garden guns

[archiebald]

Hi all iv been thinking about garden guns, has anyone on here used one and what was it like?. How loud was it and what sort of range would they kill rats at?

 

Cheers for any info!

[team tractor]

Garden gun ? People class a 410 as a garden gun or the 9mm ?

[archiebald]

9 mm

[malantone]

I would have thought .22 shot shell was garden gun :-

410 is a bit big to go around the garden with, there is a 6mm garden gun

Edited April 16, 2013 by malantone

[kennett]

To be honest I think you are better off with a moderated .410, garden guns are pretty pants and the ammo costs a fortune!

[chesterse]

I've always known the 9mm as the "garden gun", my father in law still has one, it is single shot bolt action. The cartridges look like a bullet but are filled with 9 shot

We used to use it for shooting rats in the barns so I guess it would kill up to about 10 yards.

[welshwizard]

I,ve got a 9mm Garden/ Gallery/flobert gun as they were known by , I use it for rat shooting in barns ,sheds etc , they give about slightly less noise than a 2" .410 ,range depends on shot size you use but some sizes hard to find now ,most are loaded with no.9 shot but I managed to buy couple of boxes of no.6 at the Shooting show £10 a box of 50 double charge shells ,if you have them on fac you can get semiauto versions and use the 9mm solid bullet RWS still do them ,

these cartridges are what this little gun was designed for in gallery shooting they fired anything from a 9mm cb cap with small/light charge upwards .

I have had this one about 30 years now ,single shot b/action ,previous to that I had a Anschutz semi auto version ,cracking gun but would have had to put it on fac

if i kept it with the change in shotgun law in the 80,s .

Sorry - the noise and use of it in your garden depends on where you live and how big your garden , I have no problem in mine ,rural area in a village ,any traffic noise will hide it though .

Edited April 16, 2013 by welshwizard

[bakerboy]

Garden gun 9mm some times called a number "3" (I think)?

 

Great little guns with lots of uses.

 

For the young shooters at staic targets, it is just the job.

 

Barn work, does a lot less damage than a powerful air rifle ( no damage to the fabric of the building.

 

Effective range up to 20 yards, they can be a little noisy in an enclosed space.

 

And what's more they ar cheap and easy to get hold of, contact wabbitbosher he is the man to find you a good un.

Edited April 16, 2013 by bakerboy

[jamiedenny]

Air rifle ?

Edited April 16, 2013 by jamiedenny

[Blackpowder]

Gardne gun 9mm some times called a number "3" (I think)?

 

Great little guns with lots of uses.

 

For the young shooters at staic targets, it is just the job.

 

Barn work, does a lot less damage than a powerful air rifle ( no damage to the fabric of the building.

 

Effective range up to 20 yards, they can be a little noisy in an enclosed space.

 

And what's more they ar cheap and easy to get hold of, contact wabbitbosher he is the man to find you a good un.

You are spot on Baker Boy it was also known as Number 3 bore, I had always assumed that no 1 bore was .22 smooth bore, so what was Number 2 bore if it ever existed/

hoopefully the accumulaterd wisdom on Pigeon |WAtch will come up with an answer.

 

Blackpowdwer

[archiebald]

thanks for the replies, iv been wondering about these for a while and seen one in the gunshop and was tempted. don't think iv got a need for one so I think ill leave it but was very curious

[Andy H]

No 3 was the rimfire 9mm ,no 2 was a rimfire.200" bore or also known in germany as the 5mm glatt

[lakeside1000]

I bought a 3 bore garden gun back in 1973, thought I could shoot pigeons with it, big mistake, so I got rid and bought a .410 but had about as much luck with that, just get a decent air rifle, it will knock over anything you find in the average garden and the ammo is dirt cheap, my air arms .177 will drop a pigeon or rabbit from 30 yards straight through the head , what more do you need.

[Alycidon]

9mm rimfire, 9 shot, about 3/8 of an oz.

 

It was the first gun I used to stalk rabbits with. I could stalk them down to under 10 yards, then they just got upset with the noise. Took me 18 months to nail one, really good tool to teach you how to stalk in close.

 

As for practical use, its good for rats in a corn drier, range 10-15 feet, not bad for house sparrows when they were a pest and could be shot, other than that they are of no use what so ever, ammo is very very pricey as well, FIOCCI were the only people to make it at the time, ( mid/late 60s).

 

I would give it a maximum range of 30 feet, 410 is a better bet.

 

A

[archiebald]

Cheers guys, iv just baught a lovely old belgian folding .410 hammergun instead, mint bores too. Cant wait to take it out for a play at weekend!

[archiebald]

Heres the little bueaty I got instead