Quick Answer: Best Air Pistols for Backyard Shooting

The best air pistols for backyard shooting are typically .177 caliber BB or pellet pistols designed for recreational target practice and plinking. Most backyard air pistols use CO₂, spring piston, or pneumatic power systems and are capable o...

Quick Answer: CO2 vs Spring vs PCP Air Pistols

CO2 air pistols use disposable carbon dioxide cartridges to power each shot and are widely used for recreational shooting, training replicas, and backyard plinking.

Spring piston air pistols generate compressed air using a mechanical spring and pist...

 

Quick Answer: BB Pistols vs Pellet Pistols

A BB pistol fires spherical steel BBs and is typically designed for recreational shooting, plinking, and firearm-style training. BB pistols often feature high-capacity magazines and semi-automatic operation.

A pellet pistol fires diabolo-shaped pelle...

 

Shooting BB guns is fun no matter how old you are.  I won’t even put a Matel-esque 99 year age limit on it.  Umarex has been in the business of making BB guns for a long time now. While we are known as the King of Replicas, meaning handgun replicas, we are also a fair hand at making BB rifles o...

Like a car in your passenger side mirror, Christmas is closer than it appears. It is bearing down on you with the cruise control set and it isn’t slowing down for nothing. Before you know it, we will be finishing up Thanksgiving dinner only to hit our phones and computers to begin frenzied Black...

If you've been shopping for a CO2 air pistol, you may have come across the term "blowback action" in product descriptions. New shooters often wonder: What exactly is blowback, and should you care about it when buying an airgun pistol? In this article, we'll break down the meaning of blowback, expl...

BB guns are one of the most iconic and accessible types of airguns on the market. Whether you're reliving childhood memories or just getting started with shooting sports, BB guns offer a fun and approachable entry point. In this second installment of the Airgun 411 series, we’ll explore the history of BB guns, their types, the power sources that fuel them, and the most common ways they're used — featuring examples exclusively from Umarex USA.

 

One of the best things you can do is give the gift of BB gun fun at Christmas. It’s nearly as good to give this gift to yourself. BB guns have come a long way since the 1980s but in general some things are still very true about them. Number one, they are fun. First hand experience, to anecdotal...

Value and Innovation are two things that rank highly in what we do. We love to give our customers a whole lot of bang for their buck and give them an airgun shooting experience that is just not found everywhere. For some products these two features align to a great deal, and on some other products one might win out over the other. In the case of the brand new AER16 BB carbine, there’s certainly a case for both, but many might see this as favoring the innovative side of the coin. Let’s lay out the facts surrounding the AER16 and you can decide for yourself.

Umarex USA® has shipped the Legends Cowboy Rifle, a lever action BB rifle that’s authentic in action right down to the loading of and its ejecting of cartridges.