Pellet gun for backyard

[Jon3830]

don't buy into the FPS ratings if you want something that will kill and be accurate I have found staying below 1000 FPS is the way to go, I bought a crosman venom .177 for well under 100.00 and I took it apart and did some trigger work on it put better quality seals in it and I can kill rabbits out to 100 yards and the starlings steer clear of my house now. also I wouldn't buy a spring type because I have been shooting a friends nitro piston rifle and I like it more so I probably going to a .25 with a nitro piston.

 

[dieseltech09]

Academy in Edmond has a huge stack of Colibri .22 50 round boxes at the customer service desk.

 

[dennishoddy]

don't buy into the FPS ratings if you want something that will kill and be accurate I have found staying below 1000 FPS is the way to, I bought a crosman venom .177 for well under 100.00 and I took it apart and did some trigger work on it put better quality seals in it and I can kill rabbits out to 100 yards and the starlings steer clear of my house now. also I wouldn't buy a spring type because I have been shooting a friends nitro piston rifle and I like it more so I probably going to a .25 with a nitro piston.

How does that nitro piston cock? Bolt handle or break barrel?

 

[jfssms]

Nitro Pistons are break barrel, my .22 NP2 is factory rated at 950fps with lead pellets, my chronograph shows 820-830 with 14.3gr pellets.

 

[dennishoddy]

Not a fan of break barrels.

It doesn't take many cocks and the barrel starts getting some slack into it. With the scope on the receiver, the accuracy goes away. We bought some at the Power plant to shoot pigeons. Couple hundred rounds later, you couldn't hit a 5 gallon barrel at 30 yds.

 

[jfssms]

My NP isn't very old probably only 100 or so rounds fired, I do have a .177 Gamo break barrel springer that is 8-10 years old, it has many hundred rounds fired through it and is still very accurate.

 

[shotty]

First blackbird casualty this morning. 1377 Crossman pistol worked just fine.

 

[dc4ou]

I have killed 100s of squirrels with my Benjamin .177 It is illegal in the city limits. I have an old rifle that shoots 22 shorts that is quieter, however I think the police are going to take shooting a 22 much more serious than a pellet gun. My Benjamin will take 8 pumps, however I have never pumped it more than 5 times. It will drop a squirrel out of the tree with one shot (using pointed pellets). I have dropped several crows with that gun too. I love the Benjamins.

 

[Raoul Duke]

I have killed 100s of squirrels with my Benjamin .177. My Benjamin will take 8 pumps, however I have never pumped it more than 5 times. It will drop a squirrel out of the tree with one shot (using pointed pellets). I have dropped several crows with that gun too. I love the Benjamins.

A benji 392(.22 cal) pumper with 14.3 grain pellets will anchor squirrels and do pretty impressive damage(for what it is) with headshots, fwiw.

 

[HoLeChit]

http://www.topairgun.com/50-sam-yang-dragon-claw-242cc-air-rifle

Go big or go home I say!

.177 is for girls.




But, for a good hoot, read some of the descriptions for the rifles on the website.