I need tips for sniping with a pellet gun.?

Question

should you aim above the bird or squirrel

Answer 1

You should zero in your sights so you get a head shot when you aim at the head. Don't try to compensate. Learn to shoot instead.

Answer 2

"Should you aim above the bird or squirrel" - It's called hunting

Depends on the range to the animal, your pellet gun, the scope, where you have the rifle sighted in, etc.

I have killed hundreds of rabbits over the past 30 plus years, with the same rifle, that air rifle has a MV of 850fps and while the vast majority have been killed at ranges less than 30yds there have been a few in the 40-45yd range.

If you sight in a nice, accurate, hard shooting air rifle(.177) at 25yds you will have a reasonable flat shooting rifle out to "around" 40yds. You might have to hold under 1/2in at close range or 1/2in high at 40yds, but you will still be within the 1 1/2 in kill zone on rabbits/squirrel if you hold dead on.

6fpe at impact, is enough to kill small game such as a rabbit or squirrel if you use the proper hunting pellets and make a good shot - A .177 8.2gr pellet at 575fps = 6.02fpe

Comparison
.177
8.2gr at 1,000fps =18.21fpe

.22
14.5gr at 800pfs=20.61fpe

The .22 has very little advantage in hitting power, the .177 has a huge advantage out to "around" 35yds in velocity, penetration, trajectory.

My air guns
Feinwerkbau(FWB) 124D .177
Beeman R-1 .177
Beeman P-1 .177
Webley Hurricane .177

I have been hunting with air rifles for more than 45 years.

Good luck - "Buy the best, you will never be sorry you did"

"Hawaiianstyler" - Good point. Nice guns too.

Answer 3

unfortunately unless your shooting at about 1000 fps you can't really snipe squirrels or birds. under this speed it is also recommended that you don't hunt squirrels because it won't kill them.
and pellet guns aren't necessarily made for sniping.
Also there's a season for squirrels. And unless you're going to use them, don't shoot them.
but birds however, don't have a season. except for doves.
But just for fun I'll give you some tips I've learned. use a rest. practice with your gun and get it dialed in perfectly. You said sniping right? This means you have a scope. or it should. But don't jerk the trigger, and don't flinch. Just a few but they should help.

Answer 4

You need to know the trajectory of your gun/ammo
combination.
Zero the gun at a set range. (Pick the most common
range at which you expect to shoot.)
The take some target shots at different ranges.
(5 rounds or so at each range).
Mark the center of each group, go back to your
firing point, look at the target over the sights, and
see where the pellets hit at that range.
You will then know where to hold on a future
target that far away.

Answer 5

C F 45 just gave you the answer.
But as he said, it all depends on what kind of gun
you have, what kind of scope, distance
the scope is sighted in at, and also, what speed your gun
is shooting. (fps) Also, if you're shooting at an angle, (up or down) this makes a big difference also if you want to hit the target. If I were you, I'd practice shooting with hold over and hold under. Meaning that you should practice aiming over and under the target and try and get consistent groupings.

Answer 6

a pellet gun is not even close to sniper grade. with a pellet gun that goes 1000 fps you can shoot a maximum of maybe 100 yards. with a gun thats shoots 750 fps, which is the kind i am most familiar with, you can only kill small animals out to about 10 yards. and thats what your gun should be sighted for. you can probably hit the animal out to fifty yards if you are really good with wind estimation/compensation. but the bb will drop about two feet and it wont even bruise the animal.

Answer 7

The bird.

Answer 8

If it is a very long distance, you should aim a tiny bit above the target, but generally just put the bead right on the target and pull the trigger.