Loaded with gas only it is a lot more fun and less sadistic than a bug zapper.
Now to the comparison. The 7-1/2" pellet SAA just doesn't work as well. Even at ranges of an inch or so it is disappointing. Flies seem to shrug off the blast and continue being annoying. How ever the 5-3/4" BB smooth bore is more permanent. I have with gas alone been able to blast the pests at ranges of up to 12 whole inches, with the caveat of an occasional coup des gras from my shoe.
Up against a window screen can leave visible remains, I suggest just pull the curtain until the next rain shower.
On an unrelated note, after I tried the long barrel SAA I loaded up some pellets ( an old batch of crosman wad cutters from the 90's) and I shot at some knot holes on a fence.
Boy was I surprised. 25 yards at a knot hole and I got a 2" group. All I could think was 'well that's not right' so I picked another knot hole and a third. 18 rounds all Approximately 2" groups with one flier. I pulled out my 586 and did the same, just to see what would happen,... it wasn't 2", 5"-7" and that was with 3 different pellets.
I have always used the 586 as my standard for accuracy and honestly it just got blown away by an SAA with terrible sights and a horrible trigger pull.
The accuracy of these Umarex shooters are very good; considering they are plinking/fun guns. I'm hoping Umarex will come out with the "Civilian" model of this shooter with the 4.75" barrel; or even better yet, the "Sheriff's" model with the sub 4" barrel.
