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Extreme Long Range Pellet Rifle
Western Shooting Journal ^ | 2/24/2015 | Eric Nestor

Posted on 02/24/2015 8:32:17 AM PST by w1n1

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To: Chainmail

You come out of nowhere with your ugly mouth and your pissant outrage.

If you have something to say, say it like a man, which means put some thought and some dignity into it.

You heard me loud and clear. If that makes you whimper and snivel, that’s your problem.


41 posted on 02/24/2015 9:41:47 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: w1n1

Girardoni Air Rifle Used by Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Girardoni Air Rifle was an airgun designed by Tyrolian inventor Bartholomäus Girardoni circa 1779. One of the rifle’s more famous associations is its use on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the western part of North America in the early 1800


42 posted on 02/24/2015 9:42:33 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Vermont Lt

A .177 or .22 cal lead pellet isn’t going to do jack to an electric line.


43 posted on 02/24/2015 9:44:15 AM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: carriage_hill

I just got a 10X50 Nikko Sterling for my competition gun :-)


44 posted on 02/24/2015 9:47:36 AM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Fightin Whitey

When I was a kid we were told we had to eat anything we shot with our BB guns. A friend of mine told me he and his buddy shot a couple of Blue Jays once out in the yard and his dad made them dress them and his mom cooked them up and he had to eat one. Never shot another non game bird.

My Gamo is only good out to about 50 yards. We use it to control the squirrel population in our yard.


45 posted on 02/24/2015 9:53:15 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Fightin Whitey
Wow! Interesting little guy, aren't ya? All that hostility and nowhere to go.

I'm sorry for you.

46 posted on 02/24/2015 9:53:26 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Axenolith

But it can rip the wrapping and it certainly could wreak havoc on an insulator...which is what we used to shoot at before causing an outage on the block.


47 posted on 02/24/2015 9:55:12 AM PST by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: Axenolith

But it can rip the wrapping and it certainly could wreak havoc on an insulator...which is what we used to shoot at before causing an outage on the block.


48 posted on 02/24/2015 9:55:28 AM PST by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: w1n1

There are some awesome pellet rifles out there. I’d really like to get a .22 RWS. They pretty much rock.


49 posted on 02/24/2015 10:00:48 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: Gaffer

robins were actually a staple in the diets of early Americans- The meant is dark red- and earthy tasting much like a woodcock acordign to reports-


50 posted on 02/24/2015 10:01:06 AM PST by Bob434
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To: dfwgator

Sounds kind of like Capstick - Death In The Long Grass.

Hunting really is a universal experience.


51 posted on 02/24/2015 10:01:42 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (Bo: capitalized is the dog.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

My dad did the same. We hunted and certainly weren’t against killing meat, but dad insisted that we eat what we shoot. One sparrow later and I was cured.


52 posted on 02/24/2015 10:04:10 AM PST by chuckles
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To: Gaffer

Those are European Starlings and are designated as pests by the Fish and Wildlife Service and Uncle Sam would appreciate it you exterminate them with extreme prejudice as they are non native and desecrate the habitat for your Robins and other indigenous song birds.


53 posted on 02/24/2015 10:04:23 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks ( Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarrhea.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

[[Sounds like you wouldn’t shoot them, and maybe I wouldn’t either, unless they were driving songbirds from my feeders.]]

Or roosting in a tree crapping all over your vehicles, destroying both your lawn and your car’s paint, and eating holes In the driveway, and eating native species out of house and hone- and... invasive species do tremendous damage when they thrive and become too numerous for certain locales- many times though it’s our fault that they multiply as much as they do for providing them easy food and safety by not becoming aggressive when they become a problem


54 posted on 02/24/2015 10:05:02 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Thanks, I’m just not that concerned about it really. If it had been squirrels or crows, then I’d have just “walk[ed] on by” as Dionne sang. :0)


55 posted on 02/24/2015 10:06:06 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Fightin Whitey

[[Always ate everything except of course the coyotes.]]

Coyotes aint bad when prepared right- never had it myself, but ‘dog’ is a delicacy in many areas- Also cats like bobcat, mountain lion, some folks eat- I couldn’t stomach that though


56 posted on 02/24/2015 10:06:44 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Lee'sGhost

House Sparrows, also a non native designated pest by the Fish and Wildlife service.

Uncle Sam would appreciate it if you exterminated them with extreme prejudice.


57 posted on 02/24/2015 10:07:29 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks ( Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarrhea.)
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To: Chainmail

Maybe you’re sorry, maybe not, but I doubt it has to do with me.

I don’t like this kind of thing by keyboard, especially if you are who you say you are.

There’s honor in that, and trading pissy notes doesn’t seem right.

I’ve said my piece. Good luck, Marine.


58 posted on 02/24/2015 10:07:38 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Good point!


59 posted on 02/24/2015 10:10:25 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: Chainmail

It’s obvious by your answers that you either didn’t look at the video or just don’t have a clue what you were watching.


60 posted on 02/24/2015 10:10:49 AM PST by Dusty Road (")
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