Posted on 02/24/2015 8:32:17 AM PST by w1n1
For many of us, our first experiences with shooting included BB guns and pellet guns. These air pellet rifles are like nothing we’ve used before!
Check out the video on this pellet rifle hitting its target from 90 plus yards. Spoiler if you're a "Birdman" fan you may not like this. :)
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.
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
A .177 or .22 cal lead pellet isn’t going to do jack to an electric line.
I just got a 10X50 Nikko Sterling for my competition gun :-)
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.
I'm sorry for you.
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.
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.
There are some awesome pellet rifles out there. I’d really like to get a .22 RWS. They pretty much rock.
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-
Sounds kind of like Capstick - Death In The Long Grass.
Hunting really is a universal experience.
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.
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.
[[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
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)
[[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
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.
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.
Good point!
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.
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