Well, as it turns out it's completely true! I guess that should not come as a surprise when said pellet is traveling at 1250 feet per second (many .22 caliber rim fire rifles only reach around 1100-1200 fps).
So after realizing this, I decided to purchase one. From everything I found it seems that GAMO is the top name in air rifles and they're widely available. I opted for the .177 caliber based mainly on the price and the amount of ammo available.
Pro’s:
- The synthetic stock is rubberized and has a good grip, which since this is a break action style rifle it is imperative to not slip when you are loading it.
- Cheap ammo (1250 rounds for under $15.00 on amazon)
- Large variety of ammo. I found at least 10 different varieties of .177 caliber ammunition sitting on the shelf.
- Low maintenance. This gun does not actually “fire”, and as such there is little to no residue and not much is required in the way of maintenance. The only thing you will need to do is add a couple of drops of oil every 100-200 shots fired and the occasional cleaning out of the barrel.
There are a few cons with pellet guns as they are single shot unless you opt for the more expensive models that can preload your shots and you must be in a close shooting range. For a hog it is recommended around 22 feet to get a good shot. Anything more and chances are it won't do the trick.
So what do you think? Would you ever hunt small to medium size game with a pellet gun? Any tips or tricks for those who want to try?
Oh and if you want to see videos of it in action you can check out the link below and watch as Keith Warren takes out two hogs with a pellet gun.
Source: Keith Warren
That must be one tall damn hog judging by the angle of the rifle
Get a small price of toilet paper an I mean a small piece dip half it in diesel fuel, diesel explodes under pressure you also need a pellet gun to produce enough pressure to made the diesel fuel to explode this is the same way as diesel engine works, But take warning if you blow the seals out of your pellet gun don’t blame me lol
They don’t fly, or climb trees
or is it a case of when pigs fly?
And i got criticized for say ing I took down a 197 lb hog with a .22 mag
I’ve hunted squirrels with a pellet gun.. I’ve tried taking out a woodchuck from 15′ and it wouldn’t kill it had to get up really closes to take it out .. I can’t see someone taking a hog don’t believe it nope nope nope….
It looks like the 22 gague high powered air rifle
Legality issues
But there is a .50 cal air rifle, so in essence it’s a pellet gun, it fires at 3000 psi, and it has taken down Cape buffalo!! Just google it if you don’t believe me!!
I have a RWS .177 it’s 1100 fps it wouldn’t kill a woodchuck unless I was on top of it ….. I never seen a shot a .22 air rifle…… Was there a video ? I didn’t see it
Several models now were at the shot show bad to the bone..yep
Shot a pig they other day with a 300 grain gold dot and it ran 300 yards and it was almost blown in half I’m not seeing this work
It doesn’t say what caliber the pellet gun in the mentioned video is. They make pellet rifles in large calibers. I have seen videos with 357 cal up to 50 cal hunting larger game.
Had a Benjamin nitro piston air rifle in .22cal and killed a lot of crow and squirrel. The trick is head shots. .22 cal is heavier and has a longer range. I regularly made head shots at 50 yrds. Cost a little more than $100
Not seeing it kill anything bigger though
Big Caliber pellet gun! Wow
Samuel Aylestock
Take a broad spear and a bowie knife with you for when it turns on you wounded and wear running shoes
I triple dog dare you
Probably would work well on the neighborhood dog that’s crapping on your lawn.
There was a large Grizzly bear killed with an air rifle on the Lewis & Clarke expedition over 200 years ago.
Thank you for posting this.. I have been trying to advocate for air rifles, most people faithfully believe air rifles are toys and not hunting weapons.
Shooting Tree Hogs?
Yep. Those feral hogs are quite adaptable! 🙂
Can’t just use any ordinary pellet gun… You can use higher end gamo or others similar. There is this one ol boy who has a YouTube channel and he pops them fuckers square between the eyes and drops them.
Patrick Shane Peterson
Daniel Alexander Cañas Kinsey
If you try this, there is a good chance you will die.
Yes, it can be done – and is done often.
I actualy had an argument with a friend of mine recently about this very topic. When people think of “pellet gun” they think of the little pump guns that we got as a kid for shotting at soda cans out in the back yard. However, Matt Dial was able to provide a video of a where a guy took a pellet gun with about 3k psi and a pellet about 1.5x the size of the ones in our little red rider bb guns and pegged a boar between the eyes with it and dropped it in 1 shot.
Effectiveness totally depends on where the animal is hit. The largest cal we have seen not kill a hog, – 300 blackout.
That was also the toughest meat we have ever cooked up.
My Pappy could fire a pellet into a hawg’s unflared nostril at 400+ meters. He weren’t a’ feared a nuthin.
Sure you can. You can also wack ’em with a hammer, drown them in a water trough, or herd them over a cliff. I can’t imagine why you would want to though. Rifles work fine.
yes
It can be done. There are pellet rifles on the market that can reach ballistics of high power rifles.
Russian pellet rifle would do it ,they are night time sniper man killers,just saying