Thread: Air gun hunting

A couple fellows were cited heavily in Central Texas for shooting fox squirrels in their backyard because their neighbor had a bird/squirrel feeder.

Fined forshooting squirrels with an illegal means, no hunting license, no Hunter Education certification, taking a game animal without landowner permission and knowingly allowing a projectile to cross a boundary line without having written permission from the landowner or owning the property on the other side of the boundary line.

Them Texas game wardens must have alot of time on their hands.............Might be past time to make some deep Budget cuts in that dept...............Who cares if somebody eats a squirrel............Unless you are an anti-hunter........Probably just some deep budget cuts would solve this squandering of tax payer dollars...We got to many Serious crime problems in this country to waste money on trivial squirrel eating..

I got the rws 54 in .22 cal. I liked it but I wanted more power so I sent it in to an airgun smith for a power tune with a custom spring and full barrel shroud. Waiting for it to come back then the real hunting will begin. In the mean time I am using a vintage sheridan silver streak which I resealed and mounted a scope on.

For the price you pay for a rws seems like it would have came from the factory with plenty of power.

Originally Posted by BULLFROG-1

Them Texas game wardens must have alot of time on their hands.............Might be past time to make some deep Budget cuts in that dept...............Who cares if somebody eats a squirrel............Unless you are an anti-hunter........Probably just some deep budget cuts would solve this squandering of tax payer dollars...We got to many Serious crime problems in this country to waste money on trivial squirrel eating..

They were also shooting them out of their neighbors yard!! Rules and regulations should be adhered to regardless of the species or act. Nothing was mentioned about eating squirrels...read the post carefully.

Any good place to find info on air rifles? I just want one for plinking and maybe shooting some chickens that keep scratching my mulch in my flower beds. Don't want to spend a lot of money as I don't do any hunting, just fish. WM has a few in the $100 to $150 range but I sure don't know what I'm looking at.

http://www.walmart.com/search/search...d=Find&ic=48_0

Steve, any of the Crossmans or the Benjamin in 17 cal will probably work. They also make a 22 cal that is a little more power in the Benj that is about the same price. The problem with the Benj is that you will have to pump them up at least three time but they are a old proven gun that has been around for years and will last forever. Easy to rebuild if you ever have any problems.
All of these are made by Crossman and in the USA. If you want to just burn the chickens butt the 17 cal will work but if you want to put it down for good the 22 cal is a little better.

Which one do you think has the best scope? I'm sure I will be happy with a .177, just want to keep them out of my mulch. I do have some cowbirds that mess up my bird feeders that I would like to get rid of tho. I have my grandson's old bb gun and can't hit nothing with it so want to try a better gun.

Steve, This leaves out the Benj's. The ones I have scoped for my kids and grand kids are the Crosman Phantom and the Sierra Pro. Scopes are sometime a son of a gun to keep on airguns because of the sharp recoil. In fact they will ruin a center-fire scope because of the diff recoil. But I was able to keep the two Crosmans going pretty well with very little trouble.
They are a lot of fun to shoot in the backyard with a small backstop and even my wife has fun doing so and the kids have learned gun safety and handling there and gone on to be good and safe hunters and fisherman.
Go to yellowforum.com sometimes to see all the things that airguns and people are doing with them. Lots of forums and sites off the main forum.
Regards and yell if you have anymore questions.
Bill

I got a real nice scope on my Benjamen .22 cal..........it far exceeds the capability of the gun. I bought the mounts that enable me to put any scope i wanted on it.But if you can find you a real .........old ...Benjamen .22 you will not need a scope..........they are super accurate.