Velocity ratings are the worst thing to ever happen to spring air rifles.......how many gamos have been sold with thier 1200fps rating on the box? What they don't say is that the pellet is tin foil to go that fast and you cant hit anything with it when it does go flying out the barrel. My R9 shoots Crosman Premier HPs (14.3gr) at 650fps (I think it's rated at 800fps? who cares?). I have shot rock chucks in the head at 30 yards and seen the pellet hit in the mud 10 yards behind the chuck so hard I though I'd missed when it actually had passed through and made that big of a splat.
A quality air rifle is something you will cherish for life, a cheap one will sit in the closet unused. You tell me which is money better spent.
Last edited by centershot; 02/12/15.
