Good question, and I say no. Back in the day you could blaze away with readily affordable ammo, but not so much today. And, let the reader understand, you want to arrive at a backyard plinking solution. OK, subsonic .22 is a way forward. But maybe air's better?
Maybe so. My brother, who lives in "ban all guns because commie" Wales shoots merrily away with .177/.22 canister air guns and's fixing to upgrade to a Kral Empire. Nice, at around $700 (!). And especially nice in the UK, where you're not allowed to shoot real guns but you can shoot these. OK, good for my brother, the Kral looks great, if pricey. But here in the States?
We don't need to rely on air guns to shoot because we have a constitutional right to own and bear arms, much as the Left wants to take that away from us in their drive towards a corporate sponsored neo-Maoist dictatorship. Granted, but what if you live in a vaguely built up area, where you can't shoot that AR for practice?
Again, good question, and I don't see anything wrong with going down a backyard plinker air gun solution. Some people go further and get air compressor hunting rigs marching up to something like .50 Cal. Far out. Me? I'd settle for a Walmart Special, twice as powerful as the attractive Kral and way cheaper, seemingly.
Shoot on,
LSP
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Amazing bang for the buck out there, 1200 fps complete with built in suppressor and a scope. Funny you should mention.
Back during my competition days in the 1980's, I bought a Daisy 853 .177 caliber air rifle to practice with in our back yard. It is in a class they call "10-meter guns" for indoor competition. Still have it. IIRC, it runs about 450 fps. It has a Lothar rifled barrel and will shoot a ragged hole at 10 meters. I also mounted an air gun scope on it.
My interest was recently piqued after our youngest bought his mother one of those clear plastic bird feeders. I rigged up a couple of wooden slats and mounted it outside our kitchen bay window. The birds were happy and life was good, right up until the local squirrel population discovered it. Snappy salute, "Yes dear, war it is!". At first there was an escalating battle as I added plastic shields to the feeder to keep the little buggers out. Turned out what worked best was salad oil on the top shield that made things so slippery they couldn't hang on. There one male that was particularly aggresive, leaving teeth marks in the plastic, and at one point gnawing at the wooden slats like a beaver. Daisy time. I wasn't really sure if it would be enough gun, but sure enough, a heart shot behind the shoulder at about 35 feet took the little varmint out.
Do some homework on spring piston vs. gas piston guns.
They're great fun to shoot, and will help keep your skills up.
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