I shoulda played the lottery today . . .
. . . or that starling shouldn't have perched up there.
( I'm off today - burning a vaca day from work - just 'cause - {sigh} crappy weather outside now BUT still . . . better than being at work )
So . . . prior to the weather going south on us, I was out at a relatively new permission that I've gotten at another local dairy kinda near Marathon off of 221. I'd already popped a number of pigeons and starlings and it had gone quiet. I'm hanging out / leaning on some round hay bales using them as a "hide" and also as a rest for the rifle to get steady off of. Waiting, waiting, waiting . . . . watching, looking around . . . nothing. There's a bunch of maggots ( starlings ) out on a telephone pole and pretty far away. I'm bored - I range 'em - 135 yards. Aiy.
I've only got this particular gun ranged to 115 on the elevation turret. "Hmmmmmm . . . . ok - dial it up to 115 and then just . . . . guess on hold over. I'll give it . . . 2. Two mil. Most likely just going to smack wood on the pole and scare 'em all away but . . {shrug shoulders - whatever}. "
Pew!
( ↑↑ This is a little .177 mind you. ( lol - yeah ) Granted shooting 13.43 grain slugs and they're going pretty fast @970 fps. But still - it's a .177 )
"HOLY CRAP - I GOT HIM!!"
My photoshop hack job below of mister maggot sitting at 2 mil on the holdover below. 135 yds. ( cowboy blowing smoke off the end of the barrel . . . lol!! )
↑↑ Above is more or less the same thing I just posted to my facebook feed sans gun info for those of us in here who might be curious. Most of my fb people still think of our airguns as bb guns / toys so I don't bother with specifics there. RTI prophet performance with a .177 priest barrel in it. JSB 13.43g ko's @970 fps - reg a tad over 150.
. . . or that starling shouldn't have perched up there.
( I'm off today - burning a vaca day from work - just 'cause - {sigh} crappy weather outside now BUT still . . . better than being at work )
So . . . prior to the weather going south on us, I was out at a relatively new permission that I've gotten at another local dairy kinda near Marathon off of 221. I'd already popped a number of pigeons and starlings and it had gone quiet. I'm hanging out / leaning on some round hay bales using them as a "hide" and also as a rest for the rifle to get steady off of. Waiting, waiting, waiting . . . . watching, looking around . . . nothing. There's a bunch of maggots ( starlings ) out on a telephone pole and pretty far away. I'm bored - I range 'em - 135 yards. Aiy.
I've only got this particular gun ranged to 115 on the elevation turret. "Hmmmmmm . . . . ok - dial it up to 115 and then just . . . . guess on hold over. I'll give it . . . 2. Two mil. Most likely just going to smack wood on the pole and scare 'em all away but . . {shrug shoulders - whatever}. "
Pew!
( ↑↑ This is a little .177 mind you. ( lol - yeah ) Granted shooting 13.43 grain slugs and they're going pretty fast @970 fps. But still - it's a .177 )
"HOLY CRAP - I GOT HIM!!"
My photoshop hack job below of mister maggot sitting at 2 mil on the holdover below. 135 yds. ( cowboy blowing smoke off the end of the barrel . . . lol!! )
↑↑ Above is more or less the same thing I just posted to my facebook feed sans gun info for those of us in here who might be curious. Most of my fb people still think of our airguns as bb guns / toys so I don't bother with specifics there. RTI prophet performance with a .177 priest barrel in it. JSB 13.43g ko's @970 fps - reg a tad over 150.
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Now I need a range finder
I've almost gotten pest birds at about the same distance with my .177 Walther Rotek 
wasn't even ranged in for that far*was ranged for up to 110*; same as you, guess and holdover
have hit the branches around them and the branches they sat on, most likely gave them a hell of a scare because I was quite hidden from them at the time. Keep it up and you'll be taking them out even farther with ease.