What got you started?

Parents gifted me a Daisy M 25 at about age 9. That started a lot of things. Be Well Bandito.

I started with my boys when they were young as a way to teach them proper gun safety. And it was a great way to spend quality time with them that didn't break the bank. We all started with springers and now we all have pcps.

Covid happened, ammo got hard to find/ridiculously expensive so I bought a Gamo from Walmar5. Well, that thing was a turd so I went back to Walmart and bought a Gamo Magnum (obviously the first ones problem was lack of power) which wasn't much better. Then I found out about PCPs and bought a Marauder which was great. Then I bought a Dreamline which was beyond what I ever expected from an air rifle. Then I discovered high end springers and grabbed an HW97K and now I spend 3x more than what firearm ammo ever would have cost me because I'm addicted to springers. No regrets.

4 raccoons swimming and $hitting in my swimming pool.

Iguanas lol. I was hunting iguanas in my community with a sling bow (sling shot and bow hybrid).

Then I see I guy walking around looking for iguanas and I pointed out to him where I've been seeing them. He asked me what I was doing with my weird contraption, I told him I was hunting iguanas so he allowed me to join him a bit. Afterwards he asked if I had any military background to which I answered yes and later than week I got an interview and joined the company and started HEAVILY shooting airguns.

I originally got a break barrel when I was stationed in alaska for poops and giggles but shot it once and that was it. I strictly shot my PB when I was stationed in Alaska.

BlackICE said:

4 raccoons swimming and $hitting in my swimming pool.

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Well that just sounds like a good party

Sqwirl57 said:

Well that just sounds like a good party

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When I read this from the website that was the end of the F'ing raccoons. Got 25 caliber Marauder a red light LED and some jsb Kings.



What should I do if I find raccoon feces or a dead raccoon in my pool?
Although chlorine in pools will kill most germs that a raccoon could carry into the water, it does not kill Baylisascaris eggs. If raccoon feces or a dead raccoon are found in the pool:

Close the pool to swimmers. Then
Test the raccoon or its feces for Baylisascaris. If the feces or raccoon tests positive for Baylisascaris, clean the pool as described in the following sections.
OR
Clean the pool as described in the following sections, if you do not want to test the raccoon feces.


How do I clean my pool if it has been contaminated with Baylisascaris?
Because Baylisascaris eggs are particularly tough, adding chlorine to the water will not kill them. If a lab test has confirmed that the raccoon was infected with Baylisascaris or you don’t know if the raccoon was infected because the raccoon’s feces were not tested, there are two options for cleaning your pool.

*Remember to close the pool to swimmers until you have finished cleaning the pool.

Option 1:

Filter the pool for a minimum of 24 hours and then backwash the pool filter.
Put on disposable gloves to replace the material doing the filtering (if possible). Double bag the discarded material in plastic garbage bags. Remove gloves and place them in the garbage bags. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water afterwards.
Option 2:

Backwash the pool filter.
Drain and hose down the pool.
Put on disposable gloves to replace the material doing the filtering (if possible). Double bag the discarded material in plastic garbage bags. Remove gloves and place them in the garbage bags. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water afterwards
Refill the pool.

Too many opportunities I couldn’t take advantage of with my .22 rim fire... Going to lower power, 17 to 30 FPE increased my kill count exponentially... Less was more for me…, but overwhelming for the pests.

Back in the early’60’s when I was young, my dad had a Crosman 140. I’ve been shooting and repairing air guns since.

Gta airgun questions...I called it

I've always loved anything and everything that shoots a projectile...

Slingshots to bows to pelletguns to powder burners back to slingshots, bows and pelletguns. The cycle took seven decades

Cheers!

Bandito said:

Parents gifted me a Daisy M 25 at about age 9. That started a lot of things. Be Well Bandito.

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I also started out with a Daisy 25 at about the same age. Charles

Rats...one got in the house a couple others in the garage and I could see them on my brick wall at night taunting me....

