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Offline Duane

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« on: September 06, 2003, 04:33:05 PM »
hey bud nice rig in your sight is that a sheridan .20  why do you like that caliber ? What kinda of shotgun scope from tasco .what I need ius something to hunt on 16 acres of property right outside city limits including squirrels ,rabbits doves .what would be beter .177,.22 .20 how availble are .20 pellts compared to others would like to keep my rig under 225.00 but only familiar with benjamin from many moons ago hunbting farm land but would like to get back into it.I m getting your book off amazon

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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2003, 05:33:55 PM »
Yes, it's a Blustreak in .20 - I like the .20 a lot as it has many of the shooting characteristics of the .177 (flat shooting, inherently accurate), but delivers just about the same terminal performance as a .22.

The set up I'm using on that rifle is a standard barrel clamp scope mount, the scope as you mention is a Tasco shotgun mount, I don't remember the model and it's not marked on the scope - but I bought it at Walmart for about $40.00. This scope has a long eye relief which allowed me to mount it as shown, more distal on the barrel. In advance of what I'm going to say next, an advantage of a multi-pump is that you can put a regular rifle or shotgun scope on it; unlike a springer which requires a specialized air gun scope to stand up to the bi-directional recoil these guns generate.

I like hunting with the Sheridan, but I've got a pile of air rifles including springers, PCPs, CO2, and multi-pumps. I don't know that if I was going to buy only one rifle that I'd go with a multi-pump. You might want to consider a springer (spring piston) gun, they are more powerful and are charged with a single cocking action-you could find one in your price range. Go online and look around before you buy - take a look at this site to get an idea of whats out there;

http://www.compasseco.com/catalog/ammo.html

Good hunting!

Jim