Buying and Using
Quality Precision Air Guns

Shooting air guns can be a relaxing hobby or a highly competitive sport, and is also an official Olympic event for both men and women.

Air guns are the perfect way to teach your family marksmanship and correct gun handling. And it is training that neatly carries over to firearms use. High quality, single-shot spring-piston air guns are ideal for this because they look and feel just like modern firearms.

Air guns are quiet, modestly powered, extraordinarily accurate mechanical works of art. Shooting air guns at home allows you to practice often, without having to travel to distant firearms ranges or hunting grounds. You can shoot indoors or out, day or night, during any weather, the entire year. The low discharge sound, low power and negligible recoil (except with certain magnum air guns) makes air gun shooting pleasant and flinch-free. The soft discharge sound means no earplugs are needed. The right air gun can be used to teach the elements of marksmanship which carry over nearly perfectly to all types of firearms shooting and hunting.

It is not surprising that target shooting with air guns is so popular. All skill sports require frequent practice. The top-grade precision air guns are now considered to be the world's most accurate guns, bar none. While Americans often think of airgun shooting as primarily a youth program leading to adult firearm events, they are now recognizing that serious air gun competition is an end in itself and something in which members of all ages can participate. In addition to target shooting with air guns , many shooting clubs have started hunting-style metallic silhouette and "running target" programs for air rifles and air pistols. The NRA has established 15 levels of marksmanship awards in their 25-ft airgun shooting programs. Target shooters can also compete with other air gun shooters via postal matches, and in-person at hundreds of air gun matches at the local, state, national and international level.

The low cost and safety of air gun shooting, along with the ability to set up a safe range almost anywhere, has also led to the use of air guns for hunter safety programs. Hunters are enjoying using the the new breed of "magnum" hunting air rifles with 30 to 50-yard range.

Also you could consider using air guns for pest control. With proper high-powered air guns, you can reduce harmful pests in areas where a firearm would be unsafe or not permitted. Suburbanites, farmers and gardeners appreciate the adult use of air guns in the selective control of crop predators such as woodchucks, opossum and even raccoons. Air guns may be used to control destructive rodents like rats and as well as other vermin.

Air guns are not subject to the U.S. Gun control Act of 1968 and many other firearm laws. There are little or no purchase or ownership problems in most areas of the United States. Some cities and communities do treat air guns as firearms so it's always a good idea to check with your police department for the local regulations. Normally, you can ship, mail, and take target air guns across state and even international borders, although magnum hunting air rifles above 12 ft-lbs of muzzle energy may be treated as firearms in some countries.