I have a Crosman 1377 pellet pistol sitting by the door in the shop...
which shoots .177 pellets and takes from 1 to 10 pumps to "arm".
With it's 10" barrel it's surprisingly accurate for a cheap air pistol.
I have shot expensive Feinwerkbau air rifles, it's not quite the same... but
it's not bad for $50.
However, I just tried 10 pumps at point-blank range and it buried the
pellet about 0.29" below the surface of a 2" x 2" pine board.
There is an entertaining review of the 1377 about midway down this page:
http://home.att.net/~jjaxelrod/air.html
I think(?) the rifle counterpart to the 1377 pistol is the
2100B/2100Classic reviewed he
http://www.reviewcentre.com/review161400.html
David



"Eric R Snow" wrote in message
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I usta have a nice, accurate pump pellet rifle. I can't be sure, but I
think it was a Sheridan. Anyway, it took several pumps for full
velocity and fired .177 cal pellets (I think). It was quite accurate
and would put pellets right through a 2x4 when pumped enough. On the
other hand, just a couple pumps would send pellets out slow enough
that they wouldn't go through heavy paper at about 40 feet away. Is
there a pellet rifle available today that matches my old one? I have
looked and can only find the ones that take just one pump and it's the
barrel that's the pump lever, not the fore stock like my old one. I
want the variable velocity.
Thanks,
eric