Other Coup De Grace

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blackdog899

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Yesterday I shot a varmint and there it laid. When I went out to retrieve I was surprised when I saw breathing. In a small game hunting situation you would have to dispatch the animal quickly and it may appear very violent to do so. Well I went in to get my quiet Beeman 177 pistol to discretely get it over with. It’s still as my now 4 pcp pistols rather large .

Question: is there a small, cheap, preferably pcp pistol to finish small game off ?
probably no pcp so how about CO2 ?
 
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Better shot placement will eliminate the need for that “finishing touch”. If it happens once in a blue moon? OK, but as a matter of course? In another lifetime a buddy and I had to do a lot of Coup de Gracing🙈 . We were simply not making proper first shots.
 
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blackdog899 said:
Yesterday I shot a varmint and there it laid. When I went out to retrieve I was surprised when I saw breathing. In a small game hunting situation you would have to dispatch the animal quickly and it may appear very violent to do so. Well I went in to get my quiet Beeman 177 pistol to discretely get it over with. It’s still as my now 4 pcp pistols rather large .

Question: is there a small, cheap, preferably pcp pistol to finish small game off ?
probably no pcp so how about CO2 ?
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I've found it doesn't take as much power as you would think. A 2240 or 1322 crosman will difelinitely work point blank. A 1.5 fpe 177 has been a friend's go-to for most of his life.

Shooting primarily 25 cal right now I haven't had a need for the finisher pistol, and after going pcp even more so.
 
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L.Leon said:
Better shot placement will eliminate the need for that “finishing touch”. If it happens once in a blue moon? OK, but as a matter of course? In another lifetime a buddy and I had to do a lot of Coup de Gracing🙈 . We were simply not making proper first shots.
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Geee Luis, thanks for the life changing revelation ….

Now do you have a pistol in mind ?
 
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In the city my only gun was a Webley Tempest .177 . i dispatched coons and possums with it > two shots to the brain but my yard was only 34 feet . coons were harder , but the possums were easy a shot anywhere and it froze then walk right up to it a brain shot . the only reason i shot these were the small children would chase them and corner it . We had 38 kids under 10 years old on the block .
you don't need power .
 
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SpreadLead said:
Yes and no. A game bird hunter knows you gotta snap some necks to keep your vest from moving around. 😂
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Yes and you must remember shooting at a flying bird, and depending upon a spreading shot charge will not always insure an instant kill.
 
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The best choice might be a Sheridan Co2 pistol; small enough to comfortably fit in a back pocket, and plenty powerful enough for the job. No longer produced, but available in cyberspace.

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