I may have lost my new P-rod

[Willydog]

I ordered a p-rod from Crosman during their Black Friday deal. I bought an Avenger in October and felt that I wanted something a little lighter and shorter. I took the Hawke 2x7 off my pumper and mounted it on high rings, let my son shoot it a bit till we were getting decent groups at 50.

About this time, my 73 year old father starts complaining about pests in his yard staying just out of reach of his pumper. I told him he should pick up an Avenger, but he didn’t want to deal with a pump and all that.

A week later, my mother calls me, tells me to buy my dad a new pellet rifle for Christmas and put it on her credit card. Tempting, but I’m not buying something without feeling him out more. So we talk about it more. He doesn’t want a PCP gun, it’s too expensive. I tell him to take the new P-rod and just try it out. We did some practice with it, showed him how to load mags and topped off the air.

The first night he sent me this.

Tonight he sends me two more. Tells me he can’t find the forth one he shot. 

From what he tells me, these are 20-25 yard shots. I set him up shooting 15.89 Hades. That’s a heck of a lot of rabbits for one man on 3 acres!

 

[biohazardman]

Yup, you may have lost it it looks like but to a good cause for sure. Family first is the way it is posed to be. Congrats for finding him the perfect Christmas gift.

Looks like the Marauder and the rabbits are keeping him busy.

 

[dizzums]

thats the same experience i had with the prod after jerkin around with alot of other things .. the prod is lethal on small game and they started racking up ...

 

[Blackpaw]

4 bunnies in 3 acres? Yeah that is a lot.

 

[Camaro454]

That's a great gift. Luv mine. Perfect rabbit control gun 50 yrd max.

 

[qball]

That certainly is one the best ways to loose an airgun! Congrats and merry Christmas to all! 

 

[squirrel_getter]

Rabbits are scarce as hens teeth in South Alabama. Ever since the 1980's coyotes starting migrating into the state along with the damn armadillos. Before that rabbits were plentiful. The coyotes devastated indigenous species including quail. You seldom see a rabbit now days. However, farming practices of clean fence rows, etc also contributed to lost habitat and the downfall of rabbits and quail.. But, we have plenty of gray squirrels and some fox squirrels in some spots I certainly have been at war with the gray squirrels in my yard. Deer have proliferated and cause much agricultural damage.

 

[GoldenFrog]

What a great gift! I love my P-rod. It’s light weight and with a DonnyFL SUMO on it I can rat hunt with out bothering my neighbors. Also it’s not difficult to work on. I’m thinking of buying a Torrey Pines Logic (Sector Optics) T3 thermal scope. For rats and skunks. 

 

[JimD]

I really like my Prod but I became a lot happier with how quickly squirrels dropped when I tuned it up to 16-17 fpe. With a Bstaley I still get about 30 shots on a fill. If I didn't have a compressor and SCBA bottle, I might still be shooting the Prod a lot. Easy gun to fill with a hand pump.

 

[Willydog]

He dropped 3 squirrels over the weekend with it. I've got to top off his air today. He's down to 2200. I ordered him a couple of the pic rails from Buck Rail to put on it so he can mount his flashlight, and I gave him the box and AR stock adapter this morning. I know I have a cheap adjustable stock in a box somewhere to put on it. We'll need to find him a hand pump or a cheap compressor. He really doesn't shoot to practice, it's all pesting for him, so he hasn't run through much air.

 

[PelletPushingPaisano]

Can't think of a better way to lose one that's for sure! Looks like some meat on the table if he likes to eat rabbit. I know I do!