the squirels have ripped 2 canopy covers now the cover is outdated have to buy a new model , looking at a umarex c02 pellet pistol to dispatch the nappy basterds, they get 10 ft away from you and chatter and give you the flipped tail, will a co2 pellet pistol do the job , I see SFRC has a BB machine gun would that be a beter choice any advice welcomed,
pellet or BB pistol for squirels
- Thread starter enfield p
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I use a .177 cal pellet gun and it works up to 25 steps or so, but I'd say it is marginal as a few are hit but don't go down immediately like they should. 22 cal would be better. And once you start shooting they won't stay close for long. They learn quick.
i have a black german shepherd that chases them they keep coming back even tried to come in the screen door this afternoon like i said earlier the shooting distance will be within 10 ft when they run across the back of the deck when im sitting there i can reach out and just pop the dam things as they trott by
- Location
- South Shore, Nova Scotia
This is the best way to dispatch a squirrel...provided local ordanance allows of course.
- Location
- South Shore, Nova Scotia
Although full auto BB guns are fun...I doubt they are very lethal even to a squirrel...
- Location
- West Quebec
Break action pellet works well here
I've had several Umarex air pistols, both bb and pellet, they have all been solid and reliable and pretty accurate out to 20 feet. The best one accuracy and velocity wise was the full size Desert Eagle. It would shoot 1 inch 8 shoot groups at 30 feet with full to half full cylinder. The only downfall was that it was a blowback so a cylinder did not last that long. The Makarov model is quite accurate at short range (15 feet) also but is bb only. But it does have a nice trigger pull and very crisp when fired in single action.
I used a Beeman P17 in .177 and it is hard to shoot them far to 20 yards. Managed to get one at under 10 yards right in the body and she ran away, did not see blood or anything.... so if she died....who knows. I never saw it again but I am not 100% it was effective.
Since I decided to trap and release in a park far away from me because trying to catch it eating the bulbs in my garden requires stalking....hurry get the gun ... and kids freaked when they seen me pointing the gun at it. Released 2 so far and none came back in the garden so far. Now I am looking for a 22 pellet rifle to dispatch some crows because they make a lot of noise in the morning. I believe a 22 rifle would work better on the squirrel too
The P17 is a nice pistol for the money, light trigger, no recoil but a pain to load the pellet and not great too far away. I felt uneasy at 20 yards or so and with a animal that does sudden moves like that furry rat.
Open sights .22 Dianna or Weihrauch would be nice to buy one and have it for my son to learn shooting soon as well. A little pricey but I hate buying a gun twice
Since I decided to trap and release in a park far away from me because trying to catch it eating the bulbs in my garden requires stalking....hurry get the gun ... and kids freaked when they seen me pointing the gun at it. Released 2 so far and none came back in the garden so far. Now I am looking for a 22 pellet rifle to dispatch some crows because they make a lot of noise in the morning. I believe a 22 rifle would work better on the squirrel too
The P17 is a nice pistol for the money, light trigger, no recoil but a pain to load the pellet and not great too far away. I felt uneasy at 20 yards or so and with a animal that does sudden moves like that furry rat.
Open sights .22 Dianna or Weihrauch would be nice to buy one and have it for my son to learn shooting soon as well. A little pricey but I hate buying a gun twice
newer guns are all under 495fps, you are going to need at least 400fps with a .22pellet so that makes a lot of pellet pistols useless, you might find a nice older used Crossman Mark 1, awesome pistol or a newer Mark 1 would be the bare minimum for mammal with an air pistol and still being humane
Some of the 60's mark1's were well into the 600's try to get one of those you may just need a new canister seal at worst
Some of the 60's mark1's were well into the 600's try to get one of those you may just need a new canister seal at worst
I shoot the furry tail rats out of trees with a cheap Ruger break action .177 pistol, no problem.
Any Canadian legal BB pistol will be pretty much useless against a Squirrel, It needs to be a pellet and it needs to imho be .22 at 400+ fps, a .177 at 495 will barely do, Id go .22 personally, otherwise it wont do much other than annoy a squirrel. ( I speak from experience )
Squirrel pelts are surprisingly resilient, they are tough little critters, with lower power guns if you hit them wrong it just pisses them off a bunch and wont likely kill them humanely, and they run off and die in agony or much later.
There's no need to be cruel, that's all I am saying.
BB's are definitely not going to dispatch a squirrel well at all
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I'm with you, but, like any hunting situation, if you don't place the shot it won't matter how big or fast the bullet.
