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BBGun Bob · Veteran Member

there J .Could post a couple more pictures so I can get a better look.
I would like to put my RWS 48 in a stock like that.!! Its BEAUTIFUL.

Bob Schlund
Mich.
I got a picture of a TEXAS Squirrel Like they say EVERYTHING IS BIG IN TEXAS!!!! LOL

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

Well, the big test comes tonight. I sighted in yesterday and made some progress. I adjusted the scope and seemed to be able to consistently hit nickel size targets at 10 yards. I then just set the rifle down on its belling resting on a kleenex box and haven't touched it since. So I'm assuming that the next cold bore shot I take at a bird should hit its mark as long as I can get a good steady shot off. We'll see. I'll you guys know.

broommaster2000 · Moderator

Well, at least you got some tissues. Wink

Bob, big game on the loose I see?

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Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

As I figured I would, I got my chance at a bird yesterday afternoon. It was only a 6 yard shot! Amazingly, I shot it and a huge burst of feathers erupted, but it managed to fly a short distance to the top of the privacy fence. It was sort of hiding behind some dangling pine needles, but when the wind would blow them to the side, I could see that their was a wound in its lower right breast, and a fairly significant one at that.

I reloaded and took aim on it. I had to actually shoot through the pine needle cluster to get to it, but boy did that second shot make an impression. I knocked it off the backside of the fence into oblivion.

When I skinned it, I was shocked to see four pellet holes in the breast. It appears that both shots entered and exited the torso. I was surprised that the first shot didn't cripple it, but the pellet travels so fast and it was a superpoint, so I think it just passed through the bird causing minimal damage.

Anyway, I did manage to kill again, but barely. I also realized that I need to aim higher on the bird and instead of looking at the bird as one big target, just zero in on one small spot--aim small, miss small.

thepaladin · Senior Member

For birds (and most all small game with an air gun for that matter) I always suggest a head shot. The problem with high velocity air guns is that a pellet can actually pass completely through without doing lethal damage.

I find (and it was mentioned earlier) that the usual problem with springer accuracy is in hold. The fore hand needs to be held loosely even allowing the gun to rest on the palm. Aspringer has to be allowed to recoil, attempting to hold it too tight will throw your aim off every time.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I agree on both accounts. I realized that I have to not fight the recoil.

I shot a bird yesterday at about 6 yards. It was at the base of my cinderblock privacy fence. It was killed almost instantly. I went out to dispose of the corpse and examined it and the surrounding area. The pellet went straight through it of course, without even leaving much of an exit wound. I then found the pellet imbedded in the concrete fence so deep tha I had to use a rock to chisel it out. The force in which it hit the fence was clearly significant. Which means that the bird it passed through first hardly even effected it. I was using superpoints, but I am going to be switching to cromags soon to try to prevent this from happening in the future.

StevieLaner7777 · Moderator

Try some hollow points too! they deform like a tiny mushroom cloud when they impact on a rats head, but make sure your gun likes them before trying them out on living things.

I also have a rendered cinder block wall as my target backstop, now and again when the pellet impacts on the render it will mold itself onto it like it was glued on with superglue, I give up trying to chip them off of it now lol!

Stevie Thumb Up!

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

Crowmags are hollow points. Although the tip is more in the form of a cup rather than a drilled hole the way most hollow points look. And my gun hates them. I can hit the bulls with a pointer or dome, but when I load a crowmag, then my next shot is 3 inches off into a random direction. I'd love to see what a crowmag does to a bird though. Imagine it'd knock them into next week.

AirGunEric · Site Admin

Stop buying into the marketing BS- if the Crowmags don't shoot worth sh!t in your gun- try another hollow point pellet.

StevieLaner7777 · Moderator

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

Yeah, but I just bought them cuz I heard they were good and they don't shoot for crap so I guess I'll know not to buy more. I found that a heavier pellet, even a dome, is just as good as a hallow point. In .177 calibre at least, they don't really "expand" as much as people say they should. They deform and create wider wound channels, but so do most other types of pellets. Those crowmages are shaped in such a way and are heavy enough that I feel like they could break open and create a larger wound chanel after impact, but that is provided you can get the damn things to hit the animal first!

broommaster2000 · Moderator

I think simple streight to the point pellets will do best. Simple streight to the point things always do best.