Ultimate squirrel rifle setup(PCP/piston)

[drsquall]

Greetings from the UK over here I have a.BSA Ultra .22 cx tidy robust gun and excellent for tree rats @50yds using jws diablosi have air arms s510 logun s16 and a Daystate Alpha Wolf looking forward to future posts guys

Glad you joined the forums lots of good folks here and a few sour heads. Lol
What green pellets are you shooting out of your guns?

 

[Blejda]

I don't hunt but if i would i think this is the right tool.Taipan Veteran short .25 with Hades.Accuratte very compact and almost silent,if you don't count the sound of impact of those .25 hades.

 

[Allroundhunter]

Glad you joined the forums lots of good folks here and a few sour heads. Lol
What green pellets are you shooting out of your guns?

Am not yet as am only shooting target so o don't really find the need for them and it's not such a big issue for me

 

[Blejda]

Greetings from the UK over here I have a.BSA Ultra .22 cx tidy robust gun and excellent for tree rats @50yds using jws diablosi have air arms s510 logun s16 and a Daystate Alpha Wolf looking forward to future posts guys

Hi
That ultra must be great.
I have Bucaneer Se .22 and it is awesome for the price.
Regards Marko

 

[Allroundhunter]

Hi
That ultra must be great.
I have Bucaneer Se .22 and it is awesome for the price.
Regards Marko

 

[Allroundhunter]

My lil darlings

 

[Blejda]

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Which is your favourite?
I also own s510 carbine 12 fpe.

 

[bdzjlz]

At my friends place I have taken ground squirrels out to 120yds with my RAW HMx using either 18gr pellets (@ 970fps) or NSA 17.5/20.2gr slugs (@ 950 & 925fps respectively), I use slugs if there is wind, load one mag with slugs the other with pellets. I should actually try the JSB Redsigned 25gr which I have a few tins of for the View attachment 408726View attachment 408727View attachment 408728squirrels....

I have texted an extensive array of slugs and pellets in my .22 RAW and it definitely favors the 25.39 pellets.

 

[bdzjlz]

Huntsman Revere in .22 works great for me. 10 to 40 yards is my favorite. And it serves me well. Before this it was a HW 97k in .20 but that one got pretty heavy on long walks in the woods.

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Nice photos Brian!

 

[Allroundhunter]

Which is your favourite?
I also own s510 carbine 12 fpe.

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This will be interesting lol
I have a Daystate Alpha Wolf too lol

 

[Florida_Man]

Upon arrival, I draw from a box full of tickets with numbers:

1= Leshiy Classic 177 CPHPs
2= Airmaks Caiman 10grain 177 Zan
3 = Prod 22 Hades
4 = Huben K1 22 JTS18.1
5 = Huben K1 25 Hades
6 = Huben GK1 22 GTO
7 = Panthera 177 20grain Zan
8 = Panthera 22 33grain Altaros
9 = Wildcat 30 JSB44.5
10 = Airmaks Katran 177 13grain Zan
11 = Jack Russell Terrier

All perfect squirrel busters. Happy Thanksgiving, folks.

#11

 

[hefrev]

for me, it's hard to beat my little .177 avenger. 10gr jsb knockouts at 950fps. Lightweight and I won't cry if it gets scratched up.

 

[shambozzie]

The Mac1 LD. Jsb 14.3 @ 600 fps. 11+ fpe. Will hold 1" group at 50 yds with a swfa 10x sf on top. Hw 100 14" bbl whisper quite and did I mention accuracy.

 

[Kim]

RAW HM1000 .22, with 0.75" diameter stainless cut-rifled barrel. Though designed for hunting it is extremely accurate and won several benchrest matches (USARB 25M Open class, Open Grove, CA), and it has a superb adjustable trigger. For pesting here at the rancho using JSB 29.39gr pellets it is more accurate than needed, perfectly reliable, and delivers enough power to seldom require a follow-up shot.

It is heavy - too heavy IMO for lugging around on long hunts (Martin's current versions are much lighter). Most of the excess weight is in the special barrel, and a normal button-rifled Walther barrel would probably drop a pound or more. I cut some weight going to a smaller air bottle (carbon fiber bottle won't fit because of the barrel) and removing some wood inside the stock butt. I went though a few scopes before finding a great one: Leupold VX-Freedom EFR 3-9x33mm. Light weight, parallax and focus down to 10yd, very stable windage / elevation adjustments, and superbly sharp and bright image.

 

[Allroundhunter]

View attachment 430470for me, it's hard to beat my little .177 avenger. 10gr jsb knockouts at 950fps. Lightweight and I won't cry if it gets scratched up.

I have a bsa ultra clx that looks the same as that gun I love it

 

[beerthief]

would really like a Mac! LD maybe i will find one at the shows this year ?

 

[beerthief]

The Mac1 LD. Jsb 14.3 @ 600 fps. 11+ fpe. Will hold 1" group at 50 yds with a swfa 10x sf on top. Hw 100 14" bbl whisper quite and did I mention accuracy.

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how do you refill the small bottle ? C02 right ?

 

[ZekeZX10]

90 Yard Head Shot Rock Squirrel
Vulcan 3 700mm 30 cal
54gn Thor Press slug @ 976 fps

Use the Vulcan 3 for everything from sparrows, quail, dove, squirrels, and coyote if I see one. Never know when you'll need the .30 cal so it's my go to unless it's backyard plinking then the Notos is fine.

 

[SteveV]

Does he still build them? I'm wanting a 25 or 30cal

Yes, he does tune the .25, not sure about a custom .30, and they have great shot count and power.

 

[ray1377]

I started out chasing squirrels with my trusty old 1377 pumper with a 2x BSA scope on it. Way more challenging that using a rifle since it has limited range of around 30yards or less. Later on I switched and used my Benjamin Discovery in .177. It's dead on with 8.4 gr JSB's and always gets the job done. But after getting my Benjamin Prod I found out I like a good lightweight carbine better for squirrels. Compact and easy to stalk and move around with. My Prod is slightly over the factory length because of the aftermarket (rocker1) ldc. It's been tuned to 16 ft/lbs shooting 16gr Predator Poly-Mags. I get 3 mags (24) shots between fills. Average shots are usually around 30 yards with the longest being 59 yards. It's dead nutz accurate.

P.S. I'll add this, I have the utmost respect and admiration for SteveV . I didn't start using airguns for squirrel hunting until after reading Steve's posts and seeing the great crosman guns he built with what seem like parts from a throw away bin. He really had a large impact on my air gun addiction. Thanks Steve