Beretta CX-4 vs. Crosman Nightstalker (both tacticals)

[c_rex]

Got one?  I've read the review and watched all the videos.  Leaning toward the Beretta for durability.  Talk to me...

[jakduc]

Have the beretta.  easy to shoot straight, little felt recoil.  All kinds of aftermarket stuff for it as well.   All in all it's a fun gun, but good luck getting taken serious.  All of the molded plastic makes it look like a paintball gun.  So that said I would say build quality leaves more to be desired

[c_rex]

Right on- that's the stuff I'm looking for.  I'm in no jeopardy of ever being taken seriously- I just need something that gets off more than one shot before my target scurries, hops, flops or wiggles away.  As long as it isn't too heavy or shank shots all over the place I'd be happy I'm sure.

[raulduke]

I tried shooting yard varmits with a pellet gun.  Not so great.  Very little knock-down power for squirrels.

Then I got wise.  Buy a cheap .22 cal rifle in a youth size and load it up with sub-sonic ammo!!!  The youth size looks small like a pellet gun (important when the neighbors see you on the porch drinking beer with it across your knee) and the sub-sonic ammo makes no more noise than a pellet gun...but delivers dead small animals with every single hit! 

This is definitely the way to go.  Don't waste your hard earned dollars on a gun that won't kill. 

I recommend a Henry Youth Carbine used...$100 and a box of CCI .22 CB Long.

[MikeZ]

If you're worried about noise then get a 22 Caliber pellet gun.  My brother has put a hurting on the squirrel population that was eating through his trash cans and the Beeman model he has will punch the pellet through a 1" board.  Works well on rabbits too.

[c_rex]

bah- a kill is in the shot as much as the caliber.  I'm killing fine with my .177 @ 650 fps, single shots even but that's out in the open.  I have a Ruger semi-auto .22 (w/ 50 round banana clip) for anything larger than a pigeon, as well as a 12 guage Wingmaster and a Winchester 30-30 (lever action ftw!).  I've got a couple of hand guns too.  Dang!  I'm armed to the teeth!  I grew up in a hunting family and though I don't like the idea of having guns around with kids in the house, I do enjoy some occassional target practice.  You know- for when the Rooskies attack!   

Mostly though I need to be able to chase out or mortally wound rodents and birds who are freeloading on the warmth and comfort of my house.  This includes the crawlspace and attic where it isn't feasible to take a long barrel, hard case weapon.  My wife would use it on me if I started putting holes in the ceiling/floors.  Heck- it could ricochet off the foundation in my crawlspace if it's too big.  It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.  I may as well have fun in the process.