10/22 airrow barrel

[terry]

 I have been playing around with one of the 10/22 Airrow barrels that fires the 16" arrow out of a 10/22 at over 400FPS using blanks and must say this thing is very fun to shoot and the accuracy is unreal. I ordered this barrel since I am a 10/22 nut and have about everything made you can put on or in a 10/22 rifle but was really unsure about just how well this would really work and if it would have great accuracy at over 400FPS. Well I can say it does truely shoot over 400FPS through my Crono and with field tips it will stack them up in a 1" black dot on the bag target at 35-40 yards it's unreal how well it shoots. I screwed on one of the wasp 75gr broadheads that came in all the package I bought from Airrow and took aim at a crossbow broadhead target I borrowed from a buddy and pulled the trigger it it blew right through the target I lost that arrow and head. I went to the bow store and bought the best target they had to stop high speed arrows and it still burries the fletch into the target ,but it allowed me to at least fire a few groups to see how it would do with broadheads flying over 400FPS. To be honest I thought there was no way in hell broadheads would fly at this speed,but I was wrong they grouped around 2" or under at 30-35 yards and no flyers in a dozen arrows shot. Anyway I looked at these for years before buying one it is a very good product and not some junk that does not work. In the end it's a neat toy my buddies all love to shot it when they come over and it turns heads at the gun range everyone comes over to check it out. I know several guys were ordering there own after seeing my shoot first hand. And the arrow hits very Hard over 100+lbs of KE

[Keith L]

My first thought is that no state in the country will allow hunting with that.  But then again there sre a few that might, so is it legal to hunt with that where you are from?

[terry]

 I doubt any states allow it for bowhunting, if they do allow hunting it could be used during rifle season only. I did not buy it for hunting it's just a 10/22 toy as I have 22 rimfire suppressors and a full auto 10/22 All NFA taxed stamped which also are not legal to hunt here but make nice toys for the range.  The man with the most toys wins as they say!

[jh45gun]

All I can say is I am against being a crossbow user. As a crossbow user we all hear they are like guns ect which they are not they are an archery platform and acts like a bow because that is what it is except for the bow being horizontal instead of vertical and being held back in a c-o-c-k-ed position. Now I know guys have shot arrows out of shotguns ect for poaching so this is nothing new but I really do not like seeing a special barrel for it and yea it will be used for poaching I can bet on it. I have heard air guns made for the same reason and I am against those too. You want to shoot a arrow get a bow or xbow. My two cents! 

[Thebear_78]

Now thats a first!!!! Someone who shoots a crossbow against an arrow shooting barrel for a gun.    I shot a longbow and feel just as strongly about crossbows, I've even been known to sneer at compounds.   I don't see the problem,  only difference being this usues gass to propell the arrow where your crossbow uses stored energy in the limbs and cams of the crossbow,    Both are cheating if you ask me.   And definately not archery.

[Keith L]

Crossbows in Wisconsin are limited to use by folks with disabilities that restrict them from participating in our standard archery season.  Since I want everyone who has a desire to hunt and fish then it is in my opinion a very legitimate way for some folks to continue to hunt.  I have trouble with the gun conversion to shooting arrows, but I suppose the same argument can be made for its use.  I personaly hope no one makes that case.

 

[Thebear_78]

Personally I wouldn't care what weapon you used, an any weapon single season would be just fine, those who wanted the challenge of archery would be able to choose that method, those that wanted to use a rifle or cross bow that.   In the end it doesn't matter what weapon you use.

