Crossman NP air rifle
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Overpriced and overkill. Go to your feedstore and buy their ~$40 model. You can spend more if you want but I'd look to spend it on quality ( not walmart) instead of power. Every $40 model I've seen and owned 2 could blow the brains apart and pop the eyes out from the pressure. I started using a little daisy model but there was that quality issue. It worked fine but first the safety switch broke, then it wouldn't pump but we fixed that, and then it jammed enough we just got a different one from theisens. Nothing wrong with the power of it but it just didn't hold up.
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I wouldn't spend that much from Walmart either. I purchased a Crosman break barrel rifle that was refurbished directly from the Crosman outlet website. It came with a scope I never attached and feels/looks higher quality than anything I could find locally. I ordered oil and ammo from the site at the same time. I've used it for a few years now and never had any problems. I was always told to go high fps to ensure a clean kill so mine is 1000 fps and (knock on wood) its always been one shot, lights out. I used to use the broomstick method before the air rifle and I'd never go back personally. Best of luck!
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crossman makes a quality product. Those spring airguns are challenging to shoot accurately. Those springs have a lot of torque when fired. As far as dispatching rabbits it would certainly do the job, but it is way more powerful than need be. I personally use an airgun when I butcher rabbits. Its quick, simple, and the way I've always done it. A rifle or pistol in .22 caliber that is traveling at around 500 ft per second is all you need. In .177 about 800 FPS is fine. It comes down to big and slow or small and fast.
Chicken-Farmer
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I'm sold.
I just added one of those Crosman air rifles to my wish list.
The kids can take it to the range too.
The pellets are MUCH less expensive than .22 shells.
I just added one of those Crosman air rifles to my wish list.
The kids can take it to the range too.
The pellets are MUCH less expensive than .22 shells.
I bought a Crosman 1088 CO2 .177 pistol and I couldn't be happier with it. It shoots pellets and BB's and is usually a one shot kill with a pointed pellet. I make sure I start any butchering session with a full CO2 cartridge and then use the rest of the cartridge for target and critter shooting outside. It has an eight shot magazine so if the first shot doesn't do it there are seven more pellets to help out. I also bought a package of three more magazines. It's a lot easier to use than a rifle and very accurate when shooting out in the yard. I shoot BB's when I'm outside for mice and chipmunks so there aren't lead pellets all over the yard and it works just fine. I just have to be careful not to be seen with the pistol in my hand as I don't want someone calling the cops!
I use my son's Gamo whisper fusion pellet rifle to dispatch. Place the rabbit in a box designed to hold it in place with only a small hole for the barrel to fit in , it gets the job done quick & clean.
I can hardly stand to look at the rabbit as I do the deed so this method really helps me not feel so bad about it as all I see is the box .....
I can hardly stand to look at the rabbit as I do the deed so this method really helps me not feel so bad about it as all I see is the box .....
BC Belgians
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Truckinguy":prwlytvl said:
That is interesting. We were thinking of a .22 pistol, but it is a restricted firearm (Canada) and we don't want to go there. We considered just using the .22 rifle (using the sub-sonic shorts), but it feels you are too far away from the rabbit (same with air rifle). An airgun pistol never occurred to us.
Do you all use a killing box?
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I just place my rabbits on the grass. Let them nibble a little bit and then quickly dispatch them. It is very quick. They bleed out very fast from their mouth and ears. They kick for 10 seconds or so, but that is just muscle reaction, they are completely dead. I then hang them from a gambrel and proceed to butchering.
Chicken-Farmer
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BC Belgians":1qhuicre said:
The pistol is really handy and easy to use compared to a rifle. It looks like a real pistol, though, specially from a distance so I"m careful to keep it within the confines of the back yard. The cartridges are not expensive, specially if you buy them by the box (24, I think) and they last for 70-80 shots although the power really decreases near the end of the cartridge. It's pretty good for the first 40-50 shots.
I dispatch in the kitchen so I have a small plastic tote to put the rabbits in so I don't get any blood on the floor. It's usually a first shot kill with a pellet although I've had to use a second pellet from time to time. It's a semi automatic with an eight shot clip so it's easy enough to pop it again quickly. I was using a Crosman .22 pump single shot rifle but it is clumsier to use than the pistol and is in pieces anyway at the moment needing a rebuild. If I could get a .22 pistol I might look at getting that.
