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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : Bhawanna August 23, 2008, 05:38:47 AM
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i have an outside cat that i feed in glass bowl on the steps to my porch. last night i was laying in bed and heard the bowl tumble down the steps and break on the brick patio. i looked out and there it was.....mr. possum! now what am i going to do? the diana 54 is on the work bench with no sights on it, the bsa is dismantled because i am building a custom stock for it, i sold my 350 mag to mike and the new r-1 hasn't been zeroed. i thought for a moment and remembered the double gold r-1's are suppose to be bore-sighted at the factory so i grabbed it and a flash light after i put my pants on!! here i was bare-footed, no shirt and a unsighted rifle on the hunt! i was about 40ft. from him, aimed for the head but the pellet didn't hit where i aimed! DAMN-IT!! but the pellet did hit him. he rolled off the steps and took off into the shrubbery. i looked for him about 30 minutes but couldn't find him so when it got daylight i went looking again and found the critter under my water fountain. the r-1 was just chronied at 780fps with superdomes so that is a little over 19fpe that took this fat boy out!!!! the r-1 will definately be my critter gun. i really don't understand why the gun is classified as "medium" powered....it really has punch and shoots as hard as my diana 54 which is classified as a magnum gun.
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very nice. he looks tired like he's been up all night...
where did the pellet hit if i may ask
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Good shootin' Roger. Get the R1 really dialed in and it will be your go to critter guN. The R1 certainly has a very proven record in the field.
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if i had known what i know now about the r-1, i would have bought one a long time ago. this gun has just AMAZED me on how much power it has with such little recoil. its a little pricey but the more i shoot it, the more i believe its worth every penny you pay for it. the next possum will be "between the eyes" with a jsb preditor.
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Good Shootin Roger !
That R-1 has the Right Stuff ! Nice Photo of your trophy !
Watch out Timmy, Roger's out huntin, he's gonna beat your score !
Bill
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Good shooting in the night barefoot with a flashlight, and a non-zeroed rifle! :-)
Nice pics of the critter.
So where did the pellet strike him?
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That is one of the ugliest creatures I have even seen. Good kill!
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I know on the phone last night you were pretty upset Ya couldnt find him,, happens to the best of us. Great recovery Bud,, Ya got yourself a "CONFIRMED" with the new shooter!!!!!! Hey wait a second,,, you got an R-1 & I dont?? Just remembered,,, Im not speaking to you!!LOL!! NO,, Bill,, Im not ABOUT to let Roger out hunt me!!He He!! Tim.
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since timmy and i aren't speaking to each other will someone please tell him that i didn't have to jump up and down on a bicycle pump like a kangaroo to "charge" it!....ha!!! hey bud!!!...when you decide to speak to me again....call me!!
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Great kill Roger, those country rat's can be tough. You hit the fusebox but his body said go-go hehehe but he shut down fairly quickly. Great pic's of that nasty critter and now that she's got her first notch on the stock we'll be looking for more.:) Ed
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Great shooting Roger!!! And nice trophy... I can see it didn't take you long at all to get acquainted with that new R1 :)
Enjoy the new shooter!!
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Roger I also noticed that his insides are coming out of him around his lower stomach, working on skinning him for supper?. Ed
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Roger, nice shooting,even if it looks like one of Timmys frozen critters,I ordered a few rabbits from him,I should get them Tuesday...LOL!
Nice work with that R-1!
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Joe,, I thought twas tween yous & me?? What Ya doin to me Cuz?? Thought we was Friends?? Out of the goodness of my heart I even shipped Ya 2 frozen squerrels,, 1 Racoon,, (Along with the 3 Rabbits Ya ordered)!!!!! How Ya gonna do this to me??,,,,, NO FROZEN FOR YOU!!!!! Congrats "Buddy"?? Ya just got on the list with Roger & Chris,,,, TALK TO THE HAND!! (Not speakin to Ya) Tim.
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Nice shooting. I hate those nasty things. I hope you used a shovel to move him. lol
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Nice kill with the R1....and unscoped too. I'm impressed. Looks like the teeth in that possum could rip out your ankles!!!!
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Nice shootin,,, great pic.....
Jeff