Well, There I was, enjoying a nice cool morning, about 8:30 and 65 F, hunting in my favorite Orange orchard for squirrels and blackbirds, when out of the corner of my eye was this jackrabbit. Now, I was there to try out my Uncle's new Crosman quest 800. He bought it for his daughter and wanted me to sight it in, break it in, and so on. I've had it for about a week and put about 500 shots through it using the cheap Crosman pointed pellets that leave your fiingers black. Anyway, i've not had much success in the accuracy department with this combination. I was digging through my shed and found this old box of Beeman Silver Jets in .22, so this was a perfect opportunity to try something new. Long story short, 5 shots and a few scope adjustments later and it's dead on at 35 yds.
Back to the story...
I was patroling the orchard using this quest instead of my RWS 45, and saw this jackrabbit. Had I been hunting with my 45, I would have just sighed and moved on, knowing full well that he was out of range. Sure, I could hit him, but he'd probably hop away laughing at me. But Now I have the Quest 800 in hand. He was facing my right when he saw me, and I knew he was spooked, since he hunched down and prepared to run. I held my crosshairs over his head about and inch and let the lead loose, just then he started to move, but the pellet struck him in the neck, just below the right ear, and went through the base of his ear and into his skull. It made a sound like someone breaking a pencil. He went down, started rolling on the ground, made a huge leap straight up in the air and came to rest on his left side. It was over. I walked off the distance at 42 yds.
For such a light rifle, and in a stock condition, it shoots well. Like I said...I'm Impressed.
