Am I being an optimist?

[KonoctisWigwam]

Do you think I being too optimistic? In the Sheridan box you can see there are 2 x 3/8" Dovetail bases for the Sheridan. I got this tin of polymag hunting pellets, I'm thinking I might be able to get a head shot to a tom where I'm renting. I will test these at the range to see what type of range I get and/or how accurate they are. This blue streak was mine as a kid. I had a daisy lever action, but it's long gone...I got a pigeon with one of these pumped about 10 times. These pellets are small, only 13 grains. I think it's gonna need to be a head shot to take down a turkey.

 

[Havasu]

I've never seen a directional pellet. Then again, I haven't shot my pellet gun in decades. In fact, I have no idea where the darn thing is at!

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

I've never seen a directional pellet. Then again, I haven't shot my pellet gun in decades. In fact, I have no idea where the darn thing is at!

I have never shot one. It's also very hard to get information on hunting Turkeys with a pellet gun. Pellet guns are allowed to use lead pellets, and that's what I used in the past. I have a couple boxes of 500 pellets.

An air rifle with CO2 would be useful, IMO, as the Sheridan can only load one pellet at a time, then you have to pump the cylinder.

I have only one experience with the Sheridan. I was pretty young, somewhere between 5-10 years old. It started out as a "Betcha can't...", me and the local gunsmith's son had in the alley of our stores. There was a pigeon on the top of this brick building...it was about 20-30 yards, where the pigeon was. David missed, and I followed up with a miss. We would take turns with 1 pellet. My 2nd pellet had some feather explosion, but it gets better...David made me promise I wouldn't tell his dad, cause he was only supposed to be shooting a target on the wall of our liquor store, pigeons were not on the menu. We put the rifle away and I went back to the liquor store...the liquor store had living quarters over the top of it, that used to be common in those days...and one of the kids from upstairs brought the pigeon in with the bone sticking out the side, if anyone lost a pigeon...yes, he was being a smart @$$, but it emphasizes the lesson of not leaving wounded game in the field.

+1 for lessons...+2 for game taken by me as a kid...rabbits in the Victorville desert, and a pigeon in Lynwood.

Interesting looking pellets. They sure pump them up on the tin...I watched a Polymag video on YT, they showed a huge cavity on clay...devastating...but it was 25 cal, and that one is 26 grains. Mine is only 13 grains. The exit wound was bigger than a turkey head. One would need to be accurate enough to get the point inside the meat of the head, if that poly tip can grab some skin, it's game over on that turkey.

Appears I would need an upland game bird tag, and it would need to be in season, but best I can tell it would be legal. I think these pellets are lead under the poly.

My Step-Dad used to use this for shooting ground hogs in his backyard in Westlake, CA. He's long passed...

I don't think it will be easy, and will require getting the rifle dialed in.

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

I was just thinking that, 1/4 mile down the road from my property is the Black Forrest. The Black Forrest is BLM land, all the way up to the Volcano (Mount Konocti). There is a ton of turkey in this area, so that's gotta be a good place to shoot. As long as I don't shoot across the road, I could even use a real firearm, but there are also a lot of deer in here. Nice healthy looking ones.

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

I've never seen a directional pellet. Then again, I haven't shot my pellet gun in decades. In fact, I have no idea where the darn thing is at!

The only issue I see if the FPS on the Sheridan is pretty low. Seems about 600-675 with 8 pumps. It's pretty hard to pump more than 8 times, but I don't have the blue streak here at the moment, it's at the shop. I would say that pumping these rifles is worse than loading a muzzleloader. Obviously that's low velocity, but it should rip a turkey head apart if hit. (dreaming at the computer)

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=191391.0

From the above link:

Wow, awesome Gary, you are putting out some good info. Here are the average numbers for a '57 Blue Streak I resealed (13 grain polymags):
5 pumps- 551
6 pumps- 603
7 pumps- 616
8 pumps- 629


And a 57 Silver Streak untouched internally (14 grain jsbs):

5 pumps- 436
6 pumps- 485
7 pumps- 508
8 pumps- 574

 

[xchecker]

Bought this 5 or 6yrs ago. .177 PCP Umarex Gauntlet w/10round cylinderical magazine. 900fps w/18gr pellet. Supposed to be accurate to 100yrds. Never had it out to range. But it keyholes at 15yrds with 3" penetration into phone books.

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

Bought this 5 or 6yrs ago. .177 PCP Umarex Gauntlet w/10round cylinderical magazine. 900fps w/18gr pellet. Supposed to be accurate to 100yrds. Never had it out to range. But it keyholes at 15yrds with 3" penetration into phone books.
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That's sweet! 900 fps with an 18 grain will do it for sure. Do you have a scope for that? My blue streak is classic...but 30% less powerful.

 

[xchecker]

I had a Big Cat break-barrel springer that I just couldn't get repeatable shots with, so I got the PCP. The Big Cat had a 3x9 on it that I transfered to the Gauntlet. So, yes, has a scope. But it's a cheapo

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

I had a Big Cat break-barrel springer that I just couldn't get repeatable shots with, so I got the PCP. The Big Cat had a 3x9 on it that I transfered to the Gauntlet. So, yes, has a scope. But it's a cheapo

That's big enough as you'll most likely only shoot 50-100 yards.