Beeman RS Dual Caliber Pellet Rifle

[greg54]

Was wondering if anyone has used the Beeman RS Pellet Rifle with the .22 barrel on it for squirrel hunting. I have only used mine twice plinking at cans. Does it do a good job with the squirrels...and whats a good pellet to use? Thanks for any info and hope everyone has Merry Christmas!!

[sits in trees]

Most modern pellet rifles in 22cal shooting at around 800fps or better are deadly on squirrels. Im sure that Beeman would knock em dead.

[greybeard]

I don't know about that gun, but squirrels can be hard to kill, so I only take brain shots. I've killed them with heart/lung shots, but lost some too.

My .22  air rifle is reportedly 800 fps, as is my .177 . which are the 2 I use on squirrels.I prefer the .22 for my needs.

Try different types of pellets, some pellets will shoot different in your gun...

That's just my 2 cents.

Ask Shawnhu, he's a wealth of info on airguns.

 

I like watching   squirrel hunting with airgun stuff on you tube. They also do some pellet comparisons if you check for that.

I wish we had an airgun section here, but I guess that there aren't enough people interested.

 

[shawnhu]

That walmart air gun is a bit on the light side for real hunting purposes. If you are accurate with it, you only need about 7 FPE to effectively kill a squirrel.

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[DanceswithSkunks]

I use a Benjamin in .25 calibre.  Knocksem' dead all the time.