#AirForce

Airforce Airguns, maker of the “ most powerful production air rifle“, just announced a partnership with American Built Arms Company. The Pennsylvanian company, best known for their Mod*X rifle chassis, will be the OEM of several component and accessories for the Texas based airgun manufacturer.

When I was living in an NFA-unfriendly area I found comfort in my suppressed pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) .25 caliber air rifle. While the max efficient range was about 125 yards or less, the gun was super quiet, deadly accurate and could be shot safely in areas where it’s powder-burner cousins could not. I even put the old Paladin “Have gun, will travel” motto to use dispatching pests for local farmers.

A strong US Dollar is starting to show its benefits for US buyers: foreign manufacturers are starting to drop prices as the dollar is able to purchase more product. The first to go widely public with their new pricing structure is AirForce, a manufacturer of Pre-Charged Pneumatic airguns ( we reviewed one about this time last year.)

Before you, dear readers, bemoan the fact that we are reviewing air rifles, please allow me to mention that this air rifle (yes, “rifle”) can output over 85% of the energy compared to 22LR and the ammo costs less than 5 cents a shot. Got your attention? So, does the output and cost does that make this the ultimate squirrel killer or survival rifle? Read below to find out.

I was under the impression that the military had given up the idea of replacing the M9. Apparently not, according to Military.com: