Certaindeaf
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If you can't or don't want to shoot them, here's a killing machine.. won't kill birds.
http://billllsidlemind.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
http://billllsidlemind.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
That Crossman rifle was bought out by a Chinese company and is now called the QB series of rifles....check out archer airguns or look on youtube for qb rifle reviews....they are some very fine rifles...Below is the custom/ modified Crosman co2 rifle I was talking about. A cheap Bushnell scope on it makes it extremely lethal on squirrels (notice there are no irons). My bird feeder is 50 feet from the kitchen window and its no contest. A little more challenging is when the squirrels get into my apple orchard about 200 feet from the patio. Then I have about a 6" holdover with the Beeman Kodiak extra heavy pellets. But when they hit, they hit pretty darn hard, even at that range.
The air rifle is pictured with a Marlin Model 60 .22 rimfire for scale:
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Oh yeah, I live in a hysterical.....erhhhh....historical district. Stealth eradication is part of the fun.
Until I got rid of them, I used a newspaper on a frame, kind of a blind. I would the shoot them across the street in a small park while sitting on our front porch. Worked quite well.
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Yea...like I was preaching about....those rifles are fantastic....and if you have seal problems or anything with your vintage crosman, everything from the QB will fit it. Pretty good life out of a pair of powerlets as well...you get about 70 shots before it starts to really fall off.Those 1760 and 2260 Crosmans are great CO2 rifles. I have a plain jane 2260 and while it is not quite as powerful as my Benjamin .22 Nitro Piston "springer", the 2260 is vastly easier to shoot consistently from any shooting position. The Benjamin has to be held exactly the same from the exact same stance for consistent hits to the same "zero".
^^^^^This. The RWS 48 is worth the money. It is a side cocker, spring piston rifle. Accurate, and well made in Germany.RWS 34 or 48 Diana from Airguns of Arizona. Check them out online. Fast, easy to deal with, superb service.
I cleaned up all the squirrels who were eating expensive chicken & turkey feed. I then moved on to the other squirrels who were raiding our fruit trees.
Gamo is in my experience cheap trash from chain store discount retailers. Bought one, it never shot well, trigger was lousy. Ended up cutting it in half with chop saw before it went in the garbage can. I should have bought the RWS the first time.
Ahh...seems a little....I don't know...not too cool.I was using my 22LR with suppressor for squirrels...I ended up using those "have a hart" traps...I'd trap the squirrels with peanut butter and crackers...bring them into my basement and take them out with pellet rifle.
Just make sure your township allows discharging of firearms if they don't you could have some issues with the man.
So, you may want to consider any possible legal ramifications to killing squirrels in your yard,
Ah...dieseling. I thought the same thing when I shot my Benji Nitro Piston the first time.The break barrel rifles sound like a center fire cartridge. I bought one to NOT shoot the lovely pigeons on my porch but put one round down range and thought the swat team would be along any minute. It is for sale. Slightly used with 1 pellet down range. 1 pellet.
Its all good, unless you are a squirrel. ..- a rat with a good publicist!