Chipmunks

Thanks skeeter. She's a good kid and love to shoot/hunt with her "Daddy". Dang but I am a lucky dog! Every firearm I buy, I do so with her in mind for down the road 30 years when she won't be allowed to buy such. (Alas I drift from topic).

This is a great thread. I have always enjoyed breaking out the BB gun or pellet rifle. I saw some new pellets on the market and a new rifle that is acurate to something like 75 or 80 yards. They even used it to kill a wild hog!!

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I've seen the same ad, the gamo is not new or special. Same gun they've had out since I was a kid. It produces about 17 ft lbs of energy, less than a fraction of what a .22 lr does. Do not try to use it to kill a wild hog. Gamo is also not considered a particularly high end airgun.

So it's just the ammo that's new...I think they said it had a high tin content.

I wouldn't try hunting anything other than pests with it. But, on the program, they showed the one guy taking it hunting. He actually did a one-shot, instant-kill on a hog with it...then broadcast the hunt on television. I agre...unethical at best.

What I saw was a commerical, it was about a 30 minute broadcast. They also bragged about its exceptional accuracy. I'll have to check out Gamo...see if that's it.

Edit to add: Found it. But, I was wrong about the velocity...it's 1250 FPS with lead pellets and 1,600 FPS with the Raptor Pellets.

: http://www.airgundepot.com/gamo-hunter-extreme.html

Bingo! That looks like a good, fun rifle. Thanks

Anybody wants a hunting vacation, lemme know.

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I would but only if you provide the transportation Its a long walk from ohio.


If you have problems with vermin and cant shoot them, just drop a piece of fruit flavored bubblegum(any kind works) down in their entrance or tunnel.They eat it but their system cant digest it so it just cloggs up the plumbing.

I shoot them when I see them,they burrowed all around the foundation of my previous house and got into the walls,chewing on electrical wiring and creating a ruckus at 2am while we were trying to sleep.


I shoot them with my 223 varmiter,ruger pistol or just about any gun I happen to be shooting.Theres no shortage here.One could make a day of it and still not make a dent in the local chipmonk population.

it's 1250 FPS with lead pellets and 1,600 FPS with the Raptor Pellets.

Be careful exceeding the speed of sound with a diabolo pellet . . . pellet becomes unstable & accuracy goes out the window. I deliberately use heavier pellets that keep my air guns in the 900 - 950 fps range & if I acknowledge their respective effective ranges, all are pinpoint accurate. One must experiment with different pellet brands, configurations, and weights to find the right combination for any given gun. In .177, I've found that airguns are good for small pests up to & including squirrels; anything rabbit-sized, I use a .20 or .22 caliber piece.

Once again, you folks made me get off my butt

I went upstairs and checked what pellets I have. "Silver Jets", made in Japan and sold by Beeman's.

http://www.beeman.com/pellets.htm#02

Best .22 cal pellets I've ever tried. Little critters don't have a chance against these.

That is neither a chipmunk, nor a gopher. that is a thirteen-lined ground squirrel.

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OK. I concede you are correct.
However, I will continue to refer to it as a "gopher gun" because "semi automatic 13 stripe ground squirrel pistol" is just too much on the label.
I will continue to stalk the chipmunks, squirrels, and bivvers with it. I have even been known to drill a few groundhogs with my gopher gun. I am partial to the broadside in-the-ear-hole shot.
good day.

I pity the chipmunk that distracts me when I am squirrel hunting. Which I do when there are no gophers available.

Just around the house with an air rifle. I kill them with headshots with a Beeman C1.

Ah, the 1250 is newer. It's been out for years as well, but newer than the 440 and 880s, which they periodically restock and rename. It was never as popular as the rws 350, which achieves the same with a touch lower price and a more prestigious name. The pellets are new. But I'd be hesitant in believing their numbers. Airgun manufacturers are notorious exaggerators about velocity numbers. They just claim it adds 20% velocity to any gun, and the numbers they give are just the previous velocity plus 20%, without real data to back it up. They also didn't chronograph the new pellets going through each model. You could probably find the real info by looking through airgun forums for individual hobbyists who chronographed the things.

Chronographing an air rifle seems like measuring for measurings sake - sounds like something the government would engage in with much hyperboly and fan-fare.

I am surprised to find that chipmunks are protected here in Oregon... wouldn't shoot them anyhow probably, but why would they be protected...

I am surprised to find that chipmunks are protected here in Oregon... wouldn't shoot them anyhow probably, but why would they be protected...

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I can't imagine why they would be protected. They're everywhere.

AFAIC, they're nothing more than "cute rats."

One of them found a small (1/2"?) gap in the siding of my house and procedded to die in the wall. The smell was just awful. I managed to get him out and plugged the hole.

No, there's no shortage of chipmunks and no shortage of pellet guns and people willing to cull the population.

My nephew got one the other day with his 17HMR,BIG HOLE on the backside.

Chronographing an air rifle seems like measuring for measurings sake - sounds like something the government would engage in with much hyperboly and fan-fare.

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?? What do you mean? You don't think it's useful to know the energy an airgun is putting out? It's important in deciding whether the gun is safe for indoor use, or puts out enough power to take game. Many airgunners do it to see the effect of mods or to decide on that guns use. All sorts of practical uses. And it's spelled hyperbole.

I know my Crossman with 10 pumps will kill a squirrel with a head shot reliably up to 40 feet. And I know if I pump it 100 times it isn't going to do the job on anything much larger. So, yes chronoing a pellet rifle is much ado about nothing - hyperbole.

What ever happened to fair chase?

Potato chips and a mallet.......

Chipmunks ... destructive little ****s. Man those things tear up my yard, stash acorns and crap in my attic, burrow under my shed, screw up the garden and eat all the bird feed.

We have hundreds of them around, guess they are good owl and hawk food though, I leave just enough to support their needs!

They're also a real pain in the ass when trying to sneak quietly to your deer stand, they chirp at you for 1/2 hour or better. I have actually watched deer stop and look all around when the munk quire goes off! Fed one an ounce of lead one time, never did find him.

My grandfather used to give us kids his .22 pellet rifle (and later a pellet pistol!) and send us out to do battle with these little pests. Small, smart critters and a single shot pellet rifle were a great combination for learning to hunt and shoot well.

For those who hate chipmunks: .22 aguila se extra's do the job well and won't disturb neighbors. They destroy my yard and eat everything we plant. EDIT: Pretty graphic. Picture is purely to show the effectiveness of the aguilas.

I've gutted my fair share of game but I find everything about that photo disturbing.

The bullet did it not me. It may be a little graphic but I was so damn suprised at what those Aguilas did. If it becomes a problem I'll get rid of the picture.

O not what I meant, leave it up. What firearm did you use?

Personally, I think chipmunk's are kind of cute. I live in Fl and we don't have any, but we do have rat's. Now you wanna get my blood pressure pumping - let me find a rat in our home - it's WAR.

double G, an old marlin 2035.