looking to buy my first rifle

[reddot]

hey guys iam really new to the air rifle community.i fired a friends rifle a few times and i am hooked.i did some searching and came up with a rifle the airsoft utg type96 which has all the features i like except that it shoots bbs and i would like one that shoots pellets because i think they are more accurate and better for hunting .to be specfic what i am looking for is a spring action rifle which fires muliple pellet shots . am i correct with my pellets vs bbs assumtion thanks for any suggestions  that you may

[TCups]

Welcome to the GTA Jamie.
Pellet guns in general, and springer air rifles in particular are in a different class completely from Air Soft guns.  Yes, they are much more accurate and generally, much more powerful.  The  springer rifles are strictly single shot air rifles.  You have to cock the action (compress the spring) and reload between each shot.  Some pre-charged pneumatic (compressed air) and CO2-powered guns are repeaters, having bolt actions that allow multiple shots from a pre-loaded magazine of pellets.  But as far as a true "semi-automatic: or automatic springer, there is no such air rifle I know of.

You can spend anywhere from a around $50 to$2500 (and more) on an air rifle.  And you can spend almost as much again on scopes and accessories.  You need to decide a few things up front.  Do you want a full sized air rifle (adult) or a smaller youth model?  Do you want to shoot mainly paper targets or do you want to be able to hunt small varmints (squirrels, birds)?  Do you want to shoot with open "iron" sights or diopter "peep" sights or with a rifle scope?  Also, depending on where you live, local laws and ordinances may restrict what you would be able to purchase and shoot.

What is your budget?

[geewhiz380]

WELCOME JAMIE TCUPS SAID AND HE IS RIGHT THEY R MANY RIFLES TO CHOOSE FROM AND PRICE RANGE FROM 50 TOO EVEN 3000 DOLLARS CHECK PYRAMID AIR THERES DIFFERENT SIZE CALIBERS FROM THE SMALLEST .177 TO THE BIGGEST 50 CAL PELLETS MAKE NO MISTAKE IT COULD HURT SOMEONE IN A SERIOUS WAY AND WE DONT WANT THAT .TO START OFF LIKE I DID I BOUGHT A SIMPLE WHISPER .177 TO TARGET PRACTICE WHICH I FIND ENTERTAINING AND COMPETITIVE WITH MY SONS .A GOOD CHOICE IS 200.00 AND KEEP IT AT .177 AND CHOOSE WISELY CAUSE IT BECOMES EXPENSIVE .GUN,SCOPE,PELLETS MOUNT FOR THE SCOPE SO KNOW IT LIKE 325.00.GOOD LUCK AND WHERE SHOOTIN GLASSES AND BE SAFE ...GOD BLESS MY FRIEND .......JORGE...

[Meann-Machine]

Go to the top of the Forum Page and click into the Air Gun Reviews. That will give you a little bit of a starting point regarding various air rifles. Then figure out how much you are willing to spend, including accessories. Next check the various on line air gun stores like Compassico and Pyramyd, to name just a couple. Review their reviews too. Then compare what you want with what you can afford and plunk down your money. In addition I would add to what the other two have said: Na air soft rifle is NOT comparable to an adult air rifle. Nor does a bebe gun compare with the power procission and feel of an adult air rifle. Good Luck

Meann-Machine

[RedFeather]

Before you buy your air rifle, please check with your local police, etc, to see if you can legally shoot where you live.  Some states and cities (New Jersey or Chicago, for example) have pretty severe regulations.  Also, your local laws stack up on top of state laws.  That is, if your state says OK and the country/city says NO WAY, it's NO WAY.  

Pellet guns of any kind are much more powerful than airsoft.  The only repeater which functions like a semi-auto airsoft that I know of is the Crosman 1077 which looks like a Ruger 10/22.  It has a clip magazine and uses CO2.  The velocity is kind of on the weak side, although it would do for small birds.  I would not use it on squirrels.  The two downsides of the 10/77 are 1) It is not too accurate due to the heavy trigger pull.  (It is not a true semi-automatic; you cycle the gun by pulling the trigger.)   2) You can quickly go through CO2 cartridges which can be a bit expensive.

That said, the 10/77 can be a fun plinking gun and they don't cost an arm and a leg.

[Schmidty25]

Well my suggestion to you is to get a Crossman G1 Extreme or the quest with the scope.  I bought mine from a Dicks sporting goods nearbye for $100.  It's a great starter gun IMOP.   But as others have said it's all what you want to do with it!

[Cvedrick]

This is like my first air rifle:

http://www.pyramydair.com/p/crosman-2100b-air-rifle.shtml

If you wait and check around for a while, you can get them re-furbished for $45.00 or so.

[birdmove]

My first air rifle was a Crosman 1077 CO2 gun. My third air rifle is also my favorite-a Remington Airmaster 77. It's made by Crosman and is basically a Crosman 2100B that looks different. And it shoots very well.Is is consistant (unlike my Crosman 1077 CO2 gun and my Beeman model 1024 springer), it is consistantly very accurate (again, unlike the other two), is not picky about what pellets it likes-other than the two Crosman Premiers I have-the wadcutters and the hollow point.These pellets it doesn't care for too much.It's very quiet for back yard target shooting using five pumps.I think the 2100B and the Airmaster are great first airguns.

   jon