But a gas ram gun has a gas-filled cylinder instead of a coiled spring.. Choose between the spring piston or gas piston breakbarrel power plant option and get enough energy and precision for small game hunting or plinking, with velocities up to 1200 FPS in .177 or 1000 FPS in .22. Gas piston. Nitro piston technology allows the gas piston air rifle to be cocked for long periods of time without any damage to the piston. Best Gas Piston Rifle – WildCat Whisper Air Rifle . A nitro piston air rifle allows for smoother cocking, up to 70% noise reduction, and less recoil than their spring piston counterparts. Co2 air rifles are often louder than the spring-piston air rifles. The WildCat is made by Gamo, in Spain, and it is by far the most powerful rifle in the lineup. Even the best selling lists on gun retailer’s sites has a bunch of nitro piston air guns at the top . Whether you’d actually obtain those numbers under scrutiny is another question, but it certainly does deliver some speed. It features an adjustable, two-stage, clean break trigger and requires less cocking force than similar models. The Inert Gas Technology MACH 1 gas piston also provides a big plus compared with metal spring powered air rifles. It allows the rifle to achieve higher velocities, lower vibration, lower noise, and longer life span. It uses Inert Gas Technology (IGT) that replace spring-piston delivering more velocity (975fps in .22 and 1300fps in .177), consistent power, fewer vibrations, and smooth cocking effort. The Raptor Whisper Air Rifle is available in .22 or .177 Cal pellet. Gas piston/strut/ram guns tend to be as powerful yet have a smoother cocking and shooting cycle, making them less hold sensitive and arguably easier to quiet with moderators and shrouds. Being a nitrogen rifle, there a is a reduction in noise and vibration when taking out pests or small game. The spring-piston air rifles are the quietest of them all because they use the smallest amount of high-pressure air. Basically, a gas piston air gun (also called gas strut, gas ram) works the same way as the spring piston gun . Such as the Crosman Nitro Venom, Benjamin Trail XL 1500, Nitro Venom Dusk, Crosman Vantage and so on. However, gas-powered air rifles are generally quiet. I wish that Gamo would have put more into the scope on this air rifle, but it’s a minor setback. It also comes with an all-weather synthetic stock, front and rear sights, and a rifled steel barrel. Choose .22 air rifles with sunshades for a clear shot, and select rifles with integrated resonance dampeners to suppress the sound of shots for quieter operation. In the air gun market today, there are many air rifles made with nitro piston technology. I prefer the gas pistons but plenty of shooters better than me swear by the spring piston rifles. It’s of the break-barrel variety and is capable of velocities of up to 1250 fps. The air in the cylinder is already compressed and you apply more pressure to it when you cock the gun. 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