this is kinda gun related

[nikon]

if you consider pellet guns...well...guns....

I need to buy a pellet gun to take care of a couple of skunks. I can't use a real gun because I'm within city limits. I need some thoughts on where I can get one cheap and the fps I should be looking at. Would 1000fps cut it?

[Rabbit23]

I could come by with my suppressed Ruger 10/22 for a reasonable fee.

[mxwelch]

1000fps will do the job. Especially with pointed .177 pellets.

[Johninaustin]

Just pick up one of the side-cocking cheap Chinese ones. Accurate enough for headshots and it cost $39. I don't know the velocity, but it'll knock a squirrrel right off the bird feeder.:D.

[mxwelch]

Just pick up one of the side-cocking cheap Chinese ones. Accurate enough for headshots and it cost $39. I don't know the velocity, but it'll knock a squirrrel right off the bird feeder.:D.

Right you are sir. I have one and I was surprised at how powerful it was. I got it from one of the roaming tool shows for $19.:D

[cntryboy0531]

I used to dispatch squirrels that were destroying our shed with a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with buckshot when I was growing up. Didn't ever dispatch anything with a BB Gun.

Only used a BB gun on stray dogs to get them off the property. Worked wonders.

[Creeker]

1000fps will do the job. Especially with pointed .177 pellets.

Yes, make sure you get the hunting pellets.... but in my neck of the woods, being in a city, the ordinance also covers bb/pellet guns... not that I've gotten any grief over taking 20 or so squirrels out that have managed to nest in my attic.... :rolleyes: My neighbor has taken 58 so far this year... :eek: and there's still plenty in the trees, just saw one run over down the street....

I have a new roof going in next week should cure some of the trouble...

[greenlead]

I've been thinking about getting one as well. Are the Crossman ones from Wal-Mart any good? Also, what's with the "dual-caliber" barrels I saw on one model?

Do they have any CO2 powered rifles, or are they all pump? Also, is it wise to use a rifle inside the house, shooting at a trap, or should I only use the 1000 FPS stuff outside (citing minimum recommended distance)?

[Creeker]

...Do they have any CO2 powered rifles, or are they all pump? Also, is it wise to use a rifle inside the house, shooting at a trap, or should I only use the 1000 FPS stuff outside (citing minimum recommended distance)?

Aside from the "Red Ryder" types, I wouldn't use a pump rifle in the house. You could pump it 1 or 3 times and it would be fine, but it wouldn't be accurate, IMHO. You might have more fun with an Airsoft using it in the house on a trap, but I haven't seen one of those that was very accurate, either.

When I was a young 'un, I won a Daisy Target rifle in a contest that came with a trap, etc, but we had no garage. I spent many a summers day in my early teens popping that trap in the un a/c'd half attic of that house in southern SC. It was more along the lines of a RR, but it was much heavier, had an interchangeable ring post sight and would only hold 50 bbs at a time in a long tube that had to be loaded one at a time.

Shortly after moving into this house I am in now, we were dealing with a Palmetto Bug invasion (big nasty lookin' Roaches) that the prior owners had tolerated. Out of idiocy, I fired on a Roach on the wall inside of my garage, using a pump rifle but forgetting that I had pumped it to the max. I took out the roach, the sheetrock, the styrofoam, the housewrap and the vinyl on the exterior and never did find all of the pieces of the vinyl.:eek: I covered the hole with a map.:p

I've never seen a CO2 rifle in Wallyworld. I did buy a nice CO2 pellet pistol with 2 magazines that will take out a squirrel at 25 yards there, though. :cool:

Now that I've had my Lasik, I need to go sight in my Crosman pump dot scope again, come to think of it. ;)

[TX-LEO]

if you consider pellet guns...well...guns....

I need to buy a pellet gun to take care of a couple of skunks. I can't use a real gun because I'm within city limits. I need some thoughts on where I can get one cheap and the fps I should be looking at. Would 1000fps cut it?

You will regret shooting a skunk.

[North Patrol]

You will regret shooting a skunk.

No lie! I had just got home and was walking to the front porch when a skunk went running off of the porch and towards the trees. I latter found out he was eating the dog food my kids put there for the cats. Out of pure reflex (and cat like speed) I drew my HK and fired. The first round took off his leg and the second caught him in the head. Boy was that a mistake. He was about 50 feet from me but only 25 from the corner of the house. :eek:

Lets just say that when I walked inside all my wife said while holding her nose was "Dumbass".

[Grift]

I used to dispatch squirrels that were destroying our shed with a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with buckshot when I was growing up. .

Where in the hell do you live that even the squirrels have shotguns and used them to destroy your shed?!?!

:eek:

[nikon]

You will regret shooting a skunk.

I thought about that and came to the conclusion that with how often they spray and the 2 cats and dog that I have, I figure that I can deal with a week of stench to be done with it. Can't think of a cheaper option.

I'll just have to time it so I take em out when I go away for the weekend.