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Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Timberlake #10855047 01/10/16
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,842 Austin, TX Whiptail Campfire Tracker
Whiptail Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,842 Austin, TX	Originally Posted by Timberlake Benjamin Brass .22 caliber. Three pumps for smallish stuff. Five pumps for squirrels and such. Still very powerful and accurate. Shoots 1" groups at 35 yds. My grandsons haven't hurt it. You and I think alike! Mine is a .22 342 that I got in 1979. I still have it and only replaced the seals once. I wish I had a better yard where I could shoot it. Quando omni flunkus moritati

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855048 01/10/16
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bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,179 Likes: 19 Battle Born	Daisy or was it a Crossman 760???? That was a long time ago... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855055 01/10/16
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,179 Likes: 19 Battle Born B bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana
bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,179 Likes: 19 Battle Born	Originally Posted by Nebraska Originally Posted by bruinruin That Crosman was probably my ticket to Hell for all the killing I did with it. LOL!! I'm sure a lot of us will be there with you if that is the case... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855071 01/10/16
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 397 East Central Ohio (Nobletucky) Kojac Campfire Member
Kojac Campfire Member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 397 East Central Ohio (Nobletucky)	Apache .25 cal with a .177 screw in tube. Company from California I think, long gone out of business. My Dad traded it in for a new Winchester Model 69 for me at about 12 years of age. I just found and bought a similar replacement about 8 years ago. Only difference this one has a Tenite stock and forearm, original was wood. The Tail Goes Along With The Hide. We should have picked our own cotton.

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? stxhunter #10855088 01/10/16
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,366 Central Calif. Coast 3 30Gibbs Campfire Tracker
30Gibbs Campfire Tracker 3 Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,366 Central Calif. Coast	Originally Posted by stxhunter Sheridan blue streak Yep, in 5MM .....

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Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855358 01/10/16
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,609 Likes: 19 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger
PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,609 Likes: 19 Metairie, LA	Benjamin .22. I can remember having to really work to get the last pumps into it. I abused that gun and still had it until Hurricane Katrina ate it.

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855378 01/10/16
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,574 Potter County, PA S sbrmike Campfire Regular
sbrmike Campfire Regular S Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,574 Potter County, PA	A good one is one of my old standbys, the Daisy Model 853 single pump pneumatic target gun. The 4H has a huge air rifle program. I also used an Anschutz 2002, single stroke pneumatic, but they are no longer made and the newer International Target models are compressed air these days. These are not for beginners due to price/weight. PA Bear Hunter, NRA Benefactor Member

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? bruinruin #10855470 01/10/16
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KuiLei Campfire Member K Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 267 中国海南海口市 Haikou,...	Originally Posted by bruinruin That Crosman was probably my ticket to Hell for all the killing I did with it. I hate to think of all the chickadees and the like that met their end You and me both. You and me both... Seriously, if one of the reincarnation religions has it right, then my next couple hundred lifetimes are going to be very short and ugly. I'm going to be et up by cats, crows, snakes, coyotes, hawks and shot by juvenile miscreants with semi-auto BB guns for a looooonnnngggg time.

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855473 01/10/16
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OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma	Had two Benjamin pumps. .177 and .22 "All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855676 01/11/16
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kandpand Campfire Tracker K Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,539 NORTHEAST GEORGIA	Benjamin .22 caliber Still have it and shoot it often. “Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person” -Fred Bear

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Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855707 01/11/16
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JoeBob Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 14,817 Likes: 7	I had a Crossman 2100 as a young kid. When I was about 12, I saved up my money and ordered me a RWS 45 from the Bass Pro catalog. I killed lots of stuff with those rifles.

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855722 01/11/16
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Crossman 760. It would shoot bb's or .177cal pellets. It would hold a 10-pump charge. Grasshoppers, squirrels, grouse, song birds, the Bumpkis' dogs...nothing was safe. Camp is where you make it.

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855736 01/11/16
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vonfilm Campfire Greenhorn V Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 66	At first a Benjamin Pump .22 and then later a Sheridan Blue Streak.

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855773 01/11/16
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NeBassman Campfire Tracker N Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,222 Nebraska	Daisy 881, I actually wore the seals out on it pumping it past the recommended pumps on regular basis. It no longer pumps up and holds air, I still have it but it is not worth fixing. That thing was a sparrow killing machine when I was young. "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence". John Adams "A dishonest man can always be trusted to be dishonest". Captain Jack Sparrow

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855782 01/11/16
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Raeford Campfire Ranger R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26,577 Likes: 3 Blue Ridge Mtns-Smokey Mtns	Model 63 FJB & FJT

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Raeford #10855791 01/11/16
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slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,356 Likes: 52 TN	had the red ryder one, you could see the bb it was so slow used it on cats and dogs in the neighborhood also had a 760 powermaster, ever day was a sparrow slaughter, little exploding puffballs snow days home from school was a real holocaust at the bird feeder

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855823 01/11/16
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Hotload Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,659 Md	Originally Posted by Nebraska So what was everyone else's go-to pellet rifle growing up?? One xmas I got a bolt action Crosman 22. Man-O-Man did I love that rifle. "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10855946 01/11/16
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m_stevenson Campfire Tracker M Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6,967 Southern Michigan	Sheridan Blue Streak, 5mm. My Christmas present from my folks when I was 6. That would have been 1963. I had a big shoe box full of empty yellow 500 count Sheridan pellet boxes, I never did count how many boxes were in there. I got really good with it. Iron sights, I was good to 45 yds. on starlings. In '68 or so, Dad put a saddle type scope mount. It had set screws, 6 in all that that clamped across the brass barrel. Add a 3/4" fine crosshair scope and the 2 acre yard including a ravine with stream was mine! It worked great till Mr. HamHandedKnowItAllGuy who worked for my Dad, borrowed it to clean out the pigeons in his barn. When he returned it he said that he "Tightened up the scope mount 'cuz it wuz loose", I knew it was ruined. The pointed set screws constricted the barrel under them, and it shot like crap. It disappeared sometime after that. The itch to have another Sheridan keeps getting stronger, I had better start looking for one. I have a .177 Sheridan that Don Buckbee gave me, but it's no 5mm. Mark NRA Life Member Anytime anyone kicks cancers azz is a good day! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Oh The Drama!

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? Nebraska #10856003 01/11/16
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 45,036 Likes: 26 Clarksville, TN R renegade50 Campfire 'Bwana
renegade50 Campfire 'Bwana R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 45,036 Likes: 26 Clarksville, TN	red ryder shot the fugg outta the neighborhood store old Milwaukee sign from my window bout 80 yds learned ky windage and playing the wind was 7-8 yrs old executed a cannibal mother gerbil and her finger biting fuc buddy with it alexander and Stephanie bwahahahahahaaaa!!!! tormented a lot of cats in the area sting em good shot birds then when I was around 10 I got a Crossman pump and it was game on like donkey kong for squirrels

Re: What was your go-to pellet rifle growing up??? The_Real_Hawkeye #10856025 01/11/16
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Hotload Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,659 Md	Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye Crosman 760 Pumpmaster. Mine had a scope. Bought it from a friend when I was fourteen. I sold one to a friend when I was about 12. That night his mom came to our house mad as hell and un-did the deal. My dad never liked the woman and found the whole thing kinda funny. Which made her even madder. Good times growing up. "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt

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