opinions on an air pistol i have bought

[Gary88]

Hi all i bought a few bits from pellpax a Remington express .177 (asked to be changed to a .22) and a gamo p-900 pistol .177 i have only received half of my order up to now its been a few months but said they are waiting for stock?

Any ways my question is regarding the power of the air pistol it does not penetrate a tin can or a plastic bottle also if you fire it at wood instead of sticking into the wood it sends it right back at you? Is this normal for an air pistol and is it down to the power been 3.1ft/lbs?

[tinbum]

3.1 ft/lb is fine for an air pistol, but I thought the P-900 was lower than that. Have you chrono'd it?

[Gary88]

3.1 ft/lb is fine for an air pistol, but I thought the P-900 was lower than that. Have you chrono'd it?

No it just says its that on the box, im new to air rifles i bought them for me and my sons to play with in the back garden but it seems more dangerous it would of been ok if the pellet pearced the tin or plastic bottle or even if it stuck into wood it would of been a lot more safer at the minute the only way i can see them using it is to put a balloon in the middle of the garden so the pellet will penetrate the ground and not go where ever it wants. I would of at least thought it would of stuck into soft wood but there is no chance it just bounces the pellet back at you? thats why i rang them to see if they could change the air rifle to a .22 as im hoping i will not have any trouble with that but at the minute the air pistol seems useless?

[Gary88]

STOP. STOP and STOP shooting at wood before you loose an eye ! Wood rebounds airgun pellets like elastic.

any recommendations for using it would be great as at the minute i dont think it is safe whether its my fault (shooting at the wrong material) or the power of the pistol i also find its not that accurate im a welder and i have made a load of metal targets to use but didn't attempt to use it on them because of the rebound when shooting the wood i though it would be worse on metal?

so the things i have shoot at is:

wood = sent the bullet back at me
hard plastic bottle = put a mark on it but didnt penetrate it
bean tin = again marked it but no penetration and unsure if the if the pellet ricochet
balloon pegged into the grass = pop and i am assuming penetration into the ground.

The kids have had a go shooting at the ground but i would like to shoot at some sort of target without the risk of ricochet i just thought the problem was the air pistol was not powerfull enough?

[cjos16]

3.1 would pass through a can and the others behind it, with it being a new gun id just get it replaced by the supplier as its obviously underpowered, and then hunt some cans and enjoy yourself, a concrete slab works as a good backstop aswell, the pellets tend to splatter rather than bounce back, keeps your eyes and windows abit safer 👍 hope you get it sorted
Chris

[cjos16]

a concrete slab works as a good backstop aswell, the pellets tend to splatter rather than bounce back

Paper target or strong mints blue tack’d on the slab make good targets, you can also get chalk ones too

[tinbum]

A cardboard box stuffed with rags is ideal for pistols

[dextron]

STOP. STOP and STOP shooting at wood before you loose an eye ! Wood rebounds airgun pellets like elastic.

God Bless with this piece of advice