Quiet Pellet Gun

[Sluggo]

I may need to eradicate some sparrows in town where shooting an air rifle would be frowned upon if one were caught. Is there anything out there that is super quiet?

 

[remm]

Red Ryder

 

[Obi-Wan]

Red Ryder

he will shoot his eye out

 

[shorthairsrus]

shoot from inside the house with the window open slightly

 

[LBrandt]

Cut the bottom end out of a plastic soda bottle and drill a bunch of holes in it and duct tape the drinking end on your barrel. Wait for ATF to show up and the sparrows will be the least of your problems. LB

 

[guywhofishes]

I may need to eradicate some sparrows in town where shooting an air rifle would be frowned upon if one were caught. Is there anything out there that is super quiet?

lure them onto the ground in a hidden corner of the yard with sparrow-tempting food and whack them there

OR trap them

 

[riverview]

ha you're never going to put a dent in your sparrow population, my dad killed every grackle he saw at his feeders, and they always came back.

 

[LBrandt]

Remember to dip the trap in a lake before letting the sparrows out or they will beat you home. LB

 

[scrotcaster]

Old guy in my hometown, had a old 22 and would put a big potatoe on the end of the gun somehow with a hole in it as a silencer for in town backyard rodent patrol.. suprizingly would work pretty good.. He also did the pop bottle trick detailed above.. RIP Westly

 

[snow2]

Sparrows? Any cheap bb gun,seems all pellet rifles have a loud thrang (.177 cal) been down this road,even bought a a Crossman quiet .177 for vermon at my place, my .22 long rifle shooting cci quiet loads way better but to much hp for city sparrow
Mpo.

 

[Davey Crockett]

I'm trying to figure out how much damage a sparrow can be doing ? I use a homemade slingshot rifle with red dot and a $ 10 trigger. It's just as accurate as the 760 pump pellet gun but packs a way bigger punch on gophers and chipmunks I imagine a direct hit on a sparrow with a glass marble would knock it back10 feet or better.

 

[Rowdie]

 

[measure-it]

Generally speaking, a multi-pump pellet/BB rifle is much softer noise than a break-action/single pump. I have a few of both, both .177 & .22 cal, and this seems to ring pretty true!

 

[Wall-eyes]

None are I have looked for years they are all so noisy with design. Suprise someone has not come out with one.

 

[Sluggo]

The sparrows are competing with purple martins for access to my gourds. I’ve tried hazing the feisty little suckers but they can’t take a hint. Guy’s suggestions have some merit. Rather than shooting or even trying to trap them up by the gourds, maybe I can lure them somewhere handier.
I don’t own a pellet/BB gun currently so thought one of you experts could recommend a silent one. Perhaps this one:

Gamo Wildcat Whisper .177 Caliber Air Rifle​

 

[Sluggo]

My neighbors are too close to be spraying BBs and such. With my luck, I would hit a window for sure.

 

[Obi-Wan]

 

[Freedom]

The sparrows are competing with purple martins for access to my gourds. I’ve tried hazing the feisty little suckers but they can’t take a hint. Guy’s suggestions have some merit. Rather than shooting or even trying to trap them up by the gourds, maybe I can lure them somewhere handier.
I don’t own a pellet/BB gun currently so thought one of you experts could recommend a silent one. Perhaps this one:

Gamo Wildcat Whisper .177 Caliber Air Rifle​

Stay under 1100 fps, that one is too fast imo

 

[PrairieGhost]

Buy a pump up model. I have a 20 cal Sheridan and a 177 cal Daisy pump up. You can max out with eight pumps, but three is all it needs for birds and with three pumps its much quieter than my Beeman 177 and 22 cal with the monster suppressor on the end.

 

[Davey Crockett]

The sparrows are competing with purple martins for access to my gourds.

That makes sense , do your gourds have a landing strip or just a hole ? I wouldn't mind trying them for the fun of it. We use them for wrens but never tried them for martins.