man I love this gun setup. Just got in and mounted up an Arken SH4 4-14x44 scope that I purchased from a member here. Love it.
After a few sight in shots at home I went to a local farm to see if any birds were around. It was very windy, gusting up to 25 mph so I knew it would be tough shooting. But you have to go out when you can. I didn't see many when I pulled in so I went to see if any groundhogs were out. No luck there.
I shot e few sparrows and starlings then I noticed a flock of pigeons coming in. I shot one on top of a grain bin at 50 yards and thought I killed him but later found out I didn't. They flew around and landed on a silo that I just ranged at 70 yards. I put number 2 crosshair on him and gave him 1 mil hold for wind. Plop and down he came. The next one landed in a hole on the side of the silo and I dropped him he fell inside the chute and came out the bottom after dropping about 50 feet.. another one landed on a feeder and I dropped him at 40 yards. Those two were in the cow pen and I couldn't recover them.
I shot a bunch more starlings and sparrows going through a total of 80 shots. I probably missed 20 or more as the wind was hard to judge and constantly changing.
The owner showed up and we were talking about stuff when two more pigeons landed on a short bin in front of us. He said "there you go." So I dropped one but the other took off and d isn't return. That one got stuck on the ladder on top.
I'm shooting a 2018 Huben K1 .22 launching 18 gr JSB at 900 fps. I really like this Arken scope too. Makes for a great combo.
These pics are from where I was standing when I shot most of them. It was 48 yards to top of silo and 70 to top of grain bin.
After a few sight in shots at home I went to a local farm to see if any birds were around. It was very windy, gusting up to 25 mph so I knew it would be tough shooting. But you have to go out when you can. I didn't see many when I pulled in so I went to see if any groundhogs were out. No luck there.
I shot e few sparrows and starlings then I noticed a flock of pigeons coming in. I shot one on top of a grain bin at 50 yards and thought I killed him but later found out I didn't. They flew around and landed on a silo that I just ranged at 70 yards. I put number 2 crosshair on him and gave him 1 mil hold for wind. Plop and down he came. The next one landed in a hole on the side of the silo and I dropped him he fell inside the chute and came out the bottom after dropping about 50 feet.. another one landed on a feeder and I dropped him at 40 yards. Those two were in the cow pen and I couldn't recover them.
I shot a bunch more starlings and sparrows going through a total of 80 shots. I probably missed 20 or more as the wind was hard to judge and constantly changing.
The owner showed up and we were talking about stuff when two more pigeons landed on a short bin in front of us. He said "there you go." So I dropped one but the other took off and d isn't return. That one got stuck on the ladder on top.
I'm shooting a 2018 Huben K1 .22 launching 18 gr JSB at 900 fps. I really like this Arken scope too. Makes for a great combo.
These pics are from where I was standing when I shot most of them. It was 48 yards to top of silo and 70 to top of grain bin.
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