best pellet rifle under 150 for squirrel and bird???

[the_rookie]

im sorry to say but ive also got a crossman pumpmaster 760 and it shoots 1 hole at 15 yards and only drops about 4 inches at 30 when sighted in at 20yards i mean it is really balls accurate

[Militant_Tiger]

My pumpmaster broke a seal on the first day I had it (with no overpumping), and though decent for plinking was really quite poorly made with unusuable sights and barely had the power to kill a pigeon at 30 feet. I ended up taking the second one apart to see how it functioned and, with no exploded diagram, was unable to assemble.

[the_rookie]

My pumpmaster broke a seal on the first day I had it (with no overpumping), and though decent for plinking was really quite poorly made with unusuable sights and barely had the power to kill a pigeon at 30 feet. I ended up taking the second one apart to see how it functioned and, with no exploded diagram, was unable to assemble.

THE REASONS WHY THIS HAPPEND TO YOU IS STATED BELOW
1. Guns that dont suck ovously dont like you
2. What kind of dumass tries to assemble something like a gun without a mnaual and or a diagram
3. You were aiming wrong and thats why you missed the pigeon
4. The only way your going to get the accuracy out of it is by putting a scope on it
5. And lastly you just plain suck at life

[Militant_Tiger]

Its amazing how much people are willing to dance when they dislike you.

[the_rookie]

MT how the hell do you not kill a pigeon at 30 feet...thats 10 yards and how you were that close to one without concelment is beyonod me...and even if your rifle is shooting 1 inch groups at that distance hit it in the head

[nutt]

rookie...SH1T happens....relax

[the_rookie]

But seoriusly how do you get that close to a pigeon without concelment? and why if he knew that a crossman pumpmaster is slow...then why didnt he aim for the head at 10 yards?

edited by mod.

Stop bashing. You can argue with out name calling.

[nutt]

lol...i see your point...it just seems like you hate him real bad for something so dumb...maybe hes lying so you like him...haha

[fnash]

A question for Stealth!! Or anyone with experience with springer recoil... ARE all springers as harsh as the Chinese springers? Or are there some springers with less recoil than others? Would you have any suggestions as to which springers have the least recoil? I have two Chinese springers, a .177 and .22. I am interested in a 1000 fps rifle as I have nothing in this range. I have a Chrony and the Chinese .177 has a max of 588 fps with a Gamo Magnum 8.5 ( the best from a selection of pellets) and the .22 has a max of 569 fps with a Chinese dome pellet. I would like to have a 1000 fps rifle but don't want it if it is as harsh or worse than what I have. Suggestions would be welcomed..

About the Crosman 760 menitoned above. I find them to be very nice rifles for the price. I have two of them. One is about 20 years old and is all metal, not a problem ever and still Chrony's at 559 fps with 10 pumps. The new 760, mostly plastic, Chrony's at 613 fps. Both are very accurate and fun to shoot as they are very light and easy to hold. I like the clip feature of the new 760. This is also using the Gamo Magnum 8.5 pellet also the best of a selection of pellets that I have.. Thanks for any info forthcoming....

[gray squirrel]

I have a RWS it got for $125 and it shoots 1250 fps

[gentleman4561]

i just got a Beeman that can shoot 850 with 22. pellets and 1,000 with 177. you just switch out the barrels its awesome

[Stonegoblet]

Let's play nice, now. Shoot the animals, not each other.

[coyote_buster]

You can go to walmart and get a Mossberg 22 semi auto with a ten round clip for $98, better than a pellet gun, if you can't use a rimfire in town go to a real forest instead of your back yard.

