How fast do pellet guns shoot?

Answer 1

At the low end pellet guns shoot about 250 FPS (Feet Per Second). At the high end they fire around 1450 FPS. Pellet guns most commonly are BB guns and .177 Caliber. But they also come in .20, .22, .25, 9MM, 45 and 50 Caliber. The last 3 are in the PCP (Pre Charged Pneumatic) class of air rifles and guns. These rifles require a Scuba tank to charge then to around 3,000 psi and are capable of taking down a caribou or deer.

Air rifles that are used in the Olympics fire around 550 FPS. These are very accurate rifles, and cost into the thousands of dollars.

Air guns/rifles come in 4 different powerplants:

Spring, Pump, C02 and PCP.

On the other hand AirSoft guns (Toys) fire a plastic BB at 250 FPS to around 500 FPS.