air pistols and air rifles
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:57 pm
They can fill a couple of niches:
1. training of new shooters without the expense and storage requirements of firearms projectiles;
2. dealing with small vermin within an enclosed area (home/garage/stable) wherein there is a desire not to destroy the structure or risk having a projectile penetrate a wall or separation.
I suspect that more families among the American Indians harvested more rabbits with throwing sticks than harvested deer/buffalo/elk/moose with a bow and arrow.
During the American Depression, most of the large game were hunted nearly to extinction and many families relied upon squirrels harvested with .22s.
1. training of new shooters without the expense and storage requirements of firearms projectiles;
2. dealing with small vermin within an enclosed area (home/garage/stable) wherein there is a desire not to destroy the structure or risk having a projectile penetrate a wall or separation.
I suspect that more families among the American Indians harvested more rabbits with throwing sticks than harvested deer/buffalo/elk/moose with a bow and arrow.
During the American Depression, most of the large game were hunted nearly to extinction and many families relied upon squirrels harvested with .22s.