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One of the best sources available to the airgunner are the many forums that are on the internet. You can find an enourmous amount of information dealing with your airguns, ways to use them, reports on their effectiveness.....even who has the best pricing!

There are several kinds of forums out there. Some are general info, others are personal in nature and are little more than blogs of an individual's air gun usage. But you can learn something from all of them in you take the time to peruse through the contents. You'll need to take some of the commetns by forum members with a grain of salt, but you'll still learn quickly enough who knows what they are talking about.

Some of the things I've learned over the years just reading on the net are:

 1. Speed isn't everything! Accuracy is!

 2. Yes, there are air guns bigger than .177 and .22

 3. So that's what parallax really means! Now I understand!

 4. Starlings really are hated by just about everybody who shoots an airgun.

 5. English sparrows run a close second to starlings on the hate meter!

 6. Pigeons are rats with wings.

 7. CO2 may have been around for awhile as a propellant, but it still does amazing things in the right gun!

 8. Spring-piston airguns CAN be accurate.....you just need to learn how to shoot them.

 9. You really can hunt big game with an airgun. You just need enough air gun.

10. I can outshoot some of my rimfire friends with my airguns! It really bugs them!

11. I can, with enough time, take my airgun apart and put it back together....and it will still work.

12. There are magicians out there....we call them tuners....who can make my airgun shoot totally different than it does in stock form.

And the list goes on.....you just have to read and experiment.

Another great benefit of hanging out on the forums is that you learn who to trust, and who is blowing smoke out their ear. And the deals you can find by buying used airguns can allow one to build up a collection that simply can't be done any more economically.  

So take some time and hang out on a forum or two. There are specific forums for hunting, target shooting, competition, and general information on how to build your own air gun as well. So take advantage of what is out there and learn more about airguns. It's great fun, and you'll meet some wonderful folks.