What are some of the excuses you guys use on wives to buy new air rifles ???
Haha,
"excuses to buy airgun gear"? ➔ I think we got this thing backwards.....: In the end our wives will have to
excuse themselves for ever questioning our judgment of buying that stuff!!
➔ Here's my scheme (tongue in cheek):
Background for the Airgun Buying Scheme: I live in a multi-million people metropolis. With seemingly as many
pigeons as human beings living here.
They (the pigeons) are sh!++¡ng everywhere — on cars and playgrounds, on historic buildings and patios....
And their excrement carries a nice set of potentially dangerous diseases. Real nice....
...and thus truly deserving of a well-placed piece of lead...!!
Situation of the Airgun Buying Scheme: Now COVID-19 arrived in Peru — and we have a national curfew — no driving, we can only leave home briefly for grocieries and medical attention. They catch you in your car and you get to pay a $2000 fine and loose your license.
So I say: "Honey, you know, I always have taken
good care of our family. "But you see how supermarket shelves are getting progressively emptier. And living in a Third-World country, we should
be responsible and start thinking of
alternative ways to supply the protein our bodies so desperately need [and the
meat taste my mouth craves, I add in my mind without saying it out loud].
"So, honey, I think I is
prudent to get prepared to harvest meat in close proximity around the house, as driving is not an option with this curfew thing.
"
An urban hunting situation like this requires a stealthily small PCP, the
Lelya II would be a perfect tool for the job (in .22).
"To put the crosshairs on our dinner, I'll need a
Hawke New Frontier FFP 4-20x50 — because a short bullpup requires a short scope (13") — one that has a wide FOV for close range work (4x) and a high mag to reach out and touch that rat with wings on the light post (20x).
"And at night I'll be able to pick up on night-active critters that might even be grillable if hunger levels become very great — so an
ATN X-Sight 4K Pro 3-14x will turn night into day, and increase our chances for a protein-enriched diet.
"To make the Lelya much more steady — and dinner much more secure — I'll need an
Atlas Bipod (Version 10).
"Windproofing our protein intake is possible with those high-BC slugs — and as each barrel likes what it likes I need to try out several — I'll go with a box of
NSA slugs in 17.5, 20.2, and 23gr, and a couple tins of
H&N slugs each in 21 and 23gr.
"We always want to be
considerate toward our neighbors and not bother them with shot noises [nor attract the military that are patrolling our streets!].
Urban hunting requires a good silencer, and
DonnyFL's Sumo will keep us out of trouble.
What you can't hear, didn't happen! "And that's all, sweetheart!!
"
Yes, honey, you are so right! I know that this will cost a bit of money, like around $3488 or so.
"And as you know me so well,
when I do something, I want to do it well. And these tools will allow me to do a really good job.
"Yes, of course, this equipment is not cheap, but
how much do you value the health of our family based on a balanced diet [as in "LOTS of meat"]?
"And we know that this COVID-19 pandemic is really extreme — and
extreme circumstances always require extreme measures.
"With this gear I'll
be well prepared for just about
any situation!"
* "I'll get right on in to make sure this stuff gets here soon —
better early than sorry they so rightly say!"
*[with the term "any situation" I don't mean "any situation that we might face because of the COVID-19 crisis" — but simply "any situation in which I might want to shoot an airgun." But you, the reader, knew that, of course.]
[Now, whether we actually will eat pigeon and other urban meat because there won't be meat to buy in the stores, or whether I will just go pigeon pesting and feral slaying — does it matter? — No, I didn't think so either.]
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Anyhoooo..... —
you asked
how to accomplish airgun gear purchases during this crisis. Here's one scheme....
Enjoy!! I own no copy-rights to it. Just please, don't blame
me if this blows up into your face — say, because you wife is a vegetarian. THAT would require a totally different approach.
Matthias