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George Shirley wrote:
.... What brand and caliber Songbird? There's two calibers IIRC, .177 and .22. Benjamin Prowler Nitro Piston .177, the scope is a Nikko Stirling 4x32 AO IR MD, Mountmaster Side IR. there is also the .20 caliber - that is what i had before, multipump Benjamin gun of some kind, i gave it away not too long ago - i could bring down rabbits with it. took too long between shots to pump it up. the new gun is single pump breaking barrel type. Mine is a Gamo Air Recon .177 with an air rifle suppressor built in. Being that is spring operated it isn't that quiet but it gets the job done within 20 feet maximum for my old eye's. The graduated iron sights are fairly easy to dial in. I shoot from the back porch to the back fence, about 18 to 20 feet. most of the shots i need are 50 - 120 ft. i sight it in for 100ft (starting closer and then moving the target further away). it sounds like metallic clunk when i shoot the lead ammo. not very loud at all, it has gotten quieter as the gun breaks in. I had an offer the other day to go back to gunsmithing but turned it down. I closed my shop in 1982 and haven't looked back. There's two things most Texan males seem to thing they know all about, guns and women, and, in my opinion, they don't seem to understand either. G i don't really like guns, but the warden here has shoot to kill orders for various varmints and i'm her hired gun. luckily these days we are able to live trap the bigger ones (raccoons and groundhogs) and the rabbits run away enough and the other traps are working ok for the chipmunks (buckets) that i only really have to go after the once in a while grackle (now that nesting season is over). our bird population is very diverse here, i like to keep it that ways. 50 grackles can make a mess... songbird |
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Frank wrote:
.... Had not read your note when I responded to Songbird. Mine is .177 but I'm not sure of the action. While I think it may be some sort of spring it does not have a bad jolt which I hear strangely that some airguns with a spring have trouble with a scope because of this. yes, the scope should be pretty rugged to hold up to most air rifles. at least that is what the dude at the store told me when i was buying the previous gun. and considering the mounting that had to be done to get it to stay put (it actually never really did stay in place well) i can believe it. the mounting for the more recent gun is more solid and it hasn't moved (except when i first put the scope on and didn't use the set screw which keeps it from sliding - after 100 shots the scope was holding on by one set of grippers before i noticed it was off. good laugh, but it explained why sighting it in was taking so friggen long...). songbird |
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Terry Coombs wrote:
.... Set the live trap last night , untripped but there's another hole and a volunteer 'mater dug up . I figger it must be an armadillo , 'coon or 'possum would have gone for the meat scraps and baked tater skins I used for bait ... and it's raining today , won't be setting up that 'lectric fence until a dry day . we've been using sunflower seeds. groundhogs and raccoons go for them. songbird |
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On 7/4/2016 4:12 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote: ... What brand and caliber Songbird? There's two calibers IIRC, .177 and .22. Benjamin Prowler Nitro Piston .177, the scope is a Nikko Stirling 4x32 AO IR MD, Mountmaster Side IR. there is also the .20 caliber - that is what i had before, multipump Benjamin gun of some kind, i gave it away not too long ago - i could bring down rabbits with it. took too long between shots to pump it up. the new gun is single pump breaking barrel type. Mine is a Gamo Air Recon .177 with an air rifle suppressor built in. Being that is spring operated it isn't that quiet but it gets the job done within 20 feet maximum for my old eye's. The graduated iron sights are fairly easy to dial in. I shoot from the back porch to the back fence, about 18 to 20 feet. most of the shots i need are 50 - 120 ft. i sight it in for 100ft (starting closer and then moving the target further away). it sounds like metallic clunk when i shoot the lead ammo. not very loud at all, it has gotten quieter as the gun breaks in. I had an offer the other day to go back to gunsmithing but turned it down. I closed my shop in 1982 and haven't looked back. There's two things most Texan males seem to thing they know all about, guns and women, and, in my opinion, they don't seem to understand either. G i don't really like guns, but the warden here has shoot to kill orders for various varmints and i'm her hired gun. luckily these days we are able to live trap the bigger ones (raccoons and groundhogs) and the rabbits run away enough and the other traps are working ok for the chipmunks (buckets) that i only really have to go after the once in a while grackle (now that nesting season is over). our bird population is very diverse here, i like to keep it that ways. 50 grackles can make a mess... songbird Most of the critters you've mentioned are considered food in most of the US. We used to go to Maryland every other year, where Miz Anne's folks lived most of their lives. Her Dad would break out the eighteen nineties single shot .25 rifle and have me snipe the ground hogs off the property. That's when I found out they were right tasty critters. Some went to the neighbors but at least one got roasted right away. Never did find any use for the hides. I hunted squirrels a lot when I was a youngster. We ate the meat and I sold the cleaned out tails to a guy who made fishing flies. Got 25 cents for each and, back then, was pretty good money for a half cent .22 round. Mostly I shot shorts for squirrels back then. Even Sears sold guns and ammo then. I don't hunt anymore, mostly because I can't walk very far with bad legs and back. May go deer hunting with grandson this fall, I have had a lifetime hunting and fishing license since the early eighties, they're very expensive now but were fairly cheap back then. He generally brings us lots of dressed out and prepared venison, just had venison and pork sausage with our dinner. |
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George Shirley wrote:
.... Most of the critters you've mentioned are considered food in most of the US. We used to go to Maryland every other year, where Miz Anne's folks lived most of their lives. Her Dad would break out the eighteen nineties single shot .25 rifle and have me snipe the ground hogs off the property. That's when I found out they were right tasty critters. Some went to the neighbors but at least one got roasted right away. Never did find any use for the hides. if i knew someone who would kill and eat them they could have them. all they wanted. we seem to have a near infinite supply. saw three large groundhogs yesterday. several raccoons at night. I hunted squirrels a lot when I was a youngster. We ate the meat and I sold the cleaned out tails to a guy who made fishing flies. Got 25 cents for each and, back then, was pretty good money for a half cent .22 round. Mostly I shot shorts for squirrels back then. Even Sears sold guns and ammo then. I don't hunt anymore, mostly because I can't walk very far with bad legs and back. May go deer hunting with grandson this fall, I have had a lifetime hunting and fishing license since the early eighties, they're very expensive now but were fairly cheap back then. He generally brings us lots of dressed out and prepared venison, just had venison and pork sausage with our dinner. i like venison sausage, but don't eat it that often. never had squirrel. if i'm ever starving i'll learn how to kill and clean the various critters around here. until then they get live trapped and released or buried for worm food. songbird |
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On 7/6/2016 7:07 AM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote: ... Most of the critters you've mentioned are considered food in most of the US. We used to go to Maryland every other year, where Miz Anne's folks lived most of their lives. Her Dad would break out the eighteen nineties single shot .25 rifle and have me snipe the ground hogs off the property. That's when I found out they were right tasty critters. Some went to the neighbors but at least one got roasted right away. Never did find any use for the hides. if i knew someone who would kill and eat them they could have them. all they wanted. we seem to have a near infinite supply. saw three large groundhogs yesterday. several raccoons at night. I hunted squirrels a lot when I was a youngster. We ate the meat and I sold the cleaned out tails to a guy who made fishing flies. Got 25 cents for each and, back then, was pretty good money for a half cent .22 round. Mostly I shot shorts for squirrels back then. Even Sears sold guns and ammo then. I don't hunt anymore, mostly because I can't walk very far with bad legs and back. May go deer hunting with grandson this fall, I have had a lifetime hunting and fishing license since the early eighties, they're very expensive now but were fairly cheap back then. He generally brings us lots of dressed out and prepared venison, just had venison and pork sausage with our dinner. i like venison sausage, but don't eat it that often. never had squirrel. if i'm ever starving i'll learn how to kill and clean the various critters around here. until then they get live trapped and released or buried for worm food. songbird Sissy, it's all good, wholesome, organic food. BSEG |
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