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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Hunting, Pest Control, Varminting » 5 Shots, 5 Grouse    View previous topic :: View next topic  5 Shots, 5 Grouse   Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:17 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC Got my limit again today, this time 4 Franklin's and 1 Ruffed Grouse.... I used only 5 pellets for the day, and less than 200 psi of air.... From left to right, female Franklin's, two young males and a large male, and a young female Ruffed grouse.... The big Franklin's was doing an awesome display right in the middle of the road, challenging me.... Unfortunately for him, he didn't know I had a 25 yard reach.... His tail is still fanned out, and you can see the red comb over his eye if you look close.... We saw one other Ruffie running through cover while we were hunting, and two more on the way home after I got my limit.... I still haven't seen a Dusky (Blue) Grouse yet, although one of our guests got two this morning.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:44 pm AGBug Member Joined: 03 Mar 2013 Posts: 62 Location: Illinois / Wisconsin / Global Nice shooting! Which rifle did you use to bag em? _________________ “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” -- Dr. Carl Sagan Proud member of the National Rifle Association and serving as a two-time enlistee in two branches of the US military (USN/USAF - Currently a USAF Reservist)   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:48 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC My custom 2260 PCP Carbine.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:58 pm Robw Veteran Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 441 Impressive! Did it start out as CO²? What is the fill pressure of it? _________________ Getting in a rush only slows you down. Reflect Jesus Christ-Not your surroundings.   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:26 pm whm1974 Veteran Member Joined: 05 Feb 2013 Posts: 337 where did you get the stock? Or is it custom made?   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:48 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC It uses a tube from a 2260 and a valve from a Disco, but has been HPA since first assembly.... It fills to 2000 psi and shoots down to 1100 and gets 16 shots at 700 fps with 18 gr. JSB (20 FPE).... The stock is modified from a Crosman skeleton stock.... I have been using it for 3 seasons now, the first season it was a single shot, the version in the photo was an 8-shot repeater but manually indexed, using a clip from an RWS 850, and it now has yet another breech using the self-feeding clip from a PRod.... I don't plan any further changes, it accounted for 35 Grouse last year.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:29 pm Robw Veteran Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 441 How much does it weigh. I have a 10 year old daughter sitting next to me that is in love with it. Would it be too heavy for her and do you think that it would make a good pistol sans stock? She wants a PCP pistol with a bi-pod. She always wants a bi-pod on everything. _________________ Getting in a rush only slows you down. Reflect Jesus Christ-Not your surroundings.   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:30 pm whm1974 Veteran Member Joined: 05 Feb 2013 Posts: 337 Yeah but from the picture the stock likes look it has an adjustable cheekpiece. Does it? I thought Grouse were much bigger.   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:37 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC I'm guessing about 5 lbs, it's pretty light.... and yes, you could put pistol grips on it, but in Canada it would then be a restricted firearm.... The cheekpiece is not adjustable, the carbon tube risers are glued in.... I also shortened the LOP at the same time.... The grouse in that photo are a mostly spruce grouse (Franklin's) and a young ruffed grouse, so yes, they are pretty small.... Adult ruffies are about twice the weight of those, and an adult blue grouse twice that again.... the size of a small chicken.... Here is the breast of a blue grouse.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:16 pm whm1974 Veteran Member Joined: 05 Feb 2013 Posts: 337 Quote: I'm guessing about 5 lbs, it's pretty light.... From the picture it looks the perfect size for a ten year old. Quote: and an adult blue grouse twice that again.... the size of a small chicken.... Here is the breast of a blue grouse.... The adult blue grouse is probley what I was thinking of.[/quote]   Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:55 pm Robw Veteran Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 441 rsterne wrote: I'm guessing about 5 lbs, it's pretty light.... and yes, you could put pistol grips on it, but in Canada it would then be a restricted firearm.... The cheekpiece is not adjustable, the carbon tube risers are glued in.... I also shortened the LOP at the same time.... The grouse in that photo are a mostly spruce grouse (Franklin's) and a young ruffed grouse, so yes, they are pretty small.... Adult ruffies are about twice the weight of those, and an adult blue grouse twice that again.... the size of a small chicken.... Here is the breast of a blue grouse.... Bob Sweet! Better than something raised in a building by far. _________________ Getting in a rush only slows you down. 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