Lord Grey Boots
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I have to a make a comment about "Big brave mouse hunters..." 
Kiddies, don't try this at home.. shot a mouse with .22 shot shell!
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The Winchester shells are a lil loud in a handgun but not at all that bad in a 24" barrel 22. I use em a lot for rats/mice etc. around here. Guess when ya get as old as I am and the hearing is "shot" from shooting nothing is too loud. Cat is a pretty good mouse trap too.
My wife has a squirrel/bird feeding station in the back yard she enjoys immensley and the rodent problem didn't start until forest clearing for new homes began behind my property...The little devils were so bold as to feed in broad daylight...I killed about 15 with my H & R model 649 revolver using CCI #12 blue tipped ratshot...Actually killed 5 mice in one shot nesting under some lumber stacked on top of my jon boat...Alas, they wised up and quit letting me get close enough to execute them with the pistol so I bought a $99 pellet rifle from WAL-MART and slapped a 3 X 9 Tasco I had lying around and killed 14 more...Great fun and excellent practice for squirrel season...Only one rat left (I think) and he's wilder than hell...Can't even step out the door without him running...Oddly enough, he 's not afraid of my wife...Too bad she can't shoot...Wonder if he recognizes me or the rifle?...Got a stray cat living under my shed now so I suspect his days are numbered....Pic is my shooter
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Hey CJO, I kinda like that insulated cover over that beverage bottle in the last picture................................I don't think your fellow Mississippian Bret Farve likes it too much though(or Tampa Bayians either for that matter)
Looks like this year they may be for real.
Looks like this year they may be for real.
Guys, I said this earlier, and I'm serious. It works. If you want to use poison to nuke rodents, you can get away with using coke. Regular stuff, not the diet, and I pretty much stick to the name brand.
Get a two-litre bottle, pour it out in a shallow pan around dusk, stick it in the shed, and walk away.
They seem to like drinking it, but since they can't burp, they end up hemmorhaging. And if pets find 'em, and munch 'em, no problem.
Get a two-litre bottle, pour it out in a shallow pan around dusk, stick it in the shed, and walk away.
They seem to like drinking it, but since they can't burp, they end up hemmorhaging. And if pets find 'em, and munch 'em, no problem.
CJO, I wonder if Pic still has that Mauser 98 with the laminated stock on it? LOL know him well (knew his dad well too but he has passed on) but have not seen him in a while.
Yea I been burned by The Saints since 67 but hope still springs eternal (glad i was in Syria on the rigs last year for the last 4 games LOL)
Yea I been burned by The Saints since 67 but hope still springs eternal (glad i was in Syria on the rigs last year for the last 4 games LOL)
george miller
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lol redneck
diversionary tactics?its really what happens when theyre scared sh..less.we lived on a farm that had a small grain shed with a swinging door.it was too easy. slowly open the door,kick the side of the bldg and give the door a good wirl.the pigeons were just too slow and the cats enjoyed this.
diversionary tactics?its really what happens when theyre scared sh..less.we lived on a farm that had a small grain shed with a swinging door.it was too easy. slowly open the door,kick the side of the bldg and give the door a good wirl.the pigeons were just too slow and the cats enjoyed this.
george miller
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shotshells
is there any truth that shotshells can be bad for the rifling?just curious,ive never tried them in my 22s.ive got an old marlin 39a thats chambered in shorts,long and lonmg rifle. the shorts are noticably quieter and work well on rats.
is there any truth that shotshells can be bad for the rifling?just curious,ive never tried them in my 22s.ive got an old marlin 39a thats chambered in shorts,long and lonmg rifle. the shorts are noticably quieter and work well on rats.
"is there any truth that shotshells can be bad for the rifling"
Nothing but an old wives tale..............no way that the soft shot can hurt the hard steel of the barrel................if that was so older shot shells for shotguns without the shot cups would have eroded away the barrels of many a fine old shotgun.
I guess if you fired a few thousand you may lead up the lands and grooves some but again a good stiff brushing with a good solvent will clean that out.
Nothing but an old wives tale..............no way that the soft shot can hurt the hard steel of the barrel................if that was so older shot shells for shotguns without the shot cups would have eroded away the barrels of many a fine old shotgun.
I guess if you fired a few thousand you may lead up the lands and grooves some but again a good stiff brushing with a good solvent will clean that out.
I took a Snake Charmer in 410 to a squirrel living in my attic once. Damn ears rang for a few days! Didn't see a better way at the time, an old Crossman BB gun just pissed him off.
We used to hunt rats at a machine plant a buddy used to work at. Ruger Single Six dispatched many over the years. Some can be quite tough. One fell into a truck pit and he fired a slug into the pit. It may have been concussion that killed it, I couldn't see anything swimming around in that muck, but it eventually floated to the surface so he could scoop it out and dispose of it.
We used to hunt rats at a machine plant a buddy used to work at. Ruger Single Six dispatched many over the years. Some can be quite tough. One fell into a truck pit and he fired a slug into the pit. It may have been concussion that killed it, I couldn't see anything swimming around in that muck, but it eventually floated to the surface so he could scoop it out and dispose of it.