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Pellet Gun For Within-City-Limits Varmit Control
Freerepublic ^ | 01/12/2010 | Jewbacca

Posted on 01/12/2010 9:13:29 AM PST by Jewbacca

I have got squirrels all over my damn house, ruining flower beds, getting in the attic, etc. Some idiot introduced them (they are not native) to our town and they are going crazy with no natural predators.

I live in a city (suburb) where the discharge of firearms is rather disfavored.

My friends and neighbors have opted for the pellet gun approach --- some with the C02 pistol spray-and-pray approach --- some with the scoped rifled (nailed one myself at a friend's house at 30 yards).

I know squat about pellet guns, other than they come in .177 and .22.

Recomendations?


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To: InterestedQuestioner

I have this stuff called “critter ridder” which is basically extract of cayenne peppers.

Moles and stuff tend to not like it when they get it in their beady little eyeballs!


101 posted on 01/12/2010 10:36:20 PM PST by djf (What has killed more people? 1) Guns in cars or 2) Cell phones in cars???? Do the math!!!!)
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To: handy old one
Like many youth growing up in the south, my first hunting experience was squirrel hunting with my father with my open-sight .22. ...later with an old single-shot 12 gauge that put me on my butt.

I watched and learned to clean them for mom who mostly fried them up in a black iron skillet.

102 posted on 01/13/2010 4:15:42 AM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Jewbacca

Oooo very nice. I want.


103 posted on 01/13/2010 4:54:45 AM PST by jboot (Let Christ be true and every man a liar.)
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To: hellbender
I just got a Evanix S10 from them. It packs a good punch and isn't much louder than the suppressed Benjamin Marauder. The Koreans did a good job on the baffle design. I have been a collecter of airguns for years:>)
104 posted on 01/13/2010 8:13:41 AM PST by beltfed308 (Heller: The defining moment of our Republic)
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To: Jewbacca

I have a Crossman pump air rifle. It came from Walmart and is not expensive.

It shoots BB’s or 17 caliber pellets. It came with a scope but I took it off. It has a dayglo green front sight and is easy to get on target.

Some poopoo it because it is cheap and perhaps not as finely machined as more expensive brethren.

If pumped 10 times, it easily kills noxious squirrels. If pumped 5 times it burns a cat’s ass enough to embed a strong memory.

It is very accurate within the 50 foot zone where the intruders are and when pains are taken accurate for a much greater distance.

Practice make perfect and that is true with this rifle.


105 posted on 01/13/2010 8:25:23 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . What ever I do is what shall be)
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To: Jewbacca
My urban Jewish wife is in a state of distress.

This should put her mind at ease.

106 posted on 01/13/2010 9:47:39 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: beltfed308
That looks like a beautiful gun. The stock and checkering look nice. Didn't know it was Korean. I wouldn't want to buy anything from China, even it was good. The Chinese copy designs they stole from someone else, usually the Germans.

I'm an airgun fan from way back. Can you believe that airguns were illegal in NJ when I was growing up? I had a couple anyway, hehe.

I know someone who has an antique (prob. 19th cent.) springer with a revolving cylinder, which is what many modern PCP repeaters use, only on this antique I think you advanced it by hand, separately from cocking the gun. The former owner had other neat stuff, like at least 2 air canes.

107 posted on 01/13/2010 10:11:02 AM PST by hellbender
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