Allen ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 5, 2021 ...with my new Daisy. My house is swarming with carpenter bees, literally. Breeding season lasts about 2-3 weeks. This is how I learned how to shoot. Windows and cars, gotta pay attention to your surroundings. I’m up to ten out of maybe 150 shots. Haven’t had to reload yet. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 5, 2021 https://www.amazon.com/BUG-A-SALT-3-0-Yellow/dp/B089CDCCR1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted April 5, 2021 Share #3 Posted April 5, 2021 I thought this was going to be about those killer bees. I didn't think they made guns that small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 5, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 5, 2021 I use this stuff. Shoots about 20 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, 12string said: I thought this was going to be about those killer bees. I didn't think they made guns that small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, Allen said: Windows and cars, gotta pay attention to your surroundings. Learned that the hard way My neighbors really hated me and it was COMPLETELY justified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #7 Posted April 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, jsharr said: https://www.amazon.com/BUG-A-SALT-3-0-Yellow/dp/B089CDCCR1 love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2021 Share #8 Posted April 5, 2021 24 minutes ago, Allen said: ...with my new Daisy. My house is swarming with carpenter bees, literally. Breeding season lasts about 2-3 weeks. This is how I learned how to shoot. Windows and cars, gotta pay attention to your surroundings. I’m up to ten out of maybe 150 shots. Haven’t had to reload yet. Are you just blasting them with air or actually using a BB/pellet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2021 Share #9 Posted April 5, 2021 Crazy I know but I have been considering an indoor range in my house. From my bedroom, through the hall and into my sons room is about 15 yards. Good enough for an air gun. Not likely my wife would approve.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted April 5, 2021 43 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Are you just blasting them with air or actually using a BB/pellet? Going old school. Using a twenty buck Daisy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Allen ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Share #11 Posted April 5, 2021 42 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Crazy I know but I have been considering an indoor range in my house. From my bedroom, through the hall and into my sons room is about 15 yards. Good enough for an air gun. Not likely my wife would approve.... They are putting the finishing touches on my driveway today. Since the guy was already on the skid loader I got him to dig me a new embankment on the range for pistols. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #12 Posted April 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Allen said: They are putting the finishing touches on my driveway today. Since the guy was already on the skid loader I got him to dig me a new embankment on the range for pistols. Will it handle FMJ? We snuck a few boxes of FMJ onto the range. It did a number on the embankment at 100 yds. Glad we did not get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted April 5, 2021 Share #13 Posted April 5, 2021 52 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Crazy I know but I have been considering an indoor range in my house. From my bedroom, through the hall and into my sons room is about 15 yards. Good enough for an air gun. When I attended college about 100 years ago, 'hall soccer' was a thing. One day I unsuspectingly rounded the corner and 'caught' a soccer ball in the head. The impact knocked me flat. I wasn't hurt (remember, the ball hit me in the head). The ensuing discussion with the soccer players was not held according to the Marquis of Queensbury rules. Substitute 'BB' for 'soccer ball' - which is what brought the tale to mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #14 Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: When I attended college about 100 years ago, 'hall soccer' was a thing. One day I unsuspectingly rounded the corner and 'caught' a soccer ball in the head. The impact knocked me flat. I wasn't hurt (remember, the ball hit me in the head). The ensuing discussion with the soccer players was not held according to the Marquis of Queensbury rules. Substitute 'BB' for 'soccer ball' - which is what brought the tale to mind. How was the ball? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted April 5, 2021 Share #15 Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, jsharr said: How was the ball? As you might expect in such a collision. It was utterly destroyed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 5, 2021 Share #16 Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, jsharr said: How was the ball? Good point, he did get hit in the head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted April 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, jsharr said: Will it handle FMJ? We snuck a few boxes of FMJ onto the range. It did a number on the embankment at 100 yds. Glad we did not get caught. Easily. It’s about 8-10 foot thick Georgia red clay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Share #18 Posted April 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: When I attended college about 100 years ago, 'hall soccer' was a thing. One day I unsuspectingly rounded the corner and 'caught' a soccer ball in the head. The impact knocked me flat. I wasn't hurt (remember, the ball hit me in the head). The ensuing discussion with the soccer players was not held according to the Marquis of Queensbury rules. Substitute 'BB' for 'soccer ball' - which is what brought the tale to mind. At RPI, being Troy, the game was hall hockey with those light weight plastic pucks that you could fly about head high almost all the way down the dorm hall, skimming the wall all the way. One quickly learned to open the room door, stop, listen then look before moving out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, jsharr said: https://www.amazon.com/BUG-A-SALT-3-0-Yellow/dp/B089CDCCR1 The carpenter bees just shrug the Bug-a-Salt off. Pulled out the Crown too (PCP air gun). Dry firing it the bees, there is a fine line inside of which the puff of air obliterates the bee, and outside of which it simply moves the bee several feet laterally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2021 Share #20 Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, jsharr said: Will it handle FMJ? We snuck a few boxes of FMJ onto the range. It did a number on the embankment at 100 yds. Glad we did not get caught. We had an indoor range in the army where we fired our standard ball rounds against an angled steel backing with a water trough beneath it. For the most part it worked fine but every once in a while a metal jacket would come flying back and slice a shooter. Sleeves down & eye protection was an absolute must at that range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted April 6, 2021 Share #21 Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Allen said: ...with my new Daisy. My house is swarming with carpenter bees, literally. Breeding season lasts about 2-3 weeks. This is how I learned how to shoot. Windows and cars, gotta pay attention to your surroundings. I’m up to ten out of maybe 150 shots. Haven’t had to reload yet. I had a ton of them at my last house, and used to shoot them down with a hose and stomp on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted April 6, 2021 Share #22 Posted April 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Razors Edge said: Learned that the hard way My neighbors really hated me and it was COMPLETELY justified. I bought an 11 year old rental duplex one time that the owners gave up on after having the renters from hell in both apartments. After they were evicted the neighbor kids shot out all the windows in the house. I told the owners I didn’t want to buy it, I wanted the other house on the property. They made me a deal, sold me that house for $15,000. I put a lot of work into the house and the neighbor kids never shot out the windows again but it was a PITA. I subdivided the property and sold it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted April 6, 2021 Share #23 Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Allen said: They are putting the finishing touches on my driveway today. Since the guy was already on the skid loader I got him to dig me a new embankment on the range for pistols. Nuthin’ at all redneck ‘bout that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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