Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk NP .22 Air Rifle with Scope $144.50 - WALMART
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?
“You’ll shoot your eye out.”
When I was small, my brother shot me in the eye with a BB gun. Had to go to doctor to get BB out. The BB hit the side of my eye (missed the eye proper) and kept going to lodge in my nose.
Back in those days, there was no eye protection for anyone. If you got shot, you got shot.
I always said he did it on purpose. He was four years older than I and, like most boys, thought I was in his way all the time.
well within the power range to put down a varmint within two hundred yards.
200 yards with a pelet gun? Obviously my standards are low. I don’t trust most 22’s at that distance.
We use the .22 most of the time. Powerful.
RWS or Gamo, and in .22 cal.
.177 cal pellet rifles are more typical among the accuracy shooters, but they’re underpowered for taking down a squirrel or rabbit. I’ve shot many squirrels with a .22 cal pellet rifle.
Squirrels are nothing more or less than rats with a good PR machine behind them. If you look up the latin classification/taxonomy of rats and squirrels, you’ll see that my quip isn’t a joke.
“You’ll shoot your eye out.”
When I was small, my brother shot me in the eye with a BB gun. Had to go to doctor to get BB out. The BB hit the side of my eye (missed the eye proper) and kept going to lodge in my nose.
Back in those days, there was no eye protection for anyone. If you got shot, you got shot.
I always said he did it on purpose. He was four years older than I and, like most boys, thought I was in his way all the time.
Good point. If you live in a town or a subdivision, the best way is to shoot from indoors. I used to kill rats in my neighbor’s trash pile that way. The SOB denied that he (and therefore I) had a rat problem so I took matters into my own hands. I’d just open a window and fire from inside a dark room without exposing the gun barrel. No one ever caught on. I imagine that he wondered about all the dead rats that he started finding, but I never jeopardized my position by asking.
Any pellet gun from Walmart should work nicely.
The .22 are way to strong in a suburban or urban area and you have to be aware of where the bullet will be going after you miss. You could injure someone with it.
In case you run up against strobe-resistant rats in the future, check out my post #43 on this thread.
I’d go the Wal mart route....assuming your yard is standard size, that should be plenty accurate.
No there is a peculiar issue with the sight on an air rifle. They have to be able to withstand the ‘shock’ from firing it, which is different than that of an ordinary rifle. So you have to make sure the scope is meant for an air rifle.
And, the Wal Mart stuff all comes in one box, so you know it all matches.
Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk NP .22 Air Rifle with Scope $144.50 - WALMART
In my small experience rats and squirrels generally take 2 rounds of .177, one to pin them and one to finish them. I actually love squirrels, but if I had to “thin the herd” (it happens-there is definitely such a thing as too many squirrels) one shot with a .22 is a lot quicker and cleaner.
Too funny! Thanks :)
I would stay away from the Co2 pellet guns. Go with a model that uses air pressure because it is always available.
I just used mothballs too and it seems to have helped
also Oil of Pepperment (for some reason the small critters hate it, especially mice)
I stuffed mothballs into every crack and crevice I could find in the attic and basement- be sure to check your house outside for entrance holes, and also on the ledge formed by the top of the concrete house footer and in the rafters and vent holes.
I waited outside to watch once because I had no clue how they were getting in- they were crawling through a hole I never would have dreamed possible for them to fit through
Ruger 10/22 22LR - don’t waste your time with BB or Pellets.
Don’t forget to check your state’s hunting laws before you start taking out the Varmint Cong. Your best bet would be using a trap, as previously mentioned.
And don’t forget to have a sturdy pair of gloves on when you let ‘em loose.
In addition to the other deterents already mentioned, I’d like to note that I used a electric eye motion sensing sprinkler to control some deer. It has worked well.
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