pellet gun

Compressed air weapon

A pellet gun is an air-powered gun that fires small metal projectiles called pellets.

Unlike BB guns, which shoot round steel balls, pellet guns typically fire shaped ammunition and achieve greater accuracy and power.

They're used for target shooting, pest control, and small game hunting: He got a pellet gun for his twelfth birthday.

mechanism

pneumatic

Using pressurized gas

sights · barrel · stock · caliber · rifling · breech · magazine · accuracy · scope · loading

airsoft

airsoft

Recreational combat with BBs

6mm · electric · arena · loadout

recreation

plinking

Recreational informal shooting

benchrest · pests

youth

Daisy

Female name, often bovine

scouts · 4-H · cadet · starter · mentorship · backyard

ammunition

BBs

Air-gun pellets

projectile · alloy

safety

goggles

Sealed protective eyewear

storage

Categories
Opposites
lethality/firepower

pellet gunassault rifle

Automatic infantry combat weapon

machine gun · shotgun · handgun · rifle · firearm

seriousness of purpose

pellet gunservice weapon

Issued firearm for officials

duty weapon

weapon authenticity/seriousness

pellet gundeadly weapon

Instrument capable of killing

service pistol

Family

gun, bullet, guns, pellet, pellets, pelletized

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG