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How can you tell how powerful a bb gun is?

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look on the box for the fps anything over 330 is strong for a rifle. but handguns are good anything over 250fps

This above information is fine for an Airsoft gun but for a non airsoft BB gun the FPS is different. A BB gun that shoots 460 FPS is considered strong and a BB rifle that shoots 600 FPS is considered strong. A pellet rifle that shoots a .177 caliber pellet at 1200 FPS is considered strong. Pellet guns and pellet Rifle are capable of producing faster speeds and more impact than BB guns and Rifles. Like Airsoft the FPS will be on the box or on the web page.

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