I was home-bound today. Every time I walked by that rear window, I looked out at The Feeder Zone. I think you all know how that goes.
One time, I scanned it and found a nutter just beside himself with excitement over the bounty he'd found under the bird feeder. I got the S510, took the scope caps off, unlocked it. I went to rack a round into the breech, and saw all the visible holes in the magazine were empty. "Oh @#$%." I thought. "I've gone and shot the last round, last time out, without even knowing it." I took the mag out, and sure enough, she was empty.
A moment of panic ensued. I ran down to the basement, and luckily found 3 full mags in my shooting bag. Ran back upstairs and loaded it up. Thank heavens, yon nutter was still partaking of his Black Saturday feast.
I snuck out and swung the S510 around the corner of the house, braced it from a standing position, and he spotted me right away, but paused from his feeding for only a few seconds. He relaxed when he saw I wasn't going to physically get closer to him. He found a sunflower seed and got right to work. He got back to it soon enough though. I estimated the range at 12 yards, set the AO accordingly and homed in on him. I took my time and lined up that first mil dot right on his ear and sent the lead. *chk-puk* It was a quiet hit, but it had the desired effect. As I watched through the scope, his eyes immediately unfocused as he fell on his side, and he proceeded into about the most elaborate Fancy-Dance I've ever seen. It was a solid 10 seconds' worth of acrobatics, the likes of which only a brain-dead squirrel can show us. There were straight vertical launches, a couple of flips, and some sideways spinning on the ground.
I ventured forth on the recovery mission, and found one side of his head soaked in blood and a sunflower seed still between his teeth. One of the two front lower teeth was broken off. I've never seen that before.
I got him back into the kitchen sink, and probed the wound channel with a chopstick. Sure enough, it was the prized "In one ear and out the other" shot.
I know, it's no Hajimoto 40 yard head shot, but I'll take it.
a bit closer; LOVE that S510...
One time, I scanned it and found a nutter just beside himself with excitement over the bounty he'd found under the bird feeder. I got the S510, took the scope caps off, unlocked it. I went to rack a round into the breech, and saw all the visible holes in the magazine were empty. "Oh @#$%." I thought. "I've gone and shot the last round, last time out, without even knowing it." I took the mag out, and sure enough, she was empty.
A moment of panic ensued. I ran down to the basement, and luckily found 3 full mags in my shooting bag. Ran back upstairs and loaded it up. Thank heavens, yon nutter was still partaking of his Black Saturday feast.
I snuck out and swung the S510 around the corner of the house, braced it from a standing position, and he spotted me right away, but paused from his feeding for only a few seconds. He relaxed when he saw I wasn't going to physically get closer to him. He found a sunflower seed and got right to work. He got back to it soon enough though. I estimated the range at 12 yards, set the AO accordingly and homed in on him. I took my time and lined up that first mil dot right on his ear and sent the lead. *chk-puk* It was a quiet hit, but it had the desired effect. As I watched through the scope, his eyes immediately unfocused as he fell on his side, and he proceeded into about the most elaborate Fancy-Dance I've ever seen. It was a solid 10 seconds' worth of acrobatics, the likes of which only a brain-dead squirrel can show us. There were straight vertical launches, a couple of flips, and some sideways spinning on the ground.
I ventured forth on the recovery mission, and found one side of his head soaked in blood and a sunflower seed still between his teeth. One of the two front lower teeth was broken off. I've never seen that before.
I got him back into the kitchen sink, and probed the wound channel with a chopstick. Sure enough, it was the prized "In one ear and out the other" shot.
I know, it's no Hajimoto 40 yard head shot, but I'll take it.
a bit closer; LOVE that S510...
