Head shot... yes.
You, or anyone else making that shot with an inaccurate airgun... Highly improbable.
Point in case, squirrels aren't going to let you get within shooting distance of them (with that gun anyway).Can a daisy 880 powerline kill a squirrel?
no way
hell no.
if you dont know that you can kill what you're looking at, with what's in your hands, then don't even think about it.
up your skill and get a better choice of weapon.
yes with a head shot i have done it
if you get it in the head then you have a good chance
I think it could I just got back from wall mart wall mart I saw a daisy [I think it was a 880] and it said small pest and large pest control on the box. but I would rather get a nice single shot .22 and use a .22 short on asquirrel just make sure you eat it. don't waste meat.
While it can, I wouldn't recommend it. It is a great gun for killing rats, just stick a garden hose down the rat hole and beat them with the gun when they run out. Just like whack-a-mole at the fair.
Dave
The short answer is, assuming its legal to do so where you live, yes. The long answer is yes, but there are a number of factors that will limit how far you can shoot and still expect to kill a squirrel.
Based on actual chronograph numbers, the Daisy 880 has 7 ft-lbs of muzzle energy (8 grain pellet at 630 fps).(1) In order to get a clean kill on squirrels (with a head-shot) you need 3 ft-lbs of impact energy (basically an impact velocity of 410 fps with an 8 grain pellet).(2) Assuming that you're using a pellet that has a ballistic coefficient of .015 or better, the Daisy 880 can deliver sufficient power to kill a squirrel out to at least 30 yards. That said at those distances you won't have much margin for error (extra power to compensate for less than ideal shot placement) and a less than perfect shot will be more likely to wound a squirrel than kill it outright.
In order to put a shot in a squirrel's kill zone, you have to be able to keep your shots within a circle 1-inch in diameter.(2) Typical accuracy performance from a Daisy 880 (or at least from the ones I've owned) is 1-1.5 inch groups at 20-25 yards. Therefore accuracy is more of a limiting factor than power is. Based on that I cannot recommend using a Daisy 880 on squirrel at beyond 20-25 yards because the odds of a poorly placed pellet wounding the squirrel instead of killing it humanely/cleanly are pretty good, especially with a body shot.
As for the legal issue... Before you go squirrel hunting, you need to check your local game laws and make sure its legal to shoot squirrel with an airgun. You also need to check local ordinances (if you'll be shooting in an incorporated area), and see if its legal to shoot an airgun where you want to hunt.
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