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What kind are you using and why..I am thinking about trying this year using one for coon just curious ,,,Lance

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i bought a Crossman nitro venom dusk.
its pretty long n heavy. trigger pulls pretty hard too.
been tryin to sight it in. regular pellets seem to fly all over n the red tails work good but a lot of them the red tip falls out.
the scope doesn't respond very well to adjustments. got it pretty close now. they say they take some time to get broke in. ??
after shootin some birds n chipmonks not sure it would do the trick on a coon. some of the higher dollar one might.
its a .177

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wow all the reviews u read online flat out rate em up there ,,the one iam looking at is 1200 fp per second its a .177 also if i could get a couple hundred feet out of it with some knock down it would work for me since 22 shells is non existence around here you can get 500 pellets for 8 bucks,,just kicking around the idea thanks for the input,,Lance

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Go to Walmart and get the ruger they have. It comes with a 4x32 scope and is a nice outfit. Its quiet as a mouse. Shoots hard and gets the job done. Best decision iI've made in a while. Also its only 119. Only draw back is its as heavy as a regular rifle.

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had a gamo big cat 1200 and loved it. dead on up to 35-40 yrds. and not as loud as the others out there. jmo

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Got the whisper myself and I'm not impressed with the results. I've asked the same question you are half of these guys love em the other half hate em. I can say that I tried it and wasn't pleased with the large grouping, poor fps without pba ammunition and severe lack of penetration. Get ya a .22 and shoot me a pm I can sell ya a brick

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im with hoosier on this one go buy the ruger air hawk at wal mart buy ya couple things of the premier pellets an shoot shoot shoot and shoot some more....iv heard it takes about 500 to 1000 and id agree it does take some breaking in. but once you do you'll be surprised what you can do with them....you wont consistently shoot moa groups but myself and a friend of mine (who has a whisper or silent cat cant rememeber) consistently kill birds at 50 60 yards....iv witnessed with my own eyes gophers shot at 30 40 yards and dead as a nail within 3 feet. but yes they are heavy to carry around.... I cannot attest to weather or not they would be good for coon...

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Originally posted by srp
i bought a Crossman nitro venom dusk.
its pretty long n heavy. trigger pulls pretty hard too.
been tryin to sight it in. regular pellets seem to fly all over n the red tails work good but a lot of them the red tip falls out.
the scope doesn't respond very well to adjustments. got it pretty close now. they say they take some time to get broke in. ??
after shootin some birds n chipmonks not sure it would do the trick on a coon. some of the higher dollar one might.
its a .177

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