Are rats tough

[BladeScout]

*SIGH* Now we get blamed for the Plague..... *SIGH*

What next, I wonder. Most likely you will claim your PM has Danes in his family tree next...... !

Cute pooch. I bet Lunar can sniff out the rats.

"Custom Damascus Rat skinning tweezers",well thats next Xmas taken care of!( can you get them with C.F. Grips?)

Halpern Titanium makes grips for the rat skinning tweezers actually. A very good skid proof grip for when making sure the trophy will not be damaged and will look good on the floor in front of the fireplace.

[fluffy]

*SIGH* Now we get blamed for the Plague..... *SIGH*

You know who gets to write History

[BladeScout]

Guess so

[John N]

rather than start a new thread I may as well drop this in here......

I got a couple of tins of the predator poly tipped pellets mentioed earlier, and pushed maybee a hundred of them through today. The rifle is a HW95 in .22 I bought new, that has had about 1000 pellets through it so far. Cheap (ish) scope, well mounted.

Im not the most consistent shot as im new to this (hence only 2 tins of pellets through the gun) - anyhoo, a couple of days ago after a couple of dozen pellets to remember how to shoot it I was grouping 10p size at maybee 26 - 30 yards, hitting foam ear plugs 2 out of 3, and the odd filter tip (shooting at paper can get boring ) - this was with JSB exact pellets. About as good as it gets for me consistency wise. (this is shooting standing up with the back of my 'front' hand supported)

So, today with the new pellets the first couple or 3 dozen shots were random, upto +/- 2 inches in any direction. It then seemed to 'settle down' and was grouping 50p sized but a full 2" higer than the JSB's were! - re-set the scope in the end!

Do different pellets have such different trajectories? does a barrel really get 'used' to different pellets after a few down it? am I going crackers? the rifle was very shot gun like for the first couple of hundred I fired when it was brand new, but I put it down to me,. Could it be that the gun bedded?

[parbajtor]

rather than start a new thread I may as well drop this in here......

I got a couple of tins of the predator poly tipped pellets mentioed earlier, and pushed maybee a hundred of them through today. The rifle is a HW95 in .22 I bought new, that has had about 1000 pellets through it so far. Cheap (ish) scope, well mounted.

Im not the most consistent shot as im new to this (hence only 2 tins of pellets through the gun) - anyhoo, a couple of days ago after a couple of dozen pellets to remember how to shoot it I was grouping 10p size at maybee 26 - 30 yards, hitting foam ear plugs 2 out of 3, and the odd filter tip (shooting at paper can get boring ) - this was with JSB exact pellets. About as good as it gets for me consistency wise. (this is shooting standing up with the back of my 'front' hand supported)

So, today with the new pellets the first couple or 3 dozen shots were random, upto +/- 2 inches in any direction. It then seemed to 'settle down' and was grouping 50p sized but a full 2" higer than the JSB's were! - re-set the scope in the end!

Do different pellets have such different trajectories? does a barrel really get 'used' to different pellets after a few down it? am I going crackers? the rifle was very shot gun like for the first couple of hundred I fired when it was brand new, but I put it down to me,. Could it be that the gun bedded?

Differences in both pellet shape & grain weight will affect the trajectory. Also the different shape may change the contact points between the pellet and the barrel. Some just contact on the "skirt" others contact with the head and the skirt. I believe that the first few shots may be random until you've got a bit of lead or lube on the barrel contact points (self lubricating pellets).
I don't think you're going crackers (unless someone keeps asking you "Vaars ze bloom?") but then again I'm hardly qualified to make decisions like that.

[John N]

Hmmm, Intersting things in the last couple of days with my airgun factory plinking. 1st - I cant judge distance. my 30 mtrs mentioned above was actually measured at 22 mtrs! so my pigeon shooting might have only been 10 mtrs ! (hence the over pen issues!!)

Reset all my targets at a real 32 mtrs, and a couple of hundred airarms 'field diablo' pellets later I seem to have found my groove with the '95. Its (im) consistently grouping 10p at 32 mtrs, with the odd clover leaf

I had a real good google on shooting a springer techniques. Whats made the biggest difference seems to be 'sighting' through the scope with both eyes open (as opposed to the eye strain inducing squint I was doing before). Happy days! - of course all the ferrals have moved out now im getting back into shooting . Im going to keep up the practice plinking, would like to have a try at some bunnies at some point!

[Dr Gonzo]

Are rats tough?
If you marinade them in some soy sauce with sesame oil and five spice for a few hours prior to cooking they become quite tender...

[fluffy]

Are rats tough?
If you marinade them in some soy sauce with sesame oil and five spice for a few hours prior to cooking they become quite tender...

I thought that was Squirrels

[Basjan]

I used to use a pump action .410 as a ratty gun.

YesWinchester mod.46.Just not when they are in your bathroom next to the looHad to replace the loo and flooring
Spannie

[screaming skull]

YesWinchester mod.46.Just not when they are in your bathroom next to the looHad to replace the loo and flooring
Spannie

LOL please say you didn't hit anything more important !

[Cultcollector]

LMAO Basjan I bet you were peed at that rat lool did you have a second wc to use?.

[Basjan]

LMAO Basjan I bet you were peed at that rat lool did you have a second wc to use?.

Luckaly we have a 2nd wc but shot out the window of it as a rat was on the window "sill"? and one on the pelmetHad a rat plague a few years back because of the drought and living a km or two from a poor settlement!Many people were bitten and chewed on at night in those days.I'll rather face a lion than a rat or mice...redface
Spannie

[Cultcollector]

LOL visitors must have had a moment when after asking to use the loo they were directed to the second wc after the bog busting rat shoot , to enquire why the window was blown out.
I dont know whether id risk going to the toilet in your gaff spannie, sounds like it could turn into a bad situation

[Basjan]

If you are a rat,mouse,snake,bat or meerkat,please don't visit me or you'll die by 410 and it will cost me a lot of dough to replace wc's,ceiling boards,windows and dripping thingy underneath the fridge.Used putty to fill holes in the skirting after shooting a harmless house snake in the tv room.Was so sorry afterwards but if you're scared you're scared.I'm scared to death of those things.

[Cultcollector]

I now have this comedy like image of somebody knocking on your door to see you armed to the teeth asking "you off hunting ?"
only to get the reply "nope just need a number 2" LOL.
I have to say though m8 meerkat killing seems a bit strong ..and where in the house do you have a meerkat problem