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Originally Posted by alexrom1207

I would imagine that shaft whip would be much less of a factor in a pneumatic because the spear is loaded down a barrel...therefore it has nowhere to go when the gun is fired. Also, since the power in a pneumatic is directly behind the spear and pushes it rather than pulls it, rather than a band gun where the power is forward and often times down, I'm guessing a pneumatic gun would not have the shaft whip problem. Now loading the spear...that may get tricky if it's really springy...although I've never loaded a pneumatic so I can't spear authoritatively on that.

Absolutely, good point!