shotgun rats

ferrete

i have a proble with rats aroud he sheds and was wondering was there a cartraige that i could use indoors that would not damage everything be safe and not deafing for the shotgun or is there such shell. i amnot intereste in loading shells with corn. any advice???

Invincible

Air rifle or some lad with good Jack Russels would sort the rats best of all.

ferrete

no dogs out of the question. and dont have access to an air rifle or no anyone who does

pachey100

My dad told me that once he loaded some shells with soya beans very effective in sheds and what not. Just make sure you wear goggles.

foxboy

What about a .22 with bird shot
It's a .22 case filled with tiny balls of lead and closed like a shotgun catridge, great for shooting in sheds they won't damage the sheeting
I use them for pigeons

sc89

Rat poison, traps or cages would be a better option than guns because they get clever when you start shooting them and they start to stay out of sight!:D

doyle61

what about using a ferrete? your name implies it: do you use them yourself? anyway i know a chap that got a couple of ferretes a few years ago. he kept them in a barn that always had rats and mice around the place (barn was used to store horse feed) but since he got the ferretes he clames there isnt a rodent to be seen:cool:

session savage

Get a cat. Best thing we ever did. Never have to feed the cat, it looks after itself. never comes into the house and havent seen a rat in years.

sc89

session savage wrote: »

Get a cat. Best thing we ever did. Never have to feed the cat, it looks after itself. never comes into the house and havent seen a rat in years.

That's true actually, you can't go wrong with a cat, the best solution for rats and mice!:D

terminator2

buy a few mark 4 fenn traps you will soon clear out the rats

ferrete

i have a terrier cat and ferrets and cant get the they are in cavitys through feed etc and can walk in would get maybe 2 shots. as they have become wise to the traps. the 22 bird sot is only for rifles ihave a 12guage and a .223 so what do ido

Chopperdog 2

Subsonic 24 gram 12gauge ammunition could be an option for you.

It is still a potent shotshell but is much softer than a standard 12g load on both sound and impact.

Will have plenty of power to kill rats.

ferrete

are they hard to get or what is the cost like

beretta686s

well ferrete i have an .22 air rifle and would be happy to shoot them if u dont live to far from kk

blackstairsboy

Apparently rats are terrified of the smell of ferrets. We get a lad up to run his ferrets throughout the sheds at times. If the rat smells the ferret he wont go into the shed. Maybe an old wives tail but works for us. Another thing to do if they are in the cavities is to take a blade of a chainsaw and add a length of hose to the exhaust and smoke them out. Couple of lads with sprongs and terriers and you will have a few hours of fun anyway;)

tfox

blackstairsboy wrote: »

Apparently rats are terrified of the smell of ferrets. We get a lad up to run his ferrets throughout the sheds at times. If the rat smells the ferret he wont go into the shed. Maybe an old wives tail but works for us. Another thing to do if they are in the cavities is to take a blade of a chainsaw and add a length of hose to the exhaust and smoke them out. Couple of lads with sprongs and terriers and you will have a few hours of fun anyway;)

Its true, used to always keep my ferrets in the feed house, kept all the rats well out

Spunk84

tfox wrote: »

Its true, used to always keep my ferrets in the feed house, kept all the rats well out

Second that:D used to run my ferrets threw pigeon lofts for my mates years ago and wasn't a rat to be seen. If you dont want to lose your ferret take its shavings or bedding and sprinkle it all over the place, the smell alone will stop the rats coming in. Also you have Cat and a Terrier you say and you have a rat problem:eek: , very strange are they inside pets? if so maybe lock them in there at night

ferrete

they are not inside pets cat sleeps where ever and terrier in pen beside other dogs i annoyed as i keep 8 ferrets but have them through sheds an no sign tody hope it works

ferrete

is there no oe with any other ideas

ssl

Your limited with what you can do with a 12g under those circumstances.

ferrete

right thanks

flutered

the old tack and stable lads around here always swore by the shotgun, the rats they claimed did not understand it, for mumbers of them to be blown to pieces, they usually abandoned ship after a couple of goes, even on the outside.

ferrete

thanks thats what the old timer was telling me when i told him the problem

minktrapper

ferrete wrote: »

i have a proble with rats aroud he sheds and was wondering was there a cartraige that i could use indoors that would not damage everything be safe and not deafing for the shotgun or is there such shell. i amnot intereste in loading shells with corn. any advice???

try a 2" 410 gauge cartridge

Anto...

foxboy wrote: »

What about a .22 with bird shot
It's a .22 case filled with tiny balls of lead and closed like a shotgun catridge, great for shooting in sheds they won't damage the sheeting
I use them for pigeons

think there called .22 ratshot... where can you get those?

stick shooter

Think john lambert in camolin does them;)They work very well

foxboy

Anto... wrote: »

think there called .22 ratshot... where can you get those?

I get them in Waterford outdoor & angling ( John O Brien )

ssl

minktrapper wrote: »

try a 2" 410 gauge cartridge

Was going to suggest that but the OP doesn't have a .410. Does anyone know the status of inserts?

The OP doesn't have a .22, but i got rat shot in Mullingar, Lakeland shooting centre, €14 a box. Never used it. I don't want to go off topic but will it kill rats? Pigeons are weaker game.

foxboy

ssl wrote: »

Was going to suggest that but the OP doesn't have a .410. Does anyone know the status of inserts?

The OP doesn't have a .22, but i got rat shot in Mullingar, Lakeland shooting centre, €14 a box. Never used it. I don't want to go off topic but will it kill rats? Pigeons are weaker game.

don't know if it will kill rats, i never used it on them
its not great for pigeons either, it will knock them and then i kill them on the ground
I think it might have something to do with the rifleing in the barrel
and the way it spreads the shot

clivej

Ratshot is for use in small places and when the son tried some out it had a spread of an A4 sheet of paper @20yards. Not so good at the longer ranges.

DO NOT use the ratshot with a mod on the rifle it spreads out quickly.

Rats are easy to kill - one hit and they will go down so the ratshot will work

CJhaughey

foxboy wrote: »

don't know if it will kill rats, i never used it on them
its not great for pigeons either, it will knock them and then i kill them on the ground
I think it might have something to do with the rifleing in the barrel
and the way it spreads the shot

I found that it patterned like a donut in my .22

minktrapper

ferrete wrote: »

i have a proble with rats aroud he sheds and was wondering was there a cartraige that i could use indoors that would not damage everything be safe and not deafing for the shotgun or is there such shell. i amnot intereste in loading shells with corn. any advice???

Put down some rat poison there is no scarcity of it.

meathstevie

Chopperdog 2 wrote: »

Subsonic 24 gram 12gauge ammunition could be an option for you.

It is still a potent shotshell but is much softer than a standard 12g load on both sound and impact.

Will have plenty of power to kill rats.

+1, light slow load designed for clay shooting if I'm not mistaken.

Jimmy Garlic

The simple way to do it would be to construct a backstop, put a bait point in front of it and just blast away with whatever you have. Make the backstop out of fertiliser bags (or coal bags or whatever) filled with sand. Stick on a pair of plugs then a pair of muffs and away you go.