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sniper · Silver Status Member

after years of begging my wife to shoot one of my airguns today i won. i
started with my b-26. it took a few practice shots but she murdered a can filled with water at 10 yards with an RWS h-point.

it took a half hour of convincing her to do this as she reiterated that airguns are boring followed by the question of when does she gets to shoot my AR-15 again. Rolling Eyes

after the b-26 i put my 392 in her hands which has the same peep sight of an AR. dead can! first shot! giggles. "i like that one".

what can you say about a woman who loves the peep sight!

learned something myself as well. i safely hid behind our palm tree down range and was very suprised how quiet an airgun is. a very slight crack with a slight thud of the pellet. this also included a 24fpe power shot with a kodiak from my 392.

make note. i was completly out of harms way when i did this.

hmmm. maybe mrs. sniper might get her first airgun... Shocked

fritz · Silver Status Member

I could see it now... Mr. and Mrs. Sniper in the back yard blasting the rats.

You two would be entrenched with a crossfire setup. They wouldn't stand a chance. Then you get a hit and one runs away... out comes the .50BMG.

thepaladin · Senior Member

You were down range when someone was shooting? Okay, not my business, but not safe dude....a kid got killed that way with a "pump-master" and if you get blinded or cripled it screws with everybody as there will be a truck load of people ready to make a big deal about airgun accidents.

Sorry, don't get mad at me as a kill joy guys, but we have got to take saftey practices seriously......

I know, but it's really important.

Still, I'm glad you could get your wife into airgunning. Hope you both can enjoy it together.

Slavia · Moderator

Thepaladin said:

thepaladin · Senior Member

I know and I'm sure sniper was doing all he could for safty, but what caught my attention was that he was behind a tree.

A few years ago a couple of kids were shooting a Crosman Pumpmaster, not a hugely powerful gun, in somebody's back yard (I always wonder where the parebts were. I guess they thought the kids were ok). One boy was down range behind a large tree. For some reason he peeked from behind the tree. maybe he wondered why his friend hadn't shot yet. For whatever reason he got hit in the eye. The shot punctured through the thin bone in the orbit and went right into the boy's brain and killed him. The press had a field day with "air gun saftey" issues for a good while. Local news people love stuff like that.

So...like I said, okay, don't drum me out of the corps, I don't mean to be a kill joy or anything. It's just that nobody down range is a rule we all back. Again, sorry, I like sniper...don't want to offend. Just want to protect our sport.

I know, I'll shut up now.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

My two cents. Not being downrange of a shooter is always a good practice. Especially for target shooting when there is no reason for it. However, like in a hunting situation with two or more shooters, it may be that one person needs to shoot in the general direction as the other person. Not at them, but maybe up in a tree they are standing by. The key is to always know where the person is and knowing your backstop when you shoot.

sniper · Silver Status Member

i agree with all of you and thank you for your concerns. i have also had this experience with one other person out in the desert with centerfire handguns as well an an AR-15. off the the side, downrange, out of harms way. it is an interesting sound being on the other side of the shot.

if someone is shooting .223 300 yards up a hill side and you are 20 yards off to one side and 20 yards down range you are out of harms way.

make note again. in the desert with no one else around. above all i trust me. Smile

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

Sniper, you ruffle my feathers everytime you talk about powder burnin'

Crosman140 · Senior Member

I think it's awesome snipes. Great job having your wife shoot with you. She'll be online soon with the credit card. Razz

sniper · Silver Status Member

fritz · Silver Status Member

Airguns are much more beautiful than most powder burners. Their complex simplicity (and my paradoxial thinking), craftsmanship, and accuracy just surpass them all.

sniper · Silver Status Member

thank you fritz. Wink

i was asking roger. Rolling Eyes

i feel the same though. however, when i move to idaho my money will be split between AG'S and burners. Shocked

fritz · Silver Status Member

Forgot to mention that you can't beat the price. Even shooting .25 Kodiaks it is about the same cost as .22lr. Out of a properly powered gun, the Kodiaks will probably have more energy than a .22lr anyway.

Go back to .177 and you can shoot for less than 1 cent a shot, even the more expensive .177 pellets don't top 4 cents per.

BBgunNoob · Veteran Member

if my wife ever wanted to shoot one of my guns , i wudnt be outside , id be in the basement surrounded by thick brick walls lol, your a brave soul

sniper · Silver Status Member