One .22 CB and BB Cap were first invented for galley guns...While I still lived with neighbors close by, I had a racoon decide to set up a den under my back patio.
Turned out a neighbor was feeding them. (This neighbor would rescue worms off the sidewalk after a rainstorm...but that's another story)
We trapped him, and while I was testing a 4-wheeler engine, dispatched him with a CB round at 6" out of a single shot rifle.
Nobody noticed...
Ahh yes the old small engine trick.While I still lived with neighbors close by, I had a racoon decide to set up a den under my back patio.
Turned out a neighbor was feeding them. (This neighbor would rescue worms off the sidewalk after a rainstorm...but that's another story)
We trapped him, and while I was testing a 4-wheeler engine, dispatched him with a CB round at 6" out of a single shot rifle.
Nobody noticed...
When I was considering what to shoot problem coons with, I settled on my grand dad's old Savage pump .22, loaded with cci Quiet. With the long barrel it has, it is almost like it has a suppressor on it.
If you're looking for some good (fairly quiet) power from a non PCP, the Hatsan Carnivore 135 QE (Quiet Energy) in .30 caliber is a real thumper. I get 27-30 FPE with mine. I love my PCPs, but this will also do the trick for such pesting as you're looking for.
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Got one of these with the gas piston. Love it. I just wish the fiber optic sights adjusted better. I'm 59 and can't use iron sights quick and easy. Fiber optic seemed like a Godsend. But one click changed my poi by one and a half inches . And that's only in 25 to 35 yards! How is yours?
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Fiber optic seemed like a Godsend. But one click changed my poi by one and a half inches . And that's only in 25 to 35 yards! How is yours?
Yep. Got a Winchester 1890 pump from my uncle. CCI Quiets out of those long barrels are mighty silent medicine for pests. Have a store brand Mossberg 46b that is the same.