One shot, one kill

[rangur1]

This is kind of a takeaway from couple threads, but not. You have your trusty pest gun on permanent standby for key pests, year round. What is it? When you have to have full confidence reaching for it off the rack/ case and drop an ethical kill shot every time, assuming you do your part. Mine is a 25 cal taipan, now taipan 2. Never a concern, what’s yours?

 

[james722]

I've recently aquired a few new rifles but haven't pested enough with them for "go-to" status yet. For now, any pest squirrel-size or smaller, I grab my Notos. It's proven to be effective up to 50 yards.

 

[wimpanzee]

k1 .22 for me. loaded with 34gr slugs @ 900fps.

 

[imtrigerhapy]

Vulcan 3 hp .30 there is no such thing as too dead 59 gr zan hp slugs at 970fps

 

[greenbeans]

I got 3 that I’d put in that category. Uragan 3 (.22 standard), Wildcat MK III (.22 compact) and Evol (.22 15inch barrel - took a while to get it there). Bunch of others with same or even better accuracy but they are longer/heavier so wouldn’t just grab and shoulder them (or lean with them on whatever)…

 

[Gerry52]

Either one of my 3, Fx Royale 500 (.25), FX Boss (.30) Edgun r3 long (.22 slugs). If they weren't "1st shot reliable" I wouldn't keep them & find something that was!

 

[trapdoor2]

.25 Mrod. 25g pellets (it likes JTS Dead Center). 81 squirrels since May. All one-shot at less than 20yds. If I didn't enjoy poking holes in paper so much, I wouldn't be thru my first tin.

And...if it wasn't so bleedin' hot out, I would already have finished repairs to the corners of the house they chewed to shreds.

 

[DeanB]

BSA R10 SE .22 or my FX Continuum w/380mm barrel in .22. Ive killed probably over 75 Starlings/Sparrows out my front door or bathroom window with both and they are always dead on. I use m KNY spinners to verify occasionally at 62 yds. Plus killed a bunch of squirrels hunting with both last year, always head shots except for a couple. Have several others that are just as consistent including a Taipan Vet 2 Standard .22 but use these the most.

 

[elh0102]

The Taipan is a great choice, and it is one of mine as well. On equal footing is the Royale 400 and RAW HM 1000. For backyard pest duty I include my HW100 in .177, tuned to 11 fpe.

 

[shambozzie]

These 2 both setup by AZ. Rapid mkll .20. Jsb heavy 15.9 @ 900 and Raw hm1000x .30 jsb 44's @ 880.

 

[DeanB]

The Taipan is a great choice, and it is one of mine as well. On equal footing is the Royale 400 and RAW HM 1000. For backyard pest duty I include my HW100 in .177, tuned to 11 fpe.

Forgot about my HW100 .22 its always dead on 1st shot.

 

[Bander124]

R5 superlong. .30 shoot NSA 54.5s about 600 fps. Range 40yds and under. Second gun .22 atomic. Just the other day it got a mouse in my dinning room a cat brought in to reenact the hunt for me I guess. TP lowest setting at about 5ft away did it.

 

[Arzrover]

Daystate Sportsman .22 with 7x Beeman Blue Ribbon on top sits by the door waiting. Two pumps and a Crosman dome and anything under 30 yards has a hole in the head... always. Very quiet and effective ...
Bob

 

[Scotay42]

Maverick Compact .177 with 10g KOs. Every house sparrow or rat i catch a glimpse of. Lol