I just bought a Crosman Quest 1000X combo (with scope) to shoot birds and things out of the garden. I normally take my Ruger 10/22 hunting; but, would my pellet gun do the job? It advertises 1000 fps with a 10 grain pellet. It's pretty accurate, i can get a quarter sized pattern at about 30 yds. I don't know, what do you think? Should I give it a try as a coon gun?

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you can kill coon with it but its not an effective coon gun. the 22 is the way to go. i've killed house cats with one shot from mine but a coon deserves better.

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I had the same rifle and I didn`t like it one bit.It would kill squirrels out to about 40 yards but much past that you had to use 2 pellets.Even with head shots.My buddy has a gamo with the PBA pellets.I`ts supposed to shoot at 1200FPS but it`s worse than the crossman on squirrels.You can try it but I don`t think you will like the results much.

It will work but the best way is purchase a quality .25 caliber pellet rifle like the Walther Falcon or webley patriot these will def work. but get ready to spend $300 to $700

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Coons are tough, I would'nt try it. I'd stay with a 22.

A high quality magnum pellet rifle like the patriot or falcon will shoot a .25 with about 26 to 32 fpe which is about as much as a a .22 short. it takes about 6 fpe to kill a tree rat and about 18 fpe to kill a coon effectivly so as long as you configure the fpe of your air rifle and it is high enough it will work. Here is a caculator
http://www.airguns.net/calculators.php

this will tell you what your fpe is as long as you know what the pellet size is and the fps.
Keep in mind most .177 pellets are on the average of 7.5 grains so that pellet will most likely not be effective. unless its shooting 1200fps Now with that being said you can actually kill a coon with only 9fpe if the pellet placement is correct but at night while trying to hold the light and the coon up in the tree , I would opt for much more than that. 18 to 20 fpe is about what it will take to really knock the coon out of a tree with ease.
So the smallest caliber I would use would be the .22 air rifle but the .25 will be much more effective.
There are some pcp air rifles that will shoot 45 fpe in .22 caliber with ease. So using the right air rifle is the key.

cci cb 22 short, 727 fps 29 grain =34 fpe this will kill a ccon easy so will a good .22 or .25 air rifle

I've considered using my Gamo Bigcat 1200 on coons but I am a much better, more consistant shot with a .22

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I have the same Crosman pellet rifle you bought. It is very accurate. I have killed several animals with it. Get predator pellets from cabelas. They have a little plastic tip on them. Coons wont run far

where do you get the good air rifles? i would like one for squirrel

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