Thanks for your input Toxylon. So far I think I'm doing right by my springers and will continue the practice of not leaving them cocked other than while hunting.
I'm talking Diana 48 specifically, and all springers generically? Reason I ask is I don't like to leave it cocked, but sometimes my targets don't show up for 20 minutes. The gun is a pain to cock when target presents itself.
Good, and thank you for the reply. I still have to chronograph my rifles, but think it was going at least 850 fps. I haven't seen any fresh moved dirt in the area so have to think I got him. In fact I'm sure I saw impact on the back of it's beady little skull, but everything from that point...
Hi all, today I caught another busy digging up the yard again. I grabbed my Gamo Varmint and loaded a Gamo Redfire 7.8 grn pellet and wacked it in the back of it's head from around 15 ft. with a Gamo Varmint .177 rated at (printed on the barrel) 1250 fps. From that range I don't think I could...
Hi, sorry to say I let the summer slip by without doing any testing. Life in general caught me off guard. It's snowing as I write this so I may have to put this off again. :unsure: It'd good to hear your D52 is working well.
Just looked it up. Deer and pronghorn: The air rifle must be at least .35 caliber Elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and black bear: The air rifle must be at least .45 caliber.