N80
Super Member
I live right down town in a small city. Have too many squirrels. They're driving me crazy. Can't shoot them in the front yard......too many strange looks from passers by. Neighbors don't really care. But I can shoot them in the back yard.
I've got an old Benjamin pellet rifle with a peep sight. Super accurate (clover lear cluster at 20 yards) and deadly for the squirrels but it has a number of drawbacks. It is fiddly to load with a little spring loaded bolt action sort of thing. It is also a multi pump thing and takes 8-10 pumps to get lethal velocity. The pump is loud and by 7 or 8 is pretty hard too. But the biggest problem is that it uses 5mm pellets which are hard to find and pricey.
So I'm looking for a good, single pump pellet rifle. I've got good scopes to fit it but it will need to have mounts or at least drilled and tapped for mounts. .177 caliber should be fine. Need 1000 fps or more. Would prefer it to be around $200. Have read reviews of some of the Gamo rifles carried by Academy Sports and Cabelas. The ones around $200 get knocked because of poor accuracy. That will not do.
Any advice?
I've got an old Benjamin pellet rifle with a peep sight. Super accurate (clover lear cluster at 20 yards) and deadly for the squirrels but it has a number of drawbacks. It is fiddly to load with a little spring loaded bolt action sort of thing. It is also a multi pump thing and takes 8-10 pumps to get lethal velocity. The pump is loud and by 7 or 8 is pretty hard too. But the biggest problem is that it uses 5mm pellets which are hard to find and pricey.
So I'm looking for a good, single pump pellet rifle. I've got good scopes to fit it but it will need to have mounts or at least drilled and tapped for mounts. .177 caliber should be fine. Need 1000 fps or more. Would prefer it to be around $200. Have read reviews of some of the Gamo rifles carried by Academy Sports and Cabelas. The ones around $200 get knocked because of poor accuracy. That will not do.
Any advice?