'Dispatched several pigeons with my Crossman several years ago. Haven't
needed to for few years now; maybe I got enough of 'em that they don't call
this "home" any more. Because of my shaky hands, SWMBO was amazed that I
could hit 'em so well from out in the yard as they perched way up on edge of
gutters or the widow's walk railing. I told her, "There's no shaking when I
lean the gun against a tree or a fence pillar." My fear was that they'd
fall onto widow's walk roof or into the gutter, but they'd fly just enough
after being hit to clear the house and "crash and burn" in the yard, where I
could easily bury them.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Woodpecker siting
I have a $100 Crosman break-barrel single pump that does a pretty good job
once I get it sighted (cited? sited? sided?) in, which needs to be done
about every 3rd shot. Also have to tighten up all the screws about every
4th shot. I managed to clean out the squirrel population in front of the
house, it is good out to maybe 75ft and if I put some lube in the barrel it
will crack with a supersonic shot, so probably at least 1100fps maybe a bit
more.
The squirrels must teach the little ones somehow, I have only managed to
get a couple the last coupla months, they run off when I go out and when I
grab the gun they are gone.
Airgun Depot is where I got it (and they had a special on a pump pistol
too when I got it so the pair and some pellets were like $150) and they
are having all kinds of specials coming up to Christmas if you get on
their email list.
--R
On 12/10/15 7:37 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
The house squirrel I got with my good old 10 pump .177 Crossman. It's a
bit under powered at any distance but adequate for that job. I've also
got a Chinese B3 rifle that is as cheaply made a thing as you could get.
Dad bought it in an auction for $16 and probably overpaid. The stock was
made from a pallet... I need to chronograph it, they claim 800fps but
online says 400 is more likely. Apparently some cleanup and polish will
get it to more like 600. At the very least I need to shim the sights, it
shoots low even when cranked all the way up.
At some point I want to buy a good 1000fps pellet gun for longer range
squirrel popping...
Curt
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From:"Max Dillon" <dillonm...@gmail.com>
Date:Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 7:59 PM
Subject:Re: [MBZ] OT: Woodpecker siting
What caliber, Curt? Pellet gun?
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