Semi Pigeon Killing
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Look at a single shot in 22 or 25. Use pointed pellets. There are some pcp guns that are bolt action repeaters. I used to use a cheap chinese Bam in 22 cal with pointed pellets (sub 500 fps,) body shots and killed many pigeons.
Just another vote for the break-barrel. I have a .177 Ruger ( Chinese made Diana-34 clone) that I use on local flying rats. sub-500 is enough up to about 40-50 feet if he can hit them. I would use the 'dome' pellets as they are more accurate, and heavy as possible - I've read that the round face is more aerodynamic than a point. I can do 1" at 30 feet with the 'glow sights' - the 4x scope that came with it is mostly useless on a springer IMO.
They are great, but not so much out of a rifled barrel. The pattern opens up tremendously. Out of a smoothbore, they'll take grouse at 15 feet no problem on a headshot. At that distance out of a rifled barrel, you could fly a goose through the holes in the pattern. If you don't want a PAL gun, definitely go for a .22. The Nitro guns are reasonably priced and accurate enough for the job.
Hard comparing a pistol to a rifle as far as accuracy goes.
But here's another suggestion for ya.
I bought two of them. And modded one with a longer.22 barrel.
And @ $51.99ea. pretty hard to beat!!!
Beeman P17 Pistol
One pump/one pellet.
Could stick a cheap laser on it. Point & Shoot
But here's another suggestion for ya.
I bought two of them. And modded one with a longer.22 barrel.
And @ $51.99ea. pretty hard to beat!!!
Beeman P17 Pistol
One pump/one pellet.
Could stick a cheap laser on it. Point & Shoot
Hard comparing a pistol to a rifle as far as accuracy goes.
But here's another suggestion for ya.
I bought two of them. And modded one with a longer.22 barrel.
And @ $51.99ea. pretty hard to beat!!!
Beeman P17 Pistol
One pump/one pellet.
Could stick a cheap laser on it. Point & Shoot
I took a lot of grouse with head shots using a pump up Crossman pistol in 22 - I forget the model. I also had a CO2 in .22, but performed poorly in the cold. You had to make head shots, though.
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They don't work.. Ive seen Pigeons sit next to them.
A sub-200 dollar semi auto, with the power to whack pigeons, is a fantasy on par with a Liberal politician telling the climate panic people to stop bothering him, so he can go out shooting. Not very likely.
Lots of decent used Airguns out there. Look for a .22 caliber, as close to the speed limit as can be got, and accept that you are getting one shot at a time, unless you up the budget to some pretty substantial levels.
Like, for around a grand, and with a PAL, you can get a precharged pneumatic bolt action or lever action rifle that is at least, a repeater. And that's a pretty bottom end rig, once you spring for enough gear to keep the tanks topped off. And a cheap scope.
A Crosman 2289, is about the best you get on a budget. One shot, a bunch of pumping, reload, and the next shot. Air, at least, is free.
With practice, reloading a spring piston rifle is pretty quick, but it ain't no semi either.
Most of the non PAL rated semis out there, are glorified toys built on a crappy revolver mechanism, or otherwise nowhere near powerful enough for the task to be carried out adequately well.
The few that I am aware of, are either antiques (Crosman 600, as on example, also quite expensive) or were never made in appreciable quantities, as the respective powers in various countries either effectively killed them off, or the actual cost to buy them in the face of much cheaper real firearms did.
Lots of decent used Airguns out there. Look for a .22 caliber, as close to the speed limit as can be got, and accept that you are getting one shot at a time, unless you up the budget to some pretty substantial levels.
Like, for around a grand, and with a PAL, you can get a precharged pneumatic bolt action or lever action rifle that is at least, a repeater. And that's a pretty bottom end rig, once you spring for enough gear to keep the tanks topped off. And a cheap scope.
A Crosman 2289, is about the best you get on a budget. One shot, a bunch of pumping, reload, and the next shot. Air, at least, is free.
With practice, reloading a spring piston rifle is pretty quick, but it ain't no semi either.
Most of the non PAL rated semis out there, are glorified toys built on a crappy revolver mechanism, or otherwise nowhere near powerful enough for the task to be carried out adequately well.
The few that I am aware of, are either antiques (Crosman 600, as on example, also quite expensive) or were never made in appreciable quantities, as the respective powers in various countries either effectively killed them off, or the actual cost to buy them in the face of much cheaper real firearms did.
