My first post so hello to everyone.
my wife and I for the past several years
have been doing the backyard chicken, rabbit, quail thing and with the amount of feed that gets put out it really attracts the ground squirrels. Legally I can't fire a firearm on my property so I have been using a daisy 1000 in .177 over the years. The scope that was on it is long gone and I have been successful with the irons to about 50 yards 15 kills in the last two weeks. The squirrels are pretty spooked and high tail it out of range when I walk out but still manage to sneak chicken feed and even eggs when I'm not looking. I bought a umarex octane in .177 but returned it. It was cool but not cool enough. So after watching some YouTube I decided that I want an m-rod in .25. today is Sunday so I was going to wait till tomorrow and call a reputable dealer and talk to a live person. Meanwhile my wife, being the e-bay queen that she is, found a synthetic used one and we bid. We lost the bid and it sold for about $10 more than I can by one new. It was listed as 1.5 years old and came with a tin and a half of cross man pellets. No pump, no scope, just rifle and pellets. Does anyone know why someone would pay more for this rifle used than just buy new? Is there something less desirable about the brand new ones? I plan on making the phone call tomorrow and ordering the rifle, hand pump, scope, rings, and pellets. I'm hoping someone chimes in if this is a bad idea.
On on a side note, this hand pump looks like a pain and I will end up with a tank to fill it up, my best friend is chief of our fire department and has a compressor at the station to refill their SCBA's so that part will be free.
my wife and I for the past several years
have been doing the backyard chicken, rabbit, quail thing and with the amount of feed that gets put out it really attracts the ground squirrels. Legally I can't fire a firearm on my property so I have been using a daisy 1000 in .177 over the years. The scope that was on it is long gone and I have been successful with the irons to about 50 yards 15 kills in the last two weeks. The squirrels are pretty spooked and high tail it out of range when I walk out but still manage to sneak chicken feed and even eggs when I'm not looking. I bought a umarex octane in .177 but returned it. It was cool but not cool enough. So after watching some YouTube I decided that I want an m-rod in .25. today is Sunday so I was going to wait till tomorrow and call a reputable dealer and talk to a live person. Meanwhile my wife, being the e-bay queen that she is, found a synthetic used one and we bid. We lost the bid and it sold for about $10 more than I can by one new. It was listed as 1.5 years old and came with a tin and a half of cross man pellets. No pump, no scope, just rifle and pellets. Does anyone know why someone would pay more for this rifle used than just buy new? Is there something less desirable about the brand new ones? I plan on making the phone call tomorrow and ordering the rifle, hand pump, scope, rings, and pellets. I'm hoping someone chimes in if this is a bad idea.
On on a side note, this hand pump looks like a pain and I will end up with a tank to fill it up, my best friend is chief of our fire department and has a compressor at the station to refill their SCBA's so that part will be free.