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Posted: 6/21/2017 6:33:39 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/21/2017 6:34:43 PM EDT

[#1]

Early drinking day for OP???

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:34:57 PM EDT

[#2]

no halbla

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:35:35 PM EDT

[#3]

BB's?

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:35:58 PM EDT

[#4]

quicksilver, probably went through a million of them back in the day.

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:36:31 PM EDT

[#5]

Always used copperheads growing up.

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:37:46 PM EDT

[#6]

Quicksilver here.

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:38:47 PM EDT

[#7]

I have shot way more Copperheads, but prefer the Quicksilver.

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:39:39 PM EDT

[#8]

CH's

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:49:17 PM EDT

[#9]

Copperheads, cause i aint never seen me none of them quicksilvers.....

I did use daisies when i was really young, but it was these..... we switched to copperheads when dad bought a co2 pistol for vermin control.....

Posted: 6/21/2017 6:51:26 PM EDT

[#10]

Copperheads.

Posted: 6/21/2017 7:05:49 PM EDT

[#11]

Copperheads are just copper washed steel.

Now you leave copper in your barrel.

Posted: 6/21/2017 7:06:26 PM EDT

[#12]

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Posted: 6/21/2017 7:12:08 PM EDT

[#13]

Copperheads growing up.

My current stash...

Posted: 6/21/2017 7:19:37 PM EDT

[#14]

To this day, I don't understand how it was possible, but any time I was out of BBs I could search my house and find enough to get through the day.

Even though I NEVER spilled any there would always be at least 10 or 20 in the corners or under the bed or on a rug or some where.

I know that doesn't seem like many, but if you were poor, you made BBs last. lol

Every shot had to count when killing birds.

Posted: 6/21/2017 7:26:16 PM EDT

[#15]

Quicksilver

Posted: 6/21/2017 7:29:52 PM EDT

[#16]

CH, no QS to be had

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:11:36 PM EDT

[#17]

I remember using both and it seems like copperheads were better for some reason. With as cheap as BBs and pellets are, I'm surprised more don't look at air rifles as good SHTF guns for small game.

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:15:21 PM EDT

[#18]

Do they still come in those little milk cartons?

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:16:35 PM EDT

[#19]

As a kid, I didn't have much choice in BB's- they were Daisy generics or nuthin'.

As an adult, I prefer the Quicksilver's over Copperheads.

I have a couple .177 rifles and am planning on getting a .357 (minimum) air rifle soon.

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:18:51 PM EDT

[#20]

I used whatever was available, so both though I did prefer copperheads.

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:22:03 PM EDT

[#21]

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To this day, I don't understand how it was possible, but any time I was out of BBs I could search my house and find enough to get through the day.

Even though I NEVER spilled any there would always be at least 10 or 20 in the corners or under the bed or on a rug or some where.

I know that doesn't seem like many, but if you were poor, you made BBs last. lol

Every shot had to count when killing birds.

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Yeah all I had to do is get out the old Rainbow vacuum if I was out of BBs. I shot up phone books, GI Joes, all kinds of stuff in the house. BBs everywhere.

My mom would make me run the vacuum on Saturdays. I also worked on RC cars so the vacuum would get misc. tiny hardware along with the BBs.

I would dump out the Rainbow tank in the toilet, then flush, the metal stuff like screws wouldn't go down.

One time my mom said "When you get a house I'm gonna dump a bunch of screws and nails in your toilet then leave."

I only bought the Quicksilvers if they were out of Copperheads.

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:23:47 PM EDT

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I remember using both and it seems like copperheads were better for some reason. With as cheap as BBs and pellets are, I'm surprised more don't look at air rifles as good SHTF guns for small game.

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Small game? Some of the hardcore air rifles will take deer and small bear.

Posted: 6/21/2017 8:53:17 PM EDT

[#23]

Copperheads for me at first, only went to the non-copper-plated when I realized that the Copperheads didn't feed right in the semiauto CO2 1911 I had. They'd bind up in the magazine.

Posted: 6/21/2017 9:11:59 PM EDT

[#24]

copperheads. Wrekt some squirrels and birds with them.

Posted: 6/21/2017 9:14:15 PM EDT

[#25]

I never really had many copperheads, but I wore out my powerline 880 with quicksilvers.

Posted: 6/21/2017 9:18:13 PM EDT

[#26]

First gun was a Benjamin Pellet gun so I never used BB's.

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:18:00 PM EDT

[#27]

I bought a vintage Daisy 814 on gunbroker to relive my childhood and after two shots it broke. It won't hold air pressure enough to shoot. I'm a disappointed guy tonight.

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Posted: 6/21/2017 11:20:51 PM EDT

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I had one of those ten pumps as a kid and we all called it "'Ol Betsy". Me and my buddies killed hundreds of birds with it.

