Rat shot question.

[RimfireChris]

For the OP, whatever course you decide on, before you do anything else, try and contact the owners, and if they're not receptive, LE/animal control. Start the paper trail NOW, it will help your case should you have to do anything drastic.

And for everone saying no one has the the right to shoot someone else's dog, come home to a beloved family pet dying because it's guts have been ripped out and let us know if you feel the same.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Back to the original question: The manufacturers have to take into account the farthest possible distance that their product could pose a risk. They presume you are firing it from an extra long barrel, held at the optimum angle of elivation with a high wind at your back from the top of a mountain. Then they add in another 100 yards are so of buffer just to make sure.

As to dogs, I really would not use rat shot. Just too much chance that one pellet might hit an eye.

 

[mcmurry]

Wow! A lot more responses than I anticipated! Ok, first I don't live in town. In town has a leash law, the county doesn't. I do have a BB gun, but the dogs ignore it-too weak, not CO2 powered. I have a Beeman Pellet rifle, but was looking for something a little more painful. I'm not trying to kill the dog. I have a paint ball gun, but it has no sights and I'm not very good at point shooting. I never could hit anything with a slingshot. Never knew how to aim it! Ten years ago when we got the dog, a fence for the back yard started at $17,000, way more than I had/have. Actually, a stray dog is any dog that leaves the owners property. I'm sure it has an owner somewhere, but it's not me. I take great pains to keep my yard free from fleas and ticks. I don't like other peoples dogs coming into my yard, possibly spreading fleas and ticks, eating my dog's food(did I mention my dog is a wuss and won't fight for his own food?), pooping in my yard WITH THE OWNER STANDING ON HIS PORCH AND WATCHING!!! Oh, and although in some areas of my county there is packs of feral stray dogs attacking people's pets, I'm only 3 miles outta town, so I guess they don't come this close in town. I was always taught that your dog is your responsibilty! Keep it in your own yard.

 

[KevininPa]

Get a........

.........cheap red dot for the paintball gun. That is if they mount the same. I wouldn't know about the newer ones, I still have an ancient Splatmaster.

 

[txhoghunter]

If it is a feral dog and attacks your dog, kill it. Plain and simple

 

[googol]

Rat Shot Question

Rat shot out of a short-barrel revolver will do fine if you're up close. Unless you hit the dog in the eyes, it shouldn't do terrible damage. Each piece of "shot" is really more like a lead flake. If you are more than a few yards away, those flakes probably won't penetrate the fur of the average dog.

A decent pellet gun with a round- or flat-tip pellet would probably work better. You can stand at a distance and take a well-aimed shot. But be careful. I once killed a dog in similar circumstances when I shot it in the ribs. I still regret that mistake.

 

[skidder]

When we were kids my brother popped a poodle belonging to the town judge (10 pump crossman), while the judge was looking out the window. He lost his angel eyes reputation with my parents (got a chuckle out of the blacksheep). My brother almost killed the dog and had to pay 3 months of paper route money for the vett bills.

Moral.... It's "ok" if the dog doesn't belong to the Mayor or Judge.

Having that cheap daisy, saved the Heineken of the blacksheep.