Completely Juvenile but a Whole Lotta Fun - Page 2

rattletrap1970 · April 6, 2010, 08:18 AM

Dragon flies at a little pond with a Crosman 1377 pump pistol.

4INCHSMITH · April 6, 2010, 02:33 PM

Little green army men + .22 air rifle = A happy little kid(me) that didn't bother Mom all day.

davlandrum · April 6, 2010, 02:47 PM

OK, all you dragonfly shooters - I was told, and have no way to prove or disprove it, that all you had to do was get a "slow" moving bb (think red ryder) close to a dragonfly and they will commit suicide on it. They feed by grabbing bugs from mid-air and think the bb is a bug, but it is too hard and fast and kills them.

Anyone else ever hear this?

This is not meant to disparage anyone's "wing shooting" skills

troy_mclure · April 6, 2010, 02:52 PM

i would never kill a dragon fly! they eat too many skeeters! my arch nemesis.

aroundchicago · April 6, 2010, 03:10 PM

One night last summer my wife woke me up to inform me we had a bat flying around our house, and insisting that I dispatch this critter immediately. Understand that unless I've got an intruder halfway though the back door, I'm not getting up. I told my wife to go back to bed and that I'd take care of the bat in the morning. Not able to sleep with the bat flying around, my wife armed herself with a tennis racket and set out on a short mission to dispatch this bat herself. Minutes later, dressed in ski pants, ski jacket and a hood to protect herself, she came back in hysterics informing me that this bat was making dive bombing runs at her. Not taking no for an answer, my wife insisted I take care of the bat immediately. I opened my safe, loaded my scoped RWS pellet gun, and located the bat attached to some crown molding along the ceiling of an upstairs bedroom. The RWS took care of the bat, left blood and a hole on the molding. Whats a guy gotta do?

langenc · April 6, 2010, 04:30 PM

Is there an 'approved' load for cornmeal in a 20 ga??

Make sure you wear eye protection which might save your eyes when she blows. Might not!!!

Webleymkv · April 6, 2010, 04:49 PM

I managed to vaporize a bumble bee with a .32 ACP once. The nasty little sucker was bothering be while I was at the range and was foolish enough to hover a couple feet in front of my Walther.

towelie · April 8, 2010, 11:04 AM

You havent had fun till you've had a Drozd.

markj · April 8, 2010, 04:21 PM

Years ago I was tending bar on Fathers Day, a friend came in that carries a black powder .44 cap and ball shooter. I asked him if I could see it, he handed it over and we went outside. I saw a starling in a puddle flipping water onto it. I aimed for the tail and pulled the triggfer. I shot that birds butt off.

Didnt kill it as it tried to fly off. That gun was loud and smoky.

Ol Jim was killed in his kitchen, someone shot him and tried to make it look like suicide but he didnt have any center fire guns. Sure do miss him.

POKEYJOE04 · April 8, 2010, 04:42 PM

I used to shoot into ant hills with a .410. Caused quite a stir.

Bwana4 · April 13, 2010, 12:54 PM

What Simonkenton said. We have a contest all summer between my dad, brother and me. Dad is still in Florida so I have a jump on the carpenter bees with a tennis racquet. Saturday got me on the board. We can usually knock off a hundred by mid- summer.

ScottRiqui · April 13, 2010, 01:12 PM

A big, fat, wet, cow patty that my friend was standing next to. Juvenile, I know.

dla888 · April 13, 2010, 11:54 PM

As a kid (in PA) I'd put these Japanese beetles down the muzzle of my air pistol. They made great ammo. When I'd shoot them at the side of the barn they made a satisfying splat! Needless to say, My grandparents didn't have a Japanese Beetle problem that year!

