What air gun should i buy for Rabbit hunting?

nothing like ';buy a .22LR and use that';


it's in my garden with a rabbit investation


Please less than $45(low on cash)


Shooting Jackrabbits and CottontailsWhat air gun should i buy for Rabbit hunting?
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There are going to be very few airguns in that price range capable of taking a rabbit.





You need a minimum of 5.0fpe at impact with a perfect head shot to make a clean, humane kill on a rabbit.





The Daisy 880s(rifle + scope combo) sells for $39 at my local Wal-Mart. The 880 generates a muzzle energy of 7.6fpe** with pellets, so you should be able to hunt rabbit at close range. I would suggest no more than 20 yards and 15 would be better





**665fps with 7.7gr pellets(7.6fpe) %26gt;according to the manual for the Daisy 880





Daisy 880s - Specs - Reviews


http://www.pyramydair.com/p/daisy-880s-c鈥?/a>


Pyramyd Air has 715fps with pellets, which seems to be in error. The manual is more accurate(665fps)





IMO, if you could go just a little more($60), the Crosman 2100 is a much better choice. The 2100 actually does get 725fps with 7.9gr pellets(9.2fpe)


http://www.pyramydair.com/p/crosman-2100鈥?/a>What air gun should i buy for Rabbit hunting?
Add some more amount. bellow is the best:





Crosman Recruit Pump Pellet %26amp; BB Rifle with Scope and Adustable Stock





Description:


The Crosman Recruit is one of the best multi-pump rifles we have seen on the market as of late. With an adjustable stock and rear sight makes this gun excellent for back yard bench shooting with both BBs and Pellets. With an easy to use pump mechanism you can expect hours of fun as you shoot papers targets, shatter blasts and breakable targets!





Features:


Includes 4x15 Targetfinder Scope with Rings


Multi-pump pneumatic (up to 10 pumps)


Shoots steel BBs or .177-cal. pellets


BB reservoir holds 200 BBs, spring-fed magazine holds 18 BBs


5-shot clip holds pellets


Repeater (1-10 pumps for each shot)


Adjustable buttstock changes pull length from 12.25'; to 14';


Fiber optic front sight


Adjustable rear sight


Scope rail


Up to 680 fps with steel BBs and up to 645 fps with pellets


Never shoot steel BBs at hard objects





Specifications:


Max Velocity: 680 fps with BBs


Loudness: 3-Medium - Similar to a low powered nail gun


Weight: 2.95 lbs


Overall Length: 38.25';


Capacity: 18 round(s) magazine with 200 round BB reservoir


Cocking Effort: 15 lbs


Barrel: Smooth bore


Front Sight: Fiber Optic


Rear Sight: Adjustable for windage and elevation


Scope Rail: 11mm dovetail


Trigger adj.: Single-stage


Buttpad: Adjustable from 12.25'; to 14';


Suggested for: Backyard Bench Shooting, Plinking, Youth and Family Fun


Action: Single shot bolt-action


Power Plant: Multi-pump pneumatic (Maximum 10 pumps)


Safety: Manual


Repeater: Yes
sorry i missread the question, well if i would realy try to get a second hand one and if your hunting rabbits it realy needs to be a decent power, id never try to use these smoothbore pump up rifles like daisys it would be inhumane.


Id get a .22 spring piston air rifle, id recomend a breakbarrel as they are faster to reload or you could get a co2 rifle like the smk 78 i think you call it xs78 but its a full power chineese copy of a old crossman rifle and it is very good for hunting and no recoil but east co2 and would cost about 70$


So for the price range your pretty much stuck wih a bottom of the range chineese rifle like a b2 or that one that looks kind of liek a ak, in this price rane with the chineese id avoid getting a breakbarrel as they tend to have a loose fitting soemtimes so would go for a under or side lever with abit of work you can redo the stocks and tune up the rifle and it wont be a bad hunter, but if you can save up abit of cash id get a xs78 for abit more and if you dont want a co2 id get a xs19 its lightweight, powerfull and accurate and realy good quality for the money.





Happy hunting
If your operating budget is less than $45, then there are really only three choices: the Daisy 880, the Crosman 760, and the Tech Force庐 15.





The Daisy 880 is a 10 pump pneumatic air-rifle built by Daisy. It shoots 7.7 grain pellets at up to 665 fps for 7.6 ff-lbs of muzzle energy. (In reality you're more likely to see around 650 fps with 7.9 grain pellets which works out to around 7.4 ft-lbs.) Its reasonably accurate. More to the point, Walmart usually sells Daisy 880s for around $40. Even though the Crosman 2100 is a better choice for hunting rabbits, given that its the best option in your price range, this is the gun I'd recommend.





The Crosman 660 is a 10 pump pneumatic airgun built by Crosman. Unlike the Daisy 880, most of the time these are smooth-bores. It shoots a 7.9 grain pellet at up to 600 fps for a muzzle energy of 6.3 ft-lbs of energy. It usually costs somewhere between $30-$40 at Walmart.





The Tech Force庐 15 is a cheap Chinese spring piston rifle. It claims a muzzle velocity of 650 fps but doesn't say with what weight pellet. Assuming the pellets are 7.9 grain it should deliver around 7.4 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. Compasseco lists it for $31.96, but you'll have to add shipping into that which should put it up to $40 or slightly more.





To hunt rabbits, the gun you chose needs to deliver an impact energy of 5 ft-lbs. All three of the guns I mentioned can do that out to 20 yards. Maybe 25 yards for the Daisy 880 with pointed/round nose pellets (though that's really pushing the envelope and I'd feel more comfortable taking the shot at 20 yards).





To hunt jackrabbits, you need an impact energy of 8 ft-lbs. None of the rifles I mentioned above can do that. (The Daisy 880 comes closest at 7.6 ft-lbs nominally.) In order to get the 8 ft-lbs of impact energy you need for jackrabbits, you're going to have to spend some more money to get a rifle like the Crosman 2100 (7.9 grain pellet @725 fps for a muzzle energy of 9.2 ft-lbs, $60), Daisy 22SG (14 grain pellet @ 600 fps for a muzzle energy of 11.2 ft-lbs, $96), or a Crosman Phantom (7.9 grain pellet @ 1000 fps for a muzzle energy of 17.5 ft-lbs nominally (7.9 grain pellet @ 850-900 fps for 12.6-14 ft-lbs muzzle energy is more likely), $90). Any way you go, you'll probably be limited to no more than 20-25 yards with the multi-pumps and maybe 25-30 yards with the springer.





The Benjamin 392 and Benjamin 397 (along with a host of springers and PCP guns are available in the more than $100 category, but I tried to hold my recommendations to under $100 on the better options for rabbit/jackrabbit hunting which is why I'm not including details on them.
With $45, all you can get is something that can accomplish a serious wound and a prolonged death. When you get $100-110 saved up, get an entry level ';1000 fps'; break barrel like Crosman Storm XT. Until you have the proper rifle and the skill to kill in one shot, please leave the rabbits alone and be an ethical ';hunter';.
i would use a daisy pump rifle where the forearm of the airgun pumps. pump about 20 times for a good hit. it is recomended just to pump ten times but it won't hurt anything except the airtank and the rabbit. mine lasted 10 years and i used to pump it up to 100 times.
crossman 760, daisy 880 from any sporting goods or walmart! most swap meets carry the chinese b-3 for $30 in 22cal.. just keep your shots under 15yrds!