357wheelgunner
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So something has been eating my trash for the last two weeks, scattering it around the yard. I had plans to go out and get a live trap this coming weekend but I took care of the problem last night.
At around 10PM I heard rustling outside, and I opened the door (with my sidearm and a flashlight) and saw a coon sitting on the porch eating my dog's food. Instead of running away like a normal animal did it reared up and snarled. I did not want to use the .357 with it's full strength ammo, so I went to the safe and got my Savage .22 bolt rifle (the one with a heavy barrel and a 4x scope). It was loaded with some Aguila 60 grain .22 shorts, very strange ammo. Anyway I opened the door and nailed him right between the eyes. I had no idea how hard it was to aim through a scope at a critter that is 10 feet away from you, I need a second rifle with iron sights. Anyway it dropped him in one shot, the coon fell down the steps and expired at the base of the porch. My wife said that I threw the door open, and before it even hit the wall on the other side I had nailed the critter and had a fresh round in the chamber.
The thing is, when I told a friend at work today about it he said something about how you should never use a .22 for coons because it was way too weak and how I'm lucky that the little rimfire did not just piss it off. I don't get it, half the thing's head was gone.
So what do you think, is a .22 too weak for serious pest control on a racoon?
At around 10PM I heard rustling outside, and I opened the door (with my sidearm and a flashlight) and saw a coon sitting on the porch eating my dog's food. Instead of running away like a normal animal did it reared up and snarled. I did not want to use the .357 with it's full strength ammo, so I went to the safe and got my Savage .22 bolt rifle (the one with a heavy barrel and a 4x scope). It was loaded with some Aguila 60 grain .22 shorts, very strange ammo. Anyway I opened the door and nailed him right between the eyes. I had no idea how hard it was to aim through a scope at a critter that is 10 feet away from you, I need a second rifle with iron sights. Anyway it dropped him in one shot, the coon fell down the steps and expired at the base of the porch. My wife said that I threw the door open, and before it even hit the wall on the other side I had nailed the critter and had a fresh round in the chamber.
The thing is, when I told a friend at work today about it he said something about how you should never use a .22 for coons because it was way too weak and how I'm lucky that the little rimfire did not just piss it off. I don't get it, half the thing's head was gone.
So what do you think, is a .22 too weak for serious pest control on a racoon?