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Just had a flair up of the BB fever.

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#1 ·
I have a Crosman Pumpmaster pump up BB gun,the power is variable by the number of pumps,the number of pumps I max out at is ten and that will put the BB through a 1/4" piece of plywood at close distance and a square hit,enough to get some small game,too much to run a cat off.
I just saw a Daisy Red Ryder lever action BB for sale in a local department store for $24.59 I remember having one a few years ago,cool wood furniture and at the price I couldn't resist it.
I wondered why it was so cheap then I saw the writing on the receiver,made in China,even so I got it and checked it out but I haven't fired it yet.
The main difference other than the hard plastic cocking lever is that it has a safety,easily operated by the right finger,no problem and the rear sight is adjustable.
Gonna terrorize some paper plates in front of a free hanging blanket soon in the back yard.:D
 
#4 ·
The seals on my last Red Ryder went bad pretty quickly, within a few years. It was disappointing. I read later that you are supposed to store it with 1 pump to keep the seals in shape. The Red Ryder was fine for the price though.
 
#8 ·
When I was, oh, 8 years old and the family was vacationing with friends whose family owned a tiny island north of Boothbay Harbor in a little fishing village (the two families had been friends since we lived kittycorner to each other on the same street, and both wives worked for the school system albeit in different schools), I found a 1940s vintage Red Ryder-type Daisy in the rafters of the shed where all the gardening tools were kept. I asked permission and was granted the use of it. (All the adults knew I was a serious little kid -- the family patriarch gave me free run of his library, something he didn't allow ANYONE to have, including the other adults -- and knew I understood the safety rules.) It had a plastic stock and no forearm, and that grey gunmetal patina steel will get in a salt air environment. As with any other spring-driven BB gun, it was only accurate to 15 feet or so, but I spent a lot of happy hours over the next few summers blasting reactive targets like sea urchin shells, crab shells, clam shells, and mussel shells dropped by the seagulls and dried in the sun. That was how I mastered the sight picture and breathing part of shooting.
 
#11 ·
Bought my Grandson a Daisy Red Rider when we visited last summer. I got my first one at 4 years of age, so did he. He and his parents understand that he doesn't use it unless under constant supervision, like I was at his age. Even got him some kid sized safety glasses, which he wears all over the place because they are "cool".

He and my daughter, his Mom, were going to be shooting in the backyard. He refused to shoot because Mom wasn't wearing her safety glasses.

I love being the cool "Gramps".
 
#19 ·
I had a Crosman 1377 pistol for quite a while. Very accurate little pumppistol. I shot tons of red squirrels that took an interest in residence in my attic. It was also great for busting off icicles before they got too large. It was accurate enough so that I could place a pellet off center of the icicle, so the pellet would not deflect into t he house and cause damage. Sadly, I just plain wore it out.
My replacement is a Ruger Impact spring air 22 cal rifle. I was going get a pump pneumatic Beeman or something but the Impact looked like a good idea at the time. It's a powerful pellet rifle but is not nearly as accurate as I need to bag squirrels consistently.
 
#28 ·
I use mine to kill squirrels up to about 40-50 feet with no problem. When I did have an issue it turned out to be the pellet. I shot one which dropped, but ran off. I later shot it again, not knowing at the time it was the wounded one. I found the 1st pellet under the skin, it had hit and went right around the body for a few inches. The pellet was marked as a hunting pellet, but had a very rounded head. I've had issues with it in both the Ruger and the Benjamin for having those little tree rats run off. I now use the Crossman piranha on my preferred pellet for dispatch.
 
#29 ·
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