14 June 2025, 01:27
Bobby TomekBlue Streak (or Silver Streak) 5mm I presume? I used to have one of those and loved it. I still remember the ad in a Sears-Roebuck catalog from my teenage years: "6 pumps will penetrate a 1-inch pine board." And it was true!
I saved up my hay-hauling and pelt money and got one -- and definitely got my $$'s worth out of it. At one point, I mail-ordered some Beeman pellets, and they grouped just as well -- or maybe a bit better -- than the yellow-boxed cylindricals. And they shot just a bit flatter, too.
Now you have me reminiscing about the old days and wanting another of those...
Good luck on those garden varmints!
14 June 2025, 03:05
dustofferBobby--It's a Blue Streak 5mm that I bought about 30+ years ago in the PX. It wears a Browning 4x rimfire scope that looks like one of the vintage Redfields. I bought the scope when I was in college in the '60s.
3 pumps pops 'em down.
14 June 2025, 04:38
HipshootHad one in the 50's. Liked it a lot except for the tang safety that you had to had to hold down to shoot it.
I think they changed that in later years.
Hip
14 June 2025, 21:50
dustofferThis morning's guilty one -- -and another dead that fell across the fence. hipshoot--my Sheridan has a sliding tang safety--later model.
01 July 2025, 00:26
dustofferAnd, another pair bites the dust!
01 July 2025, 02:02
Live OakGood that you can take them out. My house, it the pecans. Killed many a one with a 177 break barrel! Brother-in-law had to build a chicken wire house over his, HOA!!!