Fugaloo
11-28-2010, 09:39 PM
I purchased a Hammerli Pneuma from Pyramyd air recently. The gun ran me $350, and the pump to pump it with was another $200. I bought this gun to use on turkeys because one of the vineyards I hunt won't allow me to use shotguns. Well, I struck out on the turkeys. I saw a few the first day i went out with the gun, but I hadn't put a scope on it or even dialed it in yet so I didn't take a shot. Later that day i scoped it and dialed it in in the back yard and I was blown away by the accuracy. I am shooting at about 20 yards and using a cat tree as a bench, and I can put the pellet through the same hole shot after shot.
The gun is a Precharged Pneumatic as you might have suspected. This means it has an air tank on board that holds 3000psi. It is a 22 caliber that claims to shoot around 1000 feet per second, but I haven't verified that and most of the tests I have seen on it show more like 950 fps which is still really good for an air rifle.
It is pretty heavy, and after about twenty minutes of hiking I am really feeling the weight of it on my shoulders. But boy what a dream to shoot. There is ZERO recoil so you can see the impact through the scope. This is especially important when shooting out of your dialed in range because you can see where the pellet hit if you miss and know where to compensate for the next shot. Today I shot at a rabbit about 35 yards out, I held about 6 inches over his head and I could see the dust kick up where I missed. The second shot was true. With my old springer air gun I would not have been able to see the miss, and would not have been able to adjust properly for the second shot.
So after hunting two different vineyards today and not seeing any turkeys, taking home three jacks was not a bad consolation prize. What was cool was that all three rabbits only had a small entrance wound in the head and weren't all torn up like they usually get from a shotgun. I know some people like to use rim fires on them but I don't feel comfortable shooting those where I hunt as there are several houses surrounding the area. One of the jacks was taken at 10 yards, another at probably 20, and the other like I said was somewhere around 35. As I was leaving the property I also got to see a large bobcat who was also successful at rabbit hunting today. I tried to call him in with a distressed squirrel call, but since he already had dinner in his mouth I just got to see him trot off.
The gun is a Precharged Pneumatic as you might have suspected. This means it has an air tank on board that holds 3000psi. It is a 22 caliber that claims to shoot around 1000 feet per second, but I haven't verified that and most of the tests I have seen on it show more like 950 fps which is still really good for an air rifle.
It is pretty heavy, and after about twenty minutes of hiking I am really feeling the weight of it on my shoulders. But boy what a dream to shoot. There is ZERO recoil so you can see the impact through the scope. This is especially important when shooting out of your dialed in range because you can see where the pellet hit if you miss and know where to compensate for the next shot. Today I shot at a rabbit about 35 yards out, I held about 6 inches over his head and I could see the dust kick up where I missed. The second shot was true. With my old springer air gun I would not have been able to see the miss, and would not have been able to adjust properly for the second shot.
So after hunting two different vineyards today and not seeing any turkeys, taking home three jacks was not a bad consolation prize. What was cool was that all three rabbits only had a small entrance wound in the head and weren't all torn up like they usually get from a shotgun. I know some people like to use rim fires on them but I don't feel comfortable shooting those where I hunt as there are several houses surrounding the area. One of the jacks was taken at 10 yards, another at probably 20, and the other like I said was somewhere around 35. As I was leaving the property I also got to see a large bobcat who was also successful at rabbit hunting today. I tried to call him in with a distressed squirrel call, but since he already had dinner in his mouth I just got to see him trot off.