Thread: Do cheap air rifles actually work well for rats etc?

I have a Crossman 1000 ( 1000 fps Job) I have shot Rabbits, Possums, Wallabies , Magpies, Mynas and all the smaller birds that mess the garden up. It works fine, it cost me $200 when I bought it and put a Gamo 4x32 Air rifle scope on it. It's accurate and have shot a rabbit out to about 50 yards. Your gun should be fine. It depends a lot on the weight of the pellets as to the velocity you get. In mine a 6gr pellet will reach close to the 1000 fps but the heavier 9-10 gr pellets only get about 750 fps. As slug said the BSA Meteor I have is only doing about 500 fps and it will easily deal to rats and birds out to 20 odd yards.( maybe more)