air rifle

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Another joint minute stated that Peter Fullard, now deceased, purchased an air rifle for Campbell in May 2017, after he had been refused a firearms certificate earlier that year.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Radke said he ordered Tovar to stop and talk to him, and Tovar produced what he thought at first was a shotgun, but later turned out to be an air rifle.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024

A highlight is the discussion of a novel, multishot air rifle that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark brought on their continental expedition.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Telling deputies that they had killed a vulture, they opened the trunk, where instead a dead bald eagle had been stored along with an air rifle and BB pistol.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Rumor has it, Mr. Blake's got an air rifle.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell