I am thinking about getting a pellet gun. the kind that you could take small game with. Like say, cats. I would rather have a rifle and the pump kind rather than a CO2 powered. I think it would be nice to shoot and quiet. I have been doing some research online about it. I don't need a comp grade, but would like something decent. What are you having luck with. .22 or .177?
pellet gun talk
- Thread starter mesha
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- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
You'll shoot your eye out kid.
crossman 10 pump.
pump it like 15 times and it'll shoot halfway through the cat... I mean fence.
or pelt it with the trusty red ryder.
crossman 10 pump.
pump it like 15 times and it'll shoot halfway through the cat... I mean fence.
or pelt it with the trusty red ryder.
I have been shooting a borrowed gamo in .177 Much better than the 10-pump. It has a little scope on it, and it kind of fun to shoot.
The barrel breaks in half, then you load the pellet and then close the barrel again. Seems to work ok, but not super fast.
The barrel breaks in half, then you load the pellet and then close the barrel again. Seems to work ok, but not super fast.
red ryder doesn't cut it. I shot the perp like 5 times and they come back.
I have been wondering about the break barrels. Is that the only pump? just one break?
I have been looking at that exact model. Is 6 pumps the max?
Spork
Tin Foil Hat Equipped
- Location
- Saratoga Springs, UT
I like the Benjamin/Sheridan air rifles. :greg:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...t20742&parentType=index&indexId=cat20742&rid=
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...t20742&parentType=index&indexId=cat20742&rid=
Yeah about 30 pounds to fold the rifle in half, load a pellet, then just snap it back.
The only thing that is strange to me with these is that the optics are on the back half the the gun, the pellet is all contained in the front half, and there is a hinge in the middle. I wonder if after many shots there will develop some play and have it effect accuracy. I have never heard of that problem, that is just my own specualtion
Corban_White
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- Payson, AZ
I borrowed one of those break barrels from my dad to deal with some never-stop-barking-labs. It is a bit slow but one hit is all you need with that one. It puts quarter sized dents in 12ga steel from 80-100 feet. They learned fast and don't bark anymore. 
EDIT: it isn't quiet tho, the pop and resulting echo can be easily heard 5-6 houses away.
EDIT: it isn't quiet tho, the pop and resulting echo can be easily heard 5-6 houses away.
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- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
A break barrel springer is probably what you want, for what you describe. Good ones aren't cheap, though. And cheap ones (like the Gamos) will develop issues over time (that hinge DOES get sloppy eventually...). But, if you aren't going to use it that often or that much, a cheap springer should get the job done. Gamo is the king of cheap springers.
As just mentioned, they are NOT that quiet, though. Make sure you get one that shoots subsonic. The ones that go above the speed of sound are way too loud for what it sounds like you have in mind.
I use a .20 caliber Beeman R9 for yard pests, m'self...
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As just mentioned, they are NOT that quiet, though. Make sure you get one that shoots subsonic. The ones that go above the speed of sound are way too loud for what it sounds like you have in mind.
I use a .20 caliber Beeman R9 for yard pests, m'self...
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bobmed
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Utah passed a law last year to make a felony for "animal cruelty", the news the other day had the police after someone that tossed a cat from a truck
in Magna.
An airgun can be heard from a ways, I had to stop shooting the birds out of the tree outside my bedroom window.
in Magna.
An airgun can be heard from a ways, I had to stop shooting the birds out of the tree outside my bedroom window.
jsudar
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- Cedar Hills
We have a Gamo break barrel .177 at work for use in the SAP (squirrel abatement program) and I have been less than impressed with it. The accuracy is not really there and it won't drop a squirrel. I have yet to stop a squirrel cold with it, even though I have confirmed hits. Joe hasn't either. I very rarely find blood, so I'm fairly certain there is no exit wound even though we have been using the pointy high penetration pellets.
If it's something you are going to haul around in the mountains and hunt with, get a Benjamin. Then you can shoot till your out of pellets. If your going to hang out around the house and kill stuff, maybe look into one that uses compressed air, not CO2. The Airforce condor and talon are pretty sweet rifles, but are a little spendy. Not the best quality on some of the parts, but good enough on the important stuff.
If you want the best (and I know you do) check out Daystate. Yeah, you could buy a couple AR15's for the cost of one of these, but you can't shoot the AR in your backyard.
http://www.daystateamerica.com/
If it's something you are going to haul around in the mountains and hunt with, get a Benjamin. Then you can shoot till your out of pellets. If your going to hang out around the house and kill stuff, maybe look into one that uses compressed air, not CO2. The Airforce condor and talon are pretty sweet rifles, but are a little spendy. Not the best quality on some of the parts, but good enough on the important stuff.
If you want the best (and I know you do) check out Daystate. Yeah, you could buy a couple AR15's for the cost of one of these, but you can't shoot the AR in your backyard.
http://www.daystateamerica.com/
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Hmmm our little Crosman pump gun took squirrels out at 50' on a regular basis, and was absolute murder on chipmunks. Even got a rabbit once, lucky shot through the temple.
Check out silenced airguns, they rule.
Check out silenced airguns, they rule.
jsudar
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- Cedar Hills
It's past your bedtime, Tacoma.
I'm supposed to be working, so I have a good excuse.
I'm supposed to be working, so I have a good excuse.
I would never actually shoot a cat. I was just being hypothetical. I think shooting any animal is cruel and should be a felony.
I bought an airsoft for some of the pesky critters around my house (birds, dogs, Foxes, deer, etc
I really want one of those full auto bb guns. that would be hilarious fun.
Yeah right on the daystate. I ordered 3 of them. Anyway for realistic options the gamo is not cool huh. I think you are not hitting anything. If you are not killing squirrels. I killed then with my little red ryder as a kid. Maybe the squirrels nowadays are more hardcore, from the thug life.
Hmmm our little Crosman pump gun took squirrels out at 50' on a regular basis, and was absolute murder on chipmunks. Even got a rabbit once, lucky shot through the temple.
Check out silenced airguns, they rule.
any affordable silenced ones?
solidfrontaxle
Toyota jihad
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- Casper, Wyoming
Talk to Kurt. I heard he used to be a bbgun dealer.
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
I think this cost about $10 and some time.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=666644&highlight=suppressor+air
Scroll down to like, post #18 and beyond.
EDIT: you're going to want to VERY, VERY carefully read the Beeman's link in that thread.
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Every time anyone asks about anything kurts name comes up as a dealer.
I'm in the market for a spaceship. hey talk to kurt