My apologies to John Steinbeck…
Gents,
My Brocock Sniper Sahara driven, .177 caliber crusade against my arch nemesis the California ground squirrel rages on, much to the chagrin of the ground squirrels.
I’m sure you’re wondering why the thread title is the same as Steinbeck’s literary masterpiece and might be thinking, “Is this moron going to do a book review in an airgun hunting thread”? Bear with me…
On our little piece of terra firma, we have a grape vineyard…which sits next to my neighbors field…which until my recent declaration of war, was being overrun with ground squirrels. As it turns out, pairing Cabernet Sauvignon with a Bog Pod and a Brocock Sniper leaves that wonderful taste on your palate of dead vermin and shots well placed. In short, the vines make a quite suitable shooting blind, as the below pictures attest.
Now some may question my choice of a Cabernet during these hot summer months and opine that a light, fruity Chardonnay would be a better choice, and I might tend to agree, but my Chardonnay vines are 20 yards farther away from my quarry, so a good hearty Cab it is.
The ex-squirrel pictured below was from a couple of days ago and was the fortunate recipient of my first miss with the little Sniper Sahara. Alas, his good fortune ended shortly thereafter courtesy of better steering and 13 grains of JSB’s finest. A careful review of my first miss determined it to having been caused by a sectional density issue, meaning a large section of my brain is uncommonly dense, rendering me not very bright. This in turn resulted in me using the wrong hold over. Distance was 52 yards.
The below two decedents were found to be frolicking about in the field a short while ago as if there were no repercussions for such behavior. Unfortunately for them, there are repercussions, and they chose to frolic at 40 yards, which happens to be the distance the Brocock is sighted in for. Two gentle caresses of the trigger later, and these two were on their way to the great burrow in the sky.
I have quite a few air rifles and enjoy them all, but there is just something about the Brocock Sniper platform that blows my skirt up.
Justin
Gents,
My Brocock Sniper Sahara driven, .177 caliber crusade against my arch nemesis the California ground squirrel rages on, much to the chagrin of the ground squirrels.
I’m sure you’re wondering why the thread title is the same as Steinbeck’s literary masterpiece and might be thinking, “Is this moron going to do a book review in an airgun hunting thread”? Bear with me…
On our little piece of terra firma, we have a grape vineyard…which sits next to my neighbors field…which until my recent declaration of war, was being overrun with ground squirrels. As it turns out, pairing Cabernet Sauvignon with a Bog Pod and a Brocock Sniper leaves that wonderful taste on your palate of dead vermin and shots well placed. In short, the vines make a quite suitable shooting blind, as the below pictures attest.
Now some may question my choice of a Cabernet during these hot summer months and opine that a light, fruity Chardonnay would be a better choice, and I might tend to agree, but my Chardonnay vines are 20 yards farther away from my quarry, so a good hearty Cab it is.
The ex-squirrel pictured below was from a couple of days ago and was the fortunate recipient of my first miss with the little Sniper Sahara. Alas, his good fortune ended shortly thereafter courtesy of better steering and 13 grains of JSB’s finest. A careful review of my first miss determined it to having been caused by a sectional density issue, meaning a large section of my brain is uncommonly dense, rendering me not very bright. This in turn resulted in me using the wrong hold over. Distance was 52 yards.
The below two decedents were found to be frolicking about in the field a short while ago as if there were no repercussions for such behavior. Unfortunately for them, there are repercussions, and they chose to frolic at 40 yards, which happens to be the distance the Brocock is sighted in for. Two gentle caresses of the trigger later, and these two were on their way to the great burrow in the sky.
I have quite a few air rifles and enjoy them all, but there is just something about the Brocock Sniper platform that blows my skirt up.
Justin
That’s why I love my BRKs, “in the field” performance, those bastages rarely allow a second shot. So it’s one and done, consistently. Good shooting on those squirrels. I took ten sparrows today with ten shots, Pathfinder XR which is basically a baby Sahara…
. Luv your natural blinds! Keep up the fun writing, wine making, shooting and photos!