[gregb544]

hey so not worrying about money what would be the best air gun and scope for killing anything up to a squirel or bigger

and what do you think abou fx guns; before this i was thinking about the cyclone

please reply, thanks

[squirrel_assasin]

hey stealth you seem to know alot about airguns so i figgured id ask if yhis gun here is good its a Mendoza RM-600 im going to use it for squirrels and rabbits (ground squirrels jack rabbits and cottontails)
thanks for any advice u give

http://www.pyramydair.com/p/mendoza-rm- ... ifle.shtml

[nmubowyer]

i dont know what they sell for now, but when i bought my ben sheridan it was about 150 and i wouldnt part with that thing for all the tea in china. it gets the job done and then some, i used to shoot at 10 yrds in my basement and put shots in the same hole with open sights, if i were still living in the flatlands and or populus areas that would still be my go to small game rifle, but id put a scope on it

[.22 LR hunter]

there is a Gamo Hunter Elite pellet rifle i found this pellet rifle in the S.I.R anuall catlouge it is a damn nice gun it runs at 1200 FPS go on www.SIRmailorder.ca and it should be there or order the catlouge.

[deerblazer93]

go to waly world and get a winchester daisy 1000x for like 110

[.22 LR hunter]

how much fps dose it have?

[arun_rules]

I have a custom built 22 calibe multi pump gun that shoots 350 foot LBs. It is german made and it cost me a bundle, but I have taken a moose (not kidding) down with it.

[.22 LR hunter]

wow thats awsome what modifactions did u make to it?

[BUTCHER45]

I have a custom built 22 calibe multi pump gun that shoots 350 foot LBs. It is german made and it cost me a bundle, but I have taken a moose (not kidding) down with it.

I think that's a typo. The most powerful .25 airgun I know of does around 125FPE and that's a PCP gun.

[smallgamehunter1]

hey, whats the best pellet rifle for under 150 that has a speed of 1,000fps? im gonna put a scope on it. oh yea, and how far can u make a good shot with a scope on a gun that shoots 1000 fps?

well it depends what kind of gun u got and scope

[bigbuck144]

the beeman model 1073 is $125.00 dollars at my local store and it shoots .177 pellets at 1000 fps. and it also come with a .22 barrell that shoots .22 pellets at 800 fps.

[jake8958]

760 pumpmaster ive killed squirrels and birds at 20 yards

[darkgael]

hey so not worrying about money what would be the best air gun and scope for killing anything up to a squirel or bigger

Not worried about money?? A Quackenbush custom.
Off the shelf, though, maybe one of the big (9mm - .50 cal) Korean PCP rifles.
I have one that I have posted about before that shoots the same slugs (185-200 grains) that I use in my .45 Auto. It shoots bullets at .457 more accurately, though. Energy-wise. it is about triple even the most powerful .22 air rifle. More power than a .22 rimfire rifle for sure.
But it all comes at way more than $150. Check PyramydAir.com and search under air rifles for Sam Yang and/or Shinsung.
And they are accurate. I have a red dot on mine.
And they are LOUD.
Pete

[blowgunner62]

Cabela's still has this Gamo Hunter 220 for $119


http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... ISO-8859-1

[mhawg]

Hey guys, I'm new here but an old air gun fan. All I have now is the dreaded $45 Daisy lever pump from Walmart but I don't have any problems with pellets. I purchased 2 boxes of Crossman Copperhead .177 pointed pellets about 20 years ago and still have 1/2 a box left (+/- 100 lead pellets.) At 20-25 yards I have yet to see a squirrel get up and run very far. Most shots at 10-20 yards (10 pumps) are dead bang drop to the ground it's over. If I miss the second shot is a copper BB and, as we all know, sometimes that looks like a knuckle ball swirling downrange. If I have put a drop of Rem oil on the first pellet the BB flies straight most of the time. I popped a squirrel recently at 20 yds. with a BB, hitting him center mass. He dropped, crawled to a tree about 5 ft. away and climbed maybe 10 ft. and fell dead. Lung shot from the look of him. I'm shooting these varmints because they ruin my pecan crop, get in my attic and screw up all my birdfeeders. (why I have birdfeeders in my attic I'll never know ) Yes, when I was 15 or so I used to hunt squirrels for food and I feel bad sometimes for not dressing them out and saving up 5 or 6 for a nice stew but that's not what this hunt is about. Right now there is a pair in my attic and I have spotted where they are getting in so I want to eliminate them before patching the hole. Plus it's good practice. I have a variable power Tasco scope mounted on the Daisy set to 25 yds. but I can also see the iron sights (OK, the front sight is Hi-Vis) under the scope and at close range (10 yds.) it serves very well. Interestingly, my 82 yr. old father has the stainless barrel version of the same Daisy he uses to keep the squirrels out of his 100 yr. old farm house. We have both commented that a shot from these guns only ticks of the 'coons and 'possums but at least they take notice.

