steve sparky Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 can any one recomend a small hand gun to kill rats needs to be small and faily cheep ,also some cheep night lazer , gas would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart1985 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 2240 crossman, defo the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 ^ as above, 2240, ratcatcher, or xs78, will all be cheap and give fairly good service on the rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pest popper Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 You would be better off with a rifle to be honest, but i would look for a used webley alecto in .22 or a used HW45 C02 dramaticly drops in power in the cold. A lad on another forum done a test and write up to show differences. His modified ratcatcher was doing 10.5ft lbs in the day time. He then left it in his garage for a few hours in the night and tried again and was getting something like 6-6.5 So a 2240 on rats isnt going to be upto much unless its a hot summer night. More than likely be between 2-2.5ft lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 you are better off with a rifle and a small scope, hitting them and having the power to kill clean is lacking in most pistols being limited to 6ft lb at max - most produce less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabs Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 A pistol will be fine for goodness sake. Use this one (comes well recommended and pretty much at the limit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 The pistol i would recommend for shooting close range Rats is the Weihrauch HW45.This pistol is nothing short of superb for close range but if your shooting Rats at a distance then i would recommend you to get a good quaity Air-Rifle. ATB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Shooting rats you really will benefit from a multi shot to be honest it can be fast an furious , I wouldn't bother with any pistol other than a pcp falcon do some nice ones , or get cheap pcp rifle low mag scope an dim torch works best for me, co2 complete waste of time Just my opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 What exactly are you using it for, dispatching from a trap or baiting and shooting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Brocock do a six shot 6 fpe pistol as well, developed for shooting mink in traps.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerob Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 so do hatsan do a pistol version of the at-44 expensive tho and they do a bake barrel pistol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabs Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Brocock do a six shot 6 fpe pistol as well, developed for shooting mink in traps.... Tis' true, here's my 4 year old shooting the single shot version. 5.6 ftlb and very accurate.(but no shooting stuff in traps, she's hitting beer tops at 20 yrds) Edited February 4, 2013 by pabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy198712 Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Rat catcher pistol will do on short range but you can get semi co2 pistols, What you want depends on range really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve sparky Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 thank you for the advice , i do use a rifle but the rats appear when im kiping in the bivy ,and so a pistol would be good as i leave it on the bivi table with out scareing of the rat. the rat catcher is to long but i agree nice gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve sparky Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 What exactly are you using it for, dispatching from a trap or baiting and shooting? for killing rats at night whilst fishing as thay are abit of a pest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 2240 crossman, defo the best Yep I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve sparky Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 2240 crossman, defo the best thanks looks perfect for my needs. the rifles to much as is the 682 gold e lol makes a mess of my solar carp hangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 for killing rats at night whilst fishing as thay are abit of a pest I would make sure your permission is in writing and carried with you in that case, carrying an air pistol can be viewed very seriously if its not a fully private fishery I shouldn't bother personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve sparky Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 2240 crossman, defo the best A pistol will be fine for goodness sake. Use this one (comes well recommended and pretty much at the limit) lol I would make sure your permission is in writing and carried with you in that case, carrying an air pistol can be viewed very seriously if its not a fully private fishery I shouldn't bother personally its my friends fishery but i do agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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