Am I the only one

[hallwoo]

yep, only a $200 Co2 BB gun will hold gas for over a year

according to one reviewer at Airgun Depot  on the Legends Cowboy  Browning 1894 replica  lever action BB gun  still shooting 700 fps on the 1st co2 cartridge , made by Umarex

it's gonna take forever to use-up a box of 40 for $17 bucks  at Walmart in Fl and Indiana 

[EdinGa]

Anyone wanting to try a co2 shooter should get the ASG Tac4.5. It's one of the most efficient co2 guns I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure I'm getting close to 200 shots per cartridge.

[avator]

Anyone wanting to try a co2 shooter should get the ASG Tac4.5. It's one of the most efficient co2 guns I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure I'm getting close to 200 shots per cartridge.

I'll second this opinion. I also posted in another thread that I had the Daisy Powerline 11A1 out for awhile this afternoon. A fun C02 semi auto blowback pistol.

[bantam5s]

Anyone wanting to try a co2 shooter should get the ASG Tac4.5. It's one of the most efficient co2 guns I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure I'm getting close to 200 shots per cartridge.

I had a magnum research " Baby desert eagle " about 10 years ago , basically the same as a Daisy 15xt and it would get about 120 shots per cartridge which really impressed me at the time.
That particular gun was not accurate at all though and I traded it to my cousin to get back the Crosman 1008 that my dad had given him.
It no longer worked, but that was the 1st airgun I ever shot and I was never very happy that he gave it to my cousin.

[lillysdad621]

YEP, I still keep a Red Ryder  650 shot BB gun  fully loaded , have one with metal lever

still cheap, two for $35 on Craigslist

has anyone seen or heard of  a broken one  yet ?

I got a ton of cool pekket guns, stuff that its ok showing up at FT competitions, or just using it for work at clients homes. some are just pretty and make some old man all googley eyed at the shows... but i can tell you that nothing fits the hand like a lever 1938B in 4.5mm, and no can is safe at any range in my back yard. I picked them up sometimes, rusty and broken, and spend time refinishing the wood, cleaning and fixing things, polishing their tired, well used bodies. And when they are done i try to make them all a bit different from each other. modifying tjhem is also a lot of fun. they are not target guns, but, yes, they can be accurized. they are not shooting randomly (in that case any gun is, unless it can put all projectiles through the same hole. but at 15 yards,100% hits on a 1 inch target is my ultimate goal. some can, some struggle. But they are all fun to try and achieve that. Long live the BB gun.

[hallwoo]

try a BB catching alcohol bottle, the HPDE ( hi density polyethylene )  materieal  keeps the BBs from firing all the way out

I shoot one hanging from the ceiling  with piano wire

[tennx]

I maybe missing the point of the question…lol…But I will always appreciate the simplicity of my daisy’s and other BB shooters…….if I just want to kill a minute….break one out and blast away….we all know whats involved in shooting our other guns…..good luck

[lillysdad621]

if I just want to kill a minute….break one out and blast away….we all know whats involved in shooting our other guns

+1

[unionrdr]

I have several BB shooters, pump, break barrel and Co2. The newer Co2 BB shooters are fun for plinking. Especially my M1A. The gas operated bolt makes it a cool semi-auto for plinking. Gangs of fun for what it's intended to be. So, I basically agree. And if they shoot pellets as well & have rifled barrels, then pellets only! BB's rattling slightly down the barrel can mess up the rifling. I also have the Springfield Armory Colt 1911 where everything is there and works. Like the grip safety. Just so much fun shooting the M1A, like dad carried in the Philippines in WW2.

[bantam5s]

My M1 carbine is a cool gun,especially since I bought mine with wood furniture.
But it barely works though,  I can sometimes get a full magazine out of it but usually it freezes up and stops after a few shots.

[Oldgringo]

All of the above BB discussion notwithstanding,  I ordered a Daisy 499b last night. It should be here nlt 1/15.  If I don't like it, I'll send it back.

[river drifter]

All of my rifles shoot pellets only.

I recently have gotten into replica bb pistols to practice techniques, and to have fun in the basement when the weather is bad.

I’ve got 2 KWC based 1911 blowback co2 pistols and they are so much fun!

[unionrdr]

My M1 carbine is a cool gun,especially since I bought mine with wood furniture.
But it barely works though,  I can sometimes get a full magazine out of it but usually it freezes up and stops after a few shots.

  I found through testing that the Hornady Black BB's work best in these gas-operated blow-back air guns.

[bantam5s]

My M1 carbine is a cool gun,especially since I bought mine with wood furniture.
But it barely works though,  I can sometimes get a full magazine out of it but usually it freezes up and stops after a few shots.

