The Adventures of Sniper99 – an Airgun Story

In may of 2005, I went to the Little Rock show and bought a few guns. When I was out of money ( this always happen to me) I saw a gun I have been looking for….. A Farco shot gun!. I went over to look at it and asked if I could pick it up and look at if a little closer. The dealer said yes and for a few moments, I was in heaven . After about 5 mins I put the rifle down ( I didn’t want to wear out my welcome) and saw another Farco on his table. It was a little different than the shot gun. It had the same stock , tube and barrel length but the cal was a lot smaller. I asked the dealer and he said that it was a 25 cal Farco and that it came from the factory this way. I looked at the muzzle and you can see where it started off as a farco shotgun and they put a 25 cal barrel inside. I pulled the bolt handle back and it was set up for a 25 cal. The Dealer said that only a few of them have ever been made. I gave him my card and he gave me his # and that was that.

The rest of the time there, all I thought about was that Farco 25 cal. After getting back home I gave the dealer a call and he told me that he had two of them and that they are both for sale at a good price. We went back and forth for a few mins and then a price was set. ( I only saved $20.00 but to me, that was 4 tins of pellets) I sent the money and the rifles came the next day. ( now that’s called trusting someone) I couldn’t wait to see “ my friend” again . When I open the box and saw both rifles I couldn’t believe it. I went out and filled the 12 oz tank and started to fill the first on up. (Closing my eyes hoping that I don’t hear a leak ) Alright! , no leaks, Then, I filled the other one and it leaked a little. But still very shoot able. I took the first one out side and ran it over the chrony . Shooting the big 34.5 grain pellets, the first 5 shots were 705, 700, 702,697,and 699 fps. That’s around 37 fpe!.

As I was getting ready to test the other one, A pigeon landed on the back wall ( about 30 yards away) I picked up the first one and slowly put it to my shoulder. the pigeon knew something was up but didn’t think fast enough and I put a 25 cal pellet right in it’s chest. It’s chest just caved in and the pigeon didn’t move. He just fell down, right on the wall. When I looked at the bird, the pellet had went all the way through him..

In the near future , I will take this rifle out on a jackrabbit hunt to see what it will do to old jack.

Until then, keep your tank filled and a pellet loaded.