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:22:48 PM EDT

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This. Never used Quicksilvers.

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:23:54 PM EDT

[#30]

Now I need a BB gun. Recommendations for a pump model for backyard blasting?

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:25:43 PM EDT

[#31]

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Buy an FA

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:27:14 PM EDT

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After the 814 broke I got mad and went to Walmart and picked up a Daisy 880S for $35. It came with a scope and made me not so sad. I spent a few minutes shooting beer cans in the back yard before coming inside to drink beer and post on arfcom.

It is pictured below the 814.

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Posted: 6/21/2017 11:35:35 PM EDT

[#33]

I don't think I ever used anything other than Quicksilver BBs my entire childhood. Hell, at that time (1980s), it was the only type of BB that existed as far as I was concerned because that was all that was kept in stock around here. I wish I had a nickel for every one of those little plastic baggies or cardboard tubes of Quicksilver BBs I sent downrange as a kid.

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:39:41 PM EDT

[#34]

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Copperheads, are we talking artillery or condition monitoring?

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:48:07 PM EDT

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Copperheads, are we talking artillery or condition monitoring?

https://www.amazon.com/Crosman-Copperhead-Copper-Coated-Bottle/dp/B000HKKY7M?tag=vglnk-c102-20

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:53:10 PM EDT

[#36]

I'd be curious to know how many pounds of Copperheads my brother and I shot as kids.

Posted: 6/21/2017 11:58:04 PM EDT

[#37]

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I bought a vintage Daisy 814 on gunbroker to relive my childhood and after two shots it broke. It won't hold air pressure enough to shoot. I'm a disappointed guy tonight.

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Look up what kind of seals it has in it, sometimes they are cheap and relatively easy to replace.

Posted: 6/22/2017 12:09:34 AM EDT

[#38]

Copperheads . Mainly because they were available and cheap.

Posted: 6/22/2017 12:17:23 AM EDT

[#39]

Always got the little cardboard tubes of Daisy BBs.

Posted: 6/22/2017 12:28:36 AM EDT

[#40]

Shot whatever was at hand in a Crossman ten pumper.
I killed all sorts of shit and wore that bb gun out.
My premium ammo was pellets.

Posted: 6/22/2017 10:27:07 AM EDT

[#41]

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After the 814 broke I got mad and went to Walmart and picked up a Daisy 880S for $35. It came with a scope and made me not so sad. I spent a few minutes shooting beer cans in the back yard before coming inside to drink beer and post on arfcom.

It is pictured below the 814.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/298/IMG-1620-236149.JPG

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Now I need a BB gun. Recommendations for a pump model for backyard blasting?

After the 814 broke I got mad and went to Walmart and picked up a Daisy 880S for $35. It came with a scope and made me not so sad. I spent a few minutes shooting beer cans in the back yard before coming inside to drink beer and post on arfcom.

It is pictured below the 814.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/298/IMG-1620-236149.JPG

What are you going to do with the 814?

Posted: 6/22/2017 10:33:14 AM EDT

[#42]

I had a BB gun when I was a kid and never heard of the term "copperheads."

Posted: 6/22/2017 11:03:22 AM EDT

[#43]

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To this day, I don't understand how it was possible, but any time I was out of BBs I could search my house and find enough to get through the day.

Even though I NEVER spilled any there would always be at least 10 or 20 in the corners or under the bed or on a rug or some where.

I know that doesn't seem like many, but if you were poor, you made BBs last. lol

Every shot had to count when killing birds.

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When I ran out, I would break out the vacuum and go to work in my room. Shag carpet holds lots of spilled BBs.

It's best to put a new bag in before starting though. Found that out the first time.

Posted: 6/22/2017 11:38:24 AM EDT

[#44]

Copperheads all the way. Good ol days, go down to the hardware store to buy BBs, guns, ammo, or knives. Back in the day it was the only place to get em besides the gun store.

Posted: 6/22/2017 11:44:05 AM EDT

[#45]

copperheads

Posted: 6/22/2017 11:46:44 AM EDT

[#46]

Copperheads throughout my childhood.

Posted: 6/22/2017 12:01:29 PM EDT

[#47]

flat point Daisy pellets mostly

Posted: 6/22/2017 12:02:08 PM EDT

[#48]

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Early drinking day for OP???

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Posted: 6/22/2017 12:04:23 PM EDT

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To this day, I don't understand how it was possible, but any time I was out of BBs I could search my house and find enough to get through the day.

Even though I NEVER spilled any there would always be at least 10 or 20 in the corners or under the bed or on a rug or some where.

I know that doesn't seem like many, but if you were poor, you made BBs last. lol

Every shot had to count when killing birds.

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I know that feeling. I had a ration of 5 pellets I'd bring to go hunting, and I could tell you exactly how many I had at any given time.