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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Airgun Gate => : crowpopper April 07, 2010, 06:11:11 AM
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Target,Plinking ,Or Hunting?
Mine is a tossup between 2 shots, both of which were taken with my tuned .22 cal ,30FPE gamo hunter extreme
the 1st
a gre squirrel taken at 91 yards nailed him in the ribs and the 2nd shot a skunk at 106 yards also a boiler room shot
I kinda regret selling that gun but it was a must for me to get into pcp's again , I traded for disco pistol and pump.
I am going to get another Magnum springer again someday, I still watch the classifieds for that gun to pop up though lol.
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In my case I prefer challenging targets for an air rifle. My airgun that I still learning about it air lost power after every shot at long distance is the Sumatra .22 500 cc. I use this rifle every friday at the range club since 5 weeks ago. My shooting target is always located at 100 yards. This it is not a 100 yards constant shooting rifle but that is what I am learning the shooting pattern of this rifle at that distance to compete with other members of the club range that use only real bullets. I am shooting between 400 - 550 eun jin pellets 24.8g and 60-100 32.4g every friday. I spend the whole fridays at the range. In addition, I am the only one at the club rang that use an airgun, but everyone of them have to come to see the Sumatra and ask me the caliber of that beauty and the noise that it perform.
My 100 yards target is a 3 inches diameter.
/GERALD
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wow that sumtra is a beast ,i love the sound of that especially law enforcement coming toward u asking what kind of cannon you are using .Maybe the police department will start packing them in there cars hehehehehe .....jorge
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Jorge I had the experience the last year I was shooting at an public area next to a river with my set up like at a range and someone saw me when I shoot some lights pellets just to listen the crack under a bridge and when suddenly 3 police cars arrives ....
oooohhhh.... but there are not restrictions here just you know a public place it is not the best place ... but I had no problem they just told me where was located the range... he he he.
And now you read my fridays range story.
cooooolllll
/Gerald
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Man thats tough.
Ive slipt a pellet on a paint spatula at 35 ft and cut a card from that distance. Both on video! Shooting off the weight bench.
Ive hit matches at 25 yards.
But I think my best long range was 60 yards on the beeman steel pig target. Its about 2 in wide by 1.5 in tall. Hit it 3 out of 5 times from a lawn chair.
All with my gamo hunter nitro piston 177. Love that gun.
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Dj... It is not easy. I have to compesate the rifle a lot and many times after every shot. As I wrote I am learning the rifle pattern for these long shots. Until know at 70 yards my first 3 shots are in the 1 1/2 target after that I have to start to compensate again and try to follow the new pattern.
In other words in need to continue learning the shooting pattern of the rifle after every shot. Do this it is not easy, it takes a lot of time and other factors like the wind and the mirage that I have experienced at the range, but if I can do very close shots with an air rifle.... you will know what I could do with a real bullet.
Take care
/Gerald
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Squirre, top of 60- ft tree at about 75 yards. Old Crosman 1400 .22.
Lucky shot of course but, man could that gun shoot!
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LUCKY SHOTS COUNT TOOOOOO.... HE HE HE / GERALD
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I couldn't believe it when he started falling out of the tree! Either I hit it or scared it to death ;)
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Last week I was shooting my .177 silent cat at some extended distances trying to figure out the mil dots. While shooting at my 70 yd target a sparrow landed 3 yards behind the target on a log. I put the 4th mildot on his head and let it fly, couldn't believe it but I took out his eye. Later in the day I was shooting at a buoy in the lake at 122yds. I finally figured out the hold and was able to hit the 6"x6" exposed buoy several times.
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comes to mind. First one with the Cummins b-3,my grandson said that gun can't kill anything,so I showed him a little bit, at about 25 yards a sparrow and just as the trigger broke and released the pellet another sparrow hopped into the line of fire,two fer one and made a beliver out of him.Second one:Disco,.177 cal.same grandson,now a marine,a starling at about 50 yards,he says Gramps you are waisting your time,you are going to miss.1 starling down and a bunch to go.Ha I love to show the young whippersnapper a thing or two.
Gary
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This sounds like me and my dad. He is retired Marine and I am active duty. He shoots my guns and still wins! ANd the one time we tied he outsmarted me and had me run a timed opstickle course in the back yard shooting as I went. Then after I stepped on a stick barefoot and rolled through the grass whith no shirt on hitting all the targets as I went. Then at the finish line was 5 prone shots. I stood up out of breath asked what the time was and him and my kids are just laughing and he says I just wanted to see you get all chiggery, you win!
