Hunting & Fishing Switching from sniping to artillery for crows

[Clark]

My brother shoots crows perched in the trees from his house with a scoped 22 rimfire.

A pair of crows made a nest in a tree right next to his house and flew in and out of the thick tree and never gave him a perching shot.

He got out the potato gun and began knocking branches out of the tree until he scored.

 

[500grains]

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This story is not credible without photos of the potato gun, the .22, and any girls who happened to be in the area.

 

[Clark]

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500Gs,
There is the brother.
There is the rifle that has been killing crows for 40 years.

I will email a pic of two girls that were allowed to shoot my brother's gun 35 years ago to your wife for her approval of your viewing. What is her email address?

 

[Etnie]

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nice lookin crow.....

 

[264win]

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that doesnt look like a wet side crow to me .

 

[aaronraby1]

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and i see NO girls!

 

[High Binder]

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Damn, that tree got its ass kicked. It did open up the nice view though...

 

[beretta989]

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Clark your brothers .22, is that a remington 510? I only ask due to the fact that I have afew of the 500 series.

 

[Clark]

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Yes, he got that for $12 in ~1971.

I have been buying Rem 510s, 511s, and 512s lately.
Here is pic before and after restoration. I got that one for $60 in January.

 

[beretta989]

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60$ is a great price for a 512 in that shape. The best score I've made on one was a mint 512 for 35$ but the butt stock was broke clean off. Had to look for 2 years for a replacement stock.

 

[Clark]

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The price of Rem 510 series rifles started at around $60 at shows for beat up ones, 15 years ago. Then they were at $150 to get started 7 years ago, and now I am getting them for $60 again.

I got some from a guy who was selling because he was so old and got them when he was a teen ager.

Gold is going up right now, but old 22s are not.

 

[beretta989]

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I have all the 510s 511s 512s 513s and the Peep sight vertions as well. The remington 341P is still my favorite little .22 for bunnys black birds and gophers.

 

[Clark]

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I have been in the situation where it legal to shoot on my property, but every time the neighbors hear it, the will ask about it.
That leaves pellet guns and guns that sound like pellet guns.

So a Rem 510 scoped and sighted in for a particular tree, shooting CB shorts or CB longs, sounds like a pellet gun, but kills crows with body shots. This is still very loud if it hits plywood, but quiet if it hits a soft crow.

Most of the 510 series did not come drilled and tapped for scope or with 3/8" dovetail mounts.
I drill and tap with 6-48 threads for Weaver mounts.
The books will say #42 Weaver on the barrel and #43 Weaver on the receiver, but I like to put two #43 Weavers on the receiver.

Pellet guns, that sound like pellet guns, will not kill crows unless they are hit in the neck or the head.
Some $1,000 "crow magnum" pellet gun at 1,000 fps may kill crows with body shots, but make noise like a 22LR.

 

[beretta989]

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If you can find CCI subsonic segmented HP's I can't say enough good about them other than I can't find them any anywhere! I actually scored a double kill with my 504T 2 days ago on 2 Pigeons sitting side by side. The bullet killed the pigeon on the left and pieces of the bullet hit the other. He flew off but crashed dead less than 40 yds from the building. I've never seen anything like it before!

 

[Clark]

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My mother used to cook pigeons when I shot them when I was a kid.

She soaked them in wine and then broiled them. They were like big doves.

 

[ryanjay11]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Clark</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My mother used to cook pigeons when I shot them when I was a kid.

She soaked them in wine and then broiled them. They were like big doves. </div></div>

I always thought they should taste like a dove, but I would probably have to get soaked in wine to try it.

 

[tmcginnis]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Clark</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have been in the situation where it legal to shoot on my property, but every time the neighbors hear it, the will ask about it.
That leaves pellet guns and guns that sound like pellet guns.

So a Rem 510 scoped and sighted in for a particular tree, shooting CB shorts or CB longs, sounds like a pellet gun, but kills crows with body shots. This is still very loud if it hits plywood, but quiet if it hits a soft crow.

Most of the 510 series did not come drilled and tapped for scope or with 3/8" dovetail mounts.
I drill and tap with 6-48 threads for Weaver mounts.
The books will say #42 Weaver on the barrel and #43 Weaver on the receiver, but I like to put two #43 Weavers on the receiver.

Pellet guns, that sound like pellet guns, will not kill crows unless they are hit in the neck or the head.
Some $1,000 "crow magnum" pellet gun at 1,000 fps may kill crows with body shots, but make noise like a 22LR.</div></div>

S U P P R E S S O R.
not sure the legality in your neck of the woods, but subsonic and suppressed can do amazing things in a .22! definitely should check into it. .22 suppressors can be had for pretty cheap too