Is it to do with the stealability of bullets vs cartridges do you reckon?
I do know that ammunition is readily available on the ‘black market’ (as it’s racistly known), and comes form originally legitimately obtained sources. Plenty of farmers etc making a few bob selling on spare ammo. Guns aren’t quite as easy to come by for the general public as the media might have you think, but if you’re suitably scummy, it’s not impossible. It does mean having to deal with some proper ‘orrible types mind.
Yeah, so what? I’d rather have a more powerful air rifle to shoot small animals at that sort of distance, so as to minimise the chance of not making a clean kill. I’d not want any creature to suffer unduly.
And? This is advice I’ve bin given by people who actually hunt a range of animals, from rabbits to elk/moose. What’s your credentials?
That I can successfully hit a static target does not in any way mean I’m expert at hitting small fast moving ones.
Are your chips a bit soggy? Soz about that.