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

[Jshooter71]

Great times indead. Apparently the temperatures are dropping a little in Arkansas also.

Third day in a row that the mornings here have been pleasant.

Yessir! It’s hot & humid now, I’m in the River Valley. But the mornings sure are getting nice. Glad to hear your shooting some Dan!

[Oldgringo]

Yesterday was a great day for shooting! I shot the DPMS A4, got the glass cleared up as good as it can be & zero’d. This rifle would greatly improve with a trigger job. I got about 35 shots off when my little shooting partner came out. Since it was cool & early she actually wanted to shoot. So I set her up with paintballs & silhouettes on top of the spoon spinner rack. I shot a total of 55 shots at a 5 spot zero target at 30 meters and she was blowing up paintballs and flinging silhouettes. It was great.

I like your spoons!  In fact, I think that your attachment is something that I should have thought of.   

[mrbulk]

Yesterday was a great day for shooting! I shot the DPMS A4, got the glass cleared up as good as it can be & zero’d. This rifle would greatly improve with a trigger job. I got about 35 shots off when my little shooting partner came out. Since it was cool & early she actually wanted to shoot. So I set her up with paintballs & silhouettes on top of the spoon spinner rack. I shot a total of 55 shots at a 5 spot zero target at 30 meters and she was blowing up paintballs and flinging silhouettes. It was great.

I like your spoons!  In fact, I think that your attachment is something that I should have thought of.   

+1

[Jshooter71]

Thanks Fellas! The base and top are pressure treated 10” pine. The sides are cherry from a heavy pallet I took apart. I used 3 inch deck screws to pull it together and I cut a steel ferrule up to cover the 3/8” threaded rod that runs the width, with cut washers in between the ferrules and “S” hooks for the spoons. I drilled 3 small holes in the top for the golf tees that are easily replaceable. The spoons really fly around the ferrules with a well placed shot.

[Matchstickshooter]

 Enjoyed  The Crosman 1077 after lunch.
Indoors..pellet trap,across two rooms.
 Put 4 clips through it,rapid fire.
 My little colored yard sale dots on the target seem to disappear!

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Thanks Fellas! The base and top are pressure treated 10” pine. The sides are cherry from a heavy pallet I took apart. I used 3 inch deck screws to pull it together and I cut a steel ferrule up to cover the 3/8” threaded rod that runs the width, with cut washers in between the ferrules and “S” hooks for the spoons. I drilled 3 small holes in the top for the golf tees that are easily replaceable. The spoons really fly around the ferrules with a well placed shot.

You did a good job I just went simpler. My grandson decided to shoot the wood instead.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I adjusted the trigger on my new Hatsan Striker so I had to take it out for a little field trial.  I tested the zero on some silhouettes and then I took an amble around the fish ponds.  I was hoping for a lurking cotton mouth but there were no snakes today.  The trigger adjustment screw only shortens the second stage.  I got a modest but much appreciated improvement in the trigger.  I was obliterating floating leaves at 30 yards with far less concentration needed to produce good shots.  I'm very interested in what this big slow .25 caliber pellet will do to game.

[Oldgringo]

I finally got outside this afternoon to shoot at my new 10 M targets with my MC stocked CMP Daisy 853.  This is the one with upgraded 753 sights.

Right to left:
Crosman wadcutter
CPHP
JSB 7.33 Exacts

The Exacts produced a, hard to see, single hole ~ 1.5 pellets wide exactly dead center of the bull.  Love my 853's!

[Hoosier Daddy]

I took the enabler road...
 Guy at work has an 11 year old son who wants to shoot, but cant hold a full size rifle offhand..
I rechecked the zero on the XS-12 and the C1 and loaded them in the truck for tomorrow.
 

[bantam5s]

Been shooting the h9a the past few days, at least a few shots here and there out the back door.
Way too hot to do any serious shooting.

[Oldgringo]

I finally got outside this afternoon to shoot at my new 10 M targets with my MC stocked CMP Daisy 853.  This is the one with upgraded 753 sights.

Right to left:
Crosman wadcutter
CPHP
JSB 7.33 Exacts

The Exacts produced a hard to see, single hole ~ 1.5 pellets wide hole exactly dead center of the bull.  Love this 853!

Tomorrow, I may try my OEM sighted 853 on the second row of 10 M bulls with the same range of pellets?

[YuccaPatrol]

Today was my big day, as I received my first airgun since I was a kid in the 80's.

A Diana Chaser rifle/pistol combo. I immediately installed the suppressed rifle barrel and a $29 Amazon red dot and roughly sighted it in just enough that I could get most pellets into a 2" bullseye at about 50feet. Tomorrow I'll fine tune the sight, but I was just happy to see holes punched in paper.

Really surprised at how quiet it is.

Also just want to say that I'm super impressed with this community. I've spent weeks reading everything here and can't recall ever seeing anybody treat another member poorly. Very rare on the internet today. So thanks for creating a supportive and encouraging place to learn this hobby.

