Gun Control & RKBA

Flyboy_451

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18. Not to be nit picky...

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 01:45 PM

Dec 2012

but a .25 caliber pellet at 2,000fps is not "damn near as powerful as a 25-06".

While it is very fast and much more powerful than the air rifles we knew as kids, it falls well short of true firearms. The heaviest pellet that I could find with a cursory search is 43 grains. Launching this pellet at 2,000fps yields about 380 lb/ft of energy. This is woefully short of a 120 grain bullet from a 25-06 at 3,000fps, yielding nearly 2,400 lb/ft of energy.

Has there been some rash of criminal activity with air rifles that I am not aware of? Do we really want to start restricting items because they may be used for some nefarious purpose? I'm thinking that our legislative energies could be focused on something a bit more productive.

JW

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posting this again for discussion about air rifles [View all] backwoodsbob Dec 2012 OP

First, we have to seriously regulate conventional rifles... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #1

"First." What do you consider as "Last?" Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #7

We don't regulate semi-automatic weapons or the size of magazines... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #10

"Gun manufacturers are not responsible for the mayhem they facilitate." beevul Dec 2012 #15

My air rifle is older, a Beeman R1 in .20. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #2

Looking around, here is a "scary" model on Amazon. Full auto belt fed .22. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #3

you got that right backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #5

There are... Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #4

It won't be long before... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #6

I lived -- and shot ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #8

Exactly. Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #9

Engaging in logical fallacy invalidates everything you say. See Slippery Slope... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #11

The problem with that argument is... beevul Dec 2012 #16

First air rifle capable of felling a deer, appeared in the US in 1785. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #12

can it do this? backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #13

The range isn't clear in that shot. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #14

I though the Girandoni was a .46 caliber ball repeater SeattleVet Dec 2012 #21

Calibers varied. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #24

Even the most powerful.... Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #17

Not to be nit picky... Flyboy_451 Dec 2012 #18

Where did you... Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #22

In New Jersey you have to go to a FFL Dealer oneshooter Dec 2012 #19

Go read Sherlock Holmes... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #20

We need to ban assault air rifles. Nutsmustbecracked Dec 2012 #23