We were all here at some point and I want to let everyone know that this forum has been great for gaining knowledge on a very fun sport - be it plinking, target or hunting. I wish I would have joined sooner as it probably would have saved me some money, but we can't take it with us! I had a problem with charging my tank that I got the answer in a different forum - big win. I zeroed my scope in the other day with good results. These were at 30 yards. To get to this target took about 3 first with shots everywhere! The first group was the center target. I made some slight adjustments and then shot at the number on the left, mad a few adjustments and shot at the number on the right. I think that I can't hold the gun perfectly steady caused that grouping so I called it sighted in (Couldn't resist the small red dot!). This is my back yard and the logs were better than my neighbors garage as backstop!
After this, I knew that I could probably hit what I was aiming at within the 30 yard distance - and my yard is no larger so not much else to do. We have a bumper crop of rabbits this year with no natural predators to thin the herd. I typically have 5 to 6 grazing in my yard at any given time. The dog won't even chase them anymore! They have managed to be rather destructive. With that in mind, I read on within the forum regarding the hunting and was able to get even more pointers. The culmination was that I shot 2 last night with perfect head shots in which the animals did a single jump; than a couple twitches; then perfectly still. The importance to me was that the animals not suffer and this was surely the case. Again, thank you all for the excellent advice.
My first question is that I really had to crank the elevation on the scope to zero it in. I'm afraid that I probably don't have much left at the top end (haven't put the zero saver back in the scope yet to really test). Does anyone have some recommendations on some decent (and affordable) adjustable scope mounts that will let one move the rear end of the scope up and down? This would let me reduce the elevation to where I could use it for longer shots without toping out.
Question 2 - I have some rats - not as many as the rabbits - that I want to remove. I'm sure I'm going to need to get a night vision styled scope to catch them out - which you never see them during the day. I have been going through the other forums to see what people like. What I have not found anywhere is "what is a good time after dark to start your ratting?" Clearly everyone is hunting these in pitch black, but is it early evening? late evening? early morning? I don't mind waiting (I'm old so that comes with age!) but anyone with some times that they were most successful with would be great.
Question 3 - My gun (AGT Uragan .25 cal) has an adjustable air pressure valve - albeit not easy to get to. I have the moderator on the gun, but it still seems to be quite loud. I'm filling it up to about 225 bar and using JSB Exact King Diablo pellets @ 25.39 grains. I have not purchased a chronograph yet, but was wondering if the speeds may be at or above 1000 fps giving me the report I'm hoping to avoid. I have more pellets and slugs that I eventually want to see what the gun really likes, but these are what I used to site it in. There is a difference between the suppressor and no suppressor, but not as much as I thought it would be (the neighbor heard me shoot the rabbits and offered me a drink!) Any thoughts on taming the sound?
Thanks to all - Paul
After this, I knew that I could probably hit what I was aiming at within the 30 yard distance - and my yard is no larger so not much else to do. We have a bumper crop of rabbits this year with no natural predators to thin the herd. I typically have 5 to 6 grazing in my yard at any given time. The dog won't even chase them anymore! They have managed to be rather destructive. With that in mind, I read on within the forum regarding the hunting and was able to get even more pointers. The culmination was that I shot 2 last night with perfect head shots in which the animals did a single jump; than a couple twitches; then perfectly still. The importance to me was that the animals not suffer and this was surely the case. Again, thank you all for the excellent advice.
My first question is that I really had to crank the elevation on the scope to zero it in. I'm afraid that I probably don't have much left at the top end (haven't put the zero saver back in the scope yet to really test). Does anyone have some recommendations on some decent (and affordable) adjustable scope mounts that will let one move the rear end of the scope up and down? This would let me reduce the elevation to where I could use it for longer shots without toping out.
Question 2 - I have some rats - not as many as the rabbits - that I want to remove. I'm sure I'm going to need to get a night vision styled scope to catch them out - which you never see them during the day. I have been going through the other forums to see what people like. What I have not found anywhere is "what is a good time after dark to start your ratting?" Clearly everyone is hunting these in pitch black, but is it early evening? late evening? early morning? I don't mind waiting (I'm old so that comes with age!) but anyone with some times that they were most successful with would be great.
Question 3 - My gun (AGT Uragan .25 cal) has an adjustable air pressure valve - albeit not easy to get to. I have the moderator on the gun, but it still seems to be quite loud. I'm filling it up to about 225 bar and using JSB Exact King Diablo pellets @ 25.39 grains. I have not purchased a chronograph yet, but was wondering if the speeds may be at or above 1000 fps giving me the report I'm hoping to avoid. I have more pellets and slugs that I eventually want to see what the gun really likes, but these are what I used to site it in. There is a difference between the suppressor and no suppressor, but not as much as I thought it would be (the neighbor heard me shoot the rabbits and offered me a drink!) Any thoughts on taming the sound?
Thanks to all - Paul
