[Gordon]

I have been keeping my eye out for a Marlin Garden gun. This is a .22WRM bolt gun with a 'rutledge' bore . Can't find one. But I have rats close in around the house , and in the barn, I don't want to poison. Sure a .410 is decisive, but I wanted a big step down in noise. We aren't allowed suppressors in Ca:fire:, otherwise I'd get an English made one for a shotgun.
Seems like others have (had) my problem! I bought an estate sale package that included a 12ga Model 12 Riot made in 1950, it fits in a suit case:D
A Western Arms Ithaca made 'long range gun' 20 ga with some nice long barrels in 90% shape with brite case colors!
2 pistols, AND a .22 WRM Model 275 Winchester pump rifle . When I checked it out it weren't a 'rifle'!!!!!:what: Somebody ran what mikes out to a tight 5/16" drill hole down the front 12" of the barrel and polished it up somehow!
I have not had time to pattern it yet, but it feeds the CCI shot shells slick as snot (a very flicky action:) and I just dumped a BIG rat at about 30 feet when I fed the animals in the barn tonight. It seemed to hit a little low, I'll raise the goofy V rear sight a twist and pattern it tommorrow.
BTW it is everything I dreamed of in noise; about the same a a low noise .22LR in a long barrel rifle, it did NOT disturb the livestock:D
BTW the 20ga is going dove hunting tommorrow un patterned, with my Win 101 20 ga as back up if it doesn't work out!:)

[Dave McCracken]

Nice finds, Gordon. I'd like to see that Ithaca, any chance of pics?

For mouse control in our barn we employed cats and snakes. A couple black snakes and a good mouser can work wonders..

Still, garden guns had their uses. We took pigeons from the hayloft with ratshot in 22LR, but we had to work close.

[Dave Markowitz]

FWIW, Savage currently makes a smoothbore .22LR, the Mark I-GSB (http://www.savagearms.com/markigsb.htm). It's a single shot bolt action.

I have two of their left hand bolt action rimfires and they're nice. The smallbore shotgun should be just as good.

[Gordon]

You surely will get pictures as early as today. I slept thru my dove hunting safari as there was a party last night!:o Any way I see doves on my lawn all the time!:neener:
That Savage is .22LR shot. That is a weak sister to the long encapsulated 22 Mag shot with it's bigger shot and more of it!

[Gordon]

Here ya go Dave. BTW the Model 12 Riot takes apart into 2 19.5" sections! I love it. The Ithaca "long range gun" 20 is nice too!:)

[Dave McCracken]

Thanks, Gordon. Nice guns. Some thing about that Ithaca that just whispers, Dove Tool....