Women's air rifle...?
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tactical lever
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All brass underneath the black paint, and will become a sort of collectable now. Missed my chance to buy new a few years ago, but found this barely used at a gun shop and managed to bring it home for about $300. A peep sight would likely help my accuracy with it, but the open sights work.IIRC with 8 pumps it's about in the mid 700s with regular weigh .22 pellets. Nothing to sneeze at. Killed squirrels with just low power .177, and quite a few gophers with a sub 500 fps .22 air rifle. And gophers are kinda tough for their size.
tactical lever
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Correction, high 600s. Pretty decent still. Some mod these, and I saw one fella get his to 800 with slightly heavier pellets.
Look into a Diana Stormrider in 22. Its a great budget entry level pcp that is very similar and has been cloned so theres lots of spare parts and upgrade parts available.
If you want maximum mobility and adaptibility then checkout the Diana Chaser with a shoulder stock kit. Its a C02 version of the stormrider but in pistol form. The best part is you can put on the shoulder stock and a scope and have a rifle thats good for 30m and that can break back down to a pistol for small rodents in close quarters via iron sights. Even more you can go down the upgrade path and convert it to pcp if you want and much more.
If you want maximum mobility and adaptibility then checkout the Diana Chaser with a shoulder stock kit. Its a C02 version of the stormrider but in pistol form. The best part is you can put on the shoulder stock and a scope and have a rifle thats good for 30m and that can break back down to a pistol for small rodents in close quarters via iron sights. Even more you can go down the upgrade path and convert it to pcp if you want and much more.
tactical lever
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- Fox Creek, Alberta
Oh, okay. Big power not needed for squirrel, but a bit extra velocity is nice to keep it a little flatter shooting. And I still like the .22 calibre for extra killing power.
A scope is nice for that kind of range, as it is a bit tough to pick a squirrel out of the branches and leaves, and to be able to compensate somewhat for the range.
That Diana Storm Rider mentioned sounds decent, but I think we end up getting the kinda wimpy non PAL version here unless you modify it. Lots of info for modding and it isn't too tough if you don't mind tinkering. And I like that it's a PCP, but if you get a PCP you need a pump, compressor or SCUBA/SCBA tank and attachment to fill. I like the hand pump the best, for portability and ease of use for regular shooting. My Discovery is dual fuel, so I can use either air or CO2 from a paintball tank to fill it.
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I have taken down squirrels at and past the 30M range with the non-pal version of the stormrider so less than 500fps, with .22 crosman hollow points. It's always a one shot humane kill anywhere from the mid section and up, anywhere else will also kill from the energy dump but will probably take 5-10 secs for a bleed out. A scope is an absolute must, I don't mind the weight so I use a very high magnified scope as I also shoot invasive house sparrows and you have to be able to identify them from dozens of other similar looking sparrows in the region, this and invasive starlings also need to be identified vs native red winged black birds. The stormrider is also available in pal version so around 900-1000+ fps in .22. If you don't want to buy the pal version you can also just drill out the transfer port of the non pal version to 3mm from 1.8mm, making it full power.
I just use a cheap $50 hpa pump to fill my stormrider, takes 2 x 5min sessions as I let the pump cool for 15mins between sessions to make the pump have less heat and thus less wear and tear on the seals. On a full tank of air it lasts around 25 shots in full power version and around 40-50 shots in the low power version. You can also purchase it with a built in regulator for maximum shot group consistency so no matter what your pellets always leaves roughly the same fps thanks to the regulator and this can be great for a tight group when hunting. I haven't installed a regulator yet so I zero for my first 20-30 shots that will be higher pressure and thus more consistent, and once I drop below a certain air pressure I refill it so that I can get the same zero I setup at a full tank.
Well I went to Canadian Tire and their models of decent .177's for sale leave a lot to be desired. So I purchased a squirrel trap and a bag of whole unsalted peanuts. Quite impressed at the effectiveness of this trap. Appears that these rodents cant help themselves when it comes to peanuts.
Is there a specific reason you want an air gun?
If your out at a farm why couldn’t you use a 22 rifle or 410 shotgun for the squirrels?
If it because of the noise you can get the subsonic low noise rounds for the 22
If your in town then ya that’s a different story
If your out at a farm why couldn’t you use a 22 rifle or 410 shotgun for the squirrels?
If it because of the noise you can get the subsonic low noise rounds for the 22
If your in town then ya that’s a different story
A Diana 24 would be a good choice.
I would not put a scope on it.
The added weight will make it less shootable for you and your kids.
My three grew up shooting air rifles. They loved it!
Fill a box with rags, put a target on it, quick backstop.
I just bought a Weihrauch HW 90, it is heavy but the trigger and quality is amazing, no good for women or kids.
I would not put a scope on it.
The added weight will make it less shootable for you and your kids.
My three grew up shooting air rifles. They loved it!
Fill a box with rags, put a target on it, quick backstop.
I just bought a Weihrauch HW 90, it is heavy but the trigger and quality is amazing, no good for women or kids.
