I have my Dad's Benjamin .177 pellet pistol, and with maybe 10 pumps it will do as much damage as a subsonic .22 round at relatively close range.
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:04 AM, WILTON via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I usedta shoot pigeons off the edge of the eaves (hidden gutter) areas, maybe > 35 to 40 feet, and up on the widow's walk rail, maybe 65-70 feet or so, with > a Crossman pellet gun. 'Haven't had to do it for several (7 or 8) years > (went through the generations, I guess, so there's none of 'em coming back > home). May tremor was bad then, and SWMBO was amazed that I could hit > anything - no tremor when I'd hold the gun against as tree to aim and fire. > 'Could see the puff of feathers when the pellet struck; 'sometimes, if I > pumped it up a little more, I could see a puff of feathers on the backside to > indicate exiting pellet. I was always lucky enough that the bird could still > fly enough to "clear" the house and crash in the yard near me for burial. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Advice sought re: jumbo Eastern ground hog > > >> I was looking for some subsonic .22 ammo to pop squirrels but couldn't find >> any around. What else might be good? I want to get them out to maybe >> 50-75ft but don't want too much travel after that. The pellet gun is OK in >> that regard but it is a cheap one and the scope is always getting out of >> line so I spend more time screwing with it than actually shooting squirrels. >> >> --R >> >> >> >>> On 3/17/15 9:44 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: >>> Hear here! That is the way it is done. >>> >>> I used to use CB caps and BB caps to get rid of pidgeons in the barn. THey >>> won't go through the roof, but eliminated pests. CB looks like a short, >>> but basically has no powder, just the primer. The BB is shorter and has a >>> round ball. >>> >>> Andrew needs to grow a set and eliminate pests. >>> >>>> I had a co-worker who was a bleeding heart and talked about that. I kept >>>> telling her that the thing would just find somebody else's yard and if >>>> that somebody else was like me it'd get killed there. So she was really >>>> just hiring out the killing. >>>> A college friend had squirrels in his attic a couple years ago. Critter >>>> people wanted something like $20 each to trap and remove them. I offered >>>> to "remove" them for a case of his homebrew. I sat at the top of his attic >>>> stairs with a flashlight and my pellet gun. Took about 2 hours to shoot 2 >>>> adults and 4 juveniles. Another two hours to find the holes they were >>>> getting in through and fix them and he's been all set. Made sure he and >>>> the family were gone for the day so the wife and kids find out what was >>>> going on. >>>> -Curt >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
