So.....what did you shoot today?

[Xraycer]

Tom, you live Beautiful Country!

Dinh, I always come back to slingshots no matter what other hobbies I get into.  BTW, flat-band slingshots are addictive and handle lightweight ammo like the clay balls far better than wrist rockets.  I still prefer my TruMarks for outright hunting but they have larger pouches; I use heavy duty surgical tubing with mine and draw 36 inches- when I hit a squirrel it is louder than Polymags from my .25 95QE.  When you eventually start cutting your own bands for your flatbanders, tapered bands shoot faster, and when cutting, use a roller-style fabric cutter.  WAY better than any scissors for cutting Theraband and similar.  I practice side-hold and vertical shooting both left and right handed.  I try to stay ambidextrous as much as possible... that's the prepper in me making sure no matter what happens, I can do things with either hand.  Incidentally, you outta check out the FiveJoy shovels on Amazon.

Thanks for the info, Peter. I've been checking out ideas on YouTube in regards to slingshots. Right now, it's all about accuracy and consistency.
I've seen those multipurpose shovels, and I just don't think I'll have a use for them.

[Arch_E]

I feed some straying Backyard Beasties some lead from my   "new to me"   25 Cal. Hatsan 125.   

There was great devastation at the tree line and blood on the forest floor. 
Best Wishes - Tom   

Is that a LOUD gun? My neighbor shot his at the local squirrels here in the neighborhood: it sounded like a .22 cannon. 


Glad to hear you're thwarting the invasion.....

Archie :

Oh yes..quite loud but I live  "Up-State Minnesota"  in a rural area. 

Actually you could say I live in a forest.... so LOUD ain't no problem.

The only thing that LOUD will bother are the Timber Wolves that live out there and that... ain't so bad either.

Them Timber Wolves can be a real pain in the @$$ sometimes.



Best Wishes - Tom

That looks incredibly rugged and beautiful! Congrats on your rural area homestead. My family has a farm that nearly got left abandoned. A cousin bought our grans house (long deceased), then her brother bought the once across the road, and finally my aunt moved her and uncle back. Feels good to see my heritage thriving again, even if it's not my immediate family. I don't know if I could handle being so far the internet and other big city certainties and services, but boy do I wish I could try. As a youngster, my great uncle helped grandad build three fishing ponds in the hills of our farming land. Those were the days. Of course, the bridges have long been washed out. I bet our big pond has some fantastic game situated all around, since it has become so remote.

Tom, enjoy that blessing!

Thanks for the report on the loud factor of you .25--that fits what I heard when my neighbor popped a squirrel.

[Arch_E]

I shot my Beeman P17, and it was incredibly fun and accurate today. I tried out my two new RWS 6.9 HPs and the H&N Excite 7.1 HPs. Boy, did both pellets shoot fantastically.

I started shooting at bottles weighted with water at 8 yds. I was nearly hitting what I aimed at, even with just open sights. Then, I shot at a reactive target at 13 yards and got a grouping of nearly 2.5" inches. That's as good as I initially got with my Gamo six months ago.

Who'd thought a single-pump pistol could be so fun (and accurate). 

[T3PRanch]

Shot a .25 Marauder I am tuning for a guy. I was shooting JSB MKII 34 grain and some BBT's in 52 grain tethered to a regulated bottle. MKII's were running at 833 fps. BBT's were running 735 fps. Amazingly at 50 yards both were within 1/2" of each other in the vertical plane. 2" groups with both (wind was at 90 degrees to target at 10 to 15 mph).

[Skeeeets]

Cant say forsure what.... but i hit/killed something a moment ago, gunna have to dig out the body from under the deck tomorrow. Sitting on our patio relaxing and hear wood creaking, i know the sound is the back deck/"guarding" lattice for the bottom. Go to the carport and grabbed the t20 (not mounted to any gun) to look around. I see what looks to be a rabbit judging by ears. Go grab the prod and put the t20 on and proceeded to go at it (under the deck is a "no repercussion" zone). When i arived back in the yard to take fire, it already turned around and was slowly wandering under the deck again. The thermal showed it wasn't a rabbit like i thought, but it still had a polymag lunch/dinner. A few tumbles and it layed to rest... too dark/rainy to check now what, but in the morning il be dragging it out.

[avator]

Hopefully it wasn't anything domestic. If it turns out that is the case, please refrain from posting it here as there are specific rules against it.

[Wolfer]

Shot my 880 with open stock sights. Forgot how good simple is.    Mike

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Shot my 880 with open stock sights. Forgot how good simple is.    Mike

That's right!

