The mailbox/newspaper box therefore hangs suspended from a cable at the end of the driveway.Īttached to the motor is a two-inch steel plate. From the pulley, a thin nylon cable stretches back to another pulley outside a window on the house. A small pulley is attached to the post and driven by the motor. A small electric motor is attached to a pole at the end of the driveway.
Too lazy to walk the distance to get the papers or the mail, he rigged up a motorized mail/newspaper box. A guy in California has a very steep driveway over 140 feet long. It took several hits to do the trick with these monsters most of the time, but he found he could trim those killer four-foot spears back to about a foot this way, and no more holes in his gutters. He learned to connect with the icicle midway up the shaft, where the vibration from the impact would cause the icicle to shatter near its root. Since the icicles were always on the roof, every shot was upward and either the gutters or the soffits were always in the shot.
He had learned that a pellet rifle was too powerful and would shoot through the aluminum gutters. One of our Airgun Letter subscribers used a BB gun to rid his roof of icicles in late winter. “That 350 magnum is a whopper! No more holes in the roof! No pigeons, either! My son took over the exterminatin’. Months later I received a call from this wonderful man. My 10/22 made holes in the roof and once in a while called parishioners to worship when I missed the pigeon and hit the bells.” It scared them and they unloaded even more on the bells. There is so much crap on the bells that they have changed their tone. They leave during the ringing and then return with a vengeance. Over time, pigeons have moved in and started roosting in the bell tower. “I do not expose myself in public.” He continued laughing, “I have a church in a small parish. “What did you think I said?” continued the voice with a detectable light smirk. “What is it that you are shooting at?” I continued. I detected a very strong southern accent. “Son,” the conversation started, “can your rifles shoot 48 feet upwards?” However, just because I said neckedness doesn’t mean you have to take your clothes off. Then, the red-neckedness of your actions becomes both clear and obvious. Imagine your story being reported on the NBC Nightly News. You see, when you’re a redneck, you don’t know it. I’m at 1600 and counting.'”Īt this point, I have to butt in to comment that killing squirrels in the attic and rats anywhere does not seem like a redneck venture to me. I collect the tails of most of the rats I kill. After an hour of practice, I could hit everything I shot at. ‘Damn rats! Thousands of rats! At times the yard would swarm with them! I never liked guns! I never owned a gun but after my dog was attacked and bitten, I needed to do something. He was so happy with the rifle he said he needed to share it with me. As it turns out, he owns a huge 45-acre junkyard in one of the western states. A few months later, I received a phone call from the gentleman who purchased the rifle. They buried (or ate) a bunch of squirrels and are now living happily ever after.Īnother story from Josh. After removing ricocheting bird shot from his scalp and forehead and replacing a bunch of insulation and shingles, they purchased the Crosman and got serious. However, his shotgun solution proved to be overkill in the confined space of the attic. Before the Crosman arrived, her husband had taken it upon himself to “correct” the problem. Their nest was in an area impossible to reach, which anyone who has ever owned an attic should be familiar with.
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She complained that squirrels chewed through a TV cable on the outside of their house, then set up housekeeping in their attic. A lady in Iowa camped out several nights in her attic with a new Crosman 1077AS Combo. Centering the hole is the most difficult part. to punch clean new holes in leather belts. Actually all it takes is a rifle that delivers at least 800 f.p.s. 177-caliber AirForce Condor, in which case use two two by fours, one on top of the other, to stop the pellet. Lay the belt on a two by four, unless you use a. 177 rifle and shoot a wadcutter pellet if you can. I am at the forefront of the redneck parade, having discovered the use of a pellet rifle to punch new holes in a leather belt when you are on a diet. I thought that today I would pass along Josh’s stories, and add a few of my own. Some of them won’t sound that strange to many of you, which is a strong indication that Jeff Foxworthy might label you as rednecks. Last Friday’s report about the short-barreled Crosman 760 hit home with Josh Ungier, who called me with several strange uses for airguns he has heard from his customers over the years.
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