Beeman P17 for Grouse

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Hey everyone I have done some research on different to see if you can use a pellet pistol for hunting grouse in Alberta, and the answer I found was yes, as long as it is not over 500 fps. I have a Beeman P17 Pellet Pistol I bought a few years ago and it shoots 410 fps with the .177 pellets I use, would this be enough to kill a grouse? Even if it was a head shot? I don't want to shoot an animal with anything where the lethality of the weapon is "questionable," so if anyone has used one, or knows if 410 fps would be enough or if I should move up to a 450-490 fps one please let me know. :)

Thanks,

Jack
 
Ok, it's fairly accurate, or accurate enough for close range headshots, so I'm thinking it should work, between now and November I'll practice with it more to see how good I can get with it. I don't know for sure if it would but I think it should work if I use the right pellets like polymer tipped ones or something similar. I have a 410 fps airsoft gun that shoots plastic bb's and it hurts at about 150ft so I can imagine that a pellet pistol with the right pellets could penetrate a grouse
 
I personally go for the lungs/heart then finish quick by breaking their neck/cutting throat. You have to have a pretty accurate pellet gun to get them with a clean head shot every time.
 
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yeah, I'm not confident that it would penetrate enough to effectively kill a grouse, once we get our new house sorted out I'll try shooting it a bit in my garage and on out friends acreage, and when the snow leaves try it on gophers and then decide if I should use it for grouse
 
Use wadcutters, limit your shots to a distance where you can consistently make headshots, only take headshots and you're golden...

I have clearly missed a few while following these steps (not consistent enough I guess...) not a single one injured but plenty scared... All the ones that I connected one were dead on impact. I used a scope-sighted Crosman backpacker 1377, this is the one I'd pick up now, a .22 with the same < 495 fps speed but increased energy.

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The Crosman Backpacker 1377 can be changed over to a handgun. The butt end of the stock comes off and they supply grips for the handgun. This makes it handy to bring along with your center fire for partridge (Ontario anyway) during big game season. They work really well and are accurate with good pellets (RWS) and wad cutters seem to work the best as others are saying. The only downside is it an inexpensive pellet gun so do not expect it to last too long, the same as other inexpensive pellet guns. What I mean is it will not last as long as a $300 and up pellet gun, but what do you expect for under $100. When my son was younger he could wear a $100 pellet gun out in a summer. The new inexpensive pellet guns do not have replacement parts and are throw away.
 
Yeah my beeman seems to work for now, but I won't cancel out the backpacker, the only thing is when mainly hunt deer in November up north of Edmonton so the co2 wouldn't function properly, does anyone know how well co2 works/doesn't work in cold weather?
 
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