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To: yarddog
My brother and I thought we were great white hunters when we got our first Daisy pump BB guns.

One afternoon we brought in a Cottontail Rabbit we killed with them. A BB in the right spot can be deadly.

Then we graduated to C02 powered 22. cal. pellet guns. Those were effective on small game. Rabbits, birds, squirrels.

I used my father's break-over 1.77 cal. pellet rifle this year to take care a bunch of birds that were destroying his grape crop. Found that a direct hit on the side of the bird only knocked the feathers out. But if you shot for the head, almost any shot was fatal.

26 posted on 11/22/2011 6:14:43 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil

I killed a coatamundi in Panama with a .177. It was a Beeman C-1, as I remember. Nice little pellet gun. I sold it before I came back to the States.


29 posted on 11/22/2011 6:17:51 PM PST by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Texas Fossil

>I used my father’s break-over 1.77 cal. pellet rifle [...]

Near 1.8 in, wow!! ;)
I assume you mean .177 cal.


33 posted on 11/22/2011 6:23:36 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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