I live in CA. I recently took a hunter safety course with my wife. The first one I've attended. I found out .177 air rifles are illegal for hunting anything requiring a hunting license. I bought a higher end .22 caliber Air Rifle and can drill nails at 100 yards. That was after I couldn't hit anything and figure out quickly the scope was loose. Looks like a sniper rifle with a tactical scope and a break on the end of the barrel. Anything allowed to be hunted with a .22 is legal for this .22 air rifle.