Gents,
Of late, I have spent most of my waking hours watching rat hunting videos on YouTube, so much so that I'm beginning to talk with a British accent, and use words like "cracking", and terms like "a useful piece of kit". Gawd... does ratting look like about as much fun as one could have with their clothes on...
Well, the other day I was telling a friend about these videos and he said he has a rat problem under his chicken coop. Upon hearing this, I realized...and I'm sure you just did as well...this was the perfect justification to spend ridiculous amounts of money on a rat specific PCP air rifle equipped with a night vision scope. Gotta help a friend out, right?
So I started thinking about the rifle and what I would want my ultimate rat gun to entail. So far, I've come up with:
A high shot count. Who wants to have to stop and air-up during a ratting frenzy?
The ability to be tuned down for indoor/barnyard ratting scenarios.
A good trigger.
Accurate (kinda goes without saying)
Good, AFFORDABLE magazines. I'm no tightwad, but something about 90 dollar magazines really chaps my arse. And I think one would want a goodly number of magazines as who wants to stop and reload mags during a ratting frenzy?
Something that aquits itself well to shooting off of a bench and tripod, i.e., something that looks like a traditional rifle and not a spaceship.
22 caliber, as it may be called on to dispatch bigger critters at some point.
Side lever.
When I picture this gun, I keep coming back to the Brocock Sniper HR (I LOVE the look of that rifle), except the magazines are stupid expensive. Another thought is the Wildcat III, but I'd have to check one out in person to ascertain its "rifleness". Or, sticking with the Brits way of doing things, a Weihrauch HW100 or an AA 510, but I'd have to investigate adjustability and shot count...
So, what say you? Any other features worth noting? What would be your ultimate rat gun?
Thanks for your replies,
Justin
Moderator: This topic could have gone in a couple different forums. As my ultimate rat gun will be a PCP, I put it here. If it is more appropriate in another forum, my apologies.
Of late, I have spent most of my waking hours watching rat hunting videos on YouTube, so much so that I'm beginning to talk with a British accent, and use words like "cracking", and terms like "a useful piece of kit". Gawd... does ratting look like about as much fun as one could have with their clothes on...
Well, the other day I was telling a friend about these videos and he said he has a rat problem under his chicken coop. Upon hearing this, I realized...and I'm sure you just did as well...this was the perfect justification to spend ridiculous amounts of money on a rat specific PCP air rifle equipped with a night vision scope. Gotta help a friend out, right?
So I started thinking about the rifle and what I would want my ultimate rat gun to entail. So far, I've come up with:
A high shot count. Who wants to have to stop and air-up during a ratting frenzy?
The ability to be tuned down for indoor/barnyard ratting scenarios.
A good trigger.
Accurate (kinda goes without saying)
Good, AFFORDABLE magazines. I'm no tightwad, but something about 90 dollar magazines really chaps my arse. And I think one would want a goodly number of magazines as who wants to stop and reload mags during a ratting frenzy?
Something that aquits itself well to shooting off of a bench and tripod, i.e., something that looks like a traditional rifle and not a spaceship.
22 caliber, as it may be called on to dispatch bigger critters at some point.
Side lever.
When I picture this gun, I keep coming back to the Brocock Sniper HR (I LOVE the look of that rifle), except the magazines are stupid expensive. Another thought is the Wildcat III, but I'd have to check one out in person to ascertain its "rifleness". Or, sticking with the Brits way of doing things, a Weihrauch HW100 or an AA 510, but I'd have to investigate adjustability and shot count...
So, what say you? Any other features worth noting? What would be your ultimate rat gun?
Thanks for your replies,
Justin
Moderator: This topic could have gone in a couple different forums. As my ultimate rat gun will be a PCP, I put it here. If it is more appropriate in another forum, my apologies.