CO2 RIFLES THEY’RE A GAS
Readers of a certain vintage may well remember the Sodastream – the must-have kitchen gadget that turned water into Coca-Cola, or lemonade or any other manner of fizzy drink. As a kid, it seemed like alchemy.
At the heart of that wondrous invention was a carbon dioxide – CO2 – capsule. As if creating fizzy pop wasn’t incredible enough, these very same capsules have gone on to power a whole range of air rifles.
For most of us, a new rifle comes down to a choice between a PCP or a springer, but there is another option – the CO2 rifle. Powered by either 12 gram or 88 gram capsules, they offer many of the benefits of PCPs, such as low recoil and noise, without the drawbacks of having to invest in a compressed air cylinder to charge them, or grapple with a pump.
In today’s internet shopping world, CO2 capsules are not only cheap, but can be delivered the next day – much more convenient than having to take an empty air bottle to a dive centre to get it filled up again.
It’s not all good news though, as there are a few drawbacks due to the nature of CO2 itself – most importantly, how it’s affected by changes in temperature. Use a CO2 gun on a
