I dont recall which one of you lightweights posted about their airguns, but my wife wants to have a few words with you..
And my son wants to THANK YOU..
We have been having a BLAST at home on the range.

No bottle, can or other recyclable is safe...

I'm afraid our neighborhood association nazis will call the cops on us so we do all of our shooting in the garage and in the attic where we have a little range setup. Of course with the outside temps in the high 90's the attic isn't really a place we want to spend much time lately. :-)

Im thinking the North Texas chapter of Bluegill Unlimited should sponsor a cast and blast event when it gets cooler. I'll take it up at the next meeting.

Surprised Texas is so restrictive. In NC, we can't legally shoot air guns outside within the city, but anywhere in the county is ok so long as you don't hit anyone or their valuables, and anywhere indoors in the city is ok. You can get away with it pretty easily if don't make a nuisance of yourself outside and use common sense (like staying within a wooden fence and use a good back stop).
CC

Well, Asheville's the second most liberal place in NC, behind Chapel Hill (or maybe we're first now), but the bi-monthly gun show at the Ag center is always packed with people, and plenty of locals still shoot hill chickens--grouse (or claim they do--I've never personally seen one get up in the air, lol). I will say that most of the people I see at the gun shows (I go mostly for the old pocketknife dealers) are outfitting themselves for WWIII (or the revolution) and bypassing the hunting arms. I doubt most of the stuff sold there ever gets shot--probably just held for a while and then sold or traded (at a loss) at a later show.
CC

Most folks here in my village don't spook at guns, they own them too, but our Mayor is a **** commie type liberal. I had to complain about the wording of our gun ordinance here. The way they had it worded wasn't specific enough so I called the Mayor up and asked her for her interpretation of it. She said no shooting firearms in the village, and then I asked if that meant airguns too. She said no, just firearms. I told her that the law needed to be reworded so that it wasn't so vague that you could say that even airsoft guns weren't legal to shoot. I got it changed...finally.

I'd like to have a match grade air rifle. I like to shoot tiny little groups, but with my spring piston rifle it's not always easy to do. The dual recoil response from the spring and piston, not to mention the crappy trigger, means that I'm not gonna get those one hole groups.

One thing I like to do is shoot the Red Ryder at ranges most folks wouldn't bother with. I set cans out to 25-30 yards and plink that way. It can be a challenge with that low velocity and smooth bore barrel, but it is fun.

With my Gamo rifle I have made numerous hits out to 75 yards (no scope, just factory iron sights) on groundhogs. No it doesn't kill them, but they run like hell. I'm sure it hurts, I can hear the loud thud the pellet makes when it hits them.

I've wanted a FWB 603 Match rifle for a long time. It's a single stroke Pneumatic so no recoil. I don't see it listed anymore for sale at Pyramid Air nor on the FWB website.
Seems like all the new match guns are PCP rifles, which I'm not interested in.

Daisy has the Avanti Match line of guns and I may end up with an Avanti 753 rifle at some point. It's affordable and has a Lothar Walther barrel. I've read that the trigger isn't all that nice out of the box, but one can do a trigger job on it to lighten and smooth it out. I've also read that these Avanti's are used in junior clubs and matches.
I know that you could buy one model from CMP at one point, maybe you still can.