Hunting With Air Rifles

As a proud "gamo man" I admit they are the cat's meow (or howl if the case may be) of *bb guns*... But I was amazed to see these BIG BOY, pull up yer under roos, drop BIG GAME, real him-a-knockers...
Brent
 
Not quiet are they.
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If you release a lot of energy in a short amount of time it's going to make noise unless you come up with a way to muffle that noise.

Smaller airguns are quiet because they don't release a lot of energy. The more powerful ones will ring your ears just like a firearm.
 
Not sure if they are legal to hunt with here in Indiana, guess i need to check th regulations. Use my Crossman Classic pistol to shoot rabbits in the garden. Hunt the ocasional squirrel that gets into the attic. Once shot a grackle that had gotten into the house. Shot it in my livingroom, wife told me in no uncertain terms that had better not happen again lol.
 
I've looked on a NY gov website about hunting and nothing was said about air rifle hunting. I hunt frequently with my air rifle. So much that I ordered 1800 pellets and they should be here today. :)

Good thing about hunting here with an air rifle, you dont need a hunting license.
 
Smallgame, You really need to investigate that... I know of no place where you can take game without a license. Even bare handed...
Brent
 
Call your F&G dept. and ask them to look into it. The florida game website is real easy to use and has a Q&A section as well as very helpful workers if I need to call.
Brent
 
This whole thing about using a suppressor on an airgun has recieved a lot of discussion on the internet over the years.
Appearently suppressors on airguns are common in other countries.

One thing I know for sure is that if the suppressor can come off the airgun, then it COULD be used with a cartridge type gun and is therefore covered by the NFA.
I recently read something on-line (meaning it could be total BS) about airguns with integral suppressors being OK without getting a tax stamp.
If I was you I would look into this suject long and hard before I made any moves unless you simply buy it as a legal suppressor and get the required tax stamp to avoid any possible conflict.
 
There are several airguns being sold in the U.S. with integral suppressors. I assume that the manufacturers convinced the BATF that the suppressors could not be removed, or that if they were removed they would be useless as firearm silencers.

If you buy a suppressor or make a suppressor that can operate as a firearm supressor (regardless of what you intend to use it for--or even if you never intend to use it at all) then you are committing a felony unless you have complied with federal & state laws the govern the purchase, manufacture & possession of silencers.
 
I can not find anything in the Florida regs that says you can not use airguns to hunt with. The only requirement is no rimfire for deer. It says that rifles are legal for taking game animals. Airguns have rifled barrels so they should be legal for squirrels and such and even deer for that matter.
 
Large cal pellet guns???

Is there really such a thing? And if so what kind of power do these things produce? I've been considering a 22 pellet gun as a bug out survival rifle since space and weight would be an issue.
 
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