{"id":1385,"date":"2009-03-14T15:33:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T20:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/03\/14\/beeman-r1-carbine-varmint-deterrent\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T07:27:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T12:27:37","slug":"beeman-r1-carbine-varmint-deterrent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/03\/14\/beeman-r1-carbine-varmint-deterrent\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeman R1 Carbine Varmint Deterrent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have not done much lately in the way of varmint patrolling, however I did take one misbegotten shot at a raider taking advantage of my generosity in one of the feeders.  Black oil sunflower seed attracts all short of adventuresome types, so varmints are a foregone conclusion, however it does not mean that one must put up with the side effects of trying to attract song birds.  The raider had a bad day, and while he ended up being a runner, it was not really the fault of the R1 .20 Carbine.  As I said, the shot was really ill-conceived, and I forgot to hold over one mildot to account for the short distance.  Still, there is a certain satisfaction knowing that a raider shall not return again to steal some seed.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend was some beautiful weather; sunny, upper 70s.  The perfect weather was the stuff of spring legend, which was really a nice change from the dreary snow from the previous week.  I used the break in the weather for an opportunity to give my R1s a go.  I took some target practice from ~37 yards (sitting; using my knee as a rest), and while the shots are not all that remarkable, there is plenty of potential if I ever decided to get serious or use a bench rest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/03082009\/r1_22_03082009.jpg\" alt=\"Beeman R1 .22\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>Beeman R1 .22<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>From bottom left, clockwise:  RWS Super Dome, Napier Power Hunter, RWS Superpoint Extra, RWS Meisterkugeln.  The scan is not that great, but the RWS Superpoint Extra pellets won the day, hitting 7 shots in a quarter area.  The Napier Power Hunter pellets also did pretty well.  Considering that the cheat Center Point scope is usually sighted for ~17-20 yards, I thought I did decent.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/03082009\/r1_carbine_03082009.jpg\" alt=\"Beeman R1 Carbine .20\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><br \/>\n<center><em>Beeman R1 Carbine .20<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>From bottom left, clockwise:  Beeman H&N Match, Beeman Kodiak Double Gold, Benjamin Cylindrical, Beeman FTS Double Gold.  Results were fairly mixed, but it was my last shooting session, and I just switched from contacts to glasses.  By a wide margin I prefer contacts when shooting.  The Kodiak Double Gold pellets have potential if I tuned my Carbine to their pleasure, but the FTS Double Gold had a couple of really nice groups, and I suspect that the Benjamin Cylindrical pellets have a ton of potential.<\/p>\n<p>If I could figure out how to pull it off, I would love to try a R1 Carbine .22 Ram.  Now that would be an interesting gun!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have not done much lately in the way of varmint patrolling, however I did take one misbegotten shot at a raider taking advantage of my generosity in one of the feeders. 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