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What do you guys think of this? Advantages? Disadvantages? SHIF folks killing game to live and such.

Might be OK to have one around but an air rifle is the last thing I rely on if looking at a one gun scenario.

I'll be picking one of these up in the next few months... http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Benjamin_Marauder_PCP_Air_Pistol/2367 Airguns of Arizona has them for about $350...light, compact, quiet. Planning on putting a red dot on it.

You'll be hard pressed to kill enough to survive with just an air rifle, unless you like song birds and squirrel sized game

You can't be serious.
Why use a fly swatter, when you can use something with something with some umpth......
Are you from the mecca (No Idaho)?

when the SHTF a gun that makes very little noise could keep folks away from your kill. The crack of a rifle sounds the dinner bell for a lot of starved folks.

Oh please!!!!!!

Right...

I don't think you'd want to be standing in front of my Benjamin .357 with a 145 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip traveling at over 900 fps at 100 yards....

Both of my air rifles above have a built in silencer.

The loudest thing about them is the bullet hitting the target.

Apparently you know very little about air rifles...


They've come a long way since then....177-.50 caliber...what would you think a 77 grain 9mm doing 800 fps+ smacking you upside the head or even center mass would do? Would you live? Would a deer?
http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Evanix_Rainstorm_II_PCP_Air_Rifle/2750
In many places, a shrouded barrel or permanently attached moderator is entirely legal because it's beyond the reach of the ATF. There are also a few air gun enthusiasts/gunsmiths that have taken up catering to "tuning" the factory offerings for better accuracy/fps, shots per fill & sound moderation & they have a backlog of work ...As far as the SHTF scenario goes, I'd rather save my powder burners for the looters & thugs & would prefer that my gathering of meat, go unnoticed...YMMV...

I'd be that last person who would argue lethality of air guns; my concern goes to long term functionality. I've not had good experience with that.

Anybody who doubts the accuracy/lethality of modern airguns is uninformed...they'll do much more than just "put your eye out"... IIRC Evanix used to have a full auto model available.

What brand?

For the cost of an air rifle that isn't a toy you could get a .22 with a can. Probably two of them.

There is even a very old Sherlock Holmes story about a guy who was offed with an air rifle.

It depends. What S is hitting what F?

Air rifles now shoot 50 caliber bullets...at pretty astounding velocities! Do a Google search!

Yes but no ammo. As said above must not know much about air rifles

Really??? Cost of the can???? Cost of the stamp via the ATF???
Cost of the rifle? Cost of threading said can to the rifle? Associated fees for background check? On top of that, with a powder burner, you're on the ATFs list...Really?