I quite fancy one of these - they look amazing
I wouldn't mind a go with her I mean that
I quite fancy one of these - they look amazing
I always remember an advert from the mid 1970’s where a chap shot 40 rabbits in a night With a 177 Feinwerkbau 300 match rifle, all shot through the eye . Always drooled over that gun but it was well out of my price range.
I always remember an advert from the mid 1970’s where a chap shot 40 rabbits in a night With a 177 Feinwerkbau 300 match rifle, all shot through the eye . Always drooled over that gun but it was well out of my price range.
Personally wouldn't try the hunt rabbits with an air rifle as I wouldn't consider a none FCA one powerful enough. For that I'd use a .22 rifle. Ensures a clean kill, if accurate of course.
Never heard of that. Anyone know why these soprts of things are supposed to work?Fill the pellet with Vaseline for an instant increase, in some cases it can be supersonic with a .177
I did a test on a piece of 1/2" MDF
One with and one without. Then take a look at the rear side of the target MDF and you'll see the difference.
Some folks use Diesel fuel or engine oil, but Vaseline is the best I have come across, as it stays put.
Forget using higher powered springs or drilling out the bore aperture, it makes no difference. Unless you increase the bore or stroke of the piston you're on a road to nowhere.
I went to my local gun store just as lockdown was starting and got a 2nd hand .22 rifle and a tub of pellets (no idea what).Did you buy anything then , @dh000g?
Never heard of that. Anyone know why these soprts of things are supposed to work?
I went to my local gun store just as lockdown was starting and got a 2nd hand .22 rifle and a tub of pellets (no idea what).
I also got a cheapish red/green dot sight.
So far the rats are winning. The council put down poison whcih they ignored. Our electric trap they'd set off but it didn't seem to kill them. Our live-capture trap has been sat for a fortnight and they haven't been inside.
Our rats seem fairly timid out in the country so you basically get one shot then they disappear for ages. And the place they like to hang out is hard to get a good shot. And I'm pretty busy so finding time to go sit with a gun is difficult. I've got it sighted in OK but so far, no rat murders.
I shall have to try again over the weekend!
Have you zeroed in your sights? The reason I ask is that you say the rats are winning ; it's out that you're shooting at them but missing, or they're just staying away?
Re: traps, I have had good results will kill trap (like an industrial mouse trap), baited with chocolate, and hidden in a run they were using.
IIUC, putting oil in the pellet tail causes "dieseling", where the compression of the piston upon firing causes the oil to ignite. Effectively, instead of the pellet being shot by compressed air, it is also powered by the expanding ignition as well. I don't know whether vaseline behaves in the same way.