zippyfusenet
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Someone told me there are no stupid questions, but I gotta admit, I feel ignorant as a pig for asking this set.
I'm looking for a functional, accurate pistol to target shoot in my own back yard, in the city. My back yard is small, but it rises into a hill and makes a perfect berm. Of course firearms are right out. I checked with my local PD, and they don't allow compressed gas pellet guns either; anything that will kill a squirrel is a 'destructive device'.
Old-style spring-powered BB guns are allowed, but I can't find a good selection of them. They don't seem to be popular any more.
Should I be looking at air-soft?
I've never had anything to do with air-soft shooting, never was interested in the tactical games. I'm old, slow, fat, and I look like a fool in cammo.
What I want is to shoot a pistol at a paper target, at 7 to 10 yards range, without terrifying the neighbors. I'd like to use a BB-trap target, so I don't litter the yard too much. Ralphie from Christmas Story looks pretty harmless - my back yard gun should *look* like a toy. I don't want to spend a fortune. Later, I might pick up a shoulder-arrn version to share with my grandchildren.
I notice that most air-soft guns are gas or electric powered, but they're not legally 'destructive devices' in any jurisdiction that I've heard of. Is that because they fire a plastic BB at such a low velocity that they usually won't break skin?
Do air-soft guns, firing a plastic BB at low MV, have reasonable ballistics? Are they accurate? Can I get a good one for less than the price of a real gun? What does the ammunition cost, gas + BBs?
Is there somewhere online I can find a good selection of old-style spring-powered guns, that shoot a steel BB at a few hundred FPS?
Thanks for your input.
I'm looking for a functional, accurate pistol to target shoot in my own back yard, in the city. My back yard is small, but it rises into a hill and makes a perfect berm. Of course firearms are right out. I checked with my local PD, and they don't allow compressed gas pellet guns either; anything that will kill a squirrel is a 'destructive device'.
Old-style spring-powered BB guns are allowed, but I can't find a good selection of them. They don't seem to be popular any more.
Should I be looking at air-soft?
I've never had anything to do with air-soft shooting, never was interested in the tactical games. I'm old, slow, fat, and I look like a fool in cammo.
What I want is to shoot a pistol at a paper target, at 7 to 10 yards range, without terrifying the neighbors. I'd like to use a BB-trap target, so I don't litter the yard too much. Ralphie from Christmas Story looks pretty harmless - my back yard gun should *look* like a toy. I don't want to spend a fortune. Later, I might pick up a shoulder-arrn version to share with my grandchildren.
I notice that most air-soft guns are gas or electric powered, but they're not legally 'destructive devices' in any jurisdiction that I've heard of. Is that because they fire a plastic BB at such a low velocity that they usually won't break skin?
Do air-soft guns, firing a plastic BB at low MV, have reasonable ballistics? Are they accurate? Can I get a good one for less than the price of a real gun? What does the ammunition cost, gas + BBs?
Is there somewhere online I can find a good selection of old-style spring-powered guns, that shoot a steel BB at a few hundred FPS?
Thanks for your input.