Rich,
I love the air rifle! It has opened up possibilities, not available to cartrige firearms. I know I've killed over 50 groundhogs with that rifle! My longest kill is 69 lasered yds on an adult groundhog...DRT! It will shoot five shot groups under a dime at fifty yards on a calm day with JSB Exact pellets.
I did make a quick trip out yesterday afternoon, and at the same farm I killed the three hogs with the pellet rifle last Friday, I shot another one, I even saw the pellet strike it's head, but too far back, and it got down the hole
Then I went to a new field that was a reclaimed gravel pit. This is the first year it's been planted in 40 years, and I spied one groundhog out in the beans. The rangefinder said 411 yards. I set up the bags, lined up the swift, added a little right hold off for the breeze, and what I figured was the right elevation, and turned the 50 Blitzking loose!
This was the result:
The shot was from the shadows of the trees directly over the dead pig.
I went to another field on that same farm and connected with the 204 from a sitting position at a little over 160 yards:
The last farm only yielded one pasture poodle, and I shot that one with the 22 mag. at over 100 yds:
. That one was a heavy hog!
The day ended like this:
Feeding the eagles again! 74 YTD
F1
I love the air rifle! It has opened up possibilities, not available to cartrige firearms. I know I've killed over 50 groundhogs with that rifle! My longest kill is 69 lasered yds on an adult groundhog...DRT! It will shoot five shot groups under a dime at fifty yards on a calm day with JSB Exact pellets.
I did make a quick trip out yesterday afternoon, and at the same farm I killed the three hogs with the pellet rifle last Friday, I shot another one, I even saw the pellet strike it's head, but too far back, and it got down the hole
Then I went to a new field that was a reclaimed gravel pit. This is the first year it's been planted in 40 years, and I spied one groundhog out in the beans. The rangefinder said 411 yards. I set up the bags, lined up the swift, added a little right hold off for the breeze, and what I figured was the right elevation, and turned the 50 Blitzking loose!
This was the result:
The shot was from the shadows of the trees directly over the dead pig.
I went to another field on that same farm and connected with the 204 from a sitting position at a little over 160 yards:
The last farm only yielded one pasture poodle, and I shot that one with the 22 mag. at over 100 yds:
. That one was a heavy hog!
The day ended like this:
Feeding the eagles again! 74 YTD
F1