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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. $500 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...
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    Rainstorm adaptor & Huma Mod30 clipping

    Hey all, I picked up a used Rainstorm in .30 this month tuned by W.P. and pushing 90-100 FPE, It was making very nice groups at 60 yards, and I ordered up a Donny FL adaptor so I can quiet it down some. I had some Huma Mod30 chambers that were not being used, so I screwed them together and put...
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    How do you store your airguns?

    Hey all, Looking for ideas about how to securely store airguns. I have friends coming to visit with young children next weekend, and my current method of storage for my airguns is closet corners, or on top of my bedroom dresser, or sometimes the kitchen table. In general, having my airguns...
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    Rainstorm nails a bunny

    @Apohlo came by the farm today. We smoked some cigars, smoked from sparrows in the shed, and got the .30 Rainstorm sighted in. Haven’t graphed the power curve yet, but three pellets touching at 60 yrds was quite satisfying. The gun shoots! I went into the house for a minute and suggested he...
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    Finally got a Rainstorm

    Hey all, 12 years ago, I decided I needed a nice air gun, and ended up building a Crosman 1322 with a bunch of custom parts. I consulted the experts on Gateway to Airguns forums. At that time I became aware of PCP airguns. In particular I remember seeing posts by a user knifemaker and @Nomadic...
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    Making Ranger into barn gun - Bugbuster?

    My Taipan Short .25 has become my go to gun for barnyard pest control. The Brocock Ranger .22 has sat in the cabinet for over a month collecting dust. The Taipan is to powerful for inside the barn and shed however, and there are lots of chances to shoot spatzes in the buildings. So I think the...
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    Tuning range - Texan 357

    Hello all, I am considering a 357 Texan, and would like to be able to set it up with two tunes. The first tune for a light slug with lower FPE (maybe 150ish?) for coyotes, that could hopefully be quieted down for nighttime live stock defense. A second tune for a heavy slug with 300+ FPE if I...
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    Chicken coop defense

    Hello all, I will be building a chicken coop this summer, probably starting next month, and I would like to get a PCP that is adequate for predators up to coyotes. Shots would probably be inside 50 yards as the coop will not be more than that far from the house, and my shooting would be out of...