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  1. puddleglum

    Calculating mil dot reticle holdover in Hawke 2-7x

    Hi all, I just picked up a Vantage IR 2-7x32 AO with a mil dot reticle. My understanding is that the mill dot reticle on Hawke scopes would be accurate at 10x. Am I correct in thinking then, that I would need to multiply the mil values I get in chair gun by 0.7 if the scope is at 7x zoom...
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    Hawke 2-7x32 AO IR - Mil Dot Reticle visibility

    Hi all. I used my Westhunter 3-12 FFP on my Taipan .25 Compact for a while, and realized I pretty much have only been using it on 12x for shooting pest birds out my windows. I want to use the compact for squirrels this fall, and also will be using it for rabbits in the yard that like to nibble...
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    Pesting from a blind

    Hello all, I am looking at hunting blinds for turkey hunting next month. Here in WI, we can't use air rifles so my Will Piat tuned, 100 fpe Evanix Rainstorm in .30 has to stay in the house, and I have to pattern my 12 ga with turkey loads, and that gun is very impolite to my shoulder. This all...
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    Tuning Taipan Compact .25 - lead free - sub 15 fpe

    Hi all, I have two Taipan Vet 1 .25 cal rifles, one long and one compact that I enjoy a lot. The compact is my current squirrel gun, as well as the occasional pest bird in the barnyard, and pest rabbit/woodchuck in the flowerbeds if I am walking about. The long hasn't been set up yet, but is...
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    Crosman Lead Free PowerShot Red Flight Penetrator

    Hi all, I am getting my BRK .22 Ranger ready for pesting inside the barn this year, and low power and lead free is the name of the game for this task. I have some GTO 22 lead free pellets, but am thinking of ordering a tin of other options as well to see what works best. I was thinking of...
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    Barn Gun

    Saw a starling scoping out the barn recently, I'll be picking them and the sparrows off from the trees and lawn with my Taipan long in the BOG deathgrip out of the upstairs window soon enough. Taking care of these pests when they are perched for the night would be fun and effective as well. I...
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    Squirrel hunting preparation advice

    Hello all, I am settled in at the farm here, and got out to do some deer hunting last fall and I actually got one, which was a nice change of pace, usually I don't see any deer. While I was out there, I saw a lot of fox squirrels. I had seen one or two in the past but was under the impression...
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    Optics WTS Hawke Airmax 30 FFP 4-16x50

    Selling a Hawke Airmax 30mm FFP 4-16x50 scope. Side focus, AMX reticle, illuminated. Has metal flip-up end caps. Hawke dovetail two piece 2” offset high rings included. $425 shipped. Money order or USPS money order. Works well I just never really used the gun it was on. The side focus is...
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    First Starling of the season

    Took a starling off the bluebird house this morning. I set him up as a decoy in front of the garden where the bb-house is. Maybe I’ll draw another one in.
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    First House Sparrow of 2024

    Notice activity at the bluebird house today and it definitely wasn’t bluebirds, so I grabbed the Deathgrip and the Taipan Short. I was trying to take one off an old satellite dish on the garage, but he flew away. I looked over at the bluebird house and this guy had his head in there, maybe...
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    Fox Squirrel this weekend

    I got skunked deer hunting this year. OK, I barely went out, but still, didn't see any deer. When I was out in the back woods, my first time hunting here on the family farm, I did see a few fox squirrels however. Those things are pretty good sized compared to grays Hoping to get out there with...
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    Air Arms S510 for indoor 10m - Iron sights

    Hi all, I have an Air Arms S510 that I hardly ever use because it is so pretty. There is an indoor airgun 10 meter event at a local gun club during the winter though, and that might be perfect for the S510. I would need to put iron sight on it though, and am trying to figure out how I could...
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    Bust the chuck, or leave him be?

    There has been a woodchuck living in the burm here are the farm off and on for a while. I never saw him, but his holes were quite obvious. I dumped used kitty litter and my compost bucket down his first hole, and he dug a new one. I urinated down his second hole and blocked the opening with a...
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    Now, THAT is a scope

    Picked up an Element Titan 5-25X56 on the classifieds here. I didn't quite realize what I was getting with this thing. It is kind of a beast. My rings just came in at a store in town, but I am busy all weekend so probably will pick them up Monday. I did a quick mock up, though, just to see...
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    A little welcome competition

    On my way to the Piggly Wiggly today , I saw a Kestrel up on the power lines, about 1/2 mile from my place. There were a few cars behind me so I didn’t stop to try to get a picture. Glad to see the little raptor looking for prey in my neck of the fields. Hopefully he will live up to the other...
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    Phantom Rabbit

    I took the Taipan compact out in the bog Deathgrip this evening, and quickly lined up on the rabbit on the edge of the cornfield. 30 yards, off the tripod kneeling, dead to rights, right in the off switch. I watched it thrashing about through the scope, then went over to find the body…. …. And I...
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    A sinister end to a HOSP

    I set up the BOG with the Taipan Veteran compact and have been keeping an eye (and ear) out for spatzes (house sparrows) today. I took the setup to the south room as there have been a lot of crows in the cottonwood North of the house today. Sure enough there was a male on the power lines, but...
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    An unexpected unusual quarry

    Took the BOG death grip out today with the Taipan Compact, to get a feel for tripod shooting. I am waiting for the scope for my Taipan Long, which is what I think I will use the tripod on much more. After goofing around with this setup for a bit, I took the gun out of the BOG and went to check...
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    PCP Rifle S510 Carbine with outstanding walnut stock

    I am selling my .22 Air Arms S510 Xtra FAC Carbine. It has been sitting idle as I just don't have a use for it. It shoots JSB 18.13 pellets at 860fps, and will stack the pellets in one hole with almost boring accuracy. Topped with a Hawke Airmax 30 4-16X50 FFP AMX IR. Includes 2 Mags, 1/2-20...
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    Mid-long range tripod mount bird blaster

    I have been toying with the idea of selling my Air Arms S510 and getting something for longer range bird shooting. When I say longer range, I am talking about 70-80 yards and in, nothing really far away. It seems to me like something that I can mount on a tripod would probably be ideal so I can...