Pellet gun - ground squirrels

[406flyfish]

Our property is bombarded with ground squirrels. I’ve been using a suppressed .22, but I don’t feel comfortable using it with how many kids and dogs are in the neighborhood.


Can anyone reccomend a decent pellet gun with a range under a 100 yards?



My neighbor is selling some used guns..

Benjamin Marauder, Synthetic​

Benjamin Marauder Semi-Automatic​

Air Arms TX200 Ultimate Springer Hunter Carbine, Walnut​

Anything worth while ?

 

[5MilesBack]

It doesn't matter whether you're using a .22 or a pellet rifle, you still need a good backstop behind your target if you have close neighbors. There are lots of shots I just can't take because there's no good backstop where the critters happen to be, whether it's with my .22 or pellet rifle.

 

[ChrisA]

It doesn't matter whether you're using a .22 or a pellet rifle, you still need a good backstop behind your target if you have close neighbors. There are lots of shots I just can't take because there's no good backstop where the critters happen to be, whether it's with my .22 or

I had a pass through on a sparrow with my Maurader 22, the 15.89 gr Diabolo veered off and easily put a hole in my pole barn roof.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Growing up, I put the smack down on squirrels and damn near everything else with an RWS. That was a very well made gun.

As much fun as killing them is, Live traps and even rat traps will go a long ways at killing squirrels.

Also if I'm wanting accuracy, and something that isnt going to ricochet off of everything, I'm grabbing a HMR