  I found through testing that the Hornady Black BB's work best in these gas-operated blow-back air guns.

Mine just really doesn't hardly function, I don't see how that could be related ot BB's but I don't know enough about how these work to say it's not the problem.

[1900colt]

Depends on the gun.

Co2 machine guns are super fun.

But, most of the bb guns I shoot are just old Daisy's and other old spring guns.

[Methuselah]

When I was a teen I recall firing the (model 25?) pump rifle, and more often a Red Ryder. Got off a snap-shot at close range and hit a bird on the fly with the latter. Dumb luck of course.

Also fired a 1911 once or twice.

Honestly, I don't recall any of these being anywhere near accurate. I never owned a bb gun, my 1st shooter was a Ruger Super Blackhawk (didn't shoot bb's  )

I noted 1" at 15 yards mentioned, but sorry, I just don't believe it, at least not consistently. I have some CO2 carts for a Daisy 408, some BBs around here too. I think I'd be interested in anything that was accurate at maybe 10 yards.

Caviot is, I agree with David, at least for me, I just can't see shooting a bb expending a CO2 cartridge. As an aside, I'll add that I've never seen a CO2 gun that didn't leak, never, ever. Bad luck?

So I hope I'm not hijacking the thread by asking, IS there an off the shelf bb gun that's accurate at 10 yards? Maybe someone would care to sell me one?

(So, we have a bb gate, imagine!)

[bantam5s]

When I was a teen I recall firing the (model 25?) pump rifle, and more often a Red Ryder. Got off a snap-shot at close range and hit a bird on the fly with the latter. Dumb luck of course.

Also fired a 1911 once or twice.

Honestly, I don't recall any of these being anywhere near accurate. I never owned a bb gun, my 1st shooter was a Ruger Super Blackhawk (didn't shoot bb's  )

I noted 1" at 15 yards mentioned, but sorry, I just don't believe it, at least not consistently. I have some CO2 carts for a Daisy 408, some BBs around here too. I think I'd be interested in anything that was accurate at maybe 10 yards.

Caviot is, I agree with David, at least for me, I just can't see shooting a bb expending a CO2 cartridge. As an aside, I'll add that I've never seen a CO2 gun that didn't leak, never, ever. Bad luck?

So I hope I'm not hijacking the thread by asking, IS there an off the shelf bb gun that's accurate at 10 yards? Maybe someone would care to sell me one?

(So, we have a bb gate, imagine!)

Well the daisy 499B is extremely accurate but intended for 5m target shooting.
My new 499 that just came in today will do 1/4 at 5m with regular daisy BB's, but the test target it came with shows that the gun will do 1 hole groups at 5m with the daisy precision target grade BB's it's intended for.
That is to be expected though because the guns are purpose built for this.
They're low powered so while I haven't tested yet I believe the accuracy would drop off at 10yds, I wouldn't be surprised if it could still stay inside 1" at 10yd but I wouldn't expect 1/4".
With a stronger spring I see no reason why it would not maintain that 1/4" or less accuracy at 10yds.

You may want to check out the daisy powerline model 35.
Many people report them as being very accurate BB guns
I mostly shot mine with pellets ( it was definitely pretty accurate for a smooth bore ) but I do remember it shooting suprisingly well with BB's.

[Hoppalong Doc]

       I haven't fired a BB gun since the late 1950's, but they certainly got me started with my gun addiction.  My pellet guns are in my thoughts most every day. I plan to spend a few hours out at the range tomorrow and Sunday.  If it stays warm and dry, I'll be out there several times during the next week as well. Orv.

[avator]

I think that as we've grown older and have a few hundred dollars invested in our guns we just expect the accuracy and we are spoiled by it. For me BB guns just take me back to where it all started. We didn't shoot little dots on paper at 40 - 50 yards. We shot cans and targets of opportunity at 20 - 30 feet or so. I don't remember ever setting up a bench and backstop for shooting a BB gun off a bag when I was a kid. I walked around and shot whatever I saw. Dirt clods, rocks, pine cones on low hanging branches and leaves floating down the creek were our targets.
Getting back to that is the fun with BB guns today.

[bantam5s]

I think that as we've grown older and have a few hundred dollars invested in our guns we just expect the accuracy and we are spoiled by it. For me BB guns just take me back to where it all started. We didn't shoot little dots on paper at 40 - 50 yards. We shot cans and targets of opportunity at 20 - 30 feet or so. I don't remember ever setting up a bench and backstop for shooting a BB gun off a bag when I was a kid. I walked around and shot whatever I saw. Dirt clods, rocks, pine cones on low hanging branches and leaves floating down the creek were our targets.
Getting back to that is the fun with BB guns today.

Absolutely with the model 25 for sure.