An Introduction

Hey, I thought I should introduce myself. I’ve been lurking for the past few months making my decision on what kind of air rifle to buy. Thank to all of your expertise, I’ve got a Talon SS, a Leapers 6-24×50 AO Varmint Scope w/ B-Square Ultra-high one piece mounts on the way from Pyramidair.

It all started with an obsession with the damn squirrels that have been living in my eaves. I was never really into weaponry, but I walked into the front yard with a Daisy BB gun (I was given for Christmas as kind of a joke gift) while one of the tree rats was fighting with the sparrows and popped it one in the chest. It dropped to the ground twitching, and I put it out of it’s misery. Then one of its friends came out of my roof and started barking at me, that one died shortly after (I had to retrieve it out of the gutter).

I used to think squirrels were cute, but now all I can think of is killing them. Unfortunately, all the dumb squirrels are dead, and the one(s) currently living in my roof won’t take the bait in the live trap, and run for the trees when they see me (I live in a suburban neighborhood with my backyard next to the treeline of a corn field).

I upgraded from the Daisy to a Powerline 1000, but I could never get the scope that came with it to stay on it. I have been shooting at the things like a lunatic, and I got a lucky shot in a few weeks ago. One was running on a tree limb about thirty yards out, I took a wild shot, I must of hit, because the thing dropped a branch, but kept running. It was then that I decided that I needed an upgrade.

I’m going to work on my marksmanship and see if I can just pick them off while they are hanging around the tree they also live in (besides my roof), like a sniper about 60 yards away.

Okay, enough of my squirrel rant. I actually have a question, how do you all manage your pellets, especially in the winter? It was a bit of a pain picking out a pellet out of my pocket and loading it with gloves on. There has be be a better way.