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will a 1 pump red ryder bb gun kill a squirrel from twenty yards out?

Posted on 10/6/15 at 1:59 pm
Posted by LSUvegasbombed
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2013
15464 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 1:59 pm
10 yards out?

Head shot only?

will it even penetrate the skin?
Posted by 9th Green At 9
From where they make gumbo at
Member since Jul 2015
2922 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

will it even penetrate the skin?
No
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:04 pm to
No. It MIGHT piss him off, maybe.

New red Ryder's can't kill mice. I keep one in the toolbox of my truck for fun though. It won't even go through one side of a beer can at 10 yards every time.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38723 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:05 pm to
1 in 1000 shots you may ear hole him or hit him in the temple... yes.

The 999 other times he'll just jump, run up the tree and start barking at you.
Posted by Last call
On the lake
Member since Oct 2012
992 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:05 pm to
Not even close
Posted by Dtiger19
Member since Dec 2007
762 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:07 pm to
Yes. Killed a squirrel with my Red Ryder when I was a kid. Shot hit him right between the eyes from about 10 yards. That was the only one I ever killed with it but the stars aligned for me just right that one shot.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
13838 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:08 pm to
No, as a child, I did knock one out of a tree with a Red Ryder once. I think I just threw his balance off, and he fell about 50' from a pine tree limb. When he hit the ground, he didn't move for about 10 seconds, then hauled arse back up the tree.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:10 pm to
The one you had when you were a kid was different than the ones they sell today.

Dad used to kill doves with his. Mine struggles to kill a beer can
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45793 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:12 pm to
No
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45793 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:13 pm to
It will shoot an eye out...
Posted by LSUvegasbombed
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2013
15464 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:28 pm to
it def. penetrates one side of the beer can as posters have mentioned.

This sucks... I have about 4 in my back yard constantly in the oak trees above my house knocking acorns off that hit the roof and try to take me out.

I have been blasting them but didn't think they did anything besides sting their arse for a second.

I am in neighborhood so I don't want to use anything else for safety reasons towards my neighbors.

Any other suggestions?
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
37472 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:30 pm to
If you hit it in the eye at the perfect angle maybe
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:33 pm to
Trapping them is the only option if you don't want to shoot something more powerful. You can buy a trap from tractor supply for about $15
Posted by QuiteTheConundrum
Member since Dec 2013
1140 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:33 pm to
A baited trap. New strong pellet gun held to their head. Done deal
Posted by Skywalker
St. George
Member since Jul 2010
1248 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:39 pm to
This is what I use for killing those nuisance city squirrels.
CCI Quiet
Posted by maisweh
Member since Jan 2014
4059 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:39 pm to
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Any other suggestions?


gammo or benjamin
Posted by biggsc
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Member since Mar 2009
34209 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:40 pm to
Use a slingshot
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45793 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Any other suggestions?





Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
9590 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:50 pm to
I shot a lot of birds with mine growing up but I don't recall ever having a confirmed kill.
Posted by Skywalker
St. George
Member since Jul 2010
1248 posts
Posted on 10/6/15 at 2:55 pm to
One of many...I have sent to the afterlife.
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