Minnesota Opener Day3 - First Blood With The $13 Cheapie ! & It Scores TWICE !

[Back_Roads]

 

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

                                                     
Wisconsin Collins ;Hunters Paradise; Theres a Sign in town to prove it
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                                        I've Seen The Sign !   
Thank you James !

[Mosin Marine]

I am running tomorrow to check my local wamart, I have wanted to make one of these into a carbine for a long time haha

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I am running tomorrow to check my local wamart, I have wanted to make one of these into a carbine for a long time haha

Brandon       Be sure to Take a Picture of the Price Tag in my post and they may Have To Match Their Own Store. They match everybody else !          

[Mosin Marine]

I am running tomorrow to check my local wamart, I have wanted to make one of these into a carbine for a long time haha

Brandon       Be sure to Take a Picture of the Price Tag in my post and they may Have To Match Their Own Store. They match everybody else !          

I sure will tom! Got to get me one of those!

[Bryan Heimann]

Nice one.  For $13 I woulda bought every one they had, lol.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Nice one.  For $13 I woulda bought every one they had, lol.

Hi Bryan       I Did. That was the only one left that day !   I told people here in the forum, that if they were interested in this one, to copy the picture of the gun with the marked down price on it and take it to their local Walmart.  Walmart matches other company's prices and they just might have to match a price, from another one of their own stores.     Thank You for your kind reply.     Best Wishes & Good Hunting  -  Tom

[Big Rick]

My 1377 is more accurate than I am. Then I made the mistake of adding a stock to it, now I can`t hit jack with it. My eyes just cant adjust to the dovetail now because it`s too close. Guess I`ll have to take the stock off so I can use the thing again.

I will wait until it cools off around here before going hunting. IMO our season opens too early any way. October 1 would make more sense to me.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

My 1377 is more accurate than I am. Then I made the mistake of adding a stock to it, now I can`t hit jack with it. My eyes just cant adjust to the dovetail now because it`s too close. Guess I`ll have to take the stock off so I can use the thing again.

I will wait until it cools off around here before going hunting. IMO our season opens too early any way. October 1 would make more sense to me.

Rick :    I won't be getting a stock for mine.  I'm a retired Poor Boy.  I had not even thought of ever getting a pistol      But.... a 177cal. gun at $13 and no C02 to buy...Yeah I can do that.               Now I just have to learn how to shoot it.     The work is never none is it.           The weather this week has been NUTS.   38F-40F Monday & 90F this Friday.   Tornadoes all last night and Rain-Rain-then More Rain.      But on the Bright Side...NO Hurricanes Here.          By October, this year, the Leaves around here will all be gone, I think.  They started falling down Big Time  starting last Monday.    A lot of wind last nite dropped even more.  In October I'll be able to see things on the ground but the White Oak Acorns will be all gone by then I think.  It is starting to look like deer central around the spots I hunt and I think that a black bear is working my hunting area too.  I saw a rotted deadfall that was all clawed up out there.  Got to get them while the getting is good.  This has been a bumper crop year for the Acorns and they are ripe at just the right time too.   Keep me posted on how your hunting goes !     I LIVE to HUNT !        Best Wishes & Good Hunting   -   Tom Wood

[JoeV]

I bought a Crosman holster for my 1377 & 2240 for this very reason. Can't tell you how many times squirrels have run straight at me while I'm standing still in the woods. Usually they are too close for the scoped rifle, and I've often wished I had one of my several pellet pistols. My 1377 gets 603fps with 12 pumps, which is 6.3 FPE at the muzzle at 10 yards I still have 5.7 FPE, which more than ample to take out a squirrel. The 2240 gets 540fps and 9.3 FPE at muzzle, and 8.2 FPE at 10 yards with CPHPs. Both fit the Crosman holster.


Looking forward to taking one of mine the next time I go for the bushy tails. Nice shooting!

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I bought a Crosman holster for my 1377 & 2240 for this very reason. Can't tell you how many times squirrels have run straight at me while I'm standing still in the woods. Usually they are too close for the scoped rifle, and I've often wished I had one of my several pellet pistols. My 1377 gets 603fps with 12 pumps, which is 6.3 FPE at the muzzle at 10 yards I still have 5.7 FPE, which more than ample to take out a squirrel. The 2240 gets 540fps and 9.3 FPE at muzzle, and 8.2 FPE at 10 yards with CPHPs. Both fit the Crosman holster.


