Is this a good gun for squirrel hunting
1501484
The rifle is a tack driver with plenty of knock down power. Be sure to use quality pellets. 18g JSBs are a good choice for the 350.
1501485
Scott, I just bought one and its the best I have used or seen for power and accuracy. I suggest you use a heavy pellet for max impact for hunting. Love this one. It will break the sound barrier if you oil the pellets.
1422583
I have not used this with squirrels but if I have another issue with them chewing on my house I will. I think it's powerful enough to do the job. Hopefully you won't find the neighbor's cat inside.
452473
The rifle is definitely powerful enough to ethically kill squirrels and chipmunks, but you will definitely struggle with the accuracy, and you will need to practice the 'artillery hold', but this is the same for any break barrel spring or nitro piston powerplant rifle. A good scope with AO (adjustable objective) will help tremendously. The package scope is junk. I actually paid more for my scope than I did the rifle. A decent budget scope is the Hammers 3-9x32. A good clean/deburr and tune will also help with the accuracy and consistency. These rifles sometimes need hundreds of shots, if not a thousand to break in - but that can also be when the internals begin to wear out. I've tuned my rifle with a vortek pg2 kit, and am now re-breaking it in. The original piston seal failed after about 1.5k shots.
2246364
Great starter gun. Once you get the gun sighted in, it is deadly for birds and squirrels at 50 to 75 feet.
2036749
Squirrels I would say yes it would be worth it and good to have. As far as rabbits it just depends on how you hunt them. Still hunting them it would be great but if you run dogs I would say no. I have used mine like crazy since I purchased it and love it. Hope all this helps.
895317
Christine, you could, I suppose, use this range-finder to hunt squirrel and rabbit, if you can get them to stand still long enough to get a reading on them. I like that idea though; I am a sharpshooter and prefer to use a .22 for the squirrel also, it's just more of a challenge. My rifle scope does the range-finding for me in that scenario. Try it out. You'll find several uses for this range-finder. It's a good one. I really like mine.
919724
Yes you can kill small game with it. I've taken several rabbits,countless squirrels and two raccoons. It's like any other weapon,shot placement is the key.
1348950
No...it cannot...an air rifle is not suitable to hunt anything larger than a squirrel. Shooting a deer with this rifle would only cause it pain and give it a flesh wound.
2220401
While you could probably kill a raccoon with it, the answer would have to be no, it would not be good for hunting raccoons. If you get close enough, if you hit in the right place, if you use the right pellet, is too many 'if's. It is too likely the raccoon will scuttle away seriously wounded, which is bad. It is fine for birds, squirrels, and maybe small rabbits but for anything larger look for something that hits harder.
1231076
It will work great for coon hunting. Use mine for coyote and bear hunting and love the accuracy!! Won't go wrong!
2171302
As far as taking down a small animal (squirrel, rabbit, etc.), this gun will do it. Check your state's laws/rules & regulations to make sure there are no restrictions on the use of an air rifle for hunting. I hope this answer helps answer your question.
559896
Don't know about racoons, but squirrels yes! One shotwith hunting pellets. The problem with this rifle is sighting the scope properly. Once it is has, there should be no problems with accuracy. I would think this rifle would take down a racoon also with a head shot, but again, I've no expedience with one, only squirrels.
424459
good question...... I really do not know.......just tried it. no squirrels.. too bad. looks like you can just load pellet and shoot. it may shoot pellet and bb at same time, but no bad effect . thx fstedd
1982037
Please don't. The absolute minimum energy required to kill a squirrel with a headshot is 3 fpe, which this thing just BARELY makes. That said, steel BBs in a smooth bore gun are NOT accurate enough to make headshots past 10 yards or so. Buy a springer, or better yet a .22lr gun if you want to hunt small game. This thing is for target shooting.
2220402
i only use mine on squirrel and grackles/crows.....i also like a clean kill and don't feel a light .22 cal pellet at under 1000fps gives a clean kill unless a headshot....the gun is capable of those headshots, so depends on the shooter, but still personally would recommend a different gun.
2254116
Honestly i think its a good gun good accuracy and fair fps. But it wount be strong enough to scar a snake. It would probly make it more angry. I can shoot myself and be fine. If u want to scare snake a recommend u get a pellet/bb gun
2255659
Short answer, no. A gun only producing just over 20 foot pounds of energy is only good for small game (squirrel, sparrows, chipmunks, etc).