shooting pigeons in a building any tips

[123hw80 9]

got a call off one of the family his mates owns a motor bike shop an in his yard they is a building where all the street pigeons go an shit so he wants them gone an asked me if i want to do it i said yes so me an the weihrauch hw80 are going down at 6pm i don't fancy eating them so il give em to my mate for his ferrets

 

 

thanks 123hw80

[pianoman 3,587]

Sounds like you are going to be shooting in a populated environment. that is, people going about their lawful business within a 300 metre radius of your shot-fall.

 

An HW80 makes a phenominally hard-thwacking pidgeon killer at close ranges when clearing ferrals from buildings. I've killed God knows how many hundreds with my long-barrel .22 HW80 over many years, shooting within barns and outbuildings. It can be fast-shooting/reloading and very productive sport and I love it!

 

You will be shooting on upward angles mainly so, zero at 10-15 metres with a 20-metre max killing range in mind; and shoot only when you are absolutely certain of a clean, fatal hit on the bird with little chance of over-penetration of your shot. And there, ideally, is a solid brick wall for a backstop behind your target.

 

If you are shooting from within the building, avoid the temptation to shoot at a bird appearing in an open window or open gap-space where you have no clear view of anything of the environment beyond.

 

The last thing you want, is your shot to go zipping into apparently harmless space after a miss...only to hear a distant screaming and yelling from someone in agony a moment later..or worse!

 

Always put people's safety and shot-discipline to keep shots strictly within your boundary limit, above everything else in shooting pests in places like this.

 

Considering what ferrals eat in the course of a day, you'd be wise not to eat them!

 

ATB

 

Simon

Edited March 28, 2012 by pianoman

[porkycrook 466]

Tottaly agree with Simon.

[the night hunter 130]

dont miss!

[123hw80 9]

Sounds like you are going to be shooting in a populated environment. that is, people going about their lawful business within a 300 metre radius of your shot-fall.

 

An HW80 makes a phenominally hard-thwacking pidgeon killer at close ranges when clearing ferrals from buildings. I've killed God knows how many hundreds with my long-barrel .22 HW80 over many years, shooting within barns and outbuildings. It can be fast-shooting/reloading and very productive sport and I love it!

 

You will be shooting on upward angles mainly so, zero at 10-15 metres with a 20-metre max killing range in mind; and shoot only when you are absolutely certain of a clean, fatal hit on the bird with little chance of over-penetration of your shot. And there, ideally, is a solid brick wall for a backstop behind your target.

 

If you are shooting from within the building, avoid the temptation to shoot at a bird appearing in an open window or open gap-space where you have no clear view of anything of the environment beyond.

 

The last thing you want, is your shot to go zipping into apparently harmless space after a miss...only to hear a distant screaming and yelling from someone in agony a moment later..or worse!

 

Always put people's safety and shot-discipline to keep shots strictly within your boundary limit, above everything else in shooting pests in places like this.

 

Considering what ferrals eat in the course of a day, you'd be wise not to eat them!

 

ATB

 

Simon

 

 

thanks for the reply mate

[ftm 3,357]

night hunter -is that your lass by any chance [avatar]? lovely juvely

[nichard 4]

Yes agree with above. I have cleared the ferals from my local permission with my hw97kt and i have had alot over penetration so be careful. Also a sun shade on the scope would be good because i found i could see the pigeons up in the rafters but once i looked through the scope i struggled on sunny days

[davyt63 1,845]

Sounds like you are going to be shooting in a populated environment. that is, people going about their lawful business within a 300 metre radius of your shot-fall.

 

An HW80 makes a phenominally hard-thwacking pidgeon killer at close ranges when clearing ferrals from buildings. I've killed God knows how many hundreds with my long-barrel .22 HW80 over many years, shooting within barns and outbuildings. It can be fast-shooting/reloading and very productive sport and I love it!

 

You will be shooting on upward angles mainly so, zero at 10-15 metres with a 20-metre max killing range in mind; and shoot only when you are absolutely certain of a clean, fatal hit on the bird with little chance of over-penetration of your shot. And there, ideally, is a solid brick wall for a backstop behind your target.

 

If you are shooting from within the building, avoid the temptation to shoot at a bird appearing in an open window or open gap-space where you have no clear view of anything of the environment beyond.

 

The last thing you want, is your shot to go zipping into apparently harmless space after a miss...only to hear a distant screaming and yelling from someone in agony a moment later..or worse!

 

Always put people's safety and shot-discipline to keep shots strictly within your boundary limit, above everything else in shooting pests in places like this.

 

Considering what ferrals eat in the course of a day, you'd be wise not to eat them!

 

ATB

 

Simon

 

 

nice to see you back :thumbs:

[The Duncan 802]

hollow points for close range shooting make a lot of sense, those or wadcutters hit hard and don't tend to over-penetrate as much. The fact that they don't group so well at 30 yards plus is no issue if you're only shooting 10-25 yards.

 

Cheers

 

D.

[PLEDGEY 496]

Have you got any insurance?. There is no way i would be wanting to shoot anything anywhere, let alone near the public, with out adequate insurance. If you might be seen by the general public i would also wear a hi vis vest with PEST CONTROLLER on the back. The last thing you want is some one freaking out when they see a bloke in camo with a gun. Have a good long look and a good think before you even fire a shot. If something was to go wrong, heavens forbid, the law are going to looking to see if you showed 'due diligence'. At the end of the day ALWAYS cover your ass and NEVER under estimate the stupidity of the general public.

[PLEDGEY 496]

Have you got any insurance?. There is no way i would be wanting to shoot anything anywhere, let alone near the public, with out adequate insurance. If you might be seen by the general public i would also wear a hi vis vest with PEST CONTROLLER on the back. The last thing you want is some one freaking out when they see a bloke in camo with a gun. Have a good long look and a good think before you even fire a shot. If something was to go wrong, heavens forbid, the law are going to looking to see if you showed 'due diligence'. At the end of the day ALWAYS cover your ass and NEVER under estimate the stupidity of the general public.

Going back to the insurance. Full BASC membership for £66. That gives you £10,000,000 of product and liability insurance. Plus they have a legal team that's just a phone call away. BASC do loads of other stuff too. I also have a seperate pest controllers policy. You never know if an idiot will try and eat your poison, or a kid think it's a good idea to stick his fingers in a fenn......general public, dumb asses