UK vs USA Air Rifle Hunting 

Doesn't matter where you live. Government could take the fun out of a wet dream.

I'm from uk.. Thanks for the Great videos ted! I've been shooting with a hw100 sub 12ftlbs since I was 14.. I'm 22 now and I still love it. For me, it's all about the fresh air, free food and the lovely countryside I live in. Keep up the good videos fella ;)

All I am saying.....is give peace a chance. :) Happy Monday, y'all!

You bloody yanks are spoilt, I envy you guys lol. Great video.

Here in Sweden we have laws regulating that it has to be of a certain power to be allowed to hunt with. It has to be at least 5.5mm (.22) and and have a mussel velocity of at least 180 metres per second for you to be allowed to hunt with it, which is about 12 foot pounds or 16 joules, less than that and it's illegal and is possibly considered animal cruelty. But you can have it however powerful you want as long as it doesn't surpasses 150 joules because then you'll need a hunting/gun licence. But we are also one of the most gun friendly countries in Europe, even though that's like being the best looking guy in the burns unit.

and here I am with a $100 gamo rifle trying to hit a cap from 25 feet XD

I live in the UK and when I watch US air gun videos I get green as hulk, I can tell you that.

I was laughing so hard every time a bunny popped a back flip 😂 aaah I'm a terrible person.

I'm sorry to announce that TED never came up out of the water. His body was never found,. As it turned out, an angry rabbit got a hold of one of Ted's 30 foot pound rifles and got a head shot in as he was on the floating dock.

You should be a diplomat. I'm from the UK and was very pleased to see you guys are happy with some of the guns companies make over here. I'm sure your US viewers understood too!

Someone dive in quick and save those rifles. Nice vid Ted I've also noticed a difference when using my 12ft/lb .177cal HW97 compared to my 30ft/lb .22cal Theoben, the 12ft/lb .177 will drop a rabbit cleanly but you have to be a lot more precise with your shot placement.

I understand why the UK has its gun laws, and we can get 30ft/lb rifles, just need a license. The other issue with the UK there are almost no places to actually go shooting, unless you are lucky and have a farm who gives you permission. That leaves gun clubs. Nearly every gun club for air rifles is limited to 12lb/ft rifles. Because as you correctly state they need no license and are legal in UK. But people in the UK are missing a golden opportunity, if all the shooters in the UK paid £300, basc alone has over 140,000 members if every one paid 300, we could buy woodland to the value of £42,000,000 With an average woods costing 90K if we grouped together we could make public shooting areas all over the country, and buy dozens of farmland access too.

That deer hunting ammo, priceless! And so true...

really good video, her in Denmark, politicians are quite stupid, one guy got shot by a 5,5 millimeter air gun so now you need a hunting licens for all 5,5 mm no matter the exit velocity, but ther is no limmit to exit velocity on 4,5 mm???? as shakespeer wrote, ther is somthing rotten in the kingdom off Denmark ;-)

Your professionalism, enthusiasm, and awesomeness just makes you one of the best RU-vidrs I've ever seen. Thanks for the great videos!

You are the sith of air rifles and small game fears you all around the globe.

Correct, much better to be a shooter in the USA. Sucks to be stuck with 12 ft/lbs here in the UK :(

I`m brazilian and for me, the British airguns are the best, most beautiful and durable. I only buy British guns here in Brazil. Especially love the BSA. Some speak of the problems, but never had any with them. Already had theoben but are big and very heavy and difficult to carry over long distances. Right now I'm really enjoying the kalibr too! But always with 30ft energy. unfortunately we can not post videos because hunting is illegal and frowned upon by environmentalists.We ran great danger of being prosecuted. But believe me guys, here the animals are large, the distances are huge and fun is guaranteed. A shame not to share with you.

Accuracy is everything. Power is nothing without it.

Well done Ted. Gone from my 300 Win mag. to crossbows and airguns for a bit more sport. I have noticed the same thing shooting my .22 cal springer at 11.2 ft.lbs vs my .25 cal PCP Condor or Marauder at over 30 ft.lbs. The squirrels just don't go down with the springer with a slightly misplaced neck or head shot. The .25 PCP never fails to drop them. However, problem with the "big" gun is the lack of edible meat left in the doves I shoot (got to work on Dove head shots I guess). Your videos always have something interesting to consider, and they are much appreciated.

great comparison Ted, a real sat on the fence view and backed up with a fare video of both options. of course we would like the power available to you guys and we can if we go down the certificate route, we usually go for a rimfire or centrefire as the same certificate covers both, it's also a reason we brits are so scope conscious

I really enjoy your reviews Ted. I find them informative, factual and very well done. I like your delivery also. Thanks much from a new subscriber.

I fucking miss your videos. Please, come back more often.

