rat shot for a ...... rat

[Hillbillyhunter]

Went out to a small shed behind the garage to get a tarp. My wife usually keeps chickens, but something killed the last of them about 4 months ago. The left over high protein chicken feed was put into a brute plastic trash can with a lid. I noticed the lid had been chewed through and there were pine shavings everywhere. I picked up the bag of shavings and the biggest rat I ever saw fell out. I shut the shed door and went for the blackhawk in 45 colt with rat shot. We played hide and seek for a while as I slowly removed items for him to hide behind and I managed to connect with my first shot as he ran for cover.

I have another picture with the SBH next to the rat for size reference, but it won't load for some reason.

[Nines&Twos]

That's a rat writ writ for a rat...and legal service of the same.

[Hillbillyhunter]

I took a screenshot of the original picture and it worked to upload. He's a big one for sure. That's a SBH in 45 colt with a 4.62" barrel for reference.

[HWooldridge]

In the immortal words of Farmer Hoggett, "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."

[Bull]

Nice job Hillbilly Hunter

[racepres]

But...If that was a Pig Barn instead of a Chicken Coop... That rat would be twice that size!!!
But...No Proof so ...BS meter active!!!!

[Texas by God]

It’s a good rat now.
Good shooting with a nice Ruger!


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[Barry54]

This made my day! Thanks for sharing. How was the shot ricocheting inside the shed?

[YoungGun88]

No better rat than a dead rat. Snap traps with pin nails driven through to "lock em in" baited with undercooked bacon and chunky peanut butter. They work juuuussst fine.
Good shootin!

[Mk42gunner]

I was expecting a large rat, not a juvenile. Still, it is a good rat now.

Two places came to mind when thinking of large rats: 1. Nabasan Wharf when I was stationed at NAVMAG Subic, they weren't too bothered by normal rat traps. And 2. Adak, AK.

Robert

[TNsailorman]

The first "wharf rat" I saw was in San Francisco in the fall of 1961 when I was in the Navy. He was climbing a cargo ships tie up line to the pier. I pity the cat that would have the nerve to tackle that dude. He look like he weighed somewhere around 6 pounds, a regular monster. I'm not sure a cat could have handled him. We used to shoot rats around the town dump rats back in Tennessee in the mid to late 50's but nothing anywhere near his size. I would have liked to have had Dad's old Remmington bolt action .22lr to see if it would put him down cleanly. my memory anyway, james

[racepres]

LOL I do recall the kind of rats TNsailorman describes.. Our pig barn rats were Not bigger than Cats...bout the same... but, Tough!! We mostly used the Speer shot capsules, with as much 7-1/2 as they will hold!! a 38/357 would Not anchor them, even when "rolled" 2 or 3 times!! they Always ran off and their brethren Ate em, quite a Noise!!!... the 44, Mag or Special... they Always stayed put!!
No 45's back then... but I sure wish I would have had a Taurus Judge... Just to "Judge"

[WILCO]

That's a rat writ writ for a rat...and legal service of the same.

Thanks for the U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn reference.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

I use a 12ga loaded with sorgham seed in 1 1/4oz wads; good for about 20' and doesn't take the paint off!

[WILCO]

Nice job Hillbilly Hunter

Yes!!!!

[HumptyDumpty]

Holy smoke, I'm glad that I've only had to contend with housemice; at this point, I've shot more of them than deer.

[Rapier]

Wharf Rats in the tropics get very big, large enough that the cats will not take them on. I used to shoot them on the ranch, in the everglades, durng the 50s with 22 shorts out of a Rem 510 with a battery powered head lamp. 22 rat shot would at times not put them down with one shot. The 50s era heavy gauge galvanized corrugated steel siding and roof would stop a standard velocity short most times. They will do a good job on the big rats. Shot hundreds of rats at the open small town dumps in NH during the 60s when I was in HS and College there.

[Txcowboy52]

Only good rat is a dead rat ! Good shooting amigo!

[TNsailorman]

Rapier, I kinda miss the old days when we could spend a nice evening at the dump shooting the rats. Policemen would come around once in a while and sometimes end up shooting a little with us. It was a different time. The rats would come out in force as the sun started going down and they would be running around all over the dump looking for any food that had come in with the days dumpings. They were a quick target, you had to swing fast to get on them. I was just thinking while I read some of these posts and I can't remember seeing a rat in something like 25 to 30 years. There just don't seem to be very many at all around here now since they close the local dump and covered it over iwth several feet of dirt. The last one I remember seeing was when they tore down an old cattle barn about 1 mile away and a few that were living in it scurried all over the neighborhood for a bit, but even they have disappeared now. Local cats probably did them in. So much for a 82-year-olds nostalgia, james

[Nines&Twos]

....so...what mold would a person use for a rat trap?