by paps » 28 Nov 2013, 12:22 pm
G'day blokes,
A mate of mine has a property with an abandoned shed (big storage shed, not "garden shed") on his rural Victoria property and is having trouble with rats.
Has tried poison where he can but it doesn't seem to have taken, and he can't put it in a lot of the places because of other animals.
He's looking to get into shooting as a solution, but if shooting around the shed and it's deck and so on where the rats hang out, he doesn't want to be blowing holes through all the wood in order to get the rats.
Will a .22 be too much for this?
Never been rat shooting so no sure if they will over penetrate and cause damage, or if it should be right.
Thoughts? Or other suggestions?
For the moment we're talking strictly a rat gun so that's all it need do.
.257 Roberts Ruger Hawkeye
Burris Fullfield II 4.5x14-42mm