My wife and I were sitting in our yard the other day bird watching when she remarked, "Ugh, another damn squirrel!" I told her I could probably take care of them if I got a pellet gun. To my surprise she agreed and before she could change her mind I was on Amazon. With my finger hovering over the "BUY NOW" button I asked if she meant it. "Yes". Click.
A few days later a Gamo .177 break barrel showed up long with some pellets and targets. I measured out 25 yards in the back yard and began plinking away. I struggled with accuracy and waited until I felt I was somewhat consistent with shot placement before adjusting the scope. Even then my groups were huge. I watched countless videos, that's how I found this place, and changed ammo to Crossman hollow points. Now my groupings were much tighter, but still not spectacular, but at least I was able to adjust the scope, and I can hit Coke cans at 20 yards with consistency.
Now when I get a hobby that interests me, I usually get into them pretty seriously. As I type this I am awaiting an order from Pyramid Air, a Gamo Urban .22 PCP, scope, pump, and ammo. I also have my eye on a BSA R10 SE and a compressor. That will have to wait a little while as I just put a supercharger on my Miata so the finances have to recover a bit from that!
Oh and those squirrels? Well I have hit a few at about 25+ yards, and one quite a bit closer but so far the .177 only seems to sting them. The one I hit closer I am calling "The Grey Ghost" as I hit him not once, but twice, watched him crawl along the ground to a stump and plain disappear!
Anyhow, just wanted to say "Hi" and love reading all the great info on the site.
Cheers!
A few days later a Gamo .177 break barrel showed up long with some pellets and targets. I measured out 25 yards in the back yard and began plinking away. I struggled with accuracy and waited until I felt I was somewhat consistent with shot placement before adjusting the scope. Even then my groups were huge. I watched countless videos, that's how I found this place, and changed ammo to Crossman hollow points. Now my groupings were much tighter, but still not spectacular, but at least I was able to adjust the scope, and I can hit Coke cans at 20 yards with consistency.
Now when I get a hobby that interests me, I usually get into them pretty seriously. As I type this I am awaiting an order from Pyramid Air, a Gamo Urban .22 PCP, scope, pump, and ammo. I also have my eye on a BSA R10 SE and a compressor. That will have to wait a little while as I just put a supercharger on my Miata so the finances have to recover a bit from that!
Oh and those squirrels? Well I have hit a few at about 25+ yards, and one quite a bit closer but so far the .177 only seems to sting them. The one I hit closer I am calling "The Grey Ghost" as I hit him not once, but twice, watched him crawl along the ground to a stump and plain disappear!
Anyhow, just wanted to say "Hi" and love reading all the great info on the site.
Cheers!