With harmony restored, Ted returned to his underwater fortress

so what I'm hearing is the British hunters are exactly the same as us but they are limited to the power they can use?

I know this is an older video, but I still appreciate the information and the way try and get everyone involved. I share your passion and like how you're always positive!

Anyone else picking up on the atrocious spelling from the bleeding hearts? I guess that should be so, they weren't intelligent enough to not watch a video about hunting. Keep up the good work Ted.

Seven years later this is still a great video 👍

And then there we.. the germans... with nearly useless

LOL You're videos and commentary have the best humor I've seen by far. I love it!

Thank GOD I was born an American where I can take my AR and AK blast away.

Great information Ted, this is the second time I've watched this video. I've owned a 177 springer for years, now after getting a 25 cal wildcat I can now see what a difference the power and larger caliber means in a kill shot.

I just realized something; here is my dispute against those who say "what you do is wrong": Hunting is barbaric and at the same time, natural. We therefore needed to be barbaric to have survived and thrived. Have you seen how predators kill their prey in the wild? Sure, we humans are an intelligent and civilized (race/species?) but we still kill game (the animals we hunt; be it for food or because they are pests etc.) faster and more humanely by using rifles than if we were to use spears or gnash their jugulars out with our teeth etc.

It amazes me when I see people posting about how cruel it is to kill fury animals like rabbits and squirrels. This while they snack on a white castle burger made from beef. Humans are carnivores people, vegetarians by choice. You blindly want to criticize how some hunt yet still savor the flavor of your burger and breakfast sausage. Hunting is as old as civilization. Deal with it. You want to save an innocent life? Start by voting republican and keep law abiding Americans safe and not by removing their 2nd amendment rights!

Its good to be American!

We're not aloud a 30foot pound gun but we still use them! haha

you need your own show on outdoor channel

Phenomenal video of pellets doing their work! I just found your videos and I really appreciate seeing them. Thank you!

Ted's gonna be a WildMan when he discovers .22 Rimfires...

I'm not really into Air Rifles, until I saw your videos, keep up the good work. Subbed

So lucky to be an American! Hope we can keep our great country and our constitution away from the cowards leftists! Keep up your good work Ted!

Bollocks though I've shot a hair at 45 yards with a head shot and rabbit at 65 yards with heart and lung shot with a 11ft pcp air rifle sub 12ft pounds

While I certainly recognize the contribution of companies like Webley & Scott, BSA, Air Arms, Daystate, etc The Germans also deserve a good deal of credit for the accurate sporting air rifles we enjoy so much. Companies like Diana(RWS to us Americans) which started building airguns around 1890 Weihrauch(with the HW35 in 1955) - That I'm aware of and IMO, The HW35 would be the first, "highly" accurate, medium power by todays standard, sporting air rifle(pellet) Feinwerkbau - With the FWB-124 in the 70's took the combination of power and accuracy to a whole new level. >I read about the 124 in Mel Tappan's "Survival Guns/1979" and found one NIB at the next gun show I attended. Yep, still have the rifle. Robert Beeman(American) deserves a great deal of credit. It was his idea(around 1980 if memory serves) to build a more powerful air rifle for the American market. It was his computer designed R1 executed to perfection by the Weihrauch company. Which popularize airgunning in the USA. I believe the R1 is generally recognized as the first "1000fps" air rifle. My apology if any of the "facts" above are inaccurate or incorrect. This is all from memory and mine is not so great anymore. I enjoy your videos, you're an excellent spokesman for the sport of airgunning.

One of your best vids yet. Well done.

Nice video Ted, very informative too. Its amazing to see how effective a 30 ftlb gun is compared to a 12 ftlb one, those bunny shots at different powers where very interesting I have never seen a comparison like that before, nice. its a pitty we have such tight laws here as I know many pests must suffer as a consequence of a misplaced shot, even the wind blows shot of the mark so even a good shot might miss, it takes years of experiance to get that perfect shot and those years taken to be spot on means suffering for little critters. Now I am off to cry after seeing how beautiful it is there with the log cabins and all as I sit here in frosty old England :-( Nice job Ted ;-)

I'm from the US, and I did know the EU air was restricted. I did NOT realize to what degree. Kinda' like comparing my comparing my .177 springer to a .30 cal. PCP. I learned a long, L-O-N-G time ago that low power shooting requires a lot more ability/skill/craft than heavy fire power and high grade optics. Yes, I know this video is 4 years old...

Great vid Ted, nice camera work as usual, glad you're still alive. Greetings from Australia, where the firearm laws really suck.

It is not good to be limited to 12 Ft Lbs in our Air Rifles, but we get by and yes, we do have to take more care to ensure that we get a head shot on even small pests, but we still take them down, it just takes a little more time and requires a little more accuracy. There is no right or wrong between the two methods of shooting so long as we all remember to ensure that the shot that we are about to take is a humane one and will not cause any suffering at all.

