How to choose which air rifle to buy

Trying to figure out which air rifle is the "best" to buy can be a very difficult task nowadays. There are so many air guns on the market to choose from that a new shooter can get confused very quickly. Surely the first route to take is internet and in doing so are the manufacturer's data, web pages, photos, opinions everywhere, messages in forums, etc ... and this can cause the potential buyer a headache of overload of information. At the end of the day, one may end up more confused than he was when he started doing the research. But, in reality, choosing a suitable compressed air does not have to be difficult at all. To make the whole decision process easier, we prepare some basic questions, but vital that will help determine which models to consider according to the shooting needs. Let's start!

Hardly anyone wants to buy a compressed air to have it hanging on a wall as if it were a katana. Almost everyone usually buys one for casual shooting, target shooting, Field Target, pest control or small game hunting, so That here is the first question that must be answered.

What use would it give a compressed air?

In many cases, the answer is a combination of uses. So, if we need a compressed air for multiple uses, it is useful to determine what percentage of your shots target each use. A commonly used combination is 50% white target and 50% pest control.

Knowing the answer to question 1 is vital because all compressed air is designed and built to suit certain market needs. Some are designed for general shooting, while others are designed more specifically for hunting or target shooting competition. It is true, to some extent, that any air rifle can be used for any purpose, but experienced airgunners know that it is always better to buy a weapon that is designed for its intended use.

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The next important question concerns distance, because knowing how far you will have to shoot effectively compressed air will determine the desired power level. So it will be important to answer question number 2.

How far will you shoot?

Most airguns are divided into the following 4 power categories: Light, Medium, And High (Magnum) and Super-Magnum. For the most part, one tends to combine magnum and super-magnum in the same group of "high power" or "magnum" category. While it is true that one can plink or shoot at any distance, it is also true that a light compressed air will perform better at about 35 meters. Air guns with medium power can reach about 50 meters. Magnum rifles will extend the range of 65 meters and super magnum rifles from 75 to 80 meters or so. So with this you can see why it is important to know the desired shooting distance.

If you can answer the first two questions, you are ready to start a correct search. For example, if the intended use of a compressed air gun is pest control for a distance of 40 meters, an average power will meet our needs. However, if we want to give it a use to hunt at 65 meters, it is best to choose a magnum or super magnum rifle.

There are other factors to consider in choosing an airgun, there are actually a few although not as important as the first 2 questions, so we will consider them secondary. Remember that we always have to determine the required power level and use to give our future compressed air before dealing with the following considerations.

Other considerations

Type: Once we have the answers to questions 1 and 2, we can decide what type of compressed air we need / want. The options are not infinite; they are basically 4, so let's mention them with brief characteristics of each one.

PCP: Perhaps the biggest of its cons is its cost, and also has the complication of inflation, plus possible and inevitable leakage. Its pros are precision, power, multi-shot (on some models), almost zero recoil. See more here

CO2: As cons has the price of gas, variation with temperature, less power than a pcp. Its pros are recoil of a pcp, easy recharge, great autonomy. See more here

Spring: More than I would say is its main characteristic and I speak of its double recoil, less precision than a pcp or co2, effort in each shot, special telescopic sight, less power than a pcp. In its pros we find that it does not take more than the rifle and the balls to throw and its price that is economic.

Nitro piston: Contra recoil superior to a PCP, hard to break, similar price to a pcp without pump, heavy, shot to shot. Pro: all in one, almost fault-free, very reliable, powerful as a pcp.

For those who have gone through this, we would like to know what other considerations they had when choosing the compressed air they have and leave them in the comments. Until the next note!

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