Frenchieboy Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 I have had one of my farmers asking me to sort out a few feral pigeons that have been cra**ing all through his covered yard. I went up to the farm this morning with my QB78 to see how bad the situation was. I just sat quietly on the middle of the building and took "pot shots" at the birds as they flew in and settled on the steel roof beams. The result was about a dozen and a half in just over an hour. The photo shows some of the ones that fell without landing in the cow muck! The others were shovelled up and chucked in the midden pit! It is near enough a year since i used the .177 QB78 so it made a welcome change - firing BSA Intercepor Pellets through it certianly did the job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Good shooting mate When this type of shooting comes about I get very excited lol. What power does the rifle put out if you don't mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted July 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Good shooting mate When this type of shooting comes about I get very excited lol. What power does the rifle put out if you don't mind me asking? This particular one from my collection is now de-tuned to put out 10 ft/lbs. I tuned it to that power purposely to deal with these situations where I am shooting inside buildings so that it will drop feral pigeons without going right through and causing any damage to the building structure itself! I have had cases where a 12 ft/lb air rifle has gone through a roosting feral pigeon and the pellet has marked the roof of the building! Edited July 31, 2011 by Frenchieboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste12b Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Nice shooting Frenchie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 good shooting had 2 mates who shot 100 of them last week although they used shotguns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 at the same thing myself yesterday. 27 in cattle sheds and goodness knowws how many starlings. good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian1225 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Nice shooting Frenchie, I have a .22 QB78 DL cracking little gun for very little £££ got a Hawke scope on mine and whatever I aim at around 25-30 yards I hit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 nice shooting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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