Best air rifle for squirrels?

Gamo

Did she SPECIFICALLY say pellet gun? I gotta know because this might be an opportunity to get a suppressed .22LR.

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Did she SPECIFICALLY say pellet gun? I gotta know because this might be an opportunity to get a suppressed .22LR.

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Doubt his wife is willing to wait a year for a stamp to come back

Curious what Gamo you purchased.

I purchased the break barrel, Gamo Swarm xxx for my father as a Chrismas present. He likes it, but it is a little loud.

I personally own 2 different Benjamin air rifles.

Benjamin Marauder Pistol in .22, that I converted into a rifle for more stability. It is a PCP air gun. I added a suppressor and you can shoot this gun anywhere. It is incredibly quiet. This is a 8 magazine bolt action - shoots around 850fps.

Benjamin Trail Nitro Piston.
This is a break barrel in .22 caliber. A very quiet gun in comparison to most off the shelf air rifles, but in comparison to my Marauder, it sounds like a shotgun. This gun is very accurate and fire at almost 1200fps. Pellets easily shoot through squirrels at this power, so be careful with your shot background.

Recently had squirrels get into my attic and had to declare war. I have taken out 31 squirrels in my backyard in recent months. Happy hunting.

midway usa has a huge sale on pellet rifles.

I see you've already bought a Gamo, but for cheap, I got a Benjamin Pump .177 caliber many years ago when we had a bad pigeon problem and I must have killed a couple hundred of them over the years. They would raid the dog's food dish daily, take the dry food out and drop it in his water dish to soften it to make it easier to eat.

It's also killed squirrels and the occasional possum that likes my compost pile and fig tree.

I don't think I spent $50 for the damn thing back then, and it will do the job.

Spring air rifles are notoriously hard on scopes. You might just have a scope that can't handle the recoil.

I have the Gamo Varmint .177 rifle. Knocks squirrels dead. Get a heavy pellet to keep the pellet below the speed of sound to prevent that loud crack. I also shoot inside through an open window to contain the sound.

I use an electric fence transformer and special wiring up the bird feeder poll. There have been ZERO squirrels or raccoons in m y bird feeder for about 30 years.

I use a Gamo silver shadow pellet gun to wack then on the ground at up to 40 yards.

I have the Texas SS .45 suppressed, and it’s accurate as all get out, and quiet, but not for squirrels. Deer and hogs, all day....