Even when I won I lost! lol but theres always next time.
And my hats off to you guys shooting live targets at long distance. SHooting steel and targets is easy because there is no time crunch, the target sits there and waits till your ready. So you can relax breath and concentrate. And I dont know why but I still get excited when Im sliding up to a shooting position weather its after a squirrel or a grackle. Also shooting live targets your very rarely in an ideal shooting position. Good job to all of you. :emoticon:
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I might have the ultimate unrepeatable air-gun shot in history.I have a camp on a river,one day about 2 years ago we at my camp while a buddy was fishing about 50 yards up river.I was talking to another friend about how I was a much better shot than him (typical bustin on each other).He says if your so good hit his bobber from here,I say I'll do one better I'll hit his line.With a chuckle from both I take the shot a second later we here our buddy yell "HEY YOU HIT MY LINE".We both looked at each other and agreed that could never be done again......shot was taken with a Daisy powerline 880 on bb's no less.
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a bug kill 33 yards with the RWS 48 .177 AFTER ZERO THE SCOPE AT THE RANGE.
/gerald
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next time the youngun stars talkin trash tell him, "I been your age before you aint never been mine, now be quiet and learn something."
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3 wasps in a row (one after the other) from 46 feet with of all things, a powerline 880 and cheap daisy wadcutter pellets and open sights!!
Shot a field mouse at 63 feet.
Also double lunged a squirrel from 52 yds with my .177 benji disco shooting CPHP's
Ray
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Nailed a Starling at 63 yards with a Gamo Viper with a .177 CPHP. Hit a softdrink can at 100 yards with a Gamo Big Cat shooting cheapy .177 Crosman Huniting pellets (Very lucky shot though....only 1 out of 30 shots.....the rest were close as I could see the snow puff up).
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Can't compete with some of these shots...best I've done is straight pins...4 in a row at 10 meters with the Marauder...22 cal.
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My best airgun shot didn't involve an airgun so while technically it wasn't an airgun shot, it was a phenomenal non-powder shot; It was made with my handmade slingshot. I was fishing with a couple friends in a backwater swamp. I always carry my slingshot to bust snakes and turtles and such. The area had a lot of old dead cypress trees that reached high into the sky. A lone crow landed in the very tip top of one of those dead cypress trees about 40 yards away and 60 feet up. I loaded a .32 caliber lead ball in the pouch and let it fly. THWACK! His wings went straight out and he helicoptered down into the water. He raised his head, gave a half-hearted squawk, then expired! Lead to the Head! We were all pretty astounded and my friends claimed it was a lucky shot, BUT I was aiming at the crow and DID intend to hit him so was it REALLY luck? Of course it was! That same slingshot has taken Spadefish at the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, snakes, turtles, a very unlucky crow and even a Cattle Egret (stupid) once.
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Thats pretty stinking good with a sling shot! Last time I shot mine was in Yuma, taped a squirrel picture to the fence and let a nice glass marble fly. It flew right over the fance and creamed the fridge on the neighbors back porch! Left a crater about the size of a basket ball. How I missed a 6 ft wooden fence I couldent tell you. But I killed the crap out of the fridge! lol
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new too air guns so not best shot yet , but sure funny to me!?! a treerat on top of my house peeking over peak nut in mouth,came-up standing head shot & pow, the nut came rolling down roof hole right in center,never heard such a fuss LOL , next shot when he peeked at 20,22 yds brained him.
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Hmm- I literally dropped a rabbit in its tracks at 70 yards with the MP513 once (rested from a fence). It was a heart shot. Bunnyflopped and never moved another muscle. I don't normally shoot them that far, but I had beenpracticing at long range all day and it was dialed in.
The one I remember best was the crow with the R7- perfect head shot. Wasn't all that far,but it was a very vertical shot at the top of a tall tree on top of the tall slope at my old house, It dropped in a heap. Most gratifying.
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I hesitated posting this, as it sounds to much like B.S.,
But a few years ago I was in my back yard, when my father-in-law saw a dove on the top of the tree in the front yard, and bet me that I couldn't' hit it !!! So being an air gun nut ! I bet him !
Now this shot was at least 40 yards, and was taken with my Sheridan ,20 cal air rifle of many years ! After guessing the pellet drop at that distance, and checking the wind, I took the shot ! It seemed like minutes, and my father-in-law was already spending his winnings, when the bird dropped !!!! And as much to my surprise as it was to my father-in-law, who was now out $10.00 !
It's all true, he is 84 years old now,and still mentions it from time to time :o
Bill