I have nowhere to shoot my pellet rifle

[Caeculus]

I used to pull off the side of a road in the state forest 40 minutes from here and walk in a bit and shoot at cardboard target. I always cleaned up after myself and never shot toward any trails or anything. Well the wildlife officer told me I can't shoot now it unless it is hunting season and I have a tag to hunt but the only thing you can hunt with it is squirrel on 3 days a year. And if he sees me again he said I will get charged with a crime and arrested. He took all my info and made notes or something on his computer.

If I shoot it in my back yard my neighbors will call the cops.

Fuk living in this urban **** hole. I need to get some land asap.


edit: I need to sight in this scope I got for it. And the range here is appointment only and I called and asked if I could use it there and he laughed and said no sorry

[JuicedMayhem]

Know that feel. Looking to move to a place where I can’t even see my neighbor for the same reason.

[jamalfudge]

No state ranges near by?

[Sarevoke75]

you have a perfectly good target on your face

[hendrixfreak70]

You don't need to shoot it because you will shoot your eye out.

[OptimusTrajan]

Setup a range indoors. Lead pellets won’t bounce off a metal plate. Just have some ventilation in your basement.

[MiscMathematician]

i shot my daisy pump-action indoors. went through 3 layers of cardboard and the drywall. a ricochet dented a teflon pot that ricocheted and hit me a cm from my eye

never again

[Caeculus]

Setup a range indoors. Lead pellets won’t bounce off a metal plate. Just have some ventilation in your basement.

I dont have a basement. I could do it in my garage but it would only be like 20 feet range but I am worried about ricochet, its really loud and in .22 caliber.

i shot my daisy pump-action indoors. went through 3 layers of cardboard and the drywall. a ricochet dented a teflon pot that ricocheted and hit me a cm from my eye

never again

Yeah thats what I am worried about. Mine is a beeman .22 break barrel

[criminal_manne]

Get a real gun and if the officer bothers you again you know what to do

[Leonydus]

well if your black you can get 160 acres for free
https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/p...ultural-policy

[GrandpaFeathers]

You don't need to shoot it because you will shoot your eye out.

i shot my daisy pump-action indoors. went through 3 layers of cardboard and the drywall. a ricochet dented a teflon pot that ricocheted and hit me a cm from my eye

never again

These OP. You will shoot your eye out and die. Throw that gun away ASAP.



I shot a bird in my neighbors yard when I was like 9 and they called the cops. Cops told me since it was an air rifle, I wasn’t in trouble however it was a protected species and they let me off the hook with that part.

[Caeculus]

Get a real gun and if the officer bothers you again you know what to do

I have a "real gun". I just like my pellet rifle for practicing fundamentals and I will use it for hunting squirrels, ground feeding doves etc when the great depression comes

[NicaM]

If you know anyone with land, you could always ask if you could sight it in on their property. A lot of folks will say yes if you ask nicely.

[Teague242]

In Pennsylvania you can’t shoot targets on game lands.

The guy sounds like a dick though. An air rifle and isn’t going to bother anything or do damage.

I have a few of them as well... they are considered “toys” by people who are into regular guns but even .22s cost more to shoot.

[Caeculus]

In Pennsylvania you can’t shoot targets on game lands.

The guy sounds like a dick though. An air rifle and isn’t going to bother anything or do damage.

I have a few of them as well... they are considered “toys” by people who are into regular guns but even .22s cost more to shoot.

Yeah the guy had nothing to do and I cant blame him for thinking I had a real rifle. It looks like a .22

I have a .17 barrel I can swap with and I have more .17 rounds stocked but I found that it is less accurate because of the shock of going through the sound barrier. I think that is the reason. Or maybe I didnt put it on right or cant adjust the sights right to compensate for the less weight. But it .177 barrel is way louder for some reason.

The pellets used to cost $6 for 500 .22 pellets. But now they want $10 for 500 of the cheapest and like $20 for 250 of the good ones

I dont care what people say but it does get annoying when people laugh and say get a real rifle. I have real rifles. Everything has its purpose. I am not gonna hunt squirrels with a 5.56 round.

[Teague242]

Yeah the guy had nothing to do and I cant blame him for thinking I had a real rifle. It looks like a .22

I have a .17 barrel I can swap with and I have more .17 rounds stocked but I found that it is less accurate because of the shock of going through the sound barrier. I think that is the reason. Or maybe I didnt put it on right or cant adjust the sights right to compensate for the less weight. But it .177 barrel is way louder for some reason.

