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Any airgun hunters out there?? what gun do you shoot? what guns do you own? whats the biggest thing you shot? whats your best hunting experience?

hi mortalcare,this is mortalcare....i guess i will go first.i shoot a crossman quest(cuz thats all i can offord)if i could afford anything,i would get a bonecollecter.i also own a 880,biggest animal would be a skunk,and my best experience is probably a hunt where i found a thicket filled with sparrows.i stayed all day and left with 23 birds:woot:

i have a remginton vantage 1200. shoots squirrels and groundhogs

Gamo Big Cat.

Squirrels, rabbits and raccoons caught in live trap.

I like it but it is not as accurate as I would like it to be.

really? my brother has a big cat and its extremly accurate.

nice! im glad sombody finaly wrote a comment im not sure what happened to huntingnet,but lately its been dead

I mainly do all my squirrel hunting with airguns these days. My favorite is the Benjamin 392 .22 caliber air rifle. I've also used the Crosman RS2 with the .177 barrel (the .22 barrel just wasn't accurate enough no matter what type of pellet I tried). Last year I tried out the Crosman American Classic .177 pistol. It worked pretty well up close.
To answer your question about the biggest thing I've shot, probably possum or armadillo.

It could be user error. :s5:

Or I'm just spoiled with my 17hmr.

I need to spend a little time with it and see if it is me or the gun.

i heard that exchangable barrel guns fall apart easy. something about the barrel screws or something?

i heard that exchangable barrel guns fall apart easy. something about the barrel screws or something?

If its scoped I would suspect the scope to be the accuracy problem. Spring piston air rifles are extremely hard on scopes. More so than even large magnum CF rifles.

Scopes and mounts often fail because of the forward and backward motion associated with them.

Also make sure the lockup between barrel and action is tight and replace barrel seals often. This will keep the lock tighter. Seals are easy to find, easy to change and cheap.

I shoot a Gamo Hunter and its probably killed several hundred squirrels, a feral cat or two and countless pest birds.

For serious trigger upgrades consider the GRT-4g trigger. It costs around $35 and fits most SP air rifles. Huge difference in let off and improves accuracy as well. Its a DIY project that might take 10 minutes to install. This guy know air rifles..........

http://www.charliedatuna.com/

Thanks for all the info. That trigger is nice.

I noticed a lot of variation from pellet to pellet and was wondering if that had anything to do with it. Some load tight and others are loose.

it needs a heavy pellet....for hunting consider the benjamin discovery pellets

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a $20 chinese from pawn shop will shoot into 1/2 in at 30 ft , but it took some work to get that.:biggrin:

i use a $20 chinese for backyard tree rats, shoots good .

BSA .22 Airsporter that I got for Christmas a long time ago. I have killed a lot of small game with it. Seems to kill as good as a shotgun on the small stuff.

wow! must be rare and far inbetween, cuz every sporting good ive ever gotten from china breaks quick

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i use $20 pawn shop chinese for the back yard tree rats.:wave:

sorry for the multiple replys .dont know what happened.

I too have a big cat 1200. Didn't spend the extra money on the extra bells and whistles (laser/flashlight combo scope). I've shot a decent handful of fox squirrels, countless starlings, couple snakes at close range, 1 possum, and a truckload of tin cans


I had an issue with my accuracy when I first bought it, but with a consistant grip, and a few tins of lead down the barrel (the Walmart crossman stuff) my gun shoots pretty nice with a flier here and there.

I've got the Marauder in .25 cal and the .22 cal nitro piston

I shoot a .22 cal. Air Arms S410 extra fac, with a Bushnell 3200 4 to 12 scope. It is the best gun, bar none, that I have ever owned. The accuracy is better than I can shoot. I use it for squirrel hunting, and head shots at 50 yds. are not a problem. It has a wonderful trigger that I have never had to adjust, and I get enough shots per fill for a days hunting and more.I have killed a number of raccoons and crows with it. It hits harder than I ever thought an air gun could hit.