Sunday, April 25, 2010

Enjoy bird hunting with bb guns

Bb guns are designed to shoot projectiles called BBs. These BBs are named after bird shots pellet and are of same size like that a pellet. A bb gun is very much similar to an air gun. Primarily bb guns were not as sophisticated as they are nowadays. Now these guns have smoothbore barrel having bore diameter and caliber of 4.5 mm. The bb used in bb guns is made of steel plated with copper or zinc and measure 4.34mm to 4.39 mm in diameter. Moreover lead balls are also used as bb in bb guns. These lead balls are slightly bigger in diameter and are used in rifled BB gun barrel. Now lead balls are less in use. Some manufacturers in Asian countries make plastic balls also just for the purpose of recreation. There are many types of bb guns and one of them is Red Ryder BB gun. It is said to be an iconic American toy introduced in 1938 but still very popular among kids and adults. BB guns are also known as airsoft guns or pellet guns employed for war games.

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