Unfortunately air guns are a topic that is not very well covered, every other aspect of survival and prepping is over talked about, to the point that I just read it and do not add to the white noise of sheer volume. I feel air rifles are an important part of everyones preps, and they are a topic I have some knowledge in, so air guns are one area that I can contribute some small amount of information, even if I am not very articulate in my communication.
Myth 1, Super Sonic
It is common place to see people that say that you need a 1200FPS air rifle. Well they are unfortunately misinformed, sorry.
The two errors with the idea of a rifle that will through a pellet at more than 1050FPS are, that with real weight pellets it will not (do not use the super light weight pellets that will go that fast), and second they have no idea about the external ballistics of a pellet in flight.
Any pellet light enough for the air rifle to send out at super sonic speeds will loose its power very fast and be subsonic within 4 or 5 yards, at which point the shock wave that it created while supersonic will catch up to it and slap it hard, making its trajectory somewhat unpredictable. This is the biggest issue.
Also any super light weight pellet is going to loose its energy very quickly. This is because it has a low sectional density, and thus a lower ballistic coefficient, meaning that the air will slow it down faster because its mass relative to the area of its head pushing through the air is a low.
Myth 2, Need very high power
Sorry, though a little misinformed. You need enough power, though shot placement is the more important detail. So long as you get enough power to your prey when hunting you have enough power, and this is less than most think.
When hunting with air rifles you must be precise, and actually get the pellet through a vital part to cause death. This is because unlike modern firearms an air rifle relies completely on penetration to do its damage. A pellet will not cause hydrostatic shock like most modern firearms, so you must hit the vitals directly. This means that you must be way more accurate to hunt with a pellet gun than you need to be to hunt with a modern firearm.
This is the reason you may hear stories about someone buying an air rifle, and claiming that it will not kill a squirrel, and they know they are a good enough shot because they can make the kill with there firearms. Well the problem is that they need to hit a bit smaller area with an air rifle.
The general rule is that to hunt out to 20 yards range, you must be able to hit a target the size of a US Quarter at 25 yards better than 90% of the time. That is because of the small effective kill zone.
Myth 3, Springers are not accurate
So many people will go out and buy a magnum break barrel for there first air gun, and immediately go out and shoot, using only one pellet, and holding the spring piston/gas piston/nitro piston with the same tight grip they use on there firearms, and then complain that the air rifle is not accurate.
The real problem is that a spring piston style air rifle requires a special hold, that we call the artillery hold. Add to this that the person is using only one type of pellets, not trying to figure out what pellets do best in there air rifle, you have the perfect blend for missing the broad side of a truck. Often times a person gets turned off to air guns after an experience like that.
This is the reason I will usually recommend that someone new to air guns get either a pneumatic (pump, or PCP) or CO2 air rifle to start out. This will give them a better idea of how well air rifles are able to shoot, as there is no special hold needed, and they do not have any notable recoil in either direction.
Myth 4, Magnum Springer/Gas Piston/Nitro Piston air guns are the only adult air guns.
This myth can be truly dangerous. It is not true, there are many other kinds of adult air rifles.
The reason for the danger is that I have witnessed the unfortunate event of someone buying an adult air rifle for a young kids first trainer, with the parrent thinking that because it is a multi pump or similar it must be a kids rifle. This is very dangerous, unless you commit to teaching the kid gun safety the same way you would if you had given them a Ruger 10/22.
There are many adult CO2, PCP, Pump Pneumatic and other air guns. It is unfortunate that so many in this country have the complete wrong idea about air rifles.
There are 50 caliber air rifles that are pneumatic, and deliver more than 500FPE (foot pounds energy), that is more than many firearms can do. So think about it, I would say that is an adult air gun.
There are pump pneumatics that can produce over 10FPE, that is definitely an adult air gun.
There are very powerful CO2 rifles as well, to powerful to give a kid before they are well trained in gun safety. Again these are adult air rifles.
Myth 5, Air Guns are intricate
No more so than firearms. I have worked on many air guns, and many firearms. Usually the firearms are more intricate than the air guns, with few exceptions.
Myth 6, you need a scuba tank or electric/gas high pressure pump for PCP's
This is far from true. You can purchase a high pressure hand pump to fill a PCP rifle/pistol for as little as $180USD. Depending on the max fill pressure of the rifle it can be very easy to fill a PCP using one of these hand pumps.
These pumps look like bicycle pumps, though they produce up to 3000PSI of pressure, much much more than any tire can handle.
END OF MYTHS FOR NOW
I know that there are many others, though these are the ones that seem to be most present in the prepper community. I hope that this helps clear some things up for sum people.
Pellet Rifle Myths.
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