Other Coup De Grace

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blackdog899

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Yesterday I shot a varmint and there it laid. When I went out to retrieve I was surprised when I saw breathing. In a small game hunting situation you would have to dispatch the animal quickly and it may appear very violent to do so. Well I went in to get my quiet Beeman 177 pistol to discretely get it over with. It’s still as my now 4 pcp pistols rather large .

Question: is there a small, cheap, preferably pcp pistol to finish small game off ?
probably no pcp so how about CO2 ?
 
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Better shot placement will eliminate the need for that “finishing touch”. If it happens once in a blue moon? OK, but as a matter of course? In another lifetime a buddy and I had to do a lot of Coup de Gracing🙈 . We were simply not making proper first shots.
 
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blackdog899 said:
Yesterday I shot a varmint and there it laid. When I went out to retrieve I was surprised when I saw breathing. In a small game hunting situation you would have to dispatch the animal quickly and it may appear very violent to do so. Well I went in to get my quiet Beeman 177 pistol to discretely get it over with. It’s still as my now 4 pcp pistols rather large .

Question: is there a small, cheap, preferably pcp pistol to finish small game off ?
probably no pcp so how about CO2 ?
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I've found it doesn't take as much power as you would think. A 2240 or 1322 crosman will difelinitely work point blank. A 1.5 fpe 177 has been a friend's go-to for most of his life.

Shooting primarily 25 cal right now I haven't had a need for the finisher pistol, and after going pcp even more so.
 
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L.Leon said:
Better shot placement will eliminate the need for that “finishing touch”. If it happens once in a blue moon? OK, but as a matter of course? In another lifetime a buddy and I had to do a lot of Coup de Gracing🙈 . We were simply not making proper first shots.
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Geee Luis, thanks for the life changing revelation ….

Now do you have a pistol in mind ?
 
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In the city my only gun was a Webley Tempest .177 . i dispatched coons and possums with it > two shots to the brain but my yard was only 34 feet . coons were harder , but the possums were easy a shot anywhere and it froze then walk right up to it a brain shot . the only reason i shot these were the small children would chase them and corner it . We had 38 kids under 10 years old on the block .
you don't need power .
 
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SpreadLead said:
Yes and no. A game bird hunter knows you gotta snap some necks to keep your vest from moving around. 😂
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Yes and you must remember shooting at a flying bird, and depending upon a spreading shot charge will not always insure an instant kill.
 
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The best choice might be a Sheridan Co2 pistol; small enough to comfortably fit in a back pocket, and plenty powerful enough for the job. No longer produced, but available in cyberspace.

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Peashooter said:
That is not a friend, among friends this kind of situation should be resolved in a very short time.
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I totally understand your thinking on this but, he has given me hundreds of dollars worth of fresh tuna absolutely free so that is the reason I won't ask for it back so that is my reasoning. He is a close friend and if I asked for it back he would gladly return it. He is older and probably doesn't remember even having it!
 
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hehe yeah i figured something like that, and it is of course also alright, but me and my 1 friend we still like to settle things just so there is no doubt that can sneak up on you.

My friend also knew that i did not like there to be money in between us,,,, again, but then i just lent him 10 K for a airgun deal so he could get his DRS and be able to hang with me shooting to the very back of the field.
And of course he dident even have to ask me.
 
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