Thread: BACK YARD RABBITS

Been looking at getting a quieta rabbit killer,brought this hardly used Cometa Fusion air rifle on TM.Its got some knock down power,but my best grouping at 25 yrds is about 2.5 inchs.Any info on better ammo would be appreciated.
Any how, went out the back of my house this morning at 1st light,Just tipped over this rabbit at 45 paces,bang flop.And shot another out back a couple of days ago.
Just what i need for our rabbit invasion,just need more accurate ammo.

Is that a muzzle brake on an air gun?...*shakes head*

Yes,no recoil,still a quiet rifle to shoot.Rifle bigger than my 308.After firing about 10 shots,you feel like you been to the gym even with my bit of horse power.She is a bit of a misssion to break barrel and load,bloody strong spring.Nice rifle to shoot tho.With scope on top,got it at about 1/2 price on new.

I'd trade that Cometa in for either a Weirauch HW97KT or SIG ASP20 if I were you.

The Cometa will never group well, even with the best pellet for your particular barrel. The two springers I recommend produce sub-1" groups of 8 pellets at 50yds. Both will kill cleanly at 75yds and the SIG has the grunt and accuracy to kill at 100yds!!! Not bad for a springer eh?!

As above it will likely never shoot really accurately.
Best you can do is try lots of different pellets in it.
High power springers can be difficult to shoot accurately also, they generally dont like a free recoil style and require a firm forend hold to deal with the vibration.

I thought those Cometa air rifles were meant to be pretty good?

No recoil and intent to shoot only about 30 to 40yds at most.It shoots about a 2.5 inch group=rabbit sholder is all i need at the moment.Good enough for close rabbits but il will improve it.

Its shoots thru about 220 pages of huntn magazine,so got some power,maybe 25-27lbs of energy,i could be wrong.Pellets that came with it are light weight.
Thanks Berg il try that.
Bit of practice gets me this.

Just compared cometa s power to my winchester ammo,sub sonic 22 norico near the muzzel,stopped at 216 pages of the same magazines at the cometa at 220 pages.Interesting.

Originally Posted by DavidGunn

Is that a muzzle brake on an air gun?...*shakes head*

* Air stripper

You guys talking down about the Cometa don't have a clue, these are one of the best value for money airguns on the market - yes the $1200 Air Arms or Weihrauch will out shoot them but only just, and the Cometa is half the price.

I have owned a few of them over the years and killed hundreds of rabbits, possums and ever turkeys with them. Like all springers they are hold sensitive so google the artillery hold, and get some decent pellets to try - JSB Exacts are always top of my list to try, preferably the middle to heavier weight ones. Power on these is normally 15-19fpe so plenty for pesting.

Have fun and remember to put plenty of pellets through it, they don't wear in until you are about 800 shots deep.

Originally Posted by Mintie

You guys talking down about the Cometa don't have a clue, these are one of the best value for money airguns on the market - yes the $1200 Air Arms or Weihrauch will out shoot them but only just, and the Cometa is half the price.

I have owned a few of them over the years and killed hundreds of rabbits, possums and ever turkeys with them. Like all springers they are hold sensitive so google the artillery hold, and get some decent pellets to try - JSB Exacts are always top of my list to try, preferably the middle to heavier weight ones. Power on these is normally 15-19fpe so plenty for pesting.

Have fun and remember to put plenty of pellets through it, they don't wear in until you are about 800 shots deep.

I too have had several Cometas in my time Mintie and despite finding the best pellet for each barrel, despite using the Artillery Hold (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV7zqBcW83Y), despite using good Trigger and Follow Through techniques, none of my Cometas produced better groups than 2.5" at 50yds. They are, in my opinion, a very average rifle.... a keen newbies' startup air rifle! They certainly got me interested in Air Rifle Shooting again - after 50 years of rimfire, centrefire and shotgun shooting - but then I traded them in when I discovered Air Arms, Weihrauch, SIG, Walther, etc...

My advice stands: Trade it in... and ensure you apply the four basic rules of good air rifle shooting:

1. Determine the best pellet for your barrel
2. Use the Artillery Hold for Springers
3. Apply good trigger technique
4. Always Follow Through each shot with your air rifle

And by the way, the SIG is great for hunting because you don't have to worry about Spring Strain - you can carry it cocked all day as it's a Gas-Ram springer (at 19FPE), not a coiled spring springer!

Originally Posted by Myson

I too have had several Cometas in my time Mintie

Which ones did you have? Only the Fenix and Fusion were any good, the 100,200,300 were all pretty average.

I have heard good things about the Sig but not had a go myself yet, I'm more of a PCP man myself so tend not to spend money on break barrels anymore.

My wife got sick of the rabbits around our house,rifle only a boundry keeper for $400,doesnt need to be a $1200 show poney.It works and shoots rabbits.If the rabbits get bigger il get the 308 or the 300wm to sort them out.

Originally Posted by Mintie

Which ones did you have? Only the Fenix and Fusion were any good, the 100,200,300 were all pretty average.

I have heard good things about the Sig but not had a go myself yet, I'm more of a PCP man myself so tend not to spend money on break barrels anymore.

1 Fenix, 2 Fusions Mintie.

Yeah - the SIG is superb for NZD$849! The trigger isn't as smooth as the Weihrauchs or Air Arms but it's very good. Once I started using the Air Arms Heavy .177 pellets (10.3gr) - 4.52 headsize - the MV reduced from 1020fps to a perfect 910fps and the groups shrank to lovely 20mm - 23mm at 50yds!

For a magnum springer that's astounding in my opinion.

Of course, the PCP's are better for hunting (I use two: AA S510 and AA S410) but there's still something very special about hunting with high-quality springers! Such a precise and challenging sport!

I used to shoot 1,000yds at Bisley many moons ago but long range shooting with PCP's and/or Springers over 200yds nowadays is even more challenging I reckon!!! The wind effects are more pronounced with pellets, making such shooting the hardest to get right!

Or am I just getting older?!!!!!!
Ha!