BruceB
10-10-2006, 10:25 AM
Sitting at work on Saturday night, I got a call from my wife: "Where can I find some of our match airgun pellets?" I happen to have a few thousand RWS "Meisterkugeln" pellets -the kind that come individually packed in boxes of 100- so I told her where to look.
Couple hours later, comes another call: "GOT HIM!" It seems like a few mice have invaded the domicile, either brave or suicidal ones on account of the large feline population both inside and outside the hacienda. One of these intrepid little guys made the serious mistake of posing for a second or two on a counter-top, while my wife was sitting sentry with a Feinwerkbau air pistol twenty feet away. "WHACK!" Mouse finito.
The really interesting thing about this is that, not only did the pellet completely penetrate the mouse, but my wife found the .177 pellet afterwards and it had actually expanded to over .22 caliber! These are just the normal flat-faced design intended for super-accurate paper-cutting, but in this case, it was about like a person getting hit with a non-explosive 105mm shell.
In a less-violent method of extermination, we also found some "gel pads", about 4"x6" which are the mouse equivalent of quicksand.....two steps on the pad and they are STUCK, big time.
Couple hours later, comes another call: "GOT HIM!" It seems like a few mice have invaded the domicile, either brave or suicidal ones on account of the large feline population both inside and outside the hacienda. One of these intrepid little guys made the serious mistake of posing for a second or two on a counter-top, while my wife was sitting sentry with a Feinwerkbau air pistol twenty feet away. "WHACK!" Mouse finito.
The really interesting thing about this is that, not only did the pellet completely penetrate the mouse, but my wife found the .177 pellet afterwards and it had actually expanded to over .22 caliber! These are just the normal flat-faced design intended for super-accurate paper-cutting, but in this case, it was about like a person getting hit with a non-explosive 105mm shell.
In a less-violent method of extermination, we also found some "gel pads", about 4"x6" which are the mouse equivalent of quicksand.....two steps on the pad and they are STUCK, big time.