Growing up air guns were fun. A right of passage. Something you pumped up 15 times even though the rule was 10. You shot black birds, and ground squirrels, and then when you got old enough, you graduated to the 22LR and never looked back. Three years ago at Christmas I bought a Gamo 22 break Barrel to deal with some pigeons in our pole shed/barn. I was impressed at the accuracy albeit I was shooting in close and short quarters. It did the job ridding me of those pigeons and I didn’t have 20 holes in my pole shed undoubtedly using a 22LR would have produced. From there on a whim I bought a 25 Caliber break barrel and then a 30... mostly for plinking purposes in the back yard. I still ventured down the road 15 miles to shoot my centerfire rifles in particular my 6.5 creedmore at 1000 yards... hitting steel that far way is a drug... I’ve hunted deer and antelope but in the last 6 years I’ve only shot coyotes and raccoons and possums and badgers etc... other than hitting Steel at 1000 yards I haven’t killed anything over 200.... other than coyotes many of which have been taken inside that range except for the challenge of hitting them at 800 yards with the Creedmore. I love shooting... hitting steel and trying to get a hole inside a hole.... my property lets me get to 125 yards... but other than a 22LR you can’t be blasting 308 rounds when cattle are across the road. Packing guns, and Ammo cans, and targets etc to drive 15 miles to a farm with enough land to stretch out and shoot those guns became a chore, and a hassle. For two years every centerfire I owned minus a 22LR and 223 sat in the gun safe and collected dust... what a waste... we still sat in the backyard many of nights and shot break barrels as a family... 25 yards 50 yards... and it was a blast.... then it dawned on me... why do I have thousands of dollars of guns sitting in a safe that never get used when we can shoot in the back yard all day long... I sold some centerfire rifles and scopes and we bought
Hatsan Hercules 35 Cal
74CUFT air venturi tank
25 Caliber Umarex Gautlent
Nomad 2 (which came to us defective and is on it’s way back to PA)
2 UGT 4x16x44 scopes
I lost a bit of money on the centerfire units and scopes I sold but this stuff is getting used and my local fire department is more than willing to fill my tank for me with the adapter I purchased. I can shoot all the predators and varmints I did before and plink in my back yard all day long.... WIN WIN... glad to be here and anxious to learn..
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Hatsan Hercules 35 Cal
74CUFT air venturi tank
25 Caliber Umarex Gautlent
Nomad 2 (which came to us defective and is on it’s way back to PA)
2 UGT 4x16x44 scopes
I lost a bit of money on the centerfire units and scopes I sold but this stuff is getting used and my local fire department is more than willing to fill my tank for me with the adapter I purchased. I can shoot all the predators and varmints I did before and plink in my back yard all day long.... WIN WIN... glad to be here and anxious to learn..
Mod edit: moved to General Discussion forum
