Recent content by Don.Chipmunk-slayer

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This is probably a no-brainer, but shouldn't it be Accuracy, then penetration, then expansion?

I wish I had a chronograph ... I have a chart from the internet that I use as a rough baseline for what my gun is doing, where a 392 is shooting 14.3 grain CPHP pellets at 568 fps with 5 pumps and at 602 fps with 6 pumps, 633 with 7 and 666 with 8. I know that with airguns ballistics that a...

Since the Crow Magnums weigh 18.21 grains and the Redfires are 15.4 grains, shooting them both at 5 pumps means the RF pellets are going to be travelling faster than the CM pellets. Since I have noticed from a limited sample, that the RF pellets might be more effective than the CM pellets at...

So far, the two main pellets I've been using in my 392 .22 cal are the Redfires and the Crow Magnums. So far, they are about equal in accuracy, with a slight edge given to the Crow Magnums (but not by much, maybe it's just because of variables within the shooter). However when it comes to...

It never ceases to amaze me how much "splatter" there is when the pellet strikes the iguana.

I wish, but it takes a while for them to find a bait station and get used to it being there. Then there's maintaining food at the station, so they get used to food always being available. I might try that come Spring when they start coming out of hibernation. That will give me an opportunity to...

I've gone to my dad's the last few days and the chipmunks have been really scarce, only one or two running around in the No Man's Land that is the rocks between my dad's and his neighbor. It looks like the majority of them have gone underground into their dens for the winter, leaving me...

Thanks, every little bit helps

Most of my shooting is within 25 yards and my 20 yard groups were roughly 3/8" - 1/2"

They were shooting about 3/8" groups for me @ 20 yards with the occasional shooter-induced flier with 8 pumps. I haven't tested them with 5 pumps @ 10 yards, where the gun is sighted now, but the couple of shots I've taken at chippers recently have shown that they are hitting right on. When I...

I just received my order of 1,000 Crow Magnum pellets from Pyramyd Air, chipmunks and pests beware!

They are pretty difficult. Compared to them, squirrels are happy-go-lucky - out in the open - here I am shoot me types, where chipmunks are sneaky, paranoid little ground (primarily) dwellers that skit around like they're on amphetamines. They don't always hide that well though, and sometimes...

What expression, it barely has a face....

I have a chart I got off the internet showing FPS/FPE per pump on a 392 using a 14.3 gr Crosman Premier. That gives me a decent baseline for what my rifle is doing, but as we all know, even slightly varying pellet weights and FPS can have a large affect on actual FPE. Currently, I'm shooting...