Ballistics

[crashtested]

I've found an air rifle that purports a muzzle velocity of 1250 ft/sec. If using 13gm stainless steel pellets from approx. 30ft , can I take out that destroyer of lives and eater of babies as he whimsically waltzes through the car park?

[BillyBB]

Supersonic

[Clanad]

Our friends at Wikipedia report that the standard .22 Long rifle used in varmint hunting has a slightly supersonic muzzle velocity of around 1125 ft/s(350 m/s) and a "normal" bullet weight of 2.5 to 2.6 grams (40 grains). So, your air rifle exceeds that velocity. I can attest, after many years of hunting small varmints on the ranch here in the western U.S., that, if the .22 works so well, your's will certainly do the trick. I'm somewhat surprised that an air rifle can reach that kind of velocity, however...

[jake-the-peg]

Air rifles that are over a certain power (12 ft lbs) require a firearms certificate.

One with that sort of muzzle velocity will doutlessly fall into that category.

Possessing such a weapon without a certificate is an imprisonable offence

http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/onlinepress /pressreleases.asp?id=117&c=0