Hey J-frame...
Yaa they can be a bit expensive..Cabelas has some decent prices on them though.. Their new R 2003 model looks Really interesting..Has interchanable barells so you can shoot both .177 and .22 pellets from the same rifle,, and decent speeds as well...
As you said they can also make you a better shooter with re-enforcing breathing, trigger squeeze, follow through and good habits... I also agree that cheap pellets can cause you to make bad shots by second guessing yourself..Once you get a good pellet,,you should stick with them...I prefer a slightly heavier pellet in the model 48, as light pellets at 1100fps can become unstable and be effected more by wind or what have you...
The Super Point and Super H are very close in accuracy.. I find the Super Point a little better at longer range though...Haven't whacked anything yet,, other than paper rabbits, so can't comment on the .22 as of yet..
I hit a rabbit with a Beeman H-point,,and it flipped upside down with it's legs straight in the air and didn't move.. That was impressive, and was a Boiler Room shot...
With this scoped .22 head shots should be easy,, however I understand what you are saying about the eyes,, and steady shooting... I REALLY notice how much I shake with a scope zoomed in.. Still doing OK, however if it wasn't for the scope,, I wouldn't be taking shots like that....
Looks like a good scope would add a whole new world of shooting for me Im definitely going to have to work on that (talk about sticker-shock
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Yaaaa they work really nice...
I'm using a Simmons Pro Air 6 3X18X40AO.. Super nice scope for sure...
J-Frame Writes:
"Re: the new Diana for your son You are a GREAT daddy!
I get the feeling some really good bonding experiences will be taking place between father and son
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Well this year is really the first time he's expressed that he wants to hunt with me,, or at least give it a try...I've pretty much left him alone about it until now. He's a very sensitive young man, and pushing hunting on him isn't the way to go about it,,some kids maybe,, but not him...
He's been around it all of his life,, and even at an early age I've hammered ethics, and good values about hunting and why I hunt into him, so he understands the ethical part about taking another creatures life, but doing it,, and seeing it done is a entirely different matter.
As a child we use to roam the woods with our air guns and kill everything that moved, just for the hell of it... I can't do that any more and instilling good habits onto my son, hopefully he won't as well... "If ya Kill it, Ya Grill it" is the moto around here. Excluded are summer rabbits, skunks, and ferrel cats. Those are open season all year long.
We spent the better part of sunday throwing lead down range in the back yard,, and he's really enjoying it... Gun handling and safety are also #1 on my list. I've had one accidental dischage in my life,, and that was enough for me to completely change my gun handling habits. Luckily no one was behind me when I touched the 12 guage off!
A few years ago, we did some destructive testing of steel cans of water and watermelons with our boys watching, using 12 guage slugs.. The damage was enough to open the boys eyes...
Give the kids a healthy respect for life and how easily it can be taken,, and they'll look at things a little different,, and won't take another life needlessly..
ttyle
Eric....
Ryan,
Quality ammo is definitely worth the investment! I had some off-brand .177 ammo for my air pistol, and youd swear I was using a shotgun
I can actually envision bad ammo leading to bad shooting habits as one tries to correct shooting problems that arent there!
Happy shooting, all!
-- JFrame[/QUOTE]