Shot break load springers as a kid. Been around rifles my whole life but don't actually own one. Trying to get back into shooting in a somewhat long term cost effective manner and be able to accomplish some pest control. This like any hobby can be a money black hole so hopefully I don't fall in

Growing up I had a friend who had a crosman 760, we would walk the woods, plinking and hunting squirrels for hours. I eventually acquired my own air rifle. These days my enjoyment of AGs remains, but he and I have not spoken in decades. There may have been a girl involved in that outcome...

JaceSpace1369 said:

Iguanas lol. I was hunting iguanas in my community with a sling bow (sling shot and bow hybrid).

Then I see I guy walking around looking for iguanas and I pointed out to him where I've been seeing them. He asked me what I was doing with my weird contraption, I told him I was hunting iguanas so he allowed me to join him a bit. Afterwards he asked if I had any military background to which I answered yes and later than week I got an interview and joined the company and started HEAVILY shooting airguns.

I originally got a break barrel when I was stationed in alaska for poops and giggles but shot it once and that was it. I strictly shot my PB when I was stationed in Alaska.

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Sling-bow. You don't see/hear much about them. As a kid, I made a couple to hunt rabbits and squirrels - marbles were a lot cheaper than arrows and you didn't have to go looking for them!

Back then we used bicycle innertube for slingshot bands (not much else was available) and they didn't provide much power. On the other hand, a sling-bow could be made very strong. Strong enough to turn a marble into dust if to hit a rock square on.

Thanks for the sling-bow reminder, have some nice bow staves available and will make one this summer. I imagine that the Dollar Store has marbles, will have to check.

Cheers!

My start is similar to @Sqwirl57. I always enjoyed target shooting but it was never a real part of my life. Around 2017 I decided to get my pistol permit and then attended a local gun show. They were shooting Crosman 1701's at one of their ranges so I decided to take some shots and fell in love. I bought a Gamo and started plinking. Not very accurate, even at 20yds. I even gave it to a buddy who has been shooting for years with his Beeman P9 and the best he could do with it was a 2" group at 10yds. So, I immediately started researching PCP's and bought a Crosman 1720T and then the Marauder in .22. And then found myself in the rabbit hole. No complaints tho. I'm retired now and I have tons of ammo and several rifles to shoot and a range in the backyard. Finding AGN was like finding a gold mine.

Crosman Pumpmaster growing up in the late 80's/early 90's, starting about age 6 or 7. Any critter that dared to show itself on the property (or my neighbors property for that matter) was in serious trouble. It's amazing to me how many hundreds of rabbits, squirrels and crows fell to probably about 4fpe, and yet I now stress over the difference between 28 and 30fpe

I discovered break barrels in my mid to late teens. A few cheapies carried me into my 30's and very few critters met their maker in that span. The rest of typical life during that time just seemed more important.

2017, and my suburban/somewhat-rural area started having a massive problem with grey squirrel over population. I can fix that, I thought. I used to be an expert.... But quickly realized the limitations of cheap break barrels and became educated on PCPs.

Cheap PCPs led to higher-end PCPs which led to the marvelous realization that very consistent MOA groups were actually achievable with pellets at reasonable hunting/pesting ranges.

The critter assassin had returned.

Vana2 said:

Sling-bow. You don't see/hear much about them. As a kid, I made a couple to hunt rabbits and squirrels - marbles were a lot cheaper than arrows and you didn't have to go looking for them!

Back then we used bicycle innertube for slingshot bands (not much else was available) and the didn't provide much power. On the other hand, a sling-bow could be made very strong. Strong enough to turn a marble into dust if to hit a rock square on.

Thanks for the sling-bow reminder, have some nice bow staves available and will make one this summer. I imagine that the Dollar Store has marbles, will have to check.

Cheers!

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Glad I could bring you down memory lane! Yeah I never really checked the speed of my sling bow but I could bow fishing with the sling blow no problem!