Question. How far do the pellets go? I got the heathen his first bb gun this last fall, thought abot the pellet but the box made it sound like it wasretty much a 22 and our neighborsnfarmhouse is way too close for thst, and even a wayward bullet could get to the school. We do a lot of shotgun out the back door, plent safe for that.
Treat the pellet rifles like a .22 for safety reasons. The pellets
do travel quite a ways. At 1250fps, they can cover 4 football fields in less than a second.
I have the Gamo Whisper Silent Cat for pest control around here. Switched to that because I have Canadian snowbird neighbors and a few years back they got all weirded out when I dispatched a critter with a .22 and some CCI Stinger ammo. At that point I decided to go discreet.
Initially I switched to .22 SB ammo but it's accuracy sucked. Then I found the CCI .22Quiet ammo and that was very accurate but rarely in stock. Each of those types worked well but still sounded like a gunshot.
So I moved on to the pellet rifle. With light pellets the rifle still issues the supersonic crack since the pellets are going above the speed of sound when leaving the muzzle. The sound was nearly as loud as a regular .22 cartridge. At that point I moved up to a 7.4gr pellet which keeps the speed down to the subsonic range. Now when I shoot, all I get is a SPROING! sound as the rifle discharges. Can't be heard more than a dozen or so yards away.
That being said, I'm planning on changing to a 6.48gr pellets to get a little more speed but staying in the transonic range. Should give a little more oomph on impact than the 7.4gr pellets do while remaining quiet.
