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It doesn't even make the top 20

I have one in my plans for when things go south. I figure it will be good for small game & pests in close. It will leave the powder burners for more important things

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Looks like a mil dot would be better.

You gotta feed ANY gun SOMETHING.

Most of mine burn powder, a few run on air.
All guns don't work unless you stoke the fire a bit.

There is a high pressure compressor that fills scuba tanks you can use at home. For now, I'll take my scuba tank to the dive shop for filling.

I shoot that .25 Marauder a LOT. Usually every day. I use it now in place of a .22 around the house because it is so quiet it won't bother anything, and well...the ammo is easier to find.

When I get that scuba tank filled, it lasts me over a year. Even shooting the gun a lot.

That's Ok but in a purely long term survival, I think you would be better served to learn to make your own bows and arrows.

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Also get a couple dozen steel traps.

BTW, that .25 cal. isn't much money for what it does. $450 or so.

Say that when the lights go out.

If ever the SHTF for real the wild furred & feathered critters will be wiped out in no time. Every SHTF loonie thinks they're going to hunt for food. You'd probably be better off with a good shovel to dig up worms & grubs & such to eat. Food that can be bagged with a gun will be gone in no time at all.

Mike

I'm going to find a good used railroad boxcar to keep my fresh meat in....

You gonna keep it alive till slaughter time?

Definitely, once you kill it, it "turns" very quickly...

The factory says they only get 800 FPS at the muzzle with a 125
Yours must be special

Factory released info may be a bit on the "safe" side. As are the listed operating pressures for the tank.

Not sure if mine is "special" or not. It was the second rifle made, and I got it before they were on the market for sale.

They generally claim higher velocity by using the lightest projectiles

Every site I've seen says the 125 gets the highest velocity, and it's nowhere near as fast as you claim for a 145

Putting more pressure in the tank won't change the maximumamount per shot. That's regulated by the valves

In a real SHTF you'd better have a handpump if you intend to keep shooting

On "High" setting, I only get about 4 shots with the Rogue. It is advertised as higher numbers there too.

There are ways to turn them up... Especially the Marauder. Very simple operation.

I will pump the Marauder. Not the Rogue.

In a real SHTF situation I'll shoot my AR15 til the barrel melts.

But, if I want to be quiet, and not have to have "ammo" for pot meat, or something bigger, I'll drag out those air rifles. They will serve me well for what I'll use them for.

I've read up on the civil war in Bosnia recently ,two brothers had pellet rifles -common 1,000 fps break barrel rifles with scopes.
They said the air rifles put many a meal on the table , shooting a fat pigeon late at night w/a flash light kept them going while others starved.
I have a gamo cfx fixed barrel 1000fps .177 w/a 4x leapers bug buster scope ,I've killed thousands of ground squirrels in Idaho and more tree squirrels ,crows,starlings ,sparrows etc. than I remember.
Total cost $300.
As stated in many rifle shooting threads ---it's shot placement far more often than not.
Many people have no idea how accurate a mid priced air rifle like this can be -I had NO idea myself. This rifle will make lead "art" at 25yds it will pack shot after shot into the same hole.

Thanks!

How much 22lr have you?