I like watching this. Makes me feel good when eating rabbit. 😁

You really know your stuff. I honestly never knew that from British-made airsofts, so that makes a lot of sense. Glad to know you took out that rabbit on the second shot. Shows how much you care.

Excellent balanced review. Sorry there are still trolls in the comments

Hi Ted's Holdover I wonder if you can make a video of the KALIBR CRICKET .22 , I saw some videos but they do not explain very well about the guns as you do! Will be great if you can do that for us, your "fans" Thank you

Cant argue with your grandmother. My wife thought the bunnies were neat until they started eating her flower gardens. 9 headshots later, no problem. Same with chipmunks last year and red squirrels this year. They all can be very destructive.

nice to see someone sympathise with uk hunters..... i have used 12ftlbs for years, it has helped my hunting efficiency for sure.... better fielscraft/stalking, camoflauge, increased accuracy and staying calm under pressure.... all these are heightened when you have the skill to headshot a rabbit at 65-70 yards with a sub 12ftlbs rifle.... now i have a fac rifle, im happily headshotting over 100yards

do not ever call an English man European we are English we are not attached to Europe we are ENGLISH

We can't even use a Bow/Crossbow, how fugket is that???.and we made them famous

i may have laughed a bit too hard at 5:40

Very cool video! But where are the German rifles?? Think they will have some arguments for you 😉 Best regards from Germany!! AirGhandi

It must be nice having money to buy those.

Doesn't make sense that in the UK they need a firearm license for a airrifle. A airrifle is not a firearm a firearm by definition is a weapon that uses a ignition system (primer) to ignite a propellent ( black powder or equivalent) to force a projectile down range.

at least america can have real guns :):)

nice chat, lots of sensible points made, thanks

I don't want to do this, but not English but *british

Fuck the trolls from both sides of the pond. As a brit im jealous of the 2nd amendment. You guys live in relevant firearms paradise compared to the uk. We do the best here with what we have so as you say the hunting is different. Much love and respect from my side of the pond to my American cousins

You Need A LICENSE For An Air Soft gun in the uk? Wtf? Really? Wow, sucks for a shooter there

Well said Ted! The queen hive has created a half drunk pellet polishers in her colony.

I live in the UK and america are always saying that are guns are for pussies but it doesn't matter how powerful or how light or how expensive the gun is it all comes down to how you use the gun. You could have the best gun in the world but if you don't know how to use it it's about as much use as a chocolate fire guard. But on the other hand you could have an old worn out piece of shit that couldn't hit a barn door never mind a rabbit but if the person has the knowledge and experience then that gun can be a better weapon. Re!ever a workman is only as good as his tools.

In the U.K. A air rifle doesn't have to be under 12 ft/lbs , this is the legal limit without a firearms licence. You probably know this I am just saying as you didn't state that in the video.

We can have 30 ftlbs rifles here in the UK too, you just need a firearms License to buy it. In my option , sub 12ftlbs = .177 , >25 ftlbs =. 22 and anything above that go for a .25, most people in the UK with rather use a .22 LR when getting over 12 ftlbs

bet that whole time under water you were going.. "that gun better still be up there!!"

In uk is a bit crap because u have to have license for this airsoft gun.

Thanks from the uk , I'm moving to Canada so will be on 30ft so look forward to seeing the difference, take care happy shooting from Brit boy lol

Nice vid Ted, as you say you have to be a lot more precise in your shot over in Blighty, and I don't mean that as a dig at you guys over the pond!!! I just wish we were allowed 30flbs so we had a longer reach. Love the vids. Theoben rapid7/12 mk1, Daystate airwolf mct mk5, Airarms TX200 mk 2 I think can't remember; the Daystate airwolf mct eats all of them up n sh##s em out.

well i think Ted you always do a great job with your video, and a lot of people over think things. The people like to judge your action like the other comment say about you for killing for fun. I live in puerto rico and we have a big problem with the iguanas. So just do what you have to do and have fun and pride for what your doing informing the people.

Greeting from the UK. Great debate Ted, great videos and advice. I personally love shooting with a 12 ft lb air rifle, accuracy is everything but I would give my left hand (I need my right to pull the trigger ☺) to be able to own and shoot unlimited powered air rifles. You lucky bugger 😁 keep up the good work mate.

Yummy, Rabbit stew with dumplings. Awesome! Thanks for the vids

Im a UK FT shooter, but I also hunt. My .177 at UK legal 11.5 ft/lbs Head shots on rabbits go all the way thru @ 45 yards. Yes they are fatal out to 50 yards too. You dont need all that power if you put the shot in the right place. I also shoot without a bipod because in Field target they are not allowed. I also do archery. My bow puts out around 80ft/lbs ... No license, no hoops to jump thru .. Illegal to shoot any animal with a bow. UK laws are fucked up.

