Greetings from Arrowtown

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   Good morning Pete,
Greeting from a frosty Arrowtown.

The latest FX Impact M4 has been my tool of choice for slinging slugs.
I went with the 700mm "Sniper" version, as this will be used almost entirely for rabbit/possum (pest) control.  Up until recently I have been keeping Hornady and CCI fanatically buoyant with all the 17HMR and 22lr ammunition I have been using, so I thought it was about time to send my dollars of support to a few european lead smelters instead.

How about yourself Pete?  Where abouts do you hail from and what's your pellet-pusher look like?

Warm regards
Dave

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ArrowtownAirGunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Aug 2025 Location: Arrowtown Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArrowtownAirGunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 2025 at 9:39am
	Good morning Pete, Greeting from a frosty Arrowtown. The latest FX Impact M4 has been my tool of choice for slinging slugs. I went with the 700mm "Sniper" version, as this will be used almost entirely for rabbit/possum (pest) control. Up until recently I have been keeping Hornady and CCI fanatically buoyant with all the 17HMR and 22lr ammunition I have been using, so I thought it was about time to send my dollars of support to a few european lead smelters instead. How about yourself Pete? Where abouts do you hail from and what's your pellet-pusher look like? Warm regards Dave
	D. Caesar

ArrowtownAirGunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Aug 2025 Location: Arrowtown Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArrowtownAirGunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 2025 at 11:09am
	Good morning Pete, Thank you for the warm greetings. I could use them this morning as Arrowtown wakes to another frosty start. I have the latest FX Impact M4 for slinging slugs around. Probably a bit too sophisticated a rifle for this airgun newbie to start with but the learning curve has been steep and fast, and I'm truly enjoying the consistent accuracy. How about yourself Pete? Where abouts do you hail from and what does your pellet-pusher look like? Dave
	D. Caesar

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2512	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 2025 at 12:04am
	https://youtube.com/@precisionpellet?si=5BjSVeie20s4dWE6 Pellet pushers for Pete Elly and lovey liz i forget the rest but youll find them here and see the resaults

mercs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 Apr 2020 Location: Stratford Status: Offline Posts: 304	Post Options Post Reply Quote mercs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 2025 at 7:27pm
	Buying sophisticated early probably avoids buying 2 other airguns to get there. Good link Kruza, well done Pete.

ArrowtownAirGunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Aug 2025 Location: Arrowtown Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArrowtownAirGunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Aug 2025 at 6:47pm
	love the link. I have hours of NV and thermal kill shots but wouldn't have a clue how the share them.
	D. Caesar

ArrowtownAirGunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Aug 2025 Location: Arrowtown Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArrowtownAirGunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Aug 2025 at 10:23pm
	Thank you Pete, The PCP is the FX Impact M4, with a few aftermarket mods. Quite a serious rifle for a newbie to the PCP world. Rabbits keep me pretty busy but the rest of the "invasive animal" list keeps my entertained outside of the day-to-day rabbit control. Tell me please, how and where to share videos. I have a number of N/V and thermal vids to share.
	D. Caesar

Pauly5 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 11 Mar 2013 Location: Titahi Bay Status: Offline Posts: 1597	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pauly5 Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Aug 2025 at 9:27am
	You will possibly want to edit them a little bit. I use Youcut to edit mine and have found that pretty straight forward to use. Youtube makes it pretty easy to share them, so basically edit the video on your tablet or pc, then upload to youtube. You can make the video puiblic, or only available to those that have the link. There are videos on YT on the basics of Youcut.

ArrowtownAirGunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Aug 2025 Location: Arrowtown Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArrowtownAirGunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Aug 2025 at 11:09am
	Ah, the YouTube link is how to share. Cheers for that.
	D. Caesar

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 995	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 55 minutes ago at 12:05am
	Hi Dave, Sorry for the late reply. I’m based in Cambridge, we’ ve got a few bunnies here, but I seem to have shot most of them as there seem to be a lot less around these days. Here’s hoping spring brings lots of new bunnies 😂. By the sounds of it South Island seems to have all the bunnies, I’m jealous! Being in Cambridge, we are surrounded by horse farms and the paddocks are seldom longer then 70 or 80yards, so I don’t get the opportunity to use “high powered” rimfires or even high powered air rifles too often. I have 3 air rifles I use for rabbits and other small pests, depending on the species and the property size. A FX Wildcat in .22 pushing pellets at around 25ish FPE, another Wildcat in .177 that spits out tiny little 10gr slugs at about 21FPE, and the sweetest little AirArms S510 (that I bought from Pauly) in .177 that pushes out pellets at a mighty 12.4FPE. That little rifle has accounted for A LOT of rabbits since it’s been in my hands (and I’m sure a good few when Pauly owned it too). The impact is a very capable air rifle but everything has its limits and an air rifle will never be able to compete with a 17HMR, a ss .22LR maybe, but not a 17HMR. Is there any particular reason why you are shooting such heavy slugs from your M4?
	Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

ArrowtownAirGunner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Aug 2025 Location: Arrowtown Status: Offline Posts: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArrowtownAirGunner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 8 minutes ago at 12:52am
	The reason for the slug of choice is humane, accurate rabbit shots out to around 150 yards. I could go heavier but I have a very accurate Tikka T1x (22lr) for that. I could go with a lighter slug but I find the 25gn Hades do an outstanding job on rabbits but the performace falls off around 90 yards. The 30gn slug ticks all the boxes I need from a slug and the lighter pellets still shoot outstanding well through the same slug liner. Win Win. Happy Chappy. I was on a job the other day taking dozens of pigeons from around a milking shed. I used an 18gn JSB for that with insane accuracy out to around 125 yards. The pellets were still sub-sonic but only just as I was throwing them at around 1050fps. The slug liner in these FX's are so versatile that I have no reason to swap back and forth to the superior liner. It's there if I need it but it collects dust for now. I have a cousin living up your way with a property that backs onto the Cambridge Jockey Club. Beautiful part of the island for sure. I help out with the rabbit control on several equine properties down this way. The use of the PCP sure makes those jobs so much easier and loads safer. Not that I shoot around the horses themselves but using a tool that has zero report is a real game changer.
	D. Caesar