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4/14/2016 9:15:21 PM EDT
Are there any airsoft guns that will kill pigeons? Would a paintball gun be an effective killer of pigeons? That'd be a pretty hard blow to a fragile bird.

Pellet gun may be out of the question due to rule four.
4/14/2016 9:25:39 PM EDT
[#1]
A paintball can take a pigeons head off... I've heard.
4/14/2016 9:26:37 PM EDT
[#2]
a pellet rifle is a lot more accurate than a paintball marker
4/14/2016 9:27:24 PM EDT
[#3]
Any airsoft will kill a pigeon if you shoot him enough times.
4/14/2016 9:36:00 PM EDT
[#4]
Off the shelf cheap one... probably not.

Custom/ higher end AS gun... yes.


Pretty much 450+ FPS will do it with a 6mm .25g
4/14/2016 9:41:06 PM EDT
[#5]
Just buy a Daisy Powerline 880 and be done with it.

Most semi-auto airsoft guns won't have the FPS to make a single kill shot.
4/14/2016 10:06:46 PM EDT
[#6]
First shot drops it. That should provide a satisfactory background for the anchor shot.
4/14/2016 11:29:54 PM EDT
[#7]
Airsoft wont do the job.
We were shooting pigeons off the cooling towers at work with my crosman 1377 with a stock and scope.
If you didn't get a head shot. sometimes they would get up and fly away and die somewhere else.
I've shot pigeons with paintballs.  Sometimes they would die sometimes they wouldn't. Very unreliable.
Pigeons aren't as fragile as other birds.
I have a 1322 with a 12 inch barrel. that works much better.
4/14/2016 11:32:45 PM EDT
[#8]
I'd go with a pellet or BB gun. Airsoft isnt strong enough. I've shot birds with airsoft guns and you just hear a little thud, and the bird flies away. Shot a pigeon with a red ryder in the neck, dropped it like a sack of potatoes.
4/14/2016 11:34:38 PM EDT
[#9]
Airsoft won't kill but it's hella fun getting squirrels off the feeder
4/14/2016 11:58:33 PM EDT
[#10]
A good rifle + close range = dead bird
4/15/2016 12:04:35 AM EDT
[#11]
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This. Especially at the price, the pellet gun would be the best choice.
4/15/2016 12:11:13 AM EDT
[#12]
Not enough energy or accuracy in an off-the-shelf airsoft gun to kill a pigeon.