Had to shoot a home invader last night.

[Too Many Choices!?]

Good Shoot...

I would have used my crossman repeating pellet pistol, loaded with darts !

 

[Sam Adams]

I was mowing the lawn a few weeks ago and one time, as I was pulling the mower back, I noticed a snake slithering away from me. I didn't get a real good look at it, but I strongly suspect that it was a Bull Snake (i.e. not poisonous, and not particularly dangerous to humans). I didn't get a good look at his pattern, etc. mainly because I was much more interested in which direction he was headed in.

In the future, I'll be mowing with boots, and my 642 loaded with birdshot. Discharge regulations be damned - if a snake decides to come after me, its the last thing that it'll do - because I'm not a snake expert, and we have some very poisonous and dangerous snakes in South Texas.

 

[coonan357]

well at least you got him, I'd still be going thru the safe trying to figure out which gun I was going to use . screw it ,get out the 1894 in .357 noise be damned my neighbors know if I'm shooting at something its gotta be bad.

 

[OEF_VET]

You really need a suppressor for your .22's. Send me an IM and I can hook you up with a good one at a good price.

 

[Ridge]

Never will forget when I had a really bad rat problem around my house,when the usual traps wouldn't work (These were some big a$$ed rats I'm talking about here) I started setting steel traps around some of their holes for the night,then by day I would shoot them when they came out of their holes long enough,I then worked at night with a pistol and a flashlight walking the creek bank,by the end of that summer no rats were left.

They began to get a bit smarter though and it would be a little more challenging to kill them,I used every trick I could,and it paid off.

 

[xring04]

Well I picked up another plinker last night. I got me a walther p22, I really think I need a can for this little plinker.

 

[Andrew Rothman]

Are there different rules for .22 suppressors, or is it the same $200 and rigamarole?

 

[Zach S]

AFAIK its $200 - sucks dont it?

 

[tex_n_cal]

You do realize of course, the other rodents were sitting outside in the dark, watching the daredevil rat enter the House of Certain Death, and calling him an idiot for his stupidity. After his death they undoubtedly voted him a Rodentia Darwin Award.

 

[chaim]

wait a sec, I told my buddy that hunts, and he told me that what ever animal you shoot you have to eat. (humans excluded as well as dieased animals)


Should I eat my Kill

I hear it tastes like chicken.

 

[svtruth]

The right weapon

IIRC, Hi-Standard made suppressed .22 for the OSS during WWII for assasinations. One of those should be perfect for sending Rattus norvegicus to that big bird seed can in the sky.

 

[Powderman]

Rattus Norwegicus or the much more common, domestic Rattus Rattus ?

No difference. For those times when keeping the peace is a must, I would think that the Aguila Colibri rounds would be just the ticket.

Or, as an alternative, perhaps something like the .32 S&W. Small round, and also relatively quiet.

 

[imas]

You can shoot whatever you want as long as you remember to utter these words "OH LOOK HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!!!"