greener wrote:My first handgun was a pellet pistol. I bought it when I was 12 or so. It shot BB's, .17 cal pellets and darts. I think the pellets were pretty accurate, it dented tin cans, broke mason jars and punched holes in milk cartons. Somewhere along the way, it punched holes in a few birds. They are great fun and a good way to learn to shoot.
Mine was, also ... a LONG time ago I went out and bought my own, as I lost access to the family airguns when I went out into the world on my own.
(possibly not as long as
you, but it seems like a long time to
me)
Mine was/is one of these, although I didn't have the silly brass handle on the breech cover, you just grab it, rotate about 1/8 of a turn, and pull it back to reveal the breech, the brass lever on the new model just looks silly for doing so little motion.
Before I had my own, the family had the same one, with the option of a stock for rifle practice as well ... I wonder if possession of that stock and a bunch of handguns would constitute a nonsense charge of "constructive possession" of a SBR in the eyes of the BATFEIEIO now?
Darts were always fun indoors, I even had that thing in my barracks room in the USN and shot a few darts every day. Pellets were highly accurate out to 15-20 yards, and I don't remember ever really running BBs, for some reason, I know I don't have anything but pellets
now, the darts were all destroyed and I never see them any more. I still get it out once in a while, I should tear it down and give it a good cleaning, I don't think I ever have since 1998/9 when I bought it, it still works, although I think some of the seals in the pump system are drying out, it takes a few tries to get it to actually pump instead of just wheezing at me.
I've been contemplating one of these for a while:
http://www.crosman.com/custom-shop/2/step1
although I can't really articulate a reason beyond "for fun shooting in my home every day"