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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : PeakChick September 12, 2008, 11:20:48 PM
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It had rained for about a day straight here. It's a bit unsual for this neck of the woods, but it was a nice steady rain that gave all the flora a good drink. The rain took a break late in the afternoon and some of the local fauna was out looking for a late day snack. I saw several Mourning Dove in the yard straching about and then... a small gaggle of villanous scum dropped in to see if there were any opportunities in my yard. They were milling about on the lawn, were a bit cautious and were up into the Elm in the back of my front yard then back down on the lawn again. I didn't have a good chance for a safe shot from the front porch, however one of the ruffians thought she might find a different perch in the big Spanish Olive in my back yard. I slowly found a rest on my back porch, set the AO on the Bushy to 20 yards, settled the crosshairs on the avian villan who was 20' up in the Olive tree. A gentle squeeze of the Ultra's trigger, a quick, muffled pop and the CPHP found its mark. The Starling dropped like a rock to the ground. This compact piece of British surgical pest control equipment prooved her mettle in fine fashion.
Here's the Ultra Carbine and the foolish Starling:
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Beautiful rifle.
You have an olive tree? That's cool. Does it produce?
I was under the impression that you live in one of those mountainous states. Idaho, Colorado, Utah, or something. Didn't know that environment would be conducive to growing an olive tree.
I wonder if they'd grow here in NE Oklahoma. They remind me of times spent around the Mediterranean.
Sincerely yours without olive trees,
Parks
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Stephanie:
Good shot. Another nice carbine too.
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Actually, it's a Russian Olive. I don't know why I think of it as a Spanish Olive. The Russian Olive is a very hardy tree and grows like a weed, seemingly anywhere, even at the 6000' + elevation my house is at. It does produce small fruit that the squirrels and birds love late in the summer and early fall.
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Very, very good. I'll be calling our local nurseries today to see if they stock or can get any of those.
Thanks!
Parks
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Excellent shot with that BSA Ultra at the grackle. That's the same carbine I almost bought from CAG....only the transaction fell through.(http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-frown.gif) Are you using a pump or a scuba tank to fill her up? Btw, at your elevation....does the PCP's lose some of their power/speed?
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Stanley, I'm using a pump to fill the Ultra. I get 25 or so full power (12 FPE) shots and then pump back up to 220 BAR. The Ultra has a max fill pressure of 232 BAR. it takes about 40-50 pump strokes to get the small reservoir back up to 220 BAR. PCP rifles suffer less from the negative effects of my elevation than springers as they are pumped to the same working pressure that they would be at lower elevations. It probably just takes me more pump strokes to get there. :)
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Thanks Stephanie for the info. That little air cylinder can hold more pressure than my .22 BSA T-10 Scorpion...mine is only rated to 200 BAR. Just some stats; 40 full power shots at 30FPE...after 40 shots it takes about 100 stokes to get it back up to 200 BAR.
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Beautiful rifle, beautiful shot and a dead yellow beak..... does it get any better?? I think not.....
Good shooting Stephanie and great pic. That rifle sure is sweet lookin.....
Jeff
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Great shot at that Starling! The Ultra looks very nice & compact. Must be very easy to handle and maneuver around the house in a hurry to get to the porch :-)
Steph you seem to have as many guns as Ed now!! hehe
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What a shot girl!.:) Great pic of your surgical tool and it's harvest, we got to get you out more to hunt with shootin like that Peak. Ed
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Looks like that's the "Wilkinson Sword" of airguns!
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Hey Stephanie... you have an Elm tree??? I though that they were extinct. They are one fantastic tree and really got to be huge back east. Then along came the Dutch Elm disease when I was a kid and wiped them out completely in the east within just a few years, at least in the upper mid west where I was raised. Dead trees were everywhere. I thought that it was a national epidemic and wiped them all out.
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Another great account of surgically removing nasty vermin from your property Peak..:) Beautiful piece of equipment you have there young lady. Great tastes as usual on your new PCP that you have added to your collection.
Gene
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Elm Tree?? Olive Tree?? This aint "Horticulture" 101,He He!! (Just Funnin Folks!!) Man I stepped in it now!!LOL!! How many of us have a "Girl" in our lives as cool as Peak??????? Yeah thats right .001 %!!! Just Funnin Peak,, You are a Lady 100% Stephanie. Lets face it Guys,, Peak can not only outshoot most of us male "Pigs" here,, she do,s it in such a way as to let us grasp on to a little bit of our "Male Egoes". Great shooting as always Peak,, REALLY LOVE that new shooter you gots!! Just Funnin with Ya Peak,,,, wife is watching me!!LOL!! Darnit son!! Im runnin my "Redneck Mouth" again,,,, I have only gotten 2 replys from Peak in all the time I have been here (Directed from her to me personally) Every time she starts to trust me,, I open my BIG MOUTH!! Well,, guess it,s gonna take another couple hundred posts from me before Peak will post back to me. Thats OK,, Im not going anywhere soon,,,, till I get "Banned"!! He He??????? Tim.
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That's ok Tim...:) She is forgiving to a point... lol
Gene
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Thanks Gene!! Course Peak has "The Power"!! Course,, I doubt she would "Kick Me Off",, I have "Friends"!!LOL!! Lord I hope Yall aint votin on it now?? If it helps,, I promise to be good from now on!! Yeah,, right,, Pants On Fire!!!! Bet Gene & "Mr Bob" would give me a second chance??????? Tim.
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Oh sure you'll be good Timmy.............. I know better. :)
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Bob, Elm Blight, Dutch Elm Disease and Elm Beetles have done in a lot of American Elm trees across the country. Colorado Springs has a lot of Elm trees, including the largest American Elm in the state, which unfortunately is diseased. The big Elm in (50') in my back yard is a Siberian Elm, there is one of about the same size or a bit larger in my next door neighbor's yard. The Siberian Elm is resistant to the diseases that have killed so many of the American Elms. The Elm trees out back are a haven for all kinds of birds and my gaggle of squirrels.
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Well,,,,,, Im gonna try my best Peak,,, honest I am,, Yeah right,, we both know better!!LOL!! Tim.