Quote Originally Posted by krisko View Post
Something is telling me when they finally come out... some countries will put restriction on such ammo.
A real possibility already. Outside the U.K., with the long-established 12 ft-lbs limit.

Setting aside the historical precedents (Girandoni etc) in 1979, a top power air rifle made 11-15.

1980, the HW80 was gusting 20.

1990s, the Patriot, Eliminator and modern PCPs were hitting 30 ft-lbs in .22” and .25”.

Now, there is stuff out there in .357” and .45” making as much as 500 ft-lbs.

At some point, in unrestricted jurisdictions:

A) a criminal will kill someone with an air rifle that makes more power than a 9mm or 45ACP;
B) a mass-shooting nutter will do the same, just more than once;
C) pressure groups/politicians/media will discover that “BB guns” now make more power than a 45ACP. Especially if the next step in development involves magazine repeaters, real or fake semi-auto, etc.