Hard-hitting air rifles are tailor-made for squirrel hunting. The almost non-existent report lets you and a buddy work a plot of trees together without alerting every bushytail to your presence. But you shouldn’t just grab your old Red Ryder and head for ...

Sometimes, the skills you pick up as a kid can last a lifetime, even if you’ve let them slip a little. Take that first Crosman 760 Powermaster pump air rifle you toted around hunting camp with your parents and grandparents back in the day. If you’re ...

Modern air rifles have all the accuracy and fun of a suppressed .22 LR, but are backyard friendly, cheap to shoot, and far more versatile than powder burning alternatives. We tested a wide variety of air rifles in a head-to-head accuracy test, and these ...

The first time I fired an air rifle at a squirrel, I learned two things: This was gonna be a game changer. This wasn’t gonna be as simple as I’d thought. That first shot, taken last winter from no more than 30 yards at a stationary gray squirrel ...

Many states have opened air rifle hunting seasons in recent years as their popularity among America’s 15 million hunters continues to grow. I’ll never forget my first morning deer hunting on public land near my childhood home in southern Wisconsin, a ...

The Hatsan BullBoss is an interesting precharged pneumatic airgun that is configured as a bullpup. It is accurate, powerful, ergonomic, and we’ll take a closer look at the specifications and performance later. What I have found particularly interesting ...

Which air rifle is best? People buy air rifles for several reasons. You may just enjoy them for recreational use in your backyard, or you may have goals of entering shooting competitions one day. Many also use them for hunting small game or even pest control.