After buying my quality rifles, I discovered the simple goodness of a Daisy 880 when buying one to teach my grandsons about guns and safety.

[avator]

Isn't it great that virtually every platform in the airgun world has at least one entry level gun that performs way, way above it's price point?

[Xraycer]

Hopefully it wasn't anything domestic. If it turns out that is the case, please refrain from posting it here as there are specific rules against it.

Hunting 101: positively identify your game

[Matchstickshooter]

shot Crosman Silhouette in the basement, pellet trap, crosman wads.

[Matchstickshooter]

ALSO, just shot my Winchester 1100, with Crosman 10.5 domes.

[UlteriorModem]

shot Crosman Silhouette in the basement, pellet trap, crosman wads.

I either need to get a different pellet trap or different pellets. The one I bought from Bass Pro Shops the dang domed pellets bounce out of it 90% of the time. Even when striking the spinners!

[bReTt]

I shot a leave day from work.  Strained a back muscle yesterday digging and planting raspberries.  It really stiffened up and hurt so I took today off after having a restless night.  The pain started easing up just about an hour ago.  Whew.

I hope to get outside to sling some lead.  I知 realizing that I知 neglecting my spring guns.  I知 even looking at one of those SPA P12 bullpup rifles......  I think I知 going to need a compressor. 

[Xraycer]

I shot a leave day from work.  Strained a back muscle yesterday digging and planting raspberries.  It really stiffened up and hurt so I took today off after having a restless night.  The pain started easing up just about an hour ago.  Whew.

I hope to get outside to sling some lead.  I知 realizing that I知 neglecting my spring guns.  I知 even looking at one of those SPA P12 bullpup rifles......  I think I知 going to need a compressor.

Maybe you can convince your HMO to pay for that high pressure compressor. Since it would be substantially cheaper than chiropractic services 

[Matchstickshooter]

shot Crosman Silhouette in the basement, pellet trap, crosman wads.

I either need to get a different pellet trap or different pellets. The one I bought from Bass Pro Shops the dang domed pellets bounce out of it 90% of the time. Even when striking the spinners!

My pellet trap is "homemade"!  It's one of the old brown security document boxes..fireproof,has a single key lock.

I stuff it with old catalogs/newspapers,etc,with a folded up cereal box to hold everything in. works great!

I have a couple of clip magnets from the stationery dept that hold my targets up.

Even my higher powered guns can't penetrate the back of it.

[UlteriorModem]

shot Crosman Silhouette in the basement, pellet trap, crosman wads.

I either need to get a different pellet trap or different pellets. The one I bought from Bass Pro Shops the dang domed pellets bounce out of it 90% of the time. Even when striking the spinners!

My pellet trap is "homemade"!  It's one of the old brown security document boxes..fireproof,has a single key lock.

I stuff it with old catalogs/newspapers,etc,with a folded up cereal box to hold everything in. works great!

I have a couple of clip magnets from the stationery dept that hold my targets up.

Even my higher powered guns can't penetrate the back of it.

I have a good 'quiet' pellet stop that I use outdoors. The problem I was having with the Sig M17 was that it is so wimpy the pellets were bouncing off the replaceable corrugated plastic face I have on it. I also tried to make another one out of a simple cardboard box and they were bouncing off of that too! That and since the M17 is semi auto 20 round clips it tears through traditional paper targets in minutes. I tire of constantly having to put new targets up!

So I figured one of these would be 'perfect' for the indoor plinking.

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/pursuit-air-gun-pellet-trap?searchTerm=Pursuit+Air+Gun+Pellet+Trap

But like I said 90% of the time the pellet bounces back out of it. Not a lot of force but I grow tired of picking them up all the time.

[bReTt]

I知 pumping up the RS78 and loading magazines.  It痴 beautiful outside!

[Skeeeets]

Hopefully it wasn't anything domestic. If it turns out that is the case, please refrain from posting it here as there are specific rules against it.

I would hope there are rules about it.


Dug it out to find one of nature's suprises. An all black possum! Small and frail looking almost like a chihuahua bodywise. The entry wound is dead center of the back of the neck, no exit. If it was a full sized adult i dont think it would have dropped. It was small on the t20 so i could tell it wasnt an adult coon or possum, but still no idea what it was forsure till this morning...

[Skeeeets]

Hunting 101: positively identify your game

Not impossible, but sometimes hard to identify small targets with the t20, your looking at a solid silhouette that may have "invisible" ears sometimes. Would of ben a no brainer to just use a flashlight, but to that extent didnt wanna give my possition away.