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Umarex Notos Carbine Review: Gen 2 vs Original .22 PCP
Compare the original Umarex Notos Carbine and the Gen 2 .22 PCP, then match the magazine, single-shot tray, and fill probe to the gun you buy.
Best CO2 Air Rifles for Plinking, Practice, and Arrows
Skip the pump. These CO2 air rifles run on drop-in cartridges. Here's how pellet, BB, and arrow models differ, and which spec numbers actually matter.
Best PCP Compressors and Fill Stations for Airgun Owners
PCP compressors, carbon fiber tanks, and fill-station adapters compared in plain language: what each one fills, how fast it gets there, and which setup fits your airgun and how you shoot.
Best .25 Caliber Air Rifles
The .25-caliber field runs from Hatsan springers to regulated PCP repeaters. Here's what the spec sheets actually tell you, plus the air-supply cost the listings never mention up front.
Best Youth Air Rifles: Three Starter Guns You Can Actually Buy
Three youth air rifles sized for smaller shooters and in stock right now — a spring-piston .177 pellet rifle, a lever-action BB gun, and a cowboy-style BB-and-pellet rifle. Here's how to pick.
Best Air Rifle Scopes
A plain look at 16 air rifle scopes you can buy right now — from budget 3-9x40 CVLIFEs to the Hawke Vantage — sorted by mount type, magnification, and what each one is actually good for.
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Best Air Rifles for Beginners
A plain-language guide to beginner air rifles — break-barrel, CO2, and multi-pump — plus the targets and pellets worth buying with your first gun.
Best Bullpup Air Rifles
Four bullpup PCP air rifles compared on power, weight, and shot count — from a light budget .22 to a 1100 fps Stoeger — so you can match one to your backyard or your hunting.
Best Air Pistols: BB and Pellet Guns for Backyard Plinking
A plain-spoken look at BB and pellet air pistols — CO2 blowback replicas, pump guns, and break-barrels — read straight off their published specs so you can pick the right one.
Best Air Rifle Pellets: Matching Grain, Caliber, and Head Shape to the Job
A plain-talk guide to choosing air rifle pellets — how weight, caliber, and head shape change what a tin actually does, for hunting, plinking, and paper targets.
Full-Auto and Semi-Auto Air Rifles: What You're Actually Buying
A plain look at full-auto and semi-auto air rifles — what CO2, battery, and PCP power really cost you per magazine, and which of these ten fits how you shoot.
Best Break Barrel Air Rifles
Six break barrel air rifles compared on what the specs actually say — power, caliber, weight, and what each one is really built for.
Best Air Rifles Under $500
Break barrels, two PCPs, and a couple of airsoft guns that keep landing in air rifle searches — what each listing actually promises, and what it leaves out.
Air Rifle Maintenance Guide: Kits, Oils, and PCP Pumps
What air rifle maintenance actually needs — barrel cleaning kits, the right oil for your powerplant, and PCP hand pumps — with plain talk about what each one is for.
Gamo Swarm Magnum 10X GEN3i Review: What the Specs Actually Promise
A spec-sheet review of the Gamo Swarm Magnum 10X GEN3i .22 break barrel, plus six sibling Swarm rifles, so you can tell which one fits your backyard range.
Best PCP Air Rifles Under $500
A working buyer's guide to the budget end of the pre-charged pneumatic shelf — fill pressures, shot counts, magazine capacity, and which listings contradict themselves badly enough to shop around.
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