The pellets used to cost $6 for 500 .22 pellets. But now they want $10 for 500 of the cheapest and like $20 for 250 of the good ones

I dont care what people say but it does get annoying when people laugh and say get a real rifle. I have real rifles. Everything has its purpose. I am not gonna hunt squirrels with a 5.56 round.

If it breaks the sound barrier get heavier pellets. Pretty easy problem to fix.

If it is breaking the sound barrier you’ll hear a loud crack... it’s 100% un mistakable.

[Hutrapper]

A real rifle.


Brah, legal or not I shot my first duck, rabbit, grouse, squirrel, woodcock, raccoon, and a pile of other stuff with my .22 cal pellet gun.

Good luck finding a place to shoot it

[multiplemiggs]

If there's any farms around you might ask a farmer if he'd let you shoot rats.
They're fun little fukkers to shoot.

[Hutrapper]

If there's any farms around you might ask a farmer if he'd let you shoot rats.
They're fun little fukkers to shoot.

Chicken coop and a flashlight an make for a fun evening. Always rats around big coops.. Some have pigeon issues too and would be happy to have someone do it.

[LateShow]

What commie state only allows squirrel hunting?

Throw an oil filter on for suppression and just shoot in your back yard

[cadetduke]

I used to pull off the side of a road in the state forest 40 minutes from here and walk in a bit and shoot at cardboard target. I always cleaned up after myself and never shot toward any trails or anything. Well the wildlife officer told me I can't shoot now it unless it is hunting season and I have a tag to hunt but the only thing you can hunt with it is squirrel on 3 days a year. And if he sees me again he said I will get charged with a crime and arrested. He took all my info and made notes or something on his computer.

If I shoot it in my back yard my neighbors will call the cops.

Fuk living in this urban **** hole. I need to get some land asap.


edit: I need to sight in this scope I got for it. And the range here is appointment only and I called and asked if I could use it there and he laughed and said no sorry

I used shoot my marlin model 60 with subsonic .22 in my backyard all the time and I live in st louis county.

[Exiled93]

Know this feel. Never realized how much I took for granted rural living before moving to a bigger city.

[Irezumi]

Lol. I actually got one these the other day. Fun as fuk. Been shooting cans with the fun switch on in my back yard.

[monster0ultra]

He took away your target? He just became the target.

I'm joking FBI. Sad that I have to specify this. OP made a thread and the cops showed up at his door, SRS.

[ByAssociation]

You need to find some woods that people don't know about ...

[Caeculus]

What commie state only allows squirrel hunting?

Throw an oil filter on for suppression and just shoot in your back yard

You can only use a pellet rifle to hunt squirrel on state land and they only give out like 20 people permits to do it and the season is for like 3 days in a year.

You can also try to get a ticket to do it on "managment area" land thats owned by a water company but its the same thing. Only like 15 people during very small season like 3 days in a year.

I hope soon I can afford 2+ acres in a forest somewhere but I don't have a lot of money and everywhere seems to have so many rules. Have to have a full concrete slab foundation for example in almost all of missouri and a lot of the land for sale is in a subdivision that has their own stupid bylaws. Was thinking about maybe Maine but I don't have a 4wd truck just a 2 wheel drive and I know it gets muddy there.

[MetroBrah]

I'm in a similar dilemma currently. Bought a Ruger 22. Went to indoor range, but it is too loud. Not far away enough from houses that I can shoot it in my backyard. Pretty sure we would technically be classified as being "in the city". Don't know anyone that has a ton of land that they would let me shoot on that live close by. It has been collecting dust in the corner of my room since I bought it. Only shot it once at the indoor range where I suffered hearing loss for a week

[Hutrapper]

I'm in a similar dilemma currently. Bought a Ruger 22. Went to indoor range, but it is too loud. Not far away enough from houses that I can shoot it in my backyard. Pretty sure we would technically be classified as being "in the city". Don't know anyone that has a ton of land that they would let me shoot on that live close by. It has been collecting dust in the corner of my room since I bought it. Only shot it once at the indoor range where I suffered hearing loss for a week

What do you mean, too loud? Like, other people shooting? Even a .22 you should have hearing protection, and at a range preferably plugged and muffed.

[MiscMathematician]

Lol. I actually got one these the other day. Fun as fuk. Been shooting cans with the fun switch on in my back yard.

i was really into it before i found out it only holds 25 BBs. what are they thinking? hundreds could probably fit in a similarly sized mag

[skier!]

i shot my daisy pump-action indoors. went through 3 layers of cardboard and the drywall. a ricochet dented a teflon pot that ricocheted and hit me a cm from my eye

never again

maybe hang a blanket from the ceiling? Rather than firing into something that is going to push the force right back at you Einstein.