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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on October 04, 2010, 01:57:13 AM
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Late Friday, The Big Brown Truck of Happines arrived! I got my Umarex STEEL STORM (Sorry, I can't help laughing ;D), select fire BB gun! Sweet lord! This thing is more fun than should be allowed! I've been a bit under the weather, so I haven't been able to test it to the limits, but.......this thing is, on first inspection, a great toy.
Its got a single shot mode (thats just a rumor ;)) and a six round burst function. Its louder than it should be :-\, but still, you can shred a coke can at twenty feet. The sights suck, and you need to mount something, anything, on the rails, to get a precisicion shot. That said, the bursts group adequately. Given that is the case? Well, I might be buying an el cheapo red dot, or, I might just walk them in. ;D
Honestly, Its the size and weight of a MAC-10 or Mini-Uzi and it will give you 5 6 round bursts no worries with minimal recoil. Thus far? Buffo toads zero-STEEL STORM -3. It took 4 bursts without sighting in to get there. Mikey likes it!
FQ who will post real range reports in the next day or two, but honestly, its hard to envision a better $55 spent on Toad control than this thing. Except the noise factor. >:( I will post an iguana report as circumstances dictate. ;D
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This post is worthless without pics, video, and FULL range report! ;D
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1241842/insane_homemade_bb_gun/
I have built one similiar to the one shown in this video's link. Powered mine with an air tank....while it was unweildy...it did operate.
FQ have fun taking on the toads and other reptilian creatures.
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This post is worthless without pics, video, and FULL range report! ;D
Here's the only video that you'll get from a luddite like me! It does not lie! The only downside is that it downplays the noise. Otherwise, spot on. I'll post a range report shortly.
FQ13
http://www.airgundepot.com/airgun-video-reviews.html
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Have fun FQ. You de man. De iguana man.
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You know most phones record VIDEO you can post on youtube... Just saying... ;)
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Sic 'em, FQ............ ;D
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Awwww. That was kind of sweet. Kind of makes me feel bad. NOT!!!!!! ;D
FQ13
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I need a new wallet.....so get to work.
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I need a new wallet.....so get to work.
You're on your own for the wallet. I ain't skinning them, hell, I won't even touch one without gloves as they can carry salmonella on their skin. Or, if you are bat shit crazy, you can keep one as a pet. Here's advice from someone who actually likes the little bastards. ::)
FQ13 who thinks that every PETA member should own one.
Taken from http://www.2ndchance.info/IguanaCare.htm If you have time, read the site, I promise, its the funniest thing on the web, you couldn't make this stuff up at gunpoint. ;D ::)
Are Iguanas Safe Pets ?
Iguanas look more ferocious than they really are. However, when they are large, and snappy, they can bite hard. These bites, can be particularly dangerous on the face. Many frightened iguanas that have no intention of biting scratch you as they try to escape. Unless their toenails have been routinely cut, their nails are extremely sharp. Iguanas do not carry rabies, but their mouths harbor many bacteria. Whipping their spiny tails is also an iguana defense tactic.
My experience is that mature female iguanas are a bit less likely to bite than mature males.
Any bite from an iguana needs to be taken seriously and cleaned with antiseptic. Depending on your temperament, you may wish to have a physician tend to it.
Older male iguanas can be the most testy. When they are in an evil mood, they bite with tremendous pressure and are reluctant to let go. Iguanas of both sexes often become snappiest during breeding season. Iguanas are also more likely to bite you if you attempt to house more than one within eye contact of another.
Younger iguanas occasionally bite by mistake when you attempt to feed them. If they have not been handled sufficiently, they may bite to escape. Iguanas in mating condition also clamp onto their partner by biting their neck. But the worst bites are from animals protecting their turf from someone they perceive as a a challenger to their territory.
If you have any doubt how an iguana is going to behave, catch it in a large beach towel. I have been bitten through the towel. Also, just like humans, the basic disposition of iguanas vary. Some have a gentler temperament than others and some just need a lot of hands-on time to mellow. Time on your lap, wrapped in a towel, mellows most iguanas.
Iguanas, particularly males, can have Dr. Jekel/Mr. Hyde phenomena . Gentle pets can become testy for no apparent cause and aggressive iguanas can suddenly become mellow. Do not attempt to discipline a misbehaving iguana. It will not work.
Some owners try to decide what incident might have upset their iguana. There are iguana experts who try to use classical human phychology to analyze why the pet did this or that. Iguanas do not see the World like we do. Their moods and behaviors are much more rooted in their hormone levels and the daily and yearly natural rhythms that govern their lives.
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My favorite part:
If you have any doubt how an iguana is going to behave, catch it in a large beach towel. I have been bitten through the towel. Also, just like humans, the basic disposition of iguanas vary. Some have a gentler temperament than others and some just need a lot of hands-on time to mellow. Time on your lap, wrapped in a towel, mellows most iguanas.
Yeah?...So will a shot to the head with the caliber of the day.
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My favorite part:
Yeah?...So will a shot to the head with the caliber of the day.
The trick is to have that towel tied tight around it's neck
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After last winter, they were falling out of the trees as frozen iguana steaks.....
Been scarce sightings in my neck of the woods, the big "bull" Igor, must have fallen to the ravages to the cold.
Good luck on the sighting in FQ.
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Iguana-1.jpg)
Take the challenge, go for head shots... ;D I hear there is a S. American recipe for BBQ Iguana, either that, or I'm having a Depeche Mode flashback...
"Wish I was in Tijuana, eating BBQ'd iguana."...... ;)
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(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Iguana-1.jpg)
How did Nancy Pelosi enter into this?? :o
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After last winter, they were falling out of the trees as frozen iguana steaks.....
Been scarce sightings in my neck of the woods, the big "bull" Igor, must have fallen to the ravages to the cold.
Good luck on the sighting in FQ.
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Iguana-1.jpg)
Take the challenge, go for head shots... ;D I hear there is a S. American recipe for BBQ Iguana, either that, or I'm having a Depeche Mode flashback...
"Wish I was in Tijuana, eating BBQ'd iguana."...... ;)
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=24233822 (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=24233822)
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I got my Steel Storm today. After filling a box full of holes in the back yard in burst mode, my wife came out and decided I was having just too much fun. ::) She put fresh CO2 cartridges, and BBs in it and went looking for the cat that's been crapping in her flower bed.
I might get to use it again this weekend.
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Hey BM, isn't that the guy who wants to open restaurant selling Iguana ?
There was a post in one of the other I hate Iguana threads about a S Fla guy who was promoting Iguana as basically a free food source, the way he planned on doing it was by opening a relatively up scale eatery, that only served lizard meat.