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Not necessarily, but similar. An air rifle can be a BB gun, or it can be a pellet gun. Pellet guns are rifled, have more power, greater accuracy. .

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Is a pump action pellet gun the same as a air pellet gun?

Yes. Pellet guns are: Pump action, C02 driven, Spring action. The more powerful ones are called PCP. (Precharged pneumatic. ) They use a Tire pump or scuba tank to charge them. All Air Guns & Air Rifles are driven by Air or C02.


What are air rifle guns?

There are air rifles and there are air guns. These are guns that use air or C02 to fire a BB or Pellet, not gunpowder. A DAISY RED RYDER BB Rifle would be considered an "air rifle." There are several companies that make air guns and air rifles. Gamo, Daisy, Crosman, and Umarex are a few of these companies.


What is the difference between an air gun and BB gun?

Actually a BB gun is an air gun. But an air gun also includes pellet guns and rifles. BB guns are the bottom end of the air gun family. Pellet guns are more accurate than BB guns and they usually cost more.


What is the most powerful BB gun?

If you are asking about airguns in general not just BB guns, but Pellet guns also. The family of PCP air guns. (Precharged Pneumatic Guns (PCPs) these use a scuba tank to charge the rifle. They can shoot up to a 50 cal bullet and bring down a Moose. As for BB guns alone most will fall into the under 500 feet per second group. Where Pellet rifles can exceed 1000 feet per second. BB guns/rifles are not as accurate as pellet guns/rifles. Because BB guns use a smooth boar barrel where pellet guns use rifling in the barrel.


What is the difference between an air rifle and a BB gun?

Both are powered by Air or CO2. But a bb gun fires a bb. (.177 caliber) BB guns and Rifles traditionally have smooth bore barrels. Air Rifles (I assume you are asking about Pellet firing air rifles) fire .177 pellets usually through a "rifled bore barrel" giving the pellet more spin and causing it to travel straighter. Pellet Air Rifles come in .177 cal, but also come in 20, 22, 25, 45 and 50 Caliber pellets. They tend to be more powerful than the bb rifles. Crosman, Daisy Beeman and RWS are just a few of the air gun makers who make bb guns and Pellet Air Rifles.


What caliber air guns are there?

Air guns and air rifles come in many sizes. BB guns are .177. Pellet guns & rifles are made in .177, .20, .22, .25, 9MM, 357 Cal, 45 Cal and 50 Caliber. The last four sizes are usually restricted to the PCP (PreCharged Pneumatic) class of air guns. (Big Boar)


What is the difference between a pellet gun and a air rifle?

A pellet Gun and a Air gun are the same thing. A pellet rifle and an air rifle are the same thing. You are most likely referring to a Pellet gun/rifle verses an Airsoft gun/rifle. Pellet guns fire a metal projectile up to 1.500 FPS (Feet per Second) and are used for target practice or hunting. Airsoft guns are capable of firing a 6mm plastic projectile up to 500 FPS and are designed to be used in Combat play where people shoot at each other. Much like Paintball only with less force. That's where the term "SOFT" come from. Unfortunately "AirSoft guns" are often mistakenly referred to as "air guns" when they should be referred to as 'AirSoft guns". Airsoft is considered more as a toy where "pellet air guns" are the next closest thing to a firearm with less power. Airsoft guns/rifles all have red tips to let everyone know that they can be shot at another person. Pellet air guns/rifles look similar to a firearm (NO RED TIP) and are never used in team play where people shoot at each other.


Does an air rifle shoot plastic pellets?

An AIRSOFT Rifle shoots plastic BBs. An Air rifleshoots steel BBs or lead pellets. Airsoft guns and rifles have an Orange or Red tip on the barrel. BB guns and pellet guns / rifles do not have a red or orange tip on the barrel.


Who Manufactures of high velocity pellet guns?

There are several manufactures of High Velocity pellet guns and rifles. Just to name a few: Air Force, ShinSung, Benjamin, Feinwerkbau, Daystate, Anschutz, Beeman, Alfa, Evanix, Crosman, Gamo/BSA, Hammerli, Sumatra, Air Armes and Falcon. All of these are PCP (PreCharged Pneumatic) air guns and rifles that require a special pump, Compressor or Scuba tank to charge them to 3,000 PSI. The Sam Yang model fires a 50 caliber pellet that will bring down a deer. PCP air guns /rifles are beyond the C02 and springer power plants that most air guns use. But these guns /rifles will cost you more than the normal air rifle. They come in .177, .20, .22, .25, 9mm, 45 .cal and 50caliber barrels. These are the Air rifles used by professionals and Olympic shooters in the Olympics.


Can convicted felons own or possess bb guns in minnesota?

No, convicted felons may not own BB guns, pellet guns, air rifles, dart guns, tasers, or any other similar weapon.


Where do people get pellet guns from?

Sporting goods stores or off the web. Do a search for Air guns or Pellet guns on the web.


What is the difference between an air rifles and a rim fire rifles?

Rim Fire bullets (Rifles or guns) require a firing pin that strikes the bullet casing and the resulting explosion of gunpowder in the shell fires the bullet out of the barrel. Air guns have NO firing pin. An air valve or piston forces air or C02 into the barrel behind the pellet or BB and this shoots the projectile out of the barrel.