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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Hunting, Pest Control, Varminting » What, precisely, is airgun hunting? Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic    Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:00 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho i pimp on cherry tomatoes and charcoal. pimps don't use scopes. that's how i roll. back on topic. a good rat is a dead rat. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:31 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA TONBON, Open sights? I'll shut up now... Last edited by yourdaddyjoe on Sat May 02, 2009 9:35 pm; edited 1 time in total _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:34 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA Sniper.... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 10:50 pm TONBON Veteran Member Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 468 no not open. its a 4x32 gammo scope.   Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:07 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho so, you're not a true pimp. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 7:51 am TONBON Veteran Member Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 468 never claimed to be vermin   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:34 am pirouge New Member Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Shelby Co. Alabama USA starlings, grackle's, crow's & rats are my game, I don't consider it hunting I consider it a public service mac1 modified 1377c   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:12 am fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia I think that anyone who can't shoot with iron sights (or hasn't, since some people's eyes don't do so well ) doesn't deserve the use of optics. Iron sights are much more of an art anyway, and can still be just as accurate, some guns even shoot better with iron than glass. My sheridan can do some awesome groups with iron sights out to 40 yards, and still hit at 45. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:20 am sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho 50+ rats for me in a year and a half. open sights only. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:00 am aircube Veteran Member Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 261 fritz wrote: I think that anyone who can't shoot with iron sights (or hasn't, since some people's eyes don't do so well ) doesn't deserve the use of optics. Iron sights are much more of an art anyway, and can still be just as accurate, some guns even shoot better with iron than glass. My sheridan can do some awesome groups with iron sights out to 40 yards, and still hit at 45. I could't agree more. I have an old .177 that i've had around since I was about 10 years old and I can stick those little plastic thumbtacks in a target and shatter them from 30 feet over and over, uber accurate iron sights, for close range anyway. I'm having trouble getting used to the 4-9x on my benjamin and the reddot on my Phantom, the tacks keep jumping out of the way I guess having shot that old .177 about 2 million times when I was younger has imprinted an iron sight image in my head somehwhere. I find it satisfiing to nail ashot with iron, but i find the newer rifles come with sh!t sights. My benjamin came without sights and my phantoms rear sight was slanted and the front was twisted, so reddot was only option.   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:24 am Rogerflat Silver Status Member Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2051 I've shot quite a few birds with my air pistols with iron sights. That's a low powered ag with open sites hitting moving targets....and yet people think that is not hunting. _________________ I done been assisted by the trees and rivers. Never needed any minister to figure my divinity.   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 2:20 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands fritz wrote: I think that anyone who can't shoot with iron sights (or hasn't, since some people's eyes don't do so well ) doesn't deserve the use of optics. Iron sights are much more of an art anyway, and can still be just as accurate, some guns even shoot better with iron than glass. My sheridan can do some awesome groups with iron sights out to 40 yards, and still hit at 45. It depends. I think one should learn shooting, starting with a Dioptre. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:26 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia I learned to shoot like MANY others, with a Red Ryder. At one point if it was in range it could be considered shot. I agree that irons on most guns today are just a load of bull shirt, the manufacturers expect you to put optics on them so they get away with building crappy sights. That's why I think old lady Diana has good irons, just like the Sheridan- their manufacturers intended them to be shot with iron sights. Who is going to buy a gun that they can't aim? _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:31 pm TONBON Veteran Member Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 468 all my rifles have glass except a mossberg 22 mag. all the pistols have open sights this is my 22/45 target pistol, homemade fiiiiiiiiiiine sights.   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:44 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia They are fine, what size is the gap in the notch? I like irons on pistols, no need for glass in their effective range. There was something good I had to say, but forgot it... _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person. 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