[Jshooter71]

Congratulations on your new rifle Andrew! Happy shooting to you!

[Lt. Dan]

When possible I use a support like a tree branch or the side of a tree while hunting squirrels. This allows me to do head shots instead of body shots. But, with that said, in my back yard that's usually not possible.

Yesterday produced squirrel number 3 with the .177 Ruger Air Hawk, all taken standing without support.  Yes and all aiming center mass. Yesterday's kill caused me to rethink my rifle choice as it resulted in a wounded squirrel which I'm positive didn't last very long.

So the pecan tree that I'm shooting these rats out of is estimated at 100 ft tall and these rascals are around 75 to 90 feet up, my patio where I'm shooting from is ~50 ft away. If my calculations are correct I'm shooting 25 to 30 yard shots.

My Walther Parrus .22 is another rifle I can shoot well unsupported,  and being a magnum springer I packs a punch. Downside is it's heavy but the POA / POI is the same from 25 yards to 35 yards using RWS Superdomes and Hatsan Striker pellets.

I started practicing with the Parrus yesterday,  shooting at 25-35 yards 3" spinners. After about 20 practice shots with only 4 misses today I'll give it a try.

[Lt. Dan]

When possible I use a support like a tree branch or the side of a tree while hunting squirrels. This allows me to do head shots instead of body shots. But, with that said, in my back yard that's usually not possible.

Yesterday produced squirrel number 3 with the .177 Ruger Air Hawk, all taken standing without support.  Yes and all aiming center mass. Yesterday's kill caused me to rethink my rifle choice as it resulted in a wounded squirrel which I'm positive didn't last very long.

So the pecan tree that I'm shooting these rats out of is estimated at 100 ft tall and these rascals are around 75 to 90 feet up, my patio where I'm shooting from is ~50 ft away. If my calculations are correct I'm shooting 25 to 30 yard shots.

My Walther Parrus .22 is another rifle I can shoot well unsupported,  and being a magnum springer I packs a punch. Downside is it's heavy but the POA / POI is the same from 25 yards to 35 yards using RWS Superdomes and Hatsan Stiker pellets.

I started practicing with the Parrus yesterday,  shooting at 25-35 yards 3" spinners. After about 20 practice shots with only 4 misses today I'll give it a try.

I meant RWS Super Field pellets.

It worked. Another 30 yard score. Center Mass,  didn't move when it hit the ground.  I missed a 50 yard shot when I shot at one the oak behind the pecan tree.

So far all have had wolves, or the more widely used term, warbles under their skin.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Yesterday evening I took my Hatsan 125 out to re-zero the scope.  The first two shots were fine and then the trigger blade fractured where the rear adjusting screw passes through it.  This is the second Quattro trigger on this gun to fail in this fashion.  Don't get me wrong.  I love my Hatsans!  I will persevere because this gun is such a sweet shooter.  I was a little bummed about the trigger breaking but I've dealt with this before and it is an easy fix.  I got out my new Hatsan Striker to assuage my blues and proceeded to pummel some little yellow metal animals at 25 yards.  Very satisfying.   

[Oldgringo]

It's sorta' pleasant on the patio today with only one fan going so I broke out the 853 with OEM sights.  She doesn't seem to be as accurate at 10 M as is the Monte Carlo 853 but she does hit the spinner spoons at 25 yards.  What's not to love about that?   

BTW, both 853's like 7.33 gr. pellets best.

[Steelontarget]

Diana Mauser K98. Crosman Premier Round Nose .177, 10.5 grain. SWFA SS 10X scope. DonnyFL Moderator. Vortek Spring Kt.  Soup can shot at 100 yards.

[Fate]

As I do first thing most mornings, I choose one or two of the white dots on my target and replace them with a black hole. On the target it's only a white dot... but in my mind it's The Target in my eye.

First shot from a cold barrel is important to me. So I make a target with 20 small white dots arranged in a 4x5 dot grid on a 10 meter inside target that I use to check my skills, my pellets, and my air guns. I use a WhiteOut pen to make the ~.20" dots which disappear only when hit dead center.

The exercise also tests me as well as the gun. Once in a while, a shot will leave a small crescent of white and I know it's me, and makes me evaluate what went wrong with my concentration. It also tests my pellets, telling me which ones I can count on.

Combined with seeing everything every day as a target, this little routine is a part of my overall firearm preparedness. I practice with my air guns, a primarily benign weapon. But it's directly transferrable to the other, more serious arms meant to harm if needed, when continuous situational awareness may call for those. I never open a door or round a corner, for example, without being prepared for what may await beyond...

[wolverine]

it's been in the 60s all week and lower at night so i brought the 2400KT and 2260 in from the garage.  as i past the kitchen window i noticed the feeder was covered in hosps. taking the 2400 and a tin of .177 Crosman Destroyers upstairs i quickly dispatched 3 hosps before the others wised up and flew off.