[darkgael]

This is a very good thread - informative and civilized.

Well your brother's .177 might move faster, but it is shot placement and energy transfer that are most important in airgun hunting.

+1 about that. It's the best piece of advice in the thread. Next would be the advice about going with a .22 ( or .20) if the intention is to use the gun for hunting. Heavier pellets hit harder because they carry velocity better.
Pete

[joe wieland tex]

is the rsw 48 modle in .22 caliber a good gun . and what scoupe would you put on it .

[Ambush Hunter]

For the price range the original poster mentioned, RWS34 or IZH MP513M are two decent guns. If you can find it used, even better, you can tune it and enjoy the accuracy.
thanks.

[squirrelhunter]

In Texas it is illegal to shoot squirrels with airsoft and air rifles. However I believe that rule is kinda leaninat as there are air rifles more powerfull than a .22 caliber long rifle.

Hang on, I'm still rolling on the floor......
OK, so you're telling me that in Texas, where I've heard that everyone owns a firearm, it's illegal to plink rodents with a BB gun? DAMN! I live here in the wonderful police state of Massachusetts, where I can't even buy a real gun. I COULD, but you wouldn't believe what I have to go thru to posess a simple rifle. So I went to the local WalMart and laid out $73 for the latest plastic-stock pellet gun and picked up some Crosman hollow points to take care of the squirrels that molest my bird feeders. Never owned any kind of gun in my life before, real or otherwise. At the close range I'm in I have a deadly squirrel kill ratio, and it's more fun than a tornado in a trailer park plinking at targets in the backyard. Who'd a thunk it?

[squirrelhunter]

You can go to walmart and get a Mossberg 22 semi auto with a ten round clip for $98, better than a pellet gun, if you can't use a rimfire in town go to a real forest instead of your back yard.

NOT IN MY STATE.

[ardorslein]

First of all I agree with Jake on the Gamo Hunter series with the wood stock. I don't understand why the Woodstock version is more accurate than most more Expensive Gamos but they are. Using Pda ammo they shoot 1150 fps or so. The Hunter series runs 179.00.
For the price look at the Crossman quest 1000 xt. They say it shoots 1000 fps more like 800 but using pda ammo you can squeak out a 950 fps. Also the crossman is very accurate. You can get it at Amazon.com 115.00 out the door.
I think the crossman is the gun your looking for for the price. The crossman is a 10 pump the Hunter is one pump..

[squirrelhunter]

A little update. I recently purchased a Crosman Storm XT from WalMart. My last squirrel kill was at about 20 yards halfway up a tree. I put a pointed Crosman lead pellet in his head just behind his right ear by the 40X scope that comes with the rifle and it took the left side of his head CLEAN OFF:[/img]

[Splinter]

Hey i was wondering if theres some good sights i can put on my beeman air rifle it came with a scope but i don't like it don't know what model it is but his has a muzzle break at the end i know if that makes a difference.

[zzyzx]

If I had this limitation I would look at a Tech Force 89 or a Mike Melick tuned air rifle. He imports directly from China and personally checks & tunes each one before sale. Makes it a very good deal. Get whichever in .22 and have enough power to knock down the animals much better than with a .177 pellet. WalMart now carries Crosman Premier Hollow Points (CPHP) for under $7.00 for a tin of 500. Not a bad deal at all.

[blowgunner62]

The best you can even hope to get with a 760 is inch groups at ten yards. They are nice for eight-year-old can plinkers but not at all suitable for hunting anything bigger than a frog. They have a smooth bore and are not accurate at all.