Ruger Explorer, .177 cal

Buy one for your kid or lady... you will end up shooting it too!

Pros
Girlfriend can shoot it better than me! I wish I had this rifle when I was a kid. It cocks and loads so quickly and easily. All those years of pumping up my Daisy or Crosman over and over again to get almost the same velocity. It is so light and handy, just a fun shooter for backyard plinking.

Cons
The fiber optic sights are too bright for me in full daylight. These appear as green and red blurs when focusing on the target in bright sunlight. This is because of my vision problems, but I can hit better with plain old blade sights with some bright paint on the front. Just seems like overkill. Might try out a scope, but my girlfriend likes the sights that come with it, and I bought it to get her interested in shooting. She can hit with it, so if it aint broke... The trigger guard is so big that it pinches my middle finger at the top of the very small grip. I have giant bear paw hands so I shouldn't be surprised that kid's gun is a bit too small.

Being a farmer for years, we always had problems with starlings and pigeons. We used highpower breakbarrels, and pcps, but they always punch a hole in the roof.

This gun is excellent for indoor pigeon bashing, inside 20 yards with a scope, a clean chestshot always does the trick. And the ammo is super cheap, i use CPHP and get success.

I mounted a Hawke 4x32 AO scope with 1 piece mount on it, and its my go-to pigeon and starling gun inside barns.

Pros
Lightweight Easy Fun

Cons
Trigger

I got this rifle for me and my nephew to shoot. It's great for women shooters too. Fits perfectly, sturdy and with nice, easy to see sights.

I purchased this rifle for my 11 year old grandson. Right out of the box very accurate and easy for him to cock and shoot. His face lit up when he hit the bullseye on his first shot!! Auto safety is a plus for young shooters. We’ve put around 500 shots thru this rifle with no problems. This seems to be a very pellet friendly rifle. In short we would recommend this rifle to anyone wishing to start a young shooter out right. I would purchase this rifle again.

Pros
Easy to cock load and shoot for a young shooter.

i own 7 other break barrels, springers, and gas piston. this little rifle is a treat to shoot, we have a problem with crows in the city at this time of year and this works well at helping them move to the next neighborhood. i don't kill anything which this rifle is powerfull enough to do at close range (10-15yds). my other rifles all came with scopes which we all know are a step below good, so i've put one of them on the explorer, now it might not be shooting one hole shots at 10yds but it will light up the 9-10 rings all day long. all in all this is perfect for living in the middle of the city, having said that i've lived here for 20 plus yrs my neighbors know me and are ok with me shooting. (i mow most of their yards for free) so it's accurate, shoots around 500fps very light weight, quite and a ton of fun to shoot, and any 10yr old can cock it. so check it out if you don't like it send it back. ok yall happy hunting and treat all guns as if they are loaded. SEE YA!!

Pros
everthing i said above.

Cons
none really.

I received this a few hours ago and couldn't wait to start shooting it. Fit and finish look really nice. It's very easy to cock, and everything in that procedure is simple. I really like the auto safety. I'm paranoid about pulling the trigger on my break barrels by accident with the barrel open. The auto triggers on several of my guns are great and this one works beautifully. After five shots, I'm drilling the bullseye at 30 feet. The gun is quiet. No recoil to speak of. I put a 3-7X20 Tasco scope on it. Looks good -- it's a match to the small size of the rifle. If I fall in love with this gun as I often do, it will get a better scope, but this one works. The fixed sights look fine, but a scope is better for my eyes. Great deal from AGD on this neat rifle.

Pros
Trigger is good for my taste, the rifle is accurate, easy cocking -- really easy --, fit and finish is good, super deal! Strongly recommend this gun. Great garage shooter, nice and quiet.

Cons
Short pull, but I'll fix that with an extension between the stock and the butt plate. Maybe made of wood, maybe just two PVC pipes with longer screws.

This thing this great with a true glow scope on it. The best pellet I think is the crosman pointed pellets. I hit a dime at 35 yards with this gun.

Pros
Every good accuracy

Cons
You have to screw the screws in a lot

I just got this gun from Walmart (I know it sounds cheap) and it shoots great. I got a three cm pattern at twenty meters . For the money it is a great gun. Some wort had tampered with it, and it was missing its rear fiber optic site, still, it shot great.

Pros
Accurate

Cons
Loose screws

Excellent, not just for young people but for us old people too. Easy to handle, accurate. Exactly what I wanted (I'm 84) for the squirrels that are overrunning us.

Pros
Easy to handle

Cons
Can't think of any.

I've owned this gun for about a year and it's been a good gun over all. This gun does not shoot at 495 fps. In fact, its lucky to get half that. I've shot mice, chipmunks, starlings, and many more critters. The three big problems I have had are the trigger, the butt plate, and the sight elevation. The trigger is tight but it loosened up over the year the butt plate just fell off today and after about a week of owning the gun the sight elevation jammed up on me. Over all I like the gun but there are definitely better for the price.

Pros
light weight, fun plinkster, great beginning airgun

Cons
The trigger, the butt plate, and the sight elevation