Fun toy and survival tool.

[Klayton]

The age thing is to cut down on juvenile pranks...

The Y stick and innertube is actually a slingshot, a wrist rocket has a wrist brace allowing to apply loads more pressure...

But I understand where you are coming from, its our society, we are losing freedoms left and right all because liberals are slowly ruining America.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I looked at them today, and couldn't decide. I then bought a wrist rocket, and got a bizzare surprise. When I went up to checkout, the register pinged. Seems you have to be 16 to buy a slingshot in Missouri. WTF???? When I was 16, I made my own out of a "Y" stick and some inner tube rubber. I plan on getting an air rifle. Too cheap ammo, and too much potential for a LOT of fun....

Man at wallie world you gotta be 16 to buy that, bbs, paint, stabile gas treatment and on and on. Craziness

[Bearman202]

I looked at them today, and couldn't decide. I then bought a wrist rocket, and got a bizzare surprise. When I went up to checkout, the register pinged. Seems you have to be 16 to buy a slingshot in Missouri. WTF???? When I was 16, I made my own out of a "Y" stick and some inner tube rubber. I plan on getting an air rifle. Too cheap ammo, and too much potential for a LOT of fun....

[slingshot]

I may try the Crosman. Son bought a Daisy BB/pellet gun with his report card money and it was a POS. Daisy sent 2 replacements and they were all junk! The boy that bought it finally outgrew that age and never had a reliable bb/pellet gun like boys are supposed to have. I wish I knew some way to make it illegal for Daisy products to even be put on the shelves in stores.

I've been thinking about a sneakier way to get small game on this place, finally settled on traps. If Crosman is reliable I may get one anyway, to supplement the traps.

[rice paddy daddy]

I bought a Crosman at Wal Mart, it's a Storm model, .177 caliber break barrel. Advertised velocity is up to 1,000 fps depending on pellet weight.
I had bought it with the intention of shooting the rats in the horse stables and attatched feed room, but it was way overpowered for that. I put a scope on it (included with the rifle) and now find enjoyment sitting in a lawn chair in the back yard shooting pine cones.
Pellet rifles are great fun and would be a good survival tool.

[Triple-sod]

Airgunning is really big over here in the U.K, because of the strict gun laws. If you get a decent one they're not bad at all, certainly adequate for small game.

there was just a show on discovery channel "alaska game wardens" I think it was called. and the person on it reportedly shot and killed a moose with a pellet gun. it didnt drop it right there but looked like over a short time it died.

[Klayton]

That is very interesting. My adult airgun takes CO2 canisters unfortunately. So I will have to look at the site for some research... :)

[Urban Survivalist]

I poped three cotten tail rabbits, one for each of us. The longest shot was about 25 yards and it still droped it right away. I shot one bird and one hugh jack rabbit. The jack rabbit was really big but one shot and it went down when I got over to it it was just a notch above dead so I put one more in it to speed up the process. I was impressed with the gun. I just read if you use high velosity rounds then the Phantom will shot at 1200 fps. Check out this video on preformance pellets its one minute long and cool to watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw9JH7rHGiA

what animal did you get with it. I have been thinking about getting a pellet gun for the same reasons that you have

[Urban Survivalist]

This week I went to Wal-Mart and was looking at their high powered pellets guns. After a talking to a few people I bought a Crosman Phantom for $80. I put a Tasco scope on it and got it sighted in the next day. I went on an over night with a couple friends and took my new pellet gun. We made a pack that we were going to eat off the land or starve for the night. The pellet gun weights just under 7 lbs so it wasn