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i was thinking today coming home can a pellet gun actually kill someone? if so how many shots

2007-04-23 19:12:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports Outdoor Recreation Hunting

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Are you aware there are pellet rifles out their 38 and 50 caliber that in some states are legal to dear hunt with.
This high powered pellet rifle will leave an exit wound on a white tail deer.
So yes it is possible, and probable that a human can be killed even with a smaller 177 or 22 caliber.
My 177 will blow all the way through a squirrel, and his hide is tougher then human skin.
By pellet rifle muzzle velocity is 1200 FPS.

But the 38 and 50 caliber air rifles cost as much as a normal hunting rifle at $500.00 to $700.00 that a bit high for a pellet rifle.


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2007-04-23 21:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 2

High Power Pellet Rifles

2016-10-28 14:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Yes they can and they have done it; all you need is one shot; it all depends on the ammunition and the air pressure of the gun; on my town a boy "accidentally" shot and killed another boy when shot him at the heart. There are many other documented death and mutilations including lost eyes due to the negligence or malicious use of pellet guns.

So yes they can kill that's why they put tons of warning in the box and in the booklet that comes with the pellet guns and rifles.

It's also illegal to "aim" to anyone with a pellet gun, to avoid any body harm or death.

2007-04-23 19:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1 0

Of course a pellet gun could kill someone, and it would only take one shot. Do you think your eye could stop a pellet? How about getting shot in the neck and hitting a major artery?

2007-04-24 03:18:10 · answer #4 · answered by Art I 3 · 0 0

it would very plenty remember on the variety and impression ingredient. while i replaced right into a newborn, below 12 IIRC, one Christmas Day a newborn around the line by twist of destiny shot yet another youngster interior the back of the top with a pellet gun. The pellet hit ultimate on the ingredient the top and backbone meet and the pellet have been given into the concepts and did sever harm. The wounded youngster replaced into in a vegetative state for a protracted at a similar time as formerly he died. So i assume the answer to the question is, "in step with possibility." checklist hudson

2016-11-27 00:29:38 · answer #5 · answered by peckham 4 · 0 0

Yes, though it is extremely rare. I remember reading about an accidental shooting were a small boy was killed by single air rifle pellet. He ran in front of his sister when she was shooting a pellet rifle. There as a chain of factors that lead to the fatality: the pellet struck him at just the right angle, between two ribs, while he was exhaling. This combination allowed it to hit his heart and kill him.

2007-04-24 00:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by SW28fan 5 · 2 0

I have family that are in law enforcement. One, particularly bad incident happened some 25 years ago in Ca. A 14 year old boy with his first air rifle "accidentally" released a projectile at a target which was re-routed due to ricochet into his friends eye. With but one shot from a .177 cal bb gun, his friend was dead before he hit the hospital some 12 minutes later. Yes, in some circumstances, they can and will kill. Never point ANY weapon at anything you aren't willing to destroy. Always be aware of your line to the target and what's behind it, and for good's sake, take a hunters safety and education course. The life you save could be that of your child!

2007-04-24 04:02:51 · answer #7 · answered by Steve H 4 · 2 0

One shot, shoot them in the eye. But here's the rob it can only kill from close range. Now if you want long range, fit the pellet rifle with a longer tube, some rare magnet in the base of the tube, but a Co2 cannister in the stock, and you've got yourself a deadly pellet rifle.

2007-04-27 13:34:12 · answer #8 · answered by Andrew H 2 · 0 1

Yes 1

2007-04-26 13:09:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

All pellets or BB guns can kill if you hit someone in the right spot. Be careful and treat all guns with respect.

2007-04-24 07:55:44 · answer #10 · answered by The Big Shot 6 · 3 0

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