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Unless you have so much that you don’t ever have to worry about how much something costs and even then it all comes down to money. Everything we need, everything we consume, every tangible object we mere mortals desire has to be purchased in some way. That formula looks something like unto this: Time (rate of pay/skill or responsibility). There’s really no way to escape it that in this modern western society, one exchanges time and skill for the filthy lucre we need to make life happen.

If you look at the latest news in airgunning you’d think the world has gone mad. Many airguns are now hitting 4 digits left of the old decimal point in price. Ouch. Where did the regular old BB guns go? The good news is that while they might not be making headlines like the uber-expensive PCP airguns, the CO2 and spring powered air guns are still out there and people are still buying them. Which ones would that be? I’m glad you asked.

While we were up in Ohio for the Pyramyd Air Cup a few weeks ago we couldn’t help but notice one of the other vendors there as well. This would be Buck Rail, owned and operated by Terry Harman. Terry is a veteran who loves pew-pews and airguns. He’s also a savvy businessman who was smart enough to focus on a market that isn’t anywhere nearly as crowded as the firearm market– and that would be the airgun market. Yes, the airgun market is still what you would call a niche market, but we do have an enthusiastic group of customers in the airgunning realm. What Terry is doing with Buck Rail is creating products and modifications for airguns that are extremely practical and functional.

It’s officially mid-September and Team Umarex has just gotten settled back into their normal routines after having attended the 2024 Pyramyd Air Cup in Marengo, Ohio. Due to a weird weather pattern, the central Ohio area was a bit warmer than usual. It was also a bit more windy than usual, too, during daylight hours. Depending on how you look at it, the lack of rain was either a blessing or a curse. I’m sure, given the near drought conditions present in Ohio, the natives were ready for some precipitation however they could get it.

Pre-Charged Pneumatics are and have been increasingly popular for the past decade. With each new airgun there’s always a list of specifications that are published. People like myself like to go straight to the specification section of any product. While the description is likely full of the same information as listed in the specifications, some initial questions can be answered by checking out the specs first.

Value and Innovation are two things that rank highly in what we do. We love to give our customers a whole lot of bang for their buck and give them an airgun shooting experience that is just not found everywhere. For some products these two features align to a great deal, and on some other products one might win out over the other. In the case of the brand new AER16 BB carbine, there’s certainly a case for both, but many might see this as favoring the innovative side of the coin. Let’s lay out the facts surrounding the AER16 and you can decide for yourself.

Forgive me for coming up with such a creative title. Sometimes you just can’t church it up and you are left with being boring and succinct. As succinctly as possible, it would appear that the topic of this blog will deal with comparing PCP air rifles to each other and then, those rifles to the common .22LR rimfire caliber. If you have gathered that much, thank you.

Sitting quietly in the pages of our catalog is a little rifle that was introduced about 4 years ago. Well, introduced isn’t the right word. It would be better to say that the Fusion 2 was re-introduced as the successor of the original Fusion. While these two rifles did share the same power source, 12g CO2, and both shot .177 caliber pellets- the revamped Fusion 2 utilized a 9-shot rotary magazine and slick bolt action. Not to mention the CO2 tube was vastly improved as well.

Why do I let this surprise me every year? January through April absolutely drags by then, when the weather gets really nice for May, it feels like the accelerator pedal of time hits the floor. June, July, and August fly by as if three whole months were a mere three weeks. Here we are smack in the middle of August with the end of the year staring us in the face. But before we get to the end of the year, the autumn hunting seasons open up, and wouldn’t you know it, unexpectedly soon.

The perfect day for you might not be the perfect day for me, but when I think of shooting the Canex, the newest pellet rifle from Umarex, a perfect day might include a fresh box of CO2, a tin of pellets, a whole stack of Shoot-N-C adhesive targets, and a couple of old boxes to stick the targets to. The Canex is a simple pellet rifle, that is to say that it has a very simple interface, and offers shooters an enormous return on their investment. Since the Canex is powered by two 12g CO2 cartridges, there is no wrestling match with the barrel for each shot or an expensive and time consuming pump needed to power it up either. Just unscrew the CO2 piercing screw found under the removable stock shoulder pad and install the first cartridge with the tip pointed toward the muzzle and the second cartridge with the tip facing the back of the rifle.