Mickey said:

@stlcharcoal  what gadge? Do you put that hook behind your shoulder ?

12-ga.

When folded like in the picture, you can use it as a carrying handle or turn it 90 degrees to hang it over something like a shelf or car seat (a 180 degree turn allows you to remove it.)

But the real purpose of the hook is when the buttstock is extended.  You turn it 90 degree toward your body, and it hooks under your forearm for support.  The idea is that you can shoot it one handed like if you had to go around a corner or hand out of the side of the car with it.

It also has the ability to fire in semi-auto or pump action.  So if the police were shooting non-lethals that didn't have enough power to cycle the action, you would have the forearm in the detent for manual.  Push the button underneath and slide the forearm about an inch forward and it locks in the semi-auto (then you use the charging handle on the side and/or the bolt drop on the other side.)  There's also a button on the side to shut off the magazine so you can manually load rounds which I haven't quite figured out yet.  Pretty crazy gun.  Soon as it warms up I'll play with it more.

Here's a great video on it:  (BTW, subscribe to this series.....it's really good.)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuOUBG0Fz0

DoubleEgger said:

nolaegghead said:

DoubleEgger said:

Seriously, man?  Is this code for calling an airstrike on this thread, one which I think is actually not boring AF, relevant, engaging and keeps people here? 

Please forgive my acerbic comments but I'm sick of people posting buffalo gifs rather than just ignoring the thread and posting on some pig butt roasts.

I don’t give a fvck Carey. It’s a joke dude. Get off your high horse. 

@DoubleEgger, Carey's sarcasm font may not have rendered properly on your screen.  Others and I detected it. 

stlcharcoal said:

Mickey said:

@stlcharcoal  what gadge? Do you put that hook behind your shoulder ?

12-ga.

When folded like in the picture, you can use it as a carrying handle or turn it 90 degrees to hang it over something like a shelf or car seat (a 180 degree turn allows you to remove it.)

But the real purpose of the hook is when the buttstock is extended.  You turn it 90 degree toward your body, and it hooks under your forearm for support.  The idea is that you can shoot it one handed like if you had to go around a corner or hand out of the side of the car with it.

It also has the ability to fire in semi-auto or pump action.  So if the police were shooting non-lethals that didn't have enough power to cycle the action, you would have the forearm in the detent for manual.  Push the button underneath and slide the forearm about an inch forward and it locks in the semi-auto (then you use the charging handle on the side and/or the bolt drop on the other side.)  There's also a button on the side to shut off the magazine so you can manually load rounds which I haven't quite figured out yet.  Pretty crazy gun.  Soon as it warms up I'll play with it more.

Here's a great video on it:  (BTW, subscribe to this series.....it's really good.)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuOUBG0Fz0

great video @stlcharcoal, that's quite a collectible due to the unique engineering.  

JethroVA said:

great video @stlcharcoal, that's quite a collectible due to the unique engineering.  

I don't watch a lot of stuff on YouTube, but I'm hooked on this series.  It has cost me a LOT of money.

BUY MORE CHARCOAL PLEASE. 

alaskanassasin said:

I asked the gun shop about writing off a gun for varmint control, (ground hogs) they laughed at me so I figured I would pay the tax 

JohnInCarolina said:

stlcharcoal said:

JethroVA said:

JohnInCarolina said:

This is by far the most lethal gun we have in our house:



I don't know if some of you can handle it, seeing as how it's for adults only.

There's a way you can put a screw in to permanently turn the safety to Off for more rapid fire.  Basically put it in the Off position and put a screw in to hold it there. 

Yes, that works!

The new 3.0's have a crossbolt safety which doesn't reset everytime you cycle it.  They also have a larger salt hopper which is nice.

I'd like to see a double-barreled version. A little wider spread pattern would be useful.  I'd also take more power, but I have the first generation. I don't always blow the little buggers to smithereens so much as knock them unconscious.  My understanding is that the newer ones have a bit more bang. 

Try the Lawn & Garden 2.0 (yellow / green) one.  That ones shoots nearly twice as much salt.  Some people put kosher salt in them--try that too!!

I'm a bit surprised that there is an "advanced" version of an air gun that kills flies.  
I'm fortunately living in an area where flies are rare; if one does appear I use advanced rubber-band skills honed in junior high school.  

@JohnInCarolina a wider spread pattern is only necessary if a person is not that good of a shot.   As a young person I hunted successfully with a 20 gauge while my friends used 12 gauge. I didn't, and still don't, need the extra lead and powder from a 12 gauge.  <Insert winkie emoji here>.

JethroVA said:

@JohnInCarolina a wider spread pattern is only necessary if a person is not that good of a shot.   As a young person I hunted successfully with a 20 gauge while my friends used 12 gauge. I didn't, and still don't, need the extra lead and powder from a 12 gauge.  <Insert winkie emoji here>.

Good for you, but I hunted squirrel with a compound bow as a kid.  Get back to me after shooting one of those little buggers off a tree limb from 30 yards away with a friggin arrow man.  I see your 20 gauge and I laugh!  

I shot a raccoon clean out of a tree in our back yard, made quite a bit more difficult by the fact that it was an Eastern hemlock.  Holy mother of God the way that thing started screaming you'd think I'd hit him right in the nutsack.  

JohnInCarolina said:

I shot a raccoon clean out of a tree in our back yard, made quite a bit more difficult by the fact that it was an Eastern hemlock.  Holy mother of God the way that thing started screaming you'd think I'd hit him right in the nutsack.  

Word on the street is that raccoon nuts don't taste good - taste kinda "wangy" -  so if you were ever tempted...

I don't have "rookie numbers" in that aspect.

thetrim said:

Hope everyone had a nice President's Day...

For some odd reason, the ability to pitch a baseball is pretty low on my judging criteria for the ability to be President. Amy Klobuchar's Town Hall tonight was pretty intriguing.