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I have chickens and with chickens come rats. I've tried air rifles, and even a .22 rifle, but they mostley come out at night and I need to hold a light--hard to hit a rat at night with a rifle. I am thinking of getting a small caliber pistol , either .22 or .17 HMR - does anyone know of any models that would work? I am not looking to buy a $400 pistol, I would like something cheaper--a semi auto or a revolver would be OK, it just needs to be fast. I am asking coz I don't know pistols/revolvers in this caliber. Thanks
I have a flashlite mounted on my .25 cal air rifle. It lights up the back yard out to 40 yards or so. With a scope you can't miss. Just be sure to use a red or green lens ( I just did mine with a magic marker), the animals don't seem to be bothered by that color light.
Location: When you take flak it means you are on target
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Originally Posted by Nodpete
I have a flashlite mounted on my .25 cal air rifle. It lights up the back yard out to 40 yards or so. With a scope you can't miss. Just be sure to use a red or green lens ( I just did mine with a magic marker), the animals don't seem to be bothered by that color light.
^^^ This.
You can buy 1000 lumen green lense CREE led lights for like $7 online. Either mount it on a rifle, or use it "harries" method with a pistol.
Rough Riders are nice guns. But nothing more fun than a Browning Buckmark with a suppressor and red dot and infra red with NVGs.
I have chickens and with chickens come rats. I've tried air rifles, and even a .22 rifle, but they mostley come out at night and I need to hold a light--hard to hit a rat at night with a rifle. I am thinking of getting a small caliber pistol , either .22 or .17 HMR - does anyone know of any models that would work?
Before you completely write-off all longarms, consider the "Henry Garden Gun" loaded with rat shot. The unrifled bore eliminates the "doughnut" pattern issue that comes from firing rat shot out of a rifled barrel.
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But nothing more fun than a Browning Buckmark with a suppressor and red dot and infra red with NVGs.
I'll keep the NVGs, but swap in my integrally suppressed Ruger MkIII and rail-mounted IR laser.
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