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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...

“The best”-- it’s a subjective term in cases of preference and definitive in terms of a race or track performance. When it comes to marketing and selling stuff, “The Best” is often proclaimed on a certain product to get your attention– “Best in class towing capacity”, “Best sounding speakers under $XXX” and on and on.

Some of the coolest items on earth are made out of a precious, rare material called Unobtanium. Unobtanium is so rare and special that unless you are also a very rare and special person, you will likely never get your hands on that item. In fact, you might never even lay your eyes on said object in person.

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.

The centerpiece of modern airgun competition is benchrest shooting. Why? The most likely explanation for this is the level of precision needed to be competitive and the elimination of as many variables as possible. In theory, the benchrest is simply the static distance from the bench to the target, the weather conditions, the rifle, and, to a lesser extent, the shooter.

Winter is gonna winter. Here in the northern hemisphere that means cooler weather for all of us and some of us get blessed (blasted?) with the powdery precipitation more commonly called snow.

Earlier this year our Canex CO2 powered air rifle arrived on the market. While this is a very affordable air rifle, it has a lot going for it. First and foremost, this rifle is powered by 12g CO2. Not only does this make for a reliable power source for the rifle, 12g non-threaded CO2 cartridges can be found in many department stores, sporting goods stores, and online, should you choose to shop there.

I know, the band U2 is not everyone’s cup of tea, but New Year’s Day is quickly approaching. And every year for the past 15 or so years I have made it a tradition to blast this tune in whatever vehicle I happen to drive that day. The lyric, “nothing changes, on New Year’s Day” stands to remind me, yet again and forever, as the years go by, nothing ever really changes.

 

This happens sometimes.  That is something that people like and like for good reasons, goes out of stock. Sometimes this happens for ridiculously long periods of time. Case in point would be our Origin rifle kit.  

 

The Origin has lots of reasons to like it. The Origin is accurate, has a smo...