Blog posts of '2024' 'October'

It’s that time of year where we start thinking about what we would like to give– and what we would like to receive. Our loved ones have wish lists and so do we. So whether you are scouring the internet for ideas for your loved ones or scratching down notes for yourself, here’s what’s hot under the Umarex umbrella for the 2024 holiday season.

It’s that time of year where we start thinking about what we would like to give– and what we would like to receive. Our loved ones have wish lists and so do we. So whether you are scouring the internet for ideas for your loved ones or scratching down notes for yourself, here’s what's hot under the Umarex umbrella for the 2024 holiday season. First in this three part installment is our look at air pistols. We will break this down into three parts, replica airguns, pellet pistols, and airsoft pistols.

Unless you have so much that you don’t ever have to worry about how much something costs and even then it all comes down to money. Everything we need, everything we consume, every tangible object we mere mortals desire has to be purchased in some way. That formula looks something like unto this: Time (rate of pay/skill or responsibility). There’s really no way to escape it that in this modern western society, one exchanges time and skill for the filthy lucre we need to make life happen.

If you look at the latest news in airgunning you’d think the world has gone mad. Many airguns are now hitting 4 digits left of the old decimal point in price. Ouch. Where did the regular old BB guns go? The good news is that while they might not be making headlines like the uber-expensive PCP airguns, the CO2 and spring powered air guns are still out there and people are still buying them. Which ones would that be? I’m glad you asked.

While we were up in Ohio for the Pyramyd Air Cup a few weeks ago we couldn’t help but notice one of the other vendors there as well. This would be Buck Rail, owned and operated by Terry Harman. Terry is a veteran who loves pew-pews and airguns. He’s also a savvy businessman who was smart enough to focus on a market that isn’t anywhere nearly as crowded as the firearm market– and that would be the airgun market. Yes, the airgun market is still what you would call a niche market, but we do have an enthusiastic group of customers in the airgunning realm. What Terry is doing with Buck Rail is creating products and modifications for airguns that are extremely practical and functional.