http://m.roanoke.com/sports/outdoors/bill-cochran-field-reports-new-pioneer-airbow-deemed-illegal-for/article_a27d5c32-c054-11e5-9a84-0b05562790ba.html?mode=jqm
"Crosman, the 90-year old company that built your granddads Red Ryder BB gun, has introduced a new shooting product through its Benjamin brand called the Pioneer Airbow. Before you rush out to plunk down $849 to buy one, be aware that the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has ruled that it doesn’t qualify as a hunting instrument in Virginia.According to Lee Walker, DGIF media relations coordinator, a bow/crossbow is defined as using “a string that bends a flexible piece of material.” The airbow uses compressed air to propel the arrow, he said. The arrows are pulled from the front rather than pushed from the rear.Nor does the airbow meet the standards for a rifle, an instrument described as having a barrel, he said.All this doesn’t appear to be quelling the hype over the new introduction. It has been grabbing the spotlight at the SHOT Shop open this week in Las Vegas. The new product has increased traffic on the company’s website www.crosman.com threefold. The airbows are scheduled to be shipped to buyers beginning in April, but sales have been so strong buyers are being advised it may be months later before they are delivered..."
I'm pretty sure that Daisy built the Red Ryder...but I digress.
"Crosman, the 90-year old company that built your granddads Red Ryder BB gun, has introduced a new shooting product through its Benjamin brand called the Pioneer Airbow. Before you rush out to plunk down $849 to buy one, be aware that the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has ruled that it doesn’t qualify as a hunting instrument in Virginia.According to Lee Walker, DGIF media relations coordinator, a bow/crossbow is defined as using “a string that bends a flexible piece of material.” The airbow uses compressed air to propel the arrow, he said. The arrows are pulled from the front rather than pushed from the rear.Nor does the airbow meet the standards for a rifle, an instrument described as having a barrel, he said.All this doesn’t appear to be quelling the hype over the new introduction. It has been grabbing the spotlight at the SHOT Shop open this week in Las Vegas. The new product has increased traffic on the company’s website www.crosman.com threefold. The airbows are scheduled to be shipped to buyers beginning in April, but sales have been so strong buyers are being advised it may be months later before they are delivered..."
I'm pretty sure that Daisy built the Red Ryder...but I digress.