Air Rifle

[fishinwrench]

I'm in.  😊

[Gavin]

Gonna frost soon.  Time to check sights and shoot more vermin.

[snagged in outlet 3]

We’ve had frost 3 mornings already.  One was pretty heavy.  

[fishinwrench]

Just needs to quit raining now.

[BilletHead]

Silhouette shooting,

            Well Wrench got a bunch of silhouette targets. I did not get any ordered but a package showed up in the mail from our fishinwrench here on OAF. Thanks @fishinwrench . I read the instructions and it said to tie some twine to the targets so you don't loose them after being hit. I am always thinking and came up with something,

  Some little chain, small clips and screw chain to 5/4 foot long sections of decking boards. I thought this is going to work and sent picture via text to wrench. Good idea he said and he had already lost a chicken where it had left the twine. Flying off into who knows where. So i set up my range from enclosed instructions,

   Put targets and yardage markers out. The closest 20 yard chicken with board I had to set on a bucket to clear the top of garden pond and a bench downrange. From a bench and lead sled I focused in on the chicken and pulled the trigger. Down it went. With a smile I went to target. The chain had wrapped around my stake marker and no chicken to be seen .  Oh boy. I began to scratch around on the leaves and every few leaves was yellow just like the target.

Nothing ! So i went to shop and got a magnet on a wand then began to sweep the leaves. Nothing . I could only imagine I had smashed it into the soft ground forever.  Bingo another idea, Dumped old gas out of leaf blower and put fresh in. Fired it up and went to work. Just kept blowing and sweeping and looking, 

16 yards down range as I was nearing a gooseberry bush it appeared! If it had made it into the bush I would of never found it,

Somehow it had unclipped. I then shot the next one the pig at 30, The turkey at 36,

Then the ram at 45.

All 4 shots had hit and all a bit to the left. Had a pretty strong west wind blowing,

  The .25 pellet was hitting pretty hard and the boards shifted some as the little steel targets flying tightened the chain tight. i will on a calm day make sure my left right is on but I think it was the wind. i am also going to maybe go to split rings for attaching the chain to target. Thanks again Wrench,

   BilletHead

 

[Johnsfolly]

Great shooting @BilletHead! Awesome gifting by @fishinwrench! Looks like a great time. I have to get into this air rifle shooting.

[fishinwrench]

😂😂😂

Why ya gotta shoot everything either in the butt or the Weiner ?  😆

[BilletHead]

9 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Great shooting @BilletHead! Awesome gifting by @fishinwrench! Looks like a great time. I have to get into this air rifle shooting.

  Thanks John,

   Pretty fun and like the idea of how quiet they are.  

2 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

😂😂😂

Why ya gotta shoot everything either in the butt or the Weiner ?  😆

         What can I say. I knocked them over and shot 100%. 

BilletHead

[jdmidwest]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

😂😂😂

Why ya gotta shoot everything either in the butt or the Weiner ?  😆

Do chickens have weiners?  Maybe that is a butt shot

[fishinwrench]

The chicken was definitely a butt shot, but that Ram.....Right in the ol' penile unit.   

Poor guy 😩

I'm a little more humane with my ram 

but the others get it wherever they get it.  😊