4baja - 9-11-2006 at 05:53 PM
is there a hardware store between ensanada and san quintin that i can pick up a air rifle? i was talking to a fed down last time there and they told
me they were legal because there not considerd a firearm. thanks
Bajamatic - 9-11-2006 at 06:04 PM
El GIGANTE sells them
bajalou - 9-11-2006 at 06:52 PM
I see them in the Mega stores
BajaBruno - 9-11-2006 at 08:21 PM
Can an American citizen take an air rifle across the border? Has anyone legally done this? I cannot find an answer to that question! Maybe someone
here knows....
DENNIS - 9-11-2006 at 08:57 PM
God only knows what the law is but, Cabelas sells a pellet gun that goes 1200 feet per second. Dont know how far it does that but it's 22 caliber and
about 400 bucks. anyway, if it's legal, and I believe it is, thats pretty good fire power. Oh yeah, it's a rifle .... not a pistol.
Interested? go to cabelas.com
Oh yeah ..... I have seen pellet guns for sale at Gigante also but, it was a while ago.
Later .... Dennis
ElGato - 9-11-2006 at 10:32 PM
There are air rifles available to buy at stores in Baja but I didn't think
much of them. As far as taking one across the border its supposed to be legal but I was advised not to because by the time they found out it was just
an air rifle I would be handcuffed in the back of a car. If I were going to try it I would leave it in the trunk of the car, walk across and tell them
what you wanted to do and if they didn't have a problem call back to your partner and tell them to come ahead.
QuePasaBaja - 9-12-2006 at 02:38 PM
Believe it or not, you may want to consider a good paint ball gun. I have seen them that can move the paintball at more than 1800 feet per second.
( .38 Special +P loading fires a 125-grain bullet at 945 ft/s for a muzzle energy of 248 ft·lbf. A standard-pressure .38 Special only makes 850 ft/s
for 201 ft·lbf of muzzle energy )
they are legal to bring into Mexico, and they are also sold here. There is a paint ball place in Tijuana.
Cypress - 9-12-2006 at 02:50 PM
QuePasaBaja has got this gun stuff figured-out. Unless the arresting officer has other ideas about it?
DENNIS - 9-12-2006 at 03:02 PM
Good idea and info on the paint ball gun. Im going on-line and read the adds for them. I'm looking for one with claims that it will penetrate a
mans chest. What color would be appropriate for that?
Dennis
Timbercrete - 9-12-2006 at 03:04 PM
Are you sure a paintball gun can have a muzzle velocity 1800 fpc? I sell them and most are just under 300 fps. If so, please forward the makers
name.
DENNIS - 9-12-2006 at 03:10 PM
300 fps? That would just make a mess of the nice mans shirt. So much for that ........ Im going back to lead.
bajarich - 9-12-2006 at 08:31 PM
Paintballs hurt. I got shot by one in a drive-by shooting while working on my car. I had a jacket on and it still left a big welt. The perps were
hauled into court because on assault charges they hit a kid in the face and injured his eye, so you definitely can do some damage with one.
Bajamatic - 9-12-2006 at 08:39 PM
That would be one hell of a BBQ quail peresentation - I think purple might look nice on the grill.
capn.sharky - 9-16-2006 at 04:24 PM
I took a chance and put an air pistol in my bag for the airline to take to Loreto. I got caught at LAX---but they didn't make a big deal of it. Just
told me to let them know the next time. When I got to Loreto, they checked my bag and found it and said it was not a problem.
DENNIS - 9-16-2006 at 05:28 PM
Jeezo Capn. ---- What possessed you to take that gamble? Or, were you confident of the outcome?
DENNIS - 9-16-2006 at 06:54 PM
Well, I dont know. What I think I know is that a gun of any type in an airport is going to draw attention and a gun in a mexican airport could open a
big can of worms until it's all sorted out. It could be quite a while before the letter of the law is brought into play.
Dennis
air guns
tehag - 9-16-2006 at 07:38 PM
If you are contemplating using an air rifle or pistol for personal protection, consider this; they lack shock power and will tend to really pee the
target off. I have been shot with both and the result was exactly that.
DENNIS - 9-16-2006 at 07:58 PM
Personally, Im not planning to use one at all but, as I mentioned way above a few days ago, Cabelas has one advertised with a muzzle velocity of 1200
FPS. That would do a lot more damage than wet pants.
Actually, these guns can be pretty sophisticated, so it seems. They use them in the Olympics, I suppose for target shooting.
pargo - 9-16-2006 at 11:13 PM
Paintball guns shoot fast and hard no durty booty. But if you're thinking of using one for personal protection, ask around caus' last I heard the bad
guys were still hurling lead and that makes your paintball gun look like a pea shooter. If you make it back from Nuevo Lareto with your paintball gun
give us a holla, tell us how it went...okie dokie!!?
Cypress - 9-17-2006 at 05:31 AM
Taking a BB gun to a gunfight doesn't sound like a good idea.
Make sure and file off the sights!
Timbercrete - 9-17-2006 at 05:43 AM
Make sure and file off the sights.
So when the fellow you shoot it with, jams it up your "Back Side", it wont hurt as much. 
Bob and Susan - 9-17-2006 at 05:48 AM
capn.sharky - 9-17-2006 at 08:24 AM
"were you confident of the outcome?" Dennis--yes I was pretty sure of the outcome. What I didn't count on was the x-ray machine at LAX picking it up
in my seabag. I had it sourrounded by metal objects. However, it was no big deal with them. Incidentally, to all concerned that I took it down for
self protection, that never was a consideration. I just like to target shoot at the dogs that insist on using my fenced in yard for their bano. I
shoot them in the as- to discourage them from coming on my lot. Hope that doesn't upset all the animal rights activists out there on the board. If I
have to go to a gunfight, I will find an AK-47. If they take that to shove up anything I will probably be dead at the time.
Fatboy - 9-17-2006 at 07:51 PM
As to the damage factor some of these guns can cause I believe many of you are way off base.
There are BB guns like your Red Ryder's that are good for just goofing off with little real threat to a person except the eye damage aspect, Christmas
Story comes to mind.
Then there are Air Rifles. This can kill a person pretty easy. I am no expert, but as a youngster, I took all sorts of small game with my Sheridan
Blue Streak and it would go through a squirrels head at a 100' feet (all the way through) and it was nothing really special compared to some of the
high dollar ones available.
To a country boy like me it was awesome. A lot lighter than lugging around my .410 or .22 and cheaper too, these things were important to 9 year old.
Plus it was quiet and very accurate. Have the knock down of a .357 or .44mag? Heck no, but harmless? I think not!!!
[Edited on 9-18-2006 by Fatboy]
Cypress - 9-18-2006 at 11:43 AM
If you pull a toy gun on someone with a real gun, there's a high probability that they will shoot you with the real gun. As far as shooting dogs etc.
with a BB gun goes, they'll wise up. Have tried it! Teaches the dogs to be very sharp. 