Air Guns are USEFUL TOOLS:

'kay then .. as part of a recent deal with a mate - I bought an older Gamo CFX 22 under-lever air rifle and a classic BSA Scorpion .177 air pistol.

Both non-firearms are well engineered and surprisingly weighty while employing plastics for the stocks .. I'd guess nylon.

- I'd reasonably expect both guns to be pushing-out around 500 + ft.per.sec velocities with lead pellets - but naturally the bigger heavier .22 projectile would be more impactful from the rifle. There are so many different pellets available as VARIABLES, that if you disagree, I have no hesitation in accepting that you are correct. The CFX22 reminds me of my Webley Mk3 that I owned as a teenager nearly 70 years ago.

There are rabbits around within walking distance and there certainly are plenty of cute California Quail who call 'where are you'  to each other in my location.

A decent airgun makes a most useful survival tool being fun, quiet and cheap to shoot.

I did some "ballistic testing" into plasticine a few months back - comparing a toy Wang Peng slingshot rifle to a .22 L.R

https://flicense.blogspot.com/2025/11/chinese-slingshot-rifle-300-fps-toy.html

Lead versus Steel 8mm Ball from Slingshot "rifle":

* If one was to compare the airguns' pellets with the heavier slingshot balls - I'd suggest both are capable tools..

- Well here's a go with these two airguns ..

.177" pistol  versus  .22" rifle

It's very obvious that the bigger, heavier rifle pellet penetrated further .. around twice as deep into the dense plasticine .. but I don't say this proves anything ..

Note: All this plasticine clay shooting is at close range and ambient temperature. Larger, heavier pills will retain more energy down range.

Both rabbits and small game birds are easy to dispatch - all you've got to do is HIT THEM.

Hunting is useful healthy exercise and good fun while the harvested wild meats are very tasty & nourishing - no question about that.

Back in the '80's I kept 'New Zealand White' rabbits for meat - and I assure you that my caged system produced lot's of delicious protein for a family of four, plus guests, who chose to believe they were eating chicken with flaky pastry rather than bright-eyes-bunnie.

IF you are carniverous .. don't lie to yourself eh .. Meat is dead animal.

Now I came across this NZ Medical Journal anti-gun Article .. where the writers are testing a Gamo nitro-piston air rifle on pig cadavors. Worth reading to learn exactly what inaccurate prejudice is ..

https://nzmj.org.nz/media/pages/journal/vol-137-no-1591/children-s-toys-no-longer-a-porcine-model-study-of-the-lethality-of-modern-air-rifles/dcf42157e3-1709520345/6378.pdf

These scientific authors are promoting their PC anti-gun sentiments via costly medical research. - They call the test air rifle a "spring loaded weapon" and a lethal "firearm" - but it is an IGT pneumatic nitro gas piston tool ..

IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY - WE MUST INSIST THAT ALL NZ POLICE EMPLOYEES QUALIFY FOR, OBTAIN, AND MAINTAIN THE SAME STANDARD NZ FIREARMS LICENCE in exactly the same way that we citizens are required to. - How can police claim to be well trained without achieving a Firearms Licence?

Marty K.