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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:45 am |
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| Mobley317 |
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I got this guy this Morning caught him out back raiding my bird feeder hit him right below the ear
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:28 am |
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| broommaster2000 |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:43 am |
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| Mobley317 |
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| Nope itz a crosman storm xt |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:50 am |
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| Rogerflat |
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I knew it wasn't a Gamo because he scored a head shot. No way you can get that sort of accuracy from a Gamo.  |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:57 am |
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| Mobley317 |
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| Lol Gamos are really that bad? |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:23 am |
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| broommaster2000 |
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| Rogerflat wrote: |
I knew it wasn't a Gamo because he scored a head shot. No way you can get that sort of accuracy from a Gamo.  |
Oh, that all depends on the trigger. The trigger on that Crosman is the same AS the Gamo.
Gamo innacurate? I have my reasons to believe that Gamo airguns aren't as innacurate as they are. And for as far as they say they're cheap, well, over here they're pretty good.
That Crosman is a Chinese clone of a Gamo, for as far as I know. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:09 am |
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| Midichlorian |
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WOW great head shot
Do you like the Storm.
I was going to get one but then I got a better deal on a g1. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:17 am |
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| Mobley317 |
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| I like the storm alright it's a nice gun but I find it wanting in some areas. It seems to be hold sensitive and i dont really like shooting rabbits with it because every rabbit ive shot with it needed a follow up shot to kill it. I dont know if that is because of the distance i was shooting from or if it was just the gun but overall i like it. It keeps the squirrels out of the bird feeders =) |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:22 pm |
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| Jaxom |
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| I don't wanna start a fire storm here, but... Even at close range I wouldn't take a shot at a rabbit unless I had a .22 caliber ag. Yes, I'm aware other have taken bunnies with a .177, I personally just don't feel comfortable doing it. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:31 pm |
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| broommaster2000 |
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| Jaxom wrote: |
| I don't wanna start a fire storm here, but... Even at close range I wouldn't take a shot at a rabbit unless I had a .22 caliber ag. Yes, I'm aware other have taken bunnies with a .177, I personally just don't feel comfortable doing it. |
Agreed, over here we hugely recommend .22 for anything larger then a Squirrel. We actually recommend .22 for a lot of hunting. With smaller animals though, .177 will probably be sufficient. One could also go for .20, when available. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:32 pm |
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| Rogerflat |
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| Are you kidding me. Bunnies are very weak. I shot one in the gut with a bb gun once and it was enough to kill it. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:37 pm |
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| broommaster2000 |
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| Rogerflat wrote: |
| Are you kidding me. Bunnies are very weak. I shot one in the gut with a bb gun once and it was enough to kill it. |
Well, we recommend by size. A .22 will certainly do the job. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:41 pm |
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| Mobley317 |
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Truthfully I think this gun is sufficient to take them with.It's just im not all that great of a shot. Like this rabbit here i was aiming at his head and i hit him in the neck. I notice that a lot of my shots were going wide left but I fixed that. Everytime I would pull the trigger I would pull my arm to the left for some odd reason but I dont do that anymore and now my shots are dead on.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:46 pm |
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| broommaster2000 |
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Maybe it had a bit to do with your trigger control. Always softly squeeze it, in stead of yanking. Can be hard, especially when hunting.
A lot of spring guns also tend to roll. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:55 pm |
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| Rogerflat |
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I don't aim based on where my scope is zero'd at. I aim based on where my shots end up hitting. Maybe my scope is dead on, but if I'm pulling shots to the left, I'll compensate by aiming slightly to the right.
The key to shooting is consistency. If you always pull the shots the same way, you can easily correct for that. |
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