April 6, 2010, 02:33 PM	#27
4INCHSMITH Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2009 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 313	Little green army men + .22 air rifle = A happy little kid(me) that didn't bother Mom all day. __________________ "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence, supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without having to fight" -Sun Tzu

April 6, 2010, 02:47 PM	#28
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	OK, all you dragonfly shooters - I was told, and have no way to prove or disprove it, that all you had to do was get a "slow" moving bb (think red ryder) close to a dragonfly and they will commit suicide on it. They feed by grabbing bugs from mid-air and think the bb is a bug, but it is too hard and fast and kills them. Anyone else ever hear this? This is not meant to disparage anyone's "wing shooting" skills __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

April 6, 2010, 02:52 PM	#29
troy_mclure Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: gulf of mexico Posts: 2,716	i would never kill a dragon fly! they eat too many skeeters! my arch nemesis. __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

April 6, 2010, 08:18 AM	#26
rattletrap1970 Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 2009 Location: Torrington, CT. USA Posts: 299	Dragon flies at a little pond with a Crosman 1377 pump pistol.

April 6, 2010, 03:10 PM	#30
aroundchicago Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2010 Location: The Worst Place For Gun Owners Posts: 160	One night last summer my wife woke me up to inform me we had a bat flying around our house, and insisting that I dispatch this critter immediately. Understand that unless I've got an intruder halfway though the back door, I'm not getting up. I told my wife to go back to bed and that I'd take care of the bat in the morning. Not able to sleep with the bat flying around, my wife armed herself with a tennis racket and set out on a short mission to dispatch this bat herself. Minutes later, dressed in ski pants, ski jacket and a hood to protect herself, she came back in hysterics informing me that this bat was making dive bombing runs at her. Not taking no for an answer, my wife insisted I take care of the bat immediately. I opened my safe, loaded my scoped RWS pellet gun, and located the bat attached to some crown molding along the ceiling of an upstairs bedroom. The RWS took care of the bat, left blood and a hole on the molding. Whats a guy gotta do?

April 6, 2010, 04:30 PM	#31
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Is there an 'approved' load for cornmeal in a 20 ga?? Make sure you wear eye protection which might save your eyes when she blows. Might not!!!

April 6, 2010, 04:49 PM	#32
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 10,446	I managed to vaporize a bumble bee with a .32 ACP once. The nasty little sucker was bothering be while I was at the range and was foolish enough to hover a couple feet in front of my Walther.

April 8, 2010, 11:04 AM	#33
towelie Member Join Date: April 7, 2010 Posts: 38	You havent had fun till you've had a Drozd.

April 8, 2010, 04:21 PM	#34
markj Senior Member Join Date: October 27, 2005 Location: Crescent Iowa Posts: 2,971	Years ago I was tending bar on Fathers Day, a friend came in that carries a black powder .44 cap and ball shooter. I asked him if I could see it, he handed it over and we went outside. I saw a starling in a puddle flipping water onto it. I aimed for the tail and pulled the triggfer. I shot that birds butt off. Didnt kill it as it tried to fly off. That gun was loud and smoky. Ol Jim was killed in his kitchen, someone shot him and tried to make it look like suicide but he didnt have any center fire guns. Sure do miss him.

April 8, 2010, 04:42 PM	#35
POKEYJOE04 Member Join Date: July 29, 2009 Location: Eastern Oklahoma Posts: 63	I used to shoot into ant hills with a .410. Caused quite a stir.

April 13, 2010, 12:54 PM	#36
Bwana4 Member Join Date: March 28, 2009 Posts: 43	What Simonkenton said. We have a contest all summer between my dad, brother and me. Dad is still in Florida so I have a jump on the carpenter bees with a tennis racquet. Saturday got me on the board. We can usually knock off a hundred by mid- summer.

April 13, 2010, 01:12 PM	#37
ScottRiqui Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2,905	A big, fat, wet, cow patty that my friend was standing next to. Juvenile, I know.

April 13, 2010, 11:54 PM	#38
dla888 Junior member Join Date: April 11, 2010 Posts: 25	As a kid (in PA) I'd put these Japanese beetles down the muzzle of my air pistol. They made great ammo. When I'd shoot them at the side of the barn they made a satisfying splat! Needless to say, My grandparents didn't have a Japanese Beetle problem that year!