Blog posts tagged with 'airgun hunting'

 

What a wacky, weird year this has been. Well, it started out more or less normal in most areas of the country, but as the summer wore on, and it’s evidently still wearing on, normal went out of the window many weeks ago. The usual mid-to-late September cool down we experience here in the Ozarks...

Forgive me for coming up with such a creative title. Sometimes you just can’t church it up and you are left with being boring and succinct. As succinctly as possible, it would appear that the topic of this blog will deal with comparing PCP air rifles to each other and then, those rifles to the common .22LR rimfire caliber. If you have gathered that much, thank you.

Why do I let this surprise me every year? January through April absolutely drags by then, when the weather gets really nice for May, it feels like the accelerator pedal of time hits the floor. June, July, and August fly by as if three whole months were a mere three weeks. Here we are smack in the middle of August with the end of the year staring us in the face. But before we get to the end of the year, the autumn hunting seasons open up, and wouldn’t you know it, unexpectedly soon.

The casual observer will have noted from the title of this blog that straight wall cartridges are most certainly firearms and that observation is correct in both connotation and denotation. There’s no alternative interpretation that is applicable. Now your mind jumps– “Is Umarex making a .45-70 or 360 Buckhammer rifle?”

I know it is May. It’s May and we are in the neighborhood of 6 months away from deer season. That being the case, and you being the kind of outdoorsman that like to get his gear in order well before you need it, it would be a nice time to let you know that the Hammer Carbine is here and it is all that and a bag of chips.

About 110,000,000 people have been born in the US in the last 25 years. I’ve heard that using statistics and figures is a good attention getting technique in public speaking and essay writing. However, I cannot correlate that sum with any pertinent fact in regard to airgunning. Now that I have your attention (or don’t– whatever) I need to lay down the logic on why you need an airgun in 2024.

How do you like to measure power? For me it depends on what you are talking about. If we are talking about lightbulbs, watts or watt equivalent will let me know how much light output to expect from that bulb. If it is an internal combustion engine, then horsepower and torque help tell the story for me. But when it comes to guns, from firearms to airguns, there are two common ways to describe power output and, depending on where you are from, one might be more common than the other.

PCP air rifles are available in many different calibers. Logically, larger caliber air rifles consume more air per shot than smaller caliber air rifles and as a result those larger air rifles typically are sold with larger high pressure onboard air tanks. No big surprises there. However we often receive questions from people looking to get into a PCP air rifle about filling methods and air tank size. With that said, we will briefly address our PCP airgun line, their tank sizes, and recommended methods for filling each gun’s tank.

Thousands of airgunners are getting ready for the most-exciting and anticipated time of the year - deer season. But suppose you’re new to the world of hunting with a PCP airgun like an Umarex Hammer? What do you need to know before your first season hunting big game with air?

Sometimes you just have to make a decision. I know that when we are looking to buy an item, and it takes a little setting aside of money (and accounting for how many hours of your life you’ll trade for that item) and picking the Right One™ is of the utmost importance. Some people will rationalize the decision over days, even weeks coming up with a list of reasons why this particular item is the Right One™.