Girandoni Air Rifle

[LongBlade]

I have a .22 pellet rifle and the thing will blast a hole through a aluminum pot cover at approximately 40 feet. I've used it to persuade racoons to leave my yard.

Now I'll bet that impresses Dan!

[Windigo]

Interesting article - thanks. The idea of having the compressed air bottle nestled up to my cheek doesn't really appeal to me. Catastrophic failure equals no head!

Another interesting tidbit. The 500 fps velocity of the Girandoni means that this air rifle would not be considered to be a firearm by Canadian authorities and would fall into the same category as a Daisy BB gun!

a .462 cal projectile at 4-500 fps would ruin your day

[LongBlade]

a .462 cal projectile at 4-500 fps would ruin your day

Yeah. That's not much slower than black powder. It'd leave a mark.