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Air Guns

BrianLW said:
My bug gun accessory of choice. :D

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Check... Already installed :D
GF couldn’t hit ****, now she is deadly
 
sfox52 said:
Do the salt guns work on wasps, or do they just get pissed off?
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Its like getting into some good ducks with a pump shotgun but your going for 1 not 3... pump your ass off until is down or goes off and dries up from all the salt, have watched a few go off and turn into country ham.
 
Bill S said:
Had some time to sling some lead down range today. Breezy so wind doping going on. 80 yards. Beeman R10 Hunnington Beach in .177 with a period Beeman SS2 3x scope. Shooting at a 6" clapper style firebell turned on it's side - about as big as a small ground squirrel sitting up - 2" x 6". Only hit about 50% but still fun.View attachment 2170299
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Nice Blue Ribbon on that rifle.
 
I also have a couple of those. 2x7 I took off an R7 and put on a 30-06 and a 4x12 that's on a CZ rimfire. Bought those in the late 80's from Beeman in Santa Rosa. 1990 give or take.

I have peeps on an 20cal. R1 but it needs a scope as I can't see as well as I used to.
 
Ross6860 said:
Salt for ammo?



You know they are animals, right? They are also pollinators.

Shoot at the feral cats instead.
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I've never, ever been stung by a bumble bee. Just about every other stinging critter tho. Bumbles will fly in and check you out but then they'll peel off when the realize you're not food. I think they're cool. Ferel cats or even house cats out hunting?? I won't shoot them but they are indiscriminate killers of songbirds. Some people who let their cats roam say they're just being cats. True, but if you're feeding them, they don't need to kill - they just enjoy it.
 
Bill S said:
I've never, ever been stung by a bumble bee. Just about every other stinging critter tho. Bumbles will fly in and check you out but then they'll peel off when the realize you're not food. I think they're cool. Ferel cats or even house cats out hunting?? I won't shoot them but they are indiscriminate killers of songbirds. Some people who let their cats roam say they're just being cats. True, but if you're feeding them, they don't need to kill - they just enjoy it.
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I used to think bumble bees are cool too, until I we moved to RI. For the eleven years we lived in that house, we were never left alone as the bumble bees were very aggressive at checking us out, would linger for hours as close as two feet from our faces and wouldn't go away unless you kill them.

My current house is on an acre of land full of blooming flowers and bushes, but bumble bees no longer bother me on the screened porch...:)

We went on a tangent, the original point was that I enjoy ten meter target with my Weirauch HW75 and also that with the right pistol, one could enjoy airsoft just as much especially indoors during bad weather.

Soundork

P.S. I am with you about the cats. They do not really have real enemies in nature and indiscriminately kill other animals just for fun. I am aware of the issue as it is complex. I do not have a solution that would make everyone happy, but personally will not shoot at the feral cats.
 
We have bumblebees that insist on knocking on the window, asking to get in.
Over, and over, and over again. Worse than moths bouncing off a 100 watt bulb at night.
And my latest toy is a Crosman 1377. No setup or adjustment and I can hit a 4" plate at 75 feet freehand. Fun! I'd love to have a PCP rifle but that's an investment I can;t really justify. I'd rather have more "decent" toys than one or two expensive toys.
 
robgmn said:
We have bumblebees that insist on knocking on the window, asking to get in.
Over, and over, and over again. Worse than moths bouncing off a 100 watt bulb at night.
And my latest toy is a Crosman 1377. No setup or adjustment and I can hit a 4" plate at 75 feet freehand. Fun! I'd love to have a PCP rifle but that's an investment I can;t really justify. I'd rather have more "decent" toys than one or two expensive toys.
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I loved my 1377 that I bought back in 2009, but unfortunately the joint at the pumper pin wore out after only 1200 shots. I never pumped ten times, usually between five and eight. I will fix it as soon as I have the time for it.

There are number of mods that one can do to this pistol, but the only one truly worth is the adjustable trigger mod. Probably the best $12 I have ever spent.

Soundork
 
spicer said:
Out to ten feet...! I see those in the stores and almost buy one every time. Ten feet... that's good range.
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If a person can hit it that seems to be the effective range for house flies. Bigger or hard bugs you need to be a little closer.
 
GChief said:
If a person can hit it that seems to be the effective range for house flies. Bigger or hard bugs you need to be a little closer.
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That's really good, far better than I thought. I'd like to see a battery operated model... little gear train driven pump kind of thing. In the mean time though I'm going to get one as is and upgrade if they do... fly and other flying pests are about in season.
 
John James said:
I live in a log house, popular to carpenter/borer bees. A salt shooter might be fun! ;)
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I googled it and realized that the entire time I was talking about carpenter bees.

In RI we had a car port and they were digging holes into it, in addition to all annoying things they did to aggravate us as described earlier in my posts.

Soundork
 
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