Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

The air riffles have certainly got more power than they use to, well done (good shooting)

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

They are a good 22! It may just need the mag springs stretched or a proper clean out. Be warned though they are not that much fun to strip.

Hopefully get more time to sort it out!thanks for the tip!

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Last night streched the legs on cz455 17hmr for my PB 223meters. Missed the first time at 247m.
Plenty of hares and rabbits about.

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Borrowed mates Stoeger air rifle to deal to an destructive roof invasion 1 down hopefully many more to follow.

Originally Posted by Mintie

Stuck these pics from my walk last night on the air rifle thread but I don't think it gets as many views as this one so ill double up. Rabbits were all shot between 30 - 90m and the Plover head shot was at about 80m

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What’s the black and silver air rifle ‘Mintie’ ? Looks the goods..


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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

What’s the black and silver air rifle ‘Mintie’ ? Looks the goods..


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That's a custom build by @Wingman Its a 30cal pcp running 44gr pellets at about 670 fps. Only 13 shots on a fill but it's a very handy gun to walk around with

Blooded my jw15 tonight with this possum! Stoked as! Chur brothers

Picked up my first 22lr couple days ago for $350 second hand. It's made in Brazil by CBC and it's alot nicer and bit more accurate than the old man's 10/22. The trigger is great just about exactly like my howa trigger. Took the vortex diamond back 3-9-40 off the 308 and put it on the new 22. Seems to like CCI minimags groups one inch at 50 meters. CCI subs not grouping to flash so will have to find what brand of subs it likes. So was shooting paper next to the house and went to reload the mag and two magpies turn up sooo I ranged them and they were at 77 meters two shots two dead birds

Mate from Virginia USA sent me this pic of his squirrel hunt with the .22lr.They stew them or deep frie them.

At least one of those is probably no good for stewing or frying, guess which one

Looks to be a lot of damage for 22lr????

Poor little squirlies.

Originally Posted by berg243

im thinking an air rifle might be better not a lot of eating on them squirrels before the damage from the 22.

I remember back when I got hold of the American magazines a lot more.
In the day of the black-powder rifles for squirrels, they would be super accurate, way smaller calibre than usual (maybe 32?) and one of the tricks was to aim low and hit the branch they were on and the bark would smack the squirrel.
If it didn't kill it, you could finish it off with minimal meat damage. Can anyone corroborate this? Been a while, I might have mixed the memories up.

You would be surprised how big those little tree rats get!
Absolutely hate them here in the UK! Rather have the native Red squirrels. The grey was induced and brought with it a poxs that has been killing off the red. Also the Grey is a lot more aggressive. Eats birds eggs and ya finger if your dumb enough to tease it in Hyde park......Umm year that would be me. He got a punch in the snout for his troubles I got a saw finger and then a smack on the ear for mine. (Wife thought I deserved it) The kid standing next to us wasn't sure weather to laugh our cry...I felt the same

Originally Posted by Sideshow

You would be surprised how big those little tree rats get! Absolutely hate them here in the UK! Rather have the native Red squirrels....

I grew up shooting grey squirrels (and rabbits). For a young 'un in the early 80s I earned a great deal of very useful pocket money shooting squirrels with a 410 and a .22 Hornet (both illegal, I wasn't old enough but no one seemed to mind. Don't tell my kids that). I had permissions in West Sussex that I would cycle to with my guns in a guitar case. The best was a vineyard at West Chiltington where I was paid a small fortune to me at least, for squirrels. They were detested pests.

The last few days we've been picking off bunnies out of the kitchen window with the .223, they're showing themselves nicely now, early this year with the good spring.