Rats

[Chumlee Bumsnag]

They've long since become useless except when situated somewhere where its too dark for them to see, and even then, they're only likely to run into it if something startles them first.

Otherwise they'll just eat the peanut butter out of it without setting it off.

Bull####. I caught dozens with them. Never failed. I like to see you in my crawl space on your belly with an airgun. You obviously have no experience dealing with rats.

 

[GerardSamija]

Bull####. I caught dozens with them. Never failed. I like to see you in my crawl space on your belly with an airgun. You obviously have no experience dealing with rats.

Loads of videos showing airgun pest control guys in the UK going into crawl spaces and shooting dozens of rats. It's a thing, actually.

 

[870P]

Bull####. I caught dozens with them. Never failed. I like to see you in my crawl space on your belly with an airgun. You obviously have no experience dealing with rats.

I killed 2 today, bringing my total with the pellet gun to 173, along with 4 or 5 dozen with traps, not to mention the huge numbers I killed in the past when I worked at a rat infested recycling plant. I have a bit of experience at least.

 

[cement head]

I've been charged with ridding an outdoor chicken coop of a rat infestation.

I was handed a Crosman Phantom .177 495 fps break open air rifle and some pointed pellets, so far I've managed hit 25 of the buggers, but they've all run off, even one that I managed to solidly hit twice.

Is this to be expected with a low powered airgun and pointed pellets?

My recent experience in putting down a couple of rats that I found caught in traps that were still alive, is that they can take an unbelievable amount of damage. I'd go for headshots only, but can hardly guarantee them with this rifle, which seems difficult to shoot well compared to any other airgun I've used.

I'd say that you pellet gun isn't powerful enough . and a 22 pellet gun with lots of velocity would be better . I'd do the bucket trap when your not there . I don't like to play around when I'm shooting something . bang flop and it's done . not with all the noise and suffering .