Monday, February 28, 2011

Another airgun death.

Now in Fairmont N.C. another boy lost his life to an airgun. Almost everyone that does not use an airgun believes that they are just toys and are harmeless. This time it was a daisy pumpmaster 35. A $28 bb gun at Pyramid Air.

The two boys were playing in the yard when 7-year-old Alejandro Mejia was accidentally shot in the chest. Airgun education is a must. Dont trust kids to know how to be careful.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

People, Please understand your safety

There is a new podcast on the horizon

Be on the lookout for Airgunbobs new Podcast, coming to a device near you! It will be your podcast with your interaction. So let me know how you would like it catered to you.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Shooting Snakes

I am not in to shooting animals, to each his own. When I was young,I did like to shoot snakes. I had a Crosman 2100 B air rifle, but my version is the older 766. This is my second air rifle, and it was my best friend next to my dog.

I loved to shoot that gun. I was 13 years old. Every day I would walk through the small three and a half acre place my dad bought. It had thick trees, open areas, and a creek. The creek fed off of a large private lake and always had fish, sometimes very big fish. And it also had plenty of snakes. My friends and I would sit up on the bank ten feet or so above the water and wait form them to come swimming out.

One day a snake came out and swam across the wide portion of the water, when he was in the middle, we opened fire! With BB's splashing all around him, he dove under the water. When he resurfaced he swam franticly trying to get to safety. We sent a swarm of BB's again to which he also dove again. Every time he came up, we would follow with the assault.

Now I must say that BB's are not the most accurate projectile at that distance of close to thirty yards especially with a scared moving target. I don't think we ever hit him. But we did almost drown him. He went under as soon as he would surface. Finally out of desperation he launched himself almost straight out of the water a good three or four feet, came down with a splash and made waves out of sight!

That was the coolest thing I have ever seen a snake do.