I bought a .22 cal rws54 2 months ago and have one shot kills on a seagull @ 55 yds ,3 crows (one @ 74 yds), 4 tree rats and 4 starlings.This gun is killer.

wow we dont get many hunting posts in here do we?

Yes, and I wonder why?

I am getting my Diana 52 ready for next years squirrel and rabbit season.

Is the Diana 54 Air King recoiless, as advertised?
Is it very noisy?
Did it scare the "other" birds, critters away after the first shot?

TIA

Don't know about 54 but 52 isn't so noisy..took 3 pigeons sitting together on a shed with three consecutive shots(Around 50 yards). I am not a good shot...i just got lucky i think...

Yah 52 is killer.MIne is runni ng at 20ft/lbs with a Venom Stage 1 kit..and i am loving it...

Inder

Most of the time I shoot from inside a room, just to keep the sound down(The 14.3gr cp's chrono at 825 ft/s).My wife says that you can tell when I shoot, she says it sounds like a loud staple gun.The gun is recoiless,the action slide's back and you don't feel a thing.This thing shoots through a 3/4" board at 75yds.It's too cool.

What kind of wood at 75 yds? Plywood?

I am amazed at the responses here. From reading posts in here I thought this guy would get drawn and quartered then raked over hot coals for posting such a thing. Go figure. I certainly caught a lot of flak for something along these lines that I posted a year or so ago.

I don't know where you're shooting, but the last I heard it's illegal to pot seagulls: has something to do with their capacity as scavangers and keeping the beaches clean.

Well, they like to **** on my truck and I don't like that.

...in the Vancouver/Burnaby area? I thought you all were limited to 12FPE.

In .22 cal my 54 is cranking out about 20FPE.

The law is the law. Are you breaking one or two of them with each gull killed?

Kris in NY

No limits were I live on airgun ft/s, and my property before birds.

What kind of sighting system are you using,at what range did you zero the rifle, and what ammo?

The scope is a bushnell trophy 6-18x40.I shoot the crosman premier pellets sighted in for 50 yds. the drop at 75 yds was about 5".I ran my ballistic program on the pellet to 75 yds it was right on.

They are just flying rat's anyway's, they'd peck someones eye's out if they were'nt alive and eat them...Yummy... Yeew I think that just made myself sick<<<<----RALPH!!!

Is this guy in the US? If so, seagulls are protected. After having one crap on my running shoe while getting into the car, I can say they can be personally annoying, but I still can't go around potting them. Shooting out of a residential window is ok but how close are the other houses? Get caught doing that in my neighborhood and a black and white will be in your driveway directly.

Instead of congratulating him on his "hunting" prowess maybe he ought to be informed that a cop or wildlife officer will keep his awesome machine if he gets caught? What's the additional fine per seagull (and it usually is per bird)? I know the Federal price tag on those lovely Candian geese which have conquored golf courses is $250.

RedFeather

There's a big difference between having crap on your shoes or crap all over a golf course,to having them take the paint off a new truck parked in the driveway.

A cover for a truck might be a lot less expensive than paying the fine.