For Air rifles you can have a bullet catcher that is basically a funny shaped tin can you put your paper target in front of. It will collect the lead if you hit the target.
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stoy@lemmy.zip āØ1ā© āØdayā© ago
This is partly why I havenāt got into air rifles, I have wanted to for a long time, but there is no good place to shoot it nearby.
Some may say that I should just go out in the woods and shoot there, but I donāt want to spread lead in nature.
I know there are lead free pellets, but I have heard mixed opinions about them.
Why an air rifle specifically?
Because I can get a low power one (10J muzzle energy) without a license, and I canāt be arsed to get a license for a proper firearm as it requires a fair commitment here.
zxqwas@lemmy.world āØ23ā© āØhoursā© ago
stoy@lemmy.zip āØ23ā© āØhoursā© ago
Yeah, I just know I am bound to miss and donāt want to contaminate anything.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works āØ15ā© āØhoursā© ago
You can get pellets and ball ammo in other materials. Might have to special order them, not sure how available they are over there, but they do make them. I have steel ammo for my air pistol, itās my back yard pleasure shooting gun, so lead isnāt acceptable to me.
stoy@lemmy.zip āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
I live in an apartment, so I need to find a good place to shoot before I get a rifle, Iāll also checkout what other kinds of pellets I can get.
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
I canāt be asked to get a license for a proper firearm
My god, what tyranny you live under, please tell me what authoritarian country you live in so uncle sam can come free you.
stoy@lemmy.zip āØ16ā© āØhoursā© ago
Hehe, Iād be happy to tell you my general understanding of the laws, I am not a gun nut, and there are probably a few details I get wrong.
Anyway.
In Sweden you can only get a gun for two reasons, hunting or competition, getting a gun for self defense is illegal.
To get a gun for either reason, you need to pass tests and for competition licenses, display an active need for the gun in competitions.
Wikipedia has a better summary of the laws on this page:
SillyDude@lemmy.zip āØ21ā© āØhoursā© ago
If you just want to plink in your backyard then just get a BB gun that shoots steel BBs. And only use iron sights which will teach you instinctive aiming. Iād say thatās actually way more fun than a scoped air rifle. If youāre not going to be head shorting squirrels then you donāt really need the accuracy of a dialed in air rifle. Looking in a scope at a piece of paper and shooting the same hole looses its appeal pretty quickly.