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Mr. Luddite

On 2/18/2014 11:26 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:20:56 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/18/2014 8:06 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 5:15:50 AM UTC-6, Boating All Out wrote:
In article , lid says...

On 2/17/2014 5:36 PM, Boating All Out wrote:

I don't "stock up" on ammo. Don't use it.

Had an uncle that would stock up his favorite beer when it went on sale.

I have a lifetime supply. There's about a half a can left of my 5mm

Sheridan air rifle pellets. It held 500 rounds when I got it about 50

years ago.

My Crossman ammo dried up. Good target and varmint pistol.

Mice.

Crosman makes great stuff anymore. their .177 "Cock and pull" pellet rifles hit just as hard as a .22.

I had a Ruger .177 pellet rifle but recently gave it to my son-in-law.
It shoots lead pellets at a muzzle velocity of 1200 fps and the "high
velocity" type pellets at 1400 fps. When fired, it is louder than my
.22LR rifle (also a Ruger).

Gamo is making silenced pellet guns these days. Since it is not a
"firearm" they can put a .22 style suppressor on it without running
afoul of NFA34

I am not sure why the pellet gun is louder than the .22LR rifle. Both
have supersonic velocities as the round leaves the barrel. The pellet
gun might have a slightly higher velocity depending on what type of ammo
is used in the .22 rifle (standard or high velocity). It can't be mass
because the .22 is bigger. Beats me.

Of course the velocity at 25 yards or more is going to be much different
between the two.