New Pellet Pistol

[StoneH]

My wife has trigger discipline.

 

[fjblair]

What is she stalking and what is the scoop on the pistol?

 

[uriah1]

Looks like a James Bond thing.

 

[dented]

Cool.

 

[StoneH]

What is she stalking and what is the scoop on the pistol?

She went out to shoot a squirrel, and stopped to check on a mint plant. The pistol is a Umarex break-barrel. I bought it because I can leave it cocked as apposed to my pump rifle that has to be shot after pumping or the seals go bad.

 

[Powdog]

Maybe a hit on Don Vito?

 

[StoneH]

Looks like a James Bond thing.

3 lbs, rifled barrel, "silencer", made in Germany.

 

[johnny k]

From what i can remember, pellet pistols / rifles were not that noisy. Is the silencer really useful ?

 

[sloppychops]

 

[StoneH]

From what i can remember, pellet pistols / rifles were not that noisy. Is the silencer really useful ?

Break barrel and "springer" rifles are not your father's air guns. I have a springer rifle, with a silencer, and I can't use it in the back yard because it sounds like a .22.

 

[johnny k]

Break barrel and "springer" rifles are not your father's air guns. I have a springer rifle, with a silencer, and I can't use it in the back yard because it sounds like a .22.

Oh ok. I have never seen one or used one. We have pellet guns, but i don't know if what you are talking about is legal here.

 

[trandy9850]

She went out to shoot a squirrel, and stopped to check on a mint plant. The pistol is a Umarex break-barrel. I bought it because I can leave it cocked as apposed to my pump rifle that has to be shot after pumping or the seals go bad.

Why would she want to shoot a squirrel?

 

[0SubSeanik0]

She went out to shoot a squirrel, and stopped to check on a mint plant. The pistol is a Umarex break-barrel. I bought it because I can leave it cocked as apposed to my pump rifle that has to be shot after pumping or the seals go bad.

Was the squirrel trying to burglarize the house or hotwire the car? Do the squirrels in your area pack heat as well?

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Headline:

FLORIDA WOMAN (wife of Florida Man) ASSASSINATES TOMATO PLANT
WITH SUPPRESSED PISTOL IN GARDENING RAGE INCIDENT

 

[trandy9850]

Headline:

FLORIDA WOMAN (wife of Florida Man) ASSASSINATES TOMATO PLANT
WITH SUPPRESSED PISTOL IN GARDENING RAGE INCIDENT

 

[StoneH]

Why would she want to shoot a squirrel?

Squirrels will eat 5$ worth of sunflower seeds a day if not kept in check, and the birds won't eat. Because of my bear problem, we can't use a "squirrel proof" feeder.

 

[ChicknPickn]

Break barrel and "springer" rifles are not your father's air guns. I have a springer rifle, with a silencer, and I can't use it in the back yard because it sounds like a .22.

I have a Diana RWS Model 34 springer in .22 cal. I thought I could get away with shooting it in my back yard, but the neighbors were alarmed by the sound. In springers, much of the noise - - if not most - - comes from the piston head smacking down when the trigger is tripped.

 

[Peegoo]

From what i can remember, pellet pistols / rifles were not that noisy. Is the silencer really useful ?

The things you see on most break-barrel pellet pistols and rifles is not a suppressor. It's a barrel extension that adds leverage to make the swing to kok the thing a lot easier.

I have an RWS Diana and it is a killer-diller against cottontails and squirrels that decimate the garden. Good trigger. It easily shoots nickel-size groups offhand at 20 yards.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Ruger now makes a 10/22 that comes with a built-in suppressor.
Only problem is you have to file the government paperwork ...

 

[StoneH]

I have a Diana RWS Model 34 springer in .22 cal. I thought I could get away with shooting it in my back yard, but the neighbors were alarmed by the sound. In springers, much of the noise - - if not most - - comes from the piston head smacking down when the trigger is tripped.

After I fired the springer once (a couple of years ago), I went back to the Daisy pump until this weekend.