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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Air Gun Gate => Topic started by: hooligan169 on July 31, 2013, 10:34:58 PM
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Greetings,
I have not splurged yet for an air rifle, but have my eye on a Hatsan Torpedo 100X in .22. I am hoping in the near future they put the Vortex piston in it.
Now, I have a house with several trees that have not been totally taken care of by the previous owner. I have dead branches fall down in the yard every rain storm and often everyday. I have cut some of them down, but am not getting to the tall ones. I was wondering about shooting them down since some are small.
So, has anyone tried shooting at sticks?
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Can't believe this came up! We had a rather large branch hanging down low and blocking some targets in my back yard range. My son and I did a little gardening. I had the 56 he was shooting the TX and after about 30 shots each we took it down! Lotta fun!!
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I have shot small branches into before. I have even mowed weeds down and picked fruit (nuts and berries) with a pellet gun.
All part of the fun of pellet gun shooting. Just make sure you have a clear and safe area for the pellets to come down in. Shooting a pellet up into the air could come down 500 or more yards away.
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Can't believe this came up! We had a rather large branch hanging down low and blocking some targets in my back yard range. My son and I did a little gardening. I had the 56 he was shooting the TX and after about 30 shots each we took it down! Lotta fun!!
Yep, that's how I keep my shooting lanes clear!
Dandelions are a blast in the yard. Just wish I had a crab apple tree back about 50 yards or so.
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I've shot sticks like that to get them out of the way of a usual shot spot in a tree branch when they were too high to cut by hand. I used a newly cut 3" branch stump that the power company had recently cut down to test my disco at 50yds since it was a bright target in the sun compared to all the dark surroundings in the shade around it. The pellet hit dead center and I had no pellet box to carry back to the house so I was a happy camper.
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Indeed .. We had a Wildland fire next to our property @ 5 years ago and the dead oak tree snags are still there towering above the new brush growth. Because woods bone dry you can get a .177 or .22 to pass threw branches a couple inch's in diameter.
So ... sit in the side yard shooting 25-100 yards topping the snags of fairly large branches !! What cool is you can see the holes hits make, then concentrate on a central POI that in time @ 4 to 6 foot sections of branch topples down ;D ;D ;D
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Fun. I've shot through a pinky thickness 3 feet high weed. Shootin at the base from 2nd floor window at a distance of 25 yards. Took about 40 something shots.
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I prune some small branches that block my line of site to my targets. ;) Oh and I some times shoot the oak balls out of the oak trees.
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Pine cones make great targets too.
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who knew so many of us do the same thing LOL
i have harvested many many sticks :)
i cut down a 2" diameter sumac at 75yds with my mrod one day,
a buddy that was shooting with me couldnt believe it when he saw it start leaning LOL then it crashed
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yep many times, specially when it has a wasp nest in it.
some times the wast make their homes too close to our comfort, and too high in the trees, so y remove the whole branch.
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My neighbors have dog toys that get stuck in their tree from time to time. I shoot the branches down as a service to them and entertainment for myself. This works out great for them, me and their dogs!
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Greetings,
I have not splurged yet for an air rifle, but have my eye on a Hatsan Torpedo 100X in .22. I am hoping in the near future they put the Vortex piston in it.
Now, I have a house with several trees that have not been totally taken care of by the previous owner. I have dead branches fall down in the yard every rain storm and often everyday. I have cut some of them down, but am not getting to the tall ones. I was wondering about shooting them down since some are small.
So, has anyone tried shooting at sticks?
Good idea as long as you know where the pellets will fall. 8)
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Weeds, sticks and wasp nests are some of my favorite targets. They can also be some of the most difficult in a breeze.