Quick Answer: CO2 vs Spring vs PCP Air Pistols

CO2 air pistols use disposable carbon dioxide cartridges to power each shot and are widely used for recreational shooting, training replicas, and backyard plinking.

Spring piston air pistols generate compressed air using a mechanical spring and pist...

Quick Answer: BB Pistols vs Pellet Pistols

A BB pistol fires spherical steel BBs and is typically designed for recreational shooting, plinking, and firearm-style training. BB pistols often feature high-capacity magazines and semi-automatic operation.

A pellet pistol fires diabolo-shaped pelle...

Hunter and gunsmith Steve Criner with a deer he took with Umarex’s AirSaber. 

This blog is for hunters. If you aren’t a hunter you might want to stick around as you might find this topic interesting. 

In the bowhunting world the topic of jumping the string is well known. There are two...

The last two years I have been blessed to be a part of Umarex’s shooting team. During this time, I’ve learned a lot about shooting, and, more significantly, learned what I don’t know about shooting. I like to think I’ve been pretty open about my limitations. Shooting in competition will e...

We are thisclose to spring.  Yep, still lots of cool, potentially cold and miserable days ahead of us, but the calendar is moving on and our relative angle to the sun is changing.  That’s a welcome change. More daylight is a good thing. It’s a real drag going to work in the dark and driving ho...

Shooting BB guns is fun no matter how old you are.  I won’t even put a Matel-esque 99 year age limit on it.  Umarex has been in the business of making BB guns for a long time now. While we are known as the King of Replicas, meaning handgun replicas, we are also a fair hand at making BB rifles o...

Pellet guns are extremely versatile, extremely fun, and extremely diverse in their power capabilities in the modern era.  Pellet gun shooters do everything from paper punching targets, long range precision shooting, hunting, or pest control. If you were to get just one air gun, a pellet gun wo...

Are you into handguns?  Almost a silly question, but in all seriousness, if you are into handguns, you need to check out Umarex’s extensive line of BB replicas.  Umarex has official licenses with several firearms manufacturers to produce replicas of their firearms. We can’t produce them all, b...

The author shooting from a baracade position.  While most PCP airguns are taller than standard rifles or break barrel air rifles, a careless shooter can make a mistake by not seeing an obstruction in front of the barrel and out of the line of sight of the optic.

Using a magnifying optic on a r...

The NitroAir Line is Growing! Komplete .25 Caliber

More and more people are seeing the light of NitroAir convenience. That said, we’ve had more demand for more airguns utilizing this super convenient and easy to use technology. This year we are introducing the hunting focused Komplete NCR ...