Some good points, however I think you'll find what americans find as overzealous precision requirements from many UK air gun hunters has less to do with power than you think. It's more down to a pervasive anti gun and anti hunting culture in the UK and powerful and well funded animal rights activists etc. The fear that anything less than a perfect shot might draw the attention of anti hunters, and add to the case for banning more aspects of hunting and countryside pursuits. Theres certainly an element of physics and terminal ballistics but a lot of it is down to the culture theyre operating in over there, its not a pro hunting environment. For reference I am an English Airgun hunter having hunted in the UK extensively and now live and hunt in Wisconsin.

Full Power airguns under UK laws are sold as kids airguns in the U.S . Too right you have to be more accurate . How embarrassing .

great vid, very informative to those that didnt realize the differences in air gun laws for US, UK and Canada... here in canada sub 12 foot pound (495 fps or less) are weakly regulated, but for more power an "FAC" is needed... so for me shot placement is everything, and i wont take a shot unless im sure ill hit a kill zone. but when i bought my .22 and went to tune it for more power, i realized i had bought an american air rifle from a canadian store because the restriction hole in the piston was absent like the US made air rifles. wish i had a chrony to test my fps after mods were made. it seems like i added twice the power to my rifle but i am unsure.

You're right that is a lot of oil. I'm glad you can enjoy British engineering, unhindered by tyrannical gun control laws.

In Texas it's illegal to use an underpowered airgun for hunting and depending on the county .177 calibre is not allowed to be used for any game small or big. Most counties 15fpe is the bare minimum for small game and over 400fpe for large game as for medium its similar. Kinda interesting

My first airgun years ago was a Diana break barrel pistol in .177. I took a pile of cotton tails with that, but you had to hit them right on the button. *pop* they go when you land the shot. That was all open sights too, not sure I can hold that steady anymore.

I love how the rabbits make for a movie screen death flying away.

Americans comment on Britain without looking up what they post first, and what's with all the piss taking.

Am I the only one subbed to this channel just to see animals get shot and find it funny.... Oh ok it just me XD

Great video for sure Ted!

I love you ted hope to see you over here at our shooting game fairs again.great vids

spot on dude.. very well said.. and yes you guys are lucky with the power but we have refined the art of shot placement and power usage..... most UK gun's are no more than 11.5flb.... I use an 18year old air arms tx200 full power 12flb .177cal.... .177 In the UK is best for range but like you explain it runs out of knock down power after about 25/30 yards...... anyway great video dude and that's the best way to get people to understand....

TED'S version of the ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE!

Been using a 12fpe gun for hunting since I was a little runt. Still use the same gun, a 1974 Sheridan Blue Streak. It will make about 11 to 12 fpe depending on the pellet. It will accurately place a pellet out to about 30 yards which is plenty fine for squirrels and cotton tails. I can't nail a bunny at 75yds but then I didn't pay thousands of dollars for my rifle either. I think my gun cost about 70 bucks in 1974.

We can have 30ftlbs in the UK if we apply and are granted an FAC, Fire Arms Certificate.

Us Brits (we ain't euros!) Are allowed unlimited power and up to 50 cal BUT its only on a firearms certificate which is not a walk in the park to obtain, the checks include several visits to your home by the police before and after issue as well as very in depth background checks. You also have to have a valid reason for wanting the FAC air rifle, just wanting it is not a valid reason. For most, the grief of getting the license is more trouble than its worth so stick to low power rifles but it is possible for us to have over 12ft lb.

The radius of concussion is called the trauma channel

That, right there, is why my first air gun is going to be PCP instead of a springer or 10 pump

We had a fox in our yard the other night. I live in canada so gun laws aren't as lax. I pumped my .177 gun for like 10 minutes as the fox got closer too my fence I took aim for his head, I shot it straight through the eye at about 8-10ft and it dropped Into its kick out. I wasn't expecting to kill a damn fox with a .177 lol

us Brits take pride in our shooting to me it’s like art, no error when you take your time

Ted please check out Si Pittaway , VerminHunters TV - this chap is a British soldier and ballistics expert; an expert hunter and shot; he uses sub 12ftlb springer air rifles such as HW97K, Air Arms Pro Sport & the TX200HC. I think there is a place for low powered air rifles when vermin hunting in barns and farm out buildings, I doubt any farmer would thank you for peppering his barn roofs or walls through shots. I would love a 30ftlb rifle but our laws in the UK are so Draconian we have to jump through to get a fire arms license.

They don't say "alyumimyum" Ted :D , just Aluminium.

Hahahahaha I feel like a dick for laughing but that bunny flew