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Vanity - Recommendations for a pellet gun
GraceG

Posted on 01/02/2013 11:18:54 AM PST by GraceG

Ok, I have a squirrel problem, and I am needing some recomendations for what to get to shoot them with, namely I want to use a pellet/bb gun. I want to get one that is powerful enough to put them down quickly but not too expensive. Any recomendations?


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Wondering what brand/store would be best to use.
1 posted on 01/02/2013 11:19:06 AM PST by GraceG
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To: GraceG

the ones that I would trust are, unfortunately, expensive.

Anschutz air rifles come to mind. They are very, very, good.


2 posted on 01/02/2013 11:20:57 AM PST by txnativegop (Fed up with zealots)
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To: GraceG

You’ll shoot your eye out.


3 posted on 01/02/2013 11:22:29 AM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: GraceG

Red Rider bb will penetrate squirrel hide and kill ‘em.


4 posted on 01/02/2013 11:23:15 AM PST by Lysander (vices are not crimes.)
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To: GraceG

Benjamin model 392 works very well.


5 posted on 01/02/2013 11:24:56 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: GraceG

In the attic, in the basement- Use MOTHBALLS, very effective. just spread them around


6 posted on 01/02/2013 11:25:45 AM PST by capt B
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To: GraceG

Daisy makes a 1911 frame-replica. CO2 charged. Makes for a great “answering the door when solicitors knock” piece.

http://www.daisy.com/node/56

Stiffened my share of chipmunks in the upper-midwest with it.


7 posted on 01/02/2013 11:25:58 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Bread and Circuses; Everyone to the Coliseum!)
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To: GraceG

Beeman makes a fine air rifle. I’m partial to the spring/air type anyway. WalMart used to sell, maybe still does, a Beeman model for about $100. Accurate, fun to shoot, cheap to shoot.


8 posted on 01/02/2013 11:27:54 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: GraceG; Perdogg
An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

With a thing that tells time!


9 posted on 01/02/2013 11:28:14 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: GraceG

Some of these break/barreled jobs at 1200 fps are good going for $200-$300. They get pretty loud though.

How close is your target? 10-20 yards or so a cheap crosman pump will work fine and a lot quieter for $60. You’ll only get one shot anyway. For stealth a simple bb gun will sting their butts pretty good.

Just be ready to dispose of the body quick or throw it in the neighbors yard with the doberman.


10 posted on 01/02/2013 11:28:29 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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RWS makes an excellent air rifle. So do Benjamin and Beeman. RWS makes several .22 caliber air rifles, which are better for small game.

Childhood favorites like Crosman and Daisy are unfortunately shoddy and crude these days.

11 posted on 01/02/2013 11:28:33 AM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: Perdogg

You’ll shoot your eye out.

I intend to wear eye protection, and that means REAL eye protection!


12 posted on 01/02/2013 11:28:45 AM PST by GraceG
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Watched a TV show about a guy building a cabin in on Kodiak Island the other night. He stated that the squirrels caused him more trouble than the bears. He then went on to say that squirrels were just rats with better outerwear. Funniest line I have heard on TV in a long time.


13 posted on 01/02/2013 11:30:06 AM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Our military does not kill babies, those that commit abortion kill babies.)
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To: GraceG
Save yourself the hassle of dealing with any animal loving neighbors ... go buy a "have-a-heart" trap ...

Bait it with peanuts or corn, then drive a few miles away and let them go in the woods ...

Ten days and you will have your problem solved without upsetting your neighbors ... that is until the new squirrels move into the area.

The traps are the best compromise ... if your neighbors dont care ... just get a .22LR rifle.

14 posted on 01/02/2013 11:30:15 AM PST by dartuser ("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
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To: Lysander

I call BOGUS on the Red Ryder claims, unless I had a wildly underpowered version in the many years I owned and enjoyed all sorts of affordable air rifles. Oddly enough it’s the little things that make the difference - for instance there are “cheaper” Crosman pump action models which I found to be more accurate as a boy due to their “tighter” back sights and thinner sight-blades. Also well in the affordability range are the finer one-shot all-wood .177 chinese-made models with adjustable sights and even included scopes! I have one whose name escapes me but it is a fun piece and well within the power range to put down a varmint within two hundred yards. And... I think I got it at Wal-Mart!


15 posted on 01/02/2013 11:30:20 AM PST by golux
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To: capt B
In the attic, in the basement- Use MOTHBALLS, very effective. just spread them around

Are these the white/yellow mothballs? and will they keep out squirrels and birds from the attic?


16 posted on 01/02/2013 11:30:20 AM PST by GraceG
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To: GraceG

http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Gamo_Varmint_Hunter/1088

Excellent choice in .22 cal.


17 posted on 01/02/2013 11:30:40 AM PST by EagleUSA
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Ruger Air Hawk .177 Caliber Air Rifle Combo
About a 100 bucks Bass Pro and other retailers.


18 posted on 01/02/2013 11:31:15 AM PST by SonnyBubba
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To: GraceG

You can get a Ruger Air Hawk or Blackhawk with scope for about $100.


19 posted on 01/02/2013 11:32:41 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: GraceG

Havahart live catch traps work! I caught 20 squirrels the first year I put out 2 traps in my yard. I have 6 pecan trees they were raiding.


20 posted on 01/02/2013 11:33:07 AM PST by Elderberry
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