What'cha doing air gun related today?

[Fred Bear]

I’m curios to know what pest requires a .30 and 100 yard off hand shooting? This sounds interesting.

I have a coyote/coon issue at times here. So much so that I fenced my backyard 3 acres to protect my dogs. Front yard is open and that's were I have the issue with pests. I've hit coons with my JTS 25 cal. Even with good shot placement it may take 2 hits. Always at 50 yds. It's never sit on a rest. Always see them,grab my rifle, steady and off hand shoot. I need reach out with more punch without hitting my neighbor. I have a narrow, safe lane to shoot. And has to be a pellet/ slugs gun. What draws them to me are my berry bushes/trees.

 

[FL22]

I have a coyote/coon issue at times here. So much so that I fenced my backyard 3 acres to protect my dogs. Front yard is open and that's were I have the issue with pests. I've hit coons with my JTS 25 cal. Even with good shot placement it may take 2 hits. Always at 50 yds. It's never sit on a rest. Always see them,grab my rifle, steady and off hand shoot. I need reach out with more punch without hitting my neighbor. I have a narrow, safe lane to shoot. And has to be a pellet/ slugs gun. What draws them to me are my berry bushes/trees.

I have a Taipan .25, it has no problem dropping a raccoon. Solo1 has his for sale here, might be worth a look.

 

[BBGunn]

I have a coyote/coon issue at times here. So much so that I fenced my backyard 3 acres to protect my dogs. Front yard is open and that's were I have the issue with pests. I've hit coons with my JTS 25 cal. Even with good shot placement it may take 2 hits. Always at 50 yds. It's never sit on a rest. Always see them,grab my rifle, steady and off hand shoot. I need reach out with more punch without hitting my neighbor. I have a narrow, safe lane to shoot. And has to be a pellet/ slugs gun. What draws them to me are my berry bushes/trees.

If you have a window you can shoot through from off a steady bench or table I would make use of that. I killed many coons from our backyard some decades past with a 30fpe .22 with first shot kills at about 30yds.

I don't consider baiting as 'hunting', or really very sporting when shooting from a hide..., but, it is a very effective way to dispatch critters that need controlled! You could setup bait and get them coming. If you can sit and wait in the evening, after dark, from a hide and use a porch light for illumination you will kill a ton of those coons and likely a coyote of two.

 

[BBGunn]

Let's talk about shooting in the wind folks. Please, offer any advice you wish to share based on what you have learned from your own shooting experience in the wind.

This morning we had strong wind blowing from before sunrise. I used the conditions to practice wind holds on target. Today is one day that I wish I made videos so I could have shown how active my wind flags/vane were!!! Numerous times, my wind vane spun around a full 360-degrees in a second! ALL shots required a 'wind correction' to even be close to hitting the desired target spot!

I'll share one bit of shooting-in-the-wind advice. Use a minimum of two wind flags/vanes on your target range. When watching the flags/vanes to gauge your hold correction, DO NOT take the shot until the wind indicators match! In other words, if one flag is blowing one direction and the other flag is blowing a different direction..., don't take the shot!

This target was from this morning in STRONG, switching wind! 250z .22, 20-shots, 50yds and every single shot required a wind hold correction!

 

[Chief55]

I put my new hammer weight into the TalonSS and my small high flow tank from the Escape turning it into an EscapeSS with the .20 barrel. I was shooting 25 grain Zan slugs and 13 grain JSB pellets. It loves the 13 grain pellets. Put the Talon standard flow tank on the Escape with the 24-inch .22 barrel but not enough time to see what it would do.