Hello. I have recently purchased an air rifle to add to my firearm collection, because I have an abundance of tree rats who rip through my trash and disperse it across the lawn. Being in the city, I can't use .22lr. This thing is sweet though, the impact of 10.5gr hollow pellets is crazy. I've been stalking them in my yard and shooting them out of the trees. Anyone else been enjoying their air rifle.
why don't you just get a trash can with a lid?
They've chewed through the city provided can three times now, and I hate them. Total Treerat Death
what state
The absolute
Jaja
fuck i shouldn't have laughed that hard.
Minnesota
the hell kind of meth squirrels do you have? air rifles are cool tho, i definitely definitely want to pick one up eventually
kek
Then he wouldn't get to engage the tree rats with his "gun".
You're illiterate AND you can't see pictures. Bot?
>air rifles
you should go to
Air rifles are legit weapons, homosexual
>comes into your town
>lets someone play with their cool new air rifle
>guy looking at air rifle NDs a 46 cal hole through someone's hat at 40yds
>barely avoids braining them, leaving a .10" deep gash along the top of their head
>refuses to elaborate
>leaves
No, homosexual
I know you're trying to fit in, but air guns != airsoft, you dumb newfag.
Omf! She killed squirrel jak. Thats kinda nuts!
Hope you're eating the tree rats, they make for a fantastic stew.
I've eaten them from the woods, but I'm not sure about eating city tree rats. They diet on Styrofoam, motor oil, and heroine needles.
>he doesn't want to get a second-hand high from junkie squirrels
I mean I'm just nervous about it, called the department of health and they said as long as its cooked properly it's fine.
They are well fed by my lib neighbors, they keep refilling the bird feeder, despite no birds eating at the thing. They get large, and then they get tenacious.
wack
>They diet on Styrofoam, motor oil, and heroine needles
>They are well fed by my lib neighbors, they keep refilling the bird feeder, despite no birds eating at the thing
Which is it? If they're eating junk then maybe don't eat them, but if they're just eating bird seed all day, they probably are fine and have some good marbling on them.
On top of the bird feeders, they have torn holes in all the garbage cans. But you're probably right. I will prepare a stew in short order, will post results here. In the meantime, what kind of crafts should I use the squirrel skin for?
A winter hat might be nice if it gets cold where you live. If you're into fishing, you can trade squirrel tails for mepps lures.
Damn I've never heard of the mepps lure deal, looks like I should start doing that
Hat. I need some pelts for earwarmers some time soon. I made a mitten but it was undersized and the warmth was "meh". Stuck to my surplus trigger mittens.
>what kind of crafts should I use the squirrel skin for?
Not sure if the skin useful for much, but the tail is nice for binding fishing flies.
What rifle and caliber? I have been mostly enjoying my Diana 75 and cant believe how good the engineering for an almost 40 year old rifle can be. Thing is fucking solide and one of the most accurate air rifles I have ever fired.
Just a Crosman F4, .177 cal
Found it used for $20, and I've put less than 60 pellets through it, but it seems to prefer 10.5gr to 7.9gr. Less fliers.
I really want to get a PCP rifle in .22 or .30 but for now this will do for my pest control needs. Diana was the brand I was looking at, they are pretty cool. Looks very clean for how old it is. How much maintenance does an old one like that have?
$20 is pretty good for a rifle like that and crosman is a good brand from what I have experienced personally. If you want to try PCP I would suggest checking out some CO2 guns first as they require less equipment to operate and if they fit your bill go up to PCP as a larger investment. As for Diana I would heavily recommend picking up one of their rifles if you ever come across one. In terms of maintenance its a case of knowing who used it before you bought it. Most older rifles I have did not need to be serviced except for oiling them up a bit to protect their bluing as I bought them from private sellers that looked after them. But if you get hold of one which has been left in a shed for some years you will pretty much be needing to do a complete service of the rifle and replace their seals as older rifles typically use perishable ones and not the longer lasting polymer seals we find in rifles today. Stuff like my Diana 75 is an edge case of being a real pain to service due their fairly complex recoiless mechanism that needs to be adjusted very carefully so it is synchronised with the discharge of the rifles spring piston. It takes a lot of tinkering and is not a simple case of lubing them up as they use dry grease. Thankfully I did not need to do too much with the Diana 75, but if you are buying an old complex target rifle like that you need to be prepared to handle mechanical mechanisms like that. But its worth it in my book.
Seals aren't too bad, I had a daisy multi-pump pneumatic as a kid, and had to service it often, on account of being young and really irresponsible with it. Sounds a lot more complicated than taking care of an actual rifle, but I have been loving shooting without ear pro, and in the city, there are so many pros to having one in the collection. Thanks for your input, it gives me a bit to consider before spending on something I am not sure of what I getting into
You can do some real crazy shit with these bad boys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYAmt-jvgI&t=2s