My second PcP rifle. Got bit by the bug...

[Mosin Marine]

Thanks jerry, i will definitely be at the next one!

On a side note my maximus seems to be working just fine. I had left it cocked and loaded for a day waiting for a skunk at night. Seemed to fix itself for some reason. It cocks back like butter again. I am sure it got nervous seeing the new gun and decided it better start working.

Also on a side not Mr skunk is dead. Thanks to a .22 Predator polymag to the heart lung area at about 15 yards. Dinger went off so i waited in the pitch dark of the porch with my green hunting light. Mr skunk decided it was time to raid the bird feeder. Last day of that for him. Guess the maximus still has it going on. Reminded me why i like it so much. It is still way to long to be maneuvering around in the dark.

 

Glad it's working better for you, they are fun guns.
Congrats on the skunk, did he spray?

Yea first time i have had a heart lung shot spray. I may have done some massive internal damage causing him to release this time. First time ever, i will remove him in the morning when the smell dies down some. haha

[Tater]

Yea first time i have had a heart lung shot spray. I may have done some massive internal damage causing him to release this time. First time ever, i will remove him in the morning when the smell dies down some. haha

Good luck!   

[Big Rick]

Better wear rubber boots. Better yet disposable. I used to trap, a lot. Used to skin the occasional skunk, a memory that will stick with you. Beautiful fur but not worth much even before the animal rights wackos ruined the fur industry.

[Smaug2]

You might want to stick with domed pellets for skunks. It's one situation where it's better to let the animal suffer a bit more than to cause so much internal damage that you nick the stink sac.

I've had them spray every time except once, whether I take head shots or lung shots. The one time it didn't spray was when I shot it in the rump as it was retreating.

As you said though, the last one, I took a perfect lung shot with a .177 Baracuda Hunter, and he was thrashing around. So I tried to end it sooner for him by giving him two more rounds. But since he was thrashing, I may have popped the stink sack with the follow-up shots.

In your case, you' had an even more devastating round, in a bigger caliber.

Skunks are tough too, because (at least in my area) the usually nighttime clean up crew consisting of raccoons and opossums and foxes don't want any part of a skunk that has sprayed. Only the bugs will eat him, and that takes quite a while. Get him with a shovel and put in in the back of your field.

[Lmgunner13]

Congrats on the Varmint! Welcome to the rabbit hole lol. Thanks for your service Marine.

Phil

[MonsterMaxx]

Yes, welcome to the Rabbit Hole.  I got bitten in December of last year and already have 4 + all the support gear.

We need an Airguns Anonymous group or something.  This is a dangerous addiction.


And thank you for your service.

[Ribbonstone]

Just a reminder....can spread the cost of the fill gear to 20% per rifle once you get to 5 PCP's....makes it seem much more reasonable at that point.

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Just a reminder....can spread the cost of the fill gear to 20% per rifle once you get to 5 PCP's....makes it seem much more reasonable at that point.

I am at 5x5 now, Ribbie, lol..

4% and below is the target efficiency rate, right?   

Yeah, gonna be a compressor set-up in my very near future, who can refute such logic? Not me, nope! 

[Techie]

I love my new .22 Varmint.  Love how small, light, and accurate it is, and I love that is has NO plastic.  I'm getting consistent half-inch 5-shot groups at 25 yards with JSB 15.89 grain pellets from a solid benchrest and bags, and that's with a 3x scope.  With Crosman Premier HP pellets I'm getting 1.75" groups.  Lesson: Use JSBs!

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I love my new .22 Varmint.  Love how small, light, and accurate it is, and I love that is has NO plastic.  I'm getting consistent half-inch 5-shot groups at 25 yards with JSB 15.89 grain pellets from a solid benchrest and bags, and that's with a 3x scope.  With Crosman Premier HP pellets I'm getting 1.75" groups.  Lesson: Use JSBs!

Have you tried the heavier .22 JSBs yet, Techie? The trend seems to be the heavier, the better, up to a point. The plus is you get more foot pounds of energy, the downside is the loopier trajectory, but the best part is the gun seems to 'digest' the heavier pellets better, to my ear, and they tend to be quieter, also, at least in my .22.

My .177 likes heavier pellets better, too, but I am tuning down that one to 8 fpe, so we'll see if these barrels shoot the lightest pellets well. My guess is that they may not, based on what I have seen so far, but who knows? If my .177 barrel doesn't shoot well at low power, I'll likely leave the tune alone, and get a HW blank and go that route. I want this gun to shoot like a hopped up HW30s, and use it in place of my minty HW30s LE. It still blows my mind that the varmint is lighter than the HW30s, at least lighter than my lam stocked one. I haven't held my beech stocked HW30s in several months, so I dunno if it is lighter than that one. But, yeah, a super-30s substitute that doesn't worry me to take into tight quarters or into the woods. That's the plan, at least..

Anyhoo, glad y'all're liking your Varmints!

:-) chicikie

[Techie]

Have you tried the heavier .22 JSBs yet, Techie?

Even though I have some 18.13 gr JSBs, I have not tried them.  I'm pretty sure they will shoot great too.  However, the 15.89 gr. JSBs are already shooting better than I can hold with a 3x scope, so I don't feel the need.  I'm of the type where I'd just as soon leave well enough alone, and spend my time on more pressing things like trying to get my PP700S-A to shoot at consistent velocity.  The regulator in that thing is anything but.

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Have you tried the heavier .22 JSBs yet, Techie?

Even though I have some 18.13 gr JSBs, I have not tried them.  I'm pretty sure they will shoot great too.  However, the 15.89 gr. JSBs are already shooting better than I can hold with a 3x scope, so I don't feel the need.  I'm of the type where I'd just as soon leave well enough alone, and spend my time on more pressing things like trying to get my PP700S-A to shoot at consistent velocity.  The regulator in that thing is anything but.

Cool! The 20+ grain JSBs can be amazing outta these guns, jus' so ya know, seeing as you'll burn through whatever you have sooner or later, you may wanna restock with summa da bigger ones and give them a try, too.

I took a pass on the PP700 cuz it's a single shot and the reports of reg creep put me off a bit, too. But I hear they are great once the bugs are worked out, so good luck!