[terry]

 To be honest I can't see why a Poacher would what to use one of these arrow 10/22 barrels when the could just use a gun day or night and have 10 times the range. First the Airrow barrel sounds like a gun going off not good during archery season it is loud it is fireing  blanks , Second it has no more range than a crossbow which would be alot more stealthy of a weapon when poaching as far as noise and shooting a arrow, Next it is more $$$$ complete setup than 95% of crossbows or rifles out there.  Next 90% of the pochers here during archery season here shoot a gun with FMJ's and poke a arrow through them later on the way to the check station and never get caught to few game wardens around here. To put it simple there is far better ways when it comes to  poaching deer than a arrow gun. IF you to worry about a product that is used to poach thousands of game animals every year then spotlights should be outllawed. In the end you can't worry about how a  product could be used as a poacher is a poacher and they don't follow the laws and never will. Anti gun people would like to take all handguns away because of the acts of a few bad guys. I find this barrel to be a blast to shoot at the range and several of the guys over at the rimfire area love it and always come to watch me shoot and a few have ordered one. Half these guys do not even hunt so shooting a deer is not even a thought in their head.  Its a cool toy think alot of people would enjoy owning and shooting one. In the end I guess a product like this is going to face a negative image problem to the hunting public as it shoots a arrow. To must rimfire gun nuts like myself it's just something else to strap onto out 10/22 and have a great time with at the range. I have suppressored 22 rimfires, arrowing shooting rimfires, and will own a Rock shooting rimfire when they come out with them in the future. You guys shouldn't worry about the odd chance of some idiot shooting a deer with one of these as the % of arrow guns used to kill a game animal has to be so low it would not even compare to a basic gun and spotlight.

[jh45gun]

Keith those over 65 in WI can use crossbows too. Bear 78 I started out using a recurve, Then went to a compound and now shoot a xbow. Yea I have a disabled permit but to be honest  I feel any one should be able to use one. They are great for kids that cannot pull back a bow well or a woman for the same reasons. No matter what you say a xbow is still a bow and has the same range and limitations no matter what the clowns say that think they are good for a 100 yards. They are not they have the same trajectory a bow does. Only difference is one is horizontal and one is verticle. I would much rather see some one being able to shoot a xbow good and harvest a deer than shoot a verticle bow they cannot handle and wound a deer and loose it. Not saying they cannot loose a animal no matter what they shoot they can and that includes rifles. But some one who cannot handle the bow well may be a lot better off with a xbow. Jim

[Keith L]

With the current laws lots of folks would be sitting in the living room in front of the idiot box if they couldn't use the crossbow.  Better they are out hunting.

[LEO]

Terry, thanks for the post and review, I have looked at these things on the web many times and have just never been willing to buy one.  As far as the posts about hunting with it go, there are some states where you would be legal during the general firearms season in that they don't have caliber restrictions.  I don't really see poachers going to these because of the expense and limited practicality, plus how do you explain having one of them in your possesson in the woods during the wrong time of year.  A 22 is just as effiective and easy to explain.  But the real value in this device is the "I bet you don't have one of these" factor when the B.S. starts flowing about everyones toys.

[jh45gun]

Right you are Keith plus kids and the ladies can use them that could not maybe pull back a bow.

[Thebear_78]

If they can't physically use a bow they should just get a gun and get over it.  A crossbow is no more a piece of archery quipement than this 22 airrow gun.   Personaly I don't care what you use to harvest your deer,  I don't even nessessarily believe in segretated hunting seasons.  I think one season,  use what you want and stop hunting after you tag out.  that way if you want to use a bow for the sake of archery hunting fine, or a crossbow, or spear, what ever.  But don't have segregated seasons and then try to use other weapons in an archery only hunt.   

[jh45gun]

If they can't physically use a bow they should just get a gun and get over it.  A crossbow is no more a piece of archery quipement than this 22 airrow gun.   Personaly I don't care what you use to harvest your deer,  I don't even nessessarily believe in segretated hunting seasons.  I think one season,  use what you want and stop hunting after you tag out.  that way if you want to use a bow for the sake of archery hunting fine, or a crossbow, or spear, what ever.  But don't have segregated seasons and then try to use other weapons in an archery only hunt.   

I doubt if a use  anything season will ever fly. Too many groups would oppose it and if they cannot use bow then the crossbow is the perfect thing for those who still want to archery hunt. The comment just get a gun is kinda off base as no one could use a gun in archery season now could they and to limit them to only one season rifle season is kinda selfish too. You can say what you want but the crossbow is as old as the bow and has the same limitiations of a bow too as far as range and how it kills with an arrow. No matter what you say or how well you dislike it a xbow is a archery system and should be used in archery seasons.