Introduction: What Are Foot-Pounds of Energy (FPE) in Airguns?

When choosing an airgun for hunting, target shooting, or pest control, understanding foot-pounds of energy (FPE) is essential. Many shooters focus on feet per second (FPS) when purchasing an air rifle, but velocity alone doesn’t deter...

 

 

You may not know this, but our Beretta replica air pistols are as cool as the other side of the pillow. Howso?  First of all, two of our Beretta replicas have full-auto capability.  While this feature in the real steel world might as well not exist, in the BB world, there’s no impediment to ...

 

It’s hard to pick a winner based on limited information. You might as well toss the dice and go with that.  Even when you have some information or all the information, if you have blinders on, you still end up seeing what you want to see. If nothing else, the state of popular culture and our co...

 

 

If you’ve been around the handgun world for any length of time you know there are two basic camps when it comes to autoloaders: “Tupperware” and “Real Steel”. The former being polymer based firearms and the latter being steel framed firearms.  In some people’s minds the difference between th...

 

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...

 

 

The old saying is that money doesn’t grow on trees.  Yes, the struggle is real and these days more and more people are struggling to pay their bills, let alone pick up some new gear for their hobbies. Inflation and stagnant wages are tag-teaming us average Joe's to cause pain.  One of the nice...

This year, 2025 is a bit of a different year for us.  We don’t really have a huge breakout product announcement for this year.  However we do have a good number of new items slated for release over the next 11 months. Does this mean innovation at Umarex is slacking? Not at all. On the contrary, we n...

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The category of air pistols has and is mostly filled with BB shooting varieties. If a pellet version was offered, historically, this was a break barrel design or a bolt action CO2 powered model.