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Originally posted by fritz:

I bet Mars will ship you all the rats you want...

I was thinking more about the eradication process haha.

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Originally posted by Nuclear:
A company I used to work for in Chicago had a building with a basement connected to the old steam tunnels under the city. There was one old company employee whose job was to sit on a stool at the bottom of the stairs to the basement with a 22 and pop rats all day long.

A dozen years back or so, I had an over night security gig at an old coffee warehouse along the Chicago river. The $ was great for not doing much. One morning the boss says something about the rats, how he hates them and the poison/traps aren't working. He wasn't joking, there were rats all over that building!

"I think I can figure something out..."

Thank you Mr Ruger! The MkII and the 10/22 got quite the workout! Even after the security contract ended, the Company kept a few of of us on as "pest control specialist".
Occasionally, the boss would stop by at night and "check up on us" with a 6 pack. He said it was the best fun he's ever had at that place! Middle of the night, shooting rats.

^^^ H O L Y S H I T!!! That is an insane number of rats you got there. Gives me the creeps just seeing the picture.

Redneck NightVision is DONE!

I've already sold the setup except for my rifle to a chicken farmer. I deliver it this weekend once I have sighted in his Marlin bolt action rifle he bought.



So I bought me THIS!

ATN X-Scope 5-18

My FB feed is going to get a lot more fun when you get those vids up.

I transfer all the parts to his rifle tomorrow.

It's like playing a video game. LOL

oh my!

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ATN X-Scope 5-18

I have one of those NightShot Sony cams...youve gotten me thinking, which is probably a bad thing...

I'm awaiting the camera's return to get the rat shooting footage from my farmer friend.

He LOVES the setup I made for him.

Put it on a new little Marlin .22 bolt action.

It's the first gun he's ever bought. He's been here since the fall of Saigon, got his citizenship two years later and hasn't bought a gun.

He says he is now country as I am now. LOL

How does the Atn scope hold up? Any vids?

Too rainy to hunt here yet.

You can bet when I can get out there will be some!].

I have a cz 455 with suppressir i have been contemplating getting one for.

The 5-18 is WAY too powerful.

The 3-14 is better suited for night varmint hunting.

that is good to know, do you need an illumination light with the Atn? I have way to many coons, possums, and foxes around my chickens.

Yes, but they can't see the IR illuminator.

The only night vision that doesn't need illumination is thermal.

Even GEN3 has it's problems. A GEN3 has a life expectancy on the tube.

The ATN works identical to the camera. In fact it is not a tube at all, but a camera and viewfinder.

Some of the best times I had growing up was hunting rats at a dump. Just sit by the car and pop them all night. Killed a ton of rats with my Ruger 10/22.

My buddy killed 180 rats in three nights.

He never activated the effing record button on the camera, but he is now an avid 2nd supporter.

He LOVED his new Marlin 22 and never knew shooting could be so much fun.

I will be going with him in a few weeks and I damn sure will hit the record button.

His friend sent me with enough cash to build another rifle as he only has an airgun.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
My buddy killed 180 rats in three nights.

That is outstanding.

Part of me says that would be totally cool to be there, helping to reduce the rodent population. Another part says that's just freakin' creepy to be near so many rats.

I bet a 10/22 with 25 rounds mags and a cheap tablet with no IR filter on the camera would kick it up a notch.

A 10/22 would need a suppressor with subsonic ammo, much greater expense for a farmer.

The bolt action with 700fps ammo is the right combo.