Looking forward to taking one of mine the next time I go for the bushy tails. Nice shooting!

Joe :  The Holster that I used was the one for my 8in barrel 44Mag PB.  It worked "so so".  SO I used it .          The whole adventure with the pistol, from store to the woods the next day, was CRAZY.  It certainly was not in the game plan on opening day. I'm a retired Poor Boy.  I don't have a chronograph, so I have no idea what the speed is,  of anything I have.   I haven't worried about how fast anything is.  If they Group Well, Shoot Straight and Hit Hard then they stay.  What does a Crosman holster go for ?   That would probably work the best and it certainly would beat "making one out of cardboard and Gorilla Duct Tape".            Thank You for your reply Joe.   Keep me posted on how Your Hunts go !    I Live To Hunt   -   Tom Wood

[JoeV]

Here's the link, Tom. It's not perfect, but it holds both of my guns on my belt.


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-Pistol-Holster/9222913

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Here's the link, Tom. It's not perfect, but it holds both of my guns on my belt.


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-Pistol-Holster/9222913

Thank You Joe !          Tom

[only1harry]

Nice shooting with a pistol Tom!  I can't hunt with a pistol - not good at it unless I have a very stable rest and even then..
Great price on the 1377.  I am sure it wasn't luck.  You 're a skillful marksman, you can't fool us

Harry

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Nice shooting with a pistol Tom!  I can't hunt with a pistol - not good at it unless I have a very stable rest and even then..
Great price on the 1377.  I am sure it wasn't luck.  You 're a skillful marksman, you can't fool us

Harry

Thank You Harry for the kind words and your reply.   I am sure that luck was on my side that day (but I'll gladly accept the Honor Bestowed.) 
#1  I had not had much practice with that pistol.  I just got it the day before, heck the gun was not even sighted in, nor were the sights adjusted.   
#2 Senior moment in progress - I can't remember what #2 was . 
#3 I had just went to Walmart to Get a Duck Stamp and came home with a duck stamp and a $13 New Gun that costs $39 (as a refeb) elsewhere. 
#4 I just remembered what #2 was. I am mostly blind in the left eye. ( Wet Macular Degeneration in both eyes and mostly blind in the left one, since I was 28.} Histoplasmosis scaring in my retinas. No depth perception. 

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I got another one with the Crosman 1377 CHEAPIE !     I shot this one on the ground at about 5 yards.  I was sitting inside a makeshift blind out back, in the woods, about 40 yards from my place, late this afternoon/evening. I hit this fox squirrel in the back of his head with a H&N 8.5gr 177cal Sniper Medium Domed Pellet.   Wow I really did not think I would be able to make the shot. The gun had the maximum of 10 pumps in it. The squirrels have really been on the move now that the weather has cooled of from the low 90F to the mid 50's.     Best Wishes. -  Tom

[beachgunner]

Once again, very well done Tom. You seem to have a knack for mastering either under powered or overpowered air guns. I have a 1377 pistol, and once you get the sight picture down, they can be accurate. Of course, I haven't shot mine much lately, so I have no doubt I would miss anything by a mile.

You might have to buy another freezer at this rate. Congratulations again.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Once again, very well done Tom. You seem to have a knack for mastering either under powered or overpowered air guns. I have a 1377 pistol, and once you get the sight picture down, they can be accurate. Of course, I haven't shot mine much lately, so I have no doubt I would miss anything by a mile.

You might have to buy another freezer    at this rate. Congratulations again.

WE GOTS to EAT !  .         So Now..Michael.. Listen to my pistol secret here:   I'm just Real Lucky as late.. is All.   I have ZERO pistol skills. 

[Xraycer]

I have ZERO pistol skills. 

Apparently not

Nice hand gun shooting,  Tom!

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I have ZERO pistol skills. 

Apparently not

Nice hand gun shooting,  Tom!

Some times Appearances can be Deceiving      So what's at Play Here ?...  A Parlor Trick Perhaps ?... Done With... " Slight of Hand ? "  More likely than not... "Merely the Luck of a Fool !"     Heaven Smiles Down of Young Children & Fools.      Best Wishes   -   Tom