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N/A Traditional Air Rifle With Least Recoil

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What type of air rifle has the least recoil, but still reasonably accurate?

Partially detached a retina a few years ago and gave up shoulder mounted firearms. Thus my introduction to the world of airguns

I have been very much enjoying shooting my HW springers, especially with iron and peep sights, but my mostly cured retina is now showing signs of a problem and my Doc said to quit doing that. My solution has been to buy a pistol, and I have a couple more on the way. With respect to rifles, I didn't listen to him, but instead tried shooting them with my head not touching the stock. Since I use artillery hold anyway, I didn't think it would be a problem. It works as far as not jarring my cheek at all, but I am not as good a shot and it is not as much fun with that type of hold, especially with peep sights, which are my favorite sighting system.

So, is there a non-pcp, fairly accurate rifle that has no recoil? My guess would be CO2 but I have no experience with that.
 
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Can get this Daisy single stroke Match rifle in many configurations. Wood or Synthetic stock. Keep your peeps. Incredible accuracy.
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Maybe look at the camp refurb daisy single stroke pneumatic 853

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Sporter Air Rifles - Civilian Marksmanship Program

Sporter air rifles are characterized by their light weight, low cost and basic target features. We offer several varieties for purchase.
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Daisy 853, good read.
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The Daisy 853: Part 1 | Pyramyd AIR Blog

by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Daisy 853. A history of airguns This report covers: Before the 853 Daisy and the NRA The 853 Specs Lothar Walther barrel Peep sight Front sight Single-stroke pneumatic Trigger Overall evaluation Wait a minute, B.B.! This is supposed to be an historical...
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Diana 54 recoilless I’ve owned mine since 2004, that and a Sheridan are the only traditional rifles I own. The 54 has taken countless pest and paper targets.

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Diana 54 Airking Pro | Beech Spring Air Rifle | Pyramyd AIR

We've got a great price on the Diana 54 Airking Pro Air Rifle, Beech. Get a great price and expert advice at Pyramyd for your next outdoor adventure!
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sjs said:
I bought a few Garands from CMP when I got out of the Army so I know they used to sell to vets but the 853 ad looks like it might be restricted to juniors. I'll give them a call.
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Oh no you can get one mjb206 posted on his recently here or ask him on his experience with it ..

Here's a thread of his buy

Daisy - CMP Referb Daisy 853

I received my referb 853 a little while back. I replaced the stock sights with the Daisy Match versions and added an adjustable iris. On the front, I swapped in the 753 barrel weight and globe. I currently only have about 7m worth of practice space and here’s after a few rounds offhand just...
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Last tuesday i sent (snail mail ) in the form to buy a CMV Monty carlo stock sporter air rifle . $139 including shipping . yesterday tuesday i got Email saying it would arrive today FedX overnight @10:30 this AM FEDX delivered it . https://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/Daisy-Used-Rifles.pdf
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CO2 and single-stroke pneumatics are great recoilless choices - I'll leave to the details of current models to the more knowledgeable!

You didn't mention which HW models you have, but of course the HW 30 (R7) is a popular mild-mannered choice. My old one is incredibly smooth, especially with JSB 7.3 pellets (as an aside - you will find that pellet choice significantly affects felt recoil with springers).

Less power and more weight are always good for smoothing out a springer! Old 600 FPS target rifles like the Weihrauch HW 55, Walther LG 55 and LGV, etc. are technically recoiling models, but very calm to shoot; and are very accurate, mechanically simple, easy to maintain, reasonably light, and not hard to cock.

Going up to heavier - but also recoil-free - springers, consider the ever-green FWB 300S. The Diana "Giss system" double-piston rifles, models 60, 65, 66, and 75, are, if anything even more noticeably utterly recoilless.

Coming back around to CO2 / SSP, and again if you don't have an issue with something heavier, there are plenty of top quality and utterly recoilless old match rifles from FWB, Steyr, Walther, and Anschutz.
 
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Pretty much all CO2, PCP, multipump or single pump airguns that shoot at 30 foot pounds or less have a trivial level of recoil. It's hard to give any meaningful comparison, but I suspect the impact to your retina is at least an order of magnitude less than running, jumping or other physical activities. It's certainly much less than even a low powered springer like an HW30.

The one exception to that are some of the firearm replicas like the Crosman DPMS that recoil due to movement of the action.
 
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ok , just shot this rifle , absolutely no recoil , shooting @ 16 yard target distance and 10 yard rifle .177 paper targets . 8 , 9 ,and 10 ring hits , 25 shots peep sights that came with the rifle . AND very quiet (inside an apartment quiet !)
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Sawney Bean said:
Pretty much all CO2, PCP, multipump or single pump airguns that shoot at 30 foot pounds or less have a trivial level of recoil. It's hard to give any meaningful comparison, but I suspect the impact to your retina is at least an order of magnitude less than running, jumping or other physical activities. It's certainly much less than even a low powered springer like an HW30.

The one exception to that are some of the firearm replicas like the Crosman DPMS that recoil due to movement of the action.
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personally i think this is a gross over statement . Most of my guns are tuned to 11 FPE at the muzzle and they all kick more than i would want with an eye injury like he has . A friend of mine has the same injury and he said my HW97 tuned @ 11.6 FPE kicks very much like a .22 standard velocity load .
 
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All good choices. If you still want a springer and want serious power and accuracy the Diana 54 and 56 (if you can find one used) would work. Sled system when set properly means you feel almost zero recoil at the shoulder even running at full power. They’re heavy and a tad expensive. AoA had a used red laminate Airking Pro a day or two ago.
 
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personally i think this is a gross over statement . Most of my guns are tuned to 11 FPE at the muzzle and they all kick more than i would want with an eye injury like he has . A friend of mine has the same injury and he said my HW97 tuned @ 11.6 FPE kicks very much like a .22 standard velocity load .
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An HW97 is a springer. That’s a totally different animal and exactly why I didn’t include springers on that list. A PCP/CO2 etc… with 30 fpe or less will kick much less than a .22 lr, which already kick very little.

Springers on the other hand have a noticeable kick to them.
 
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Sawney Bean said:
An HW97 is a springer. That’s a totally different animal and exactly why I didn’t include springers on that list. A PCP/CO2 etc… with 30 fpe or less will kick much less than a .22 lr, which already kick very little.

Springers on the other hand have a noticeable kick to them.
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sorry ,i was thinking of the OP's statement . Traditional rifles.
 
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