the piston, as the stock roller pin is the next weakest link and will bend fairly easily.  The next weakest link is the handle - but it can take a bit more than that pin can.  This is about a $25 upgrade and a really good one.

The steel breach is probably a $50 upgrade - but it is the next best thing to do.  It allows you to add a scope, a Williams sight or an lpa sight (if you get the right steel breach).  For maximum accuracy, reasearch the taco hold - it involves holding the pistol near your face like it is a rifle.  You can use a Williams peep sight or a rifle scope that way.  Much steadier than extended arms.

Don Cothran's roller trigger (which is a design he stole, but I waited 2 years and could not get one from the original inventor), is the best of the cheaper trigger upgrades.  The PRod trigger is better - but not sure about how it fits or costs (I do not have mine on a 1377, but a pcp crosman).  I also have another that is better than the roller trigger, but cost 2x as much.

I did a little valve work, but not much.  I would not have done the valve work, but my valve was giving me problems so I needed to open it up and clean it.  I really do not recall if I changed the valve spring or not.

Cheaper and easier to start with a Custom Shop one than to do the build from scratch, but not as much fun.  Think my custom furniture was from rb grips.  But that is just pimping.
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2240
Seriiously consider getting 2240 over the 1377.  The co2 version is more fun to shoot (abet quite loud).  It uses almost all the same parts - only replacing the pump and piston with a co2 cartridge.  Some have modified it for bulk fill.




 

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Well screw you guys and screw Amazon Prime.  I didn't *need* an air pistol, but now one is due to be delivered tomorrow.  Then I started looking at some of the higher end rifles and finding reasons to justify those.  


The Crosman 1377 was my first gun, I had a first generation.  I even built a very nice mahogany box for it.  It disappeared long ago.  Anyone know where I might find an older 1377 gen1?

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Mine kit from Walmart arrived today, not too shabby for the price.  Backpack is cheap, but gun is GTG, pellets are regular Crosman pellets and the first aid kit is surprisingly useful.  

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Shoot out an eye did ya?

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Shoot out an eye did ya?