I was pleased to see that the CCI stuff would group 5 shots inside a shoot 'n see target paster, about a 0.5" group at 25yds. So, I pulled out my Savage BV with a 2X-7X scope, and headed for the range with a box of CCI CB longs. The Aguila would get them running way more often than fixing their bird food robbing habit. I'd open the door on the deck, about 25 yds from the feeders, and they'd be getting ready to go. But being tree rats, they eventually caught on watching their buddies take a hit, and sleeping on the ground. Initially I found the Aguila Super Colibri to be fine, as they let me walk to the end of the deck with my Savage replica Stevens Favorite with iron sights and bump them off at 15yds. Helps that many airguns leagally come with suppressors/shrouds.Ĭlick to expand.I've been trimming the tree rat population that's dumping the bird seed in my bird feeders. Now as odd as it might seem, many locations will totally bust you, have to post bail, and all that legal happiness for shooting a 44 foot pound rimfire in your area.yet not worry about you shooting a 44 foot pound airgun. 22 short chamber and a slower twist does make a difference.although if I had to pick one, it would be the "real". This one is air-gun quiet (but not as quiet as Tale #1 above). Just finished relinging an old Stevens (no model number, but looks like a tip-barrel Lady's Rifle (#14) with a 1:20 twist with a real. 22 shorts for about 40-60 rounds before it gums up and gets sluggish enough to short-cycle and not feed. 22LR's kind of over-drove the action, beating things up a bit. These were inexpensive rifles, pretty common guns. 22 Sears (made by HiStandard?) made to work with. Shame really.likely when to a pure-collector (who wouldn't dream of shooting it) and will never have a clue to how well (and quietly) that old rifle can really shoot. Was asking 6X what I paid for it (and 2X what I sold it for). Had had the side-mount holes expertly welded up, matching blue, and the corrct sight installed. I swa that same rifle again (no mistake.they didn't make but about 700 of them) at a Huston Gun show about 10 years later. Quiet enough that on a public range, the range offercier of the day was blowing his whistle, storming down the firing line, yelling "Which of you ***'s is using a suppressor on my range!!!!). 22 match ammo was down to about 875-900fps at exit. Had been drilled and tapped for a side mount 3/4" Weaver scope, the rear open sight was missing,and was well under collectors value. So find the range the rifle will shoot well enough at to justify a shot, creep into that range before you take the shot, and it should work out with a dead 'possum to take care of. There is enough there to plow though a 'possum's 's up to you to intersect the gray-matter thaner than just break his jaw. 22LR twist SUKS.īut at really close range, can be accurate enough to do the job you have at hand. 22 short ammo (if the rifle can feed it). 22short/long.long rifles) but they'll feed though any manual repeater. Won't function most auro-loaders (although do seem to function in the old semi-autos that would work with. More important than power is that the noise/gas is at lower pressure when the bullet "uncorks" from the barrel. 22LR's might slow down from 1030fps (20" barrel) to maybe 1000fps in 28" of barrel. 22LR loadings do tend to slow down in really long barrels (like +24"), but not a whole lot. HAve been down this road.and you can get good results.
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