Thread: co2 BB/slug pistol

Anyone around Kapiti coast got a co2 pistol that they would let me borrow?

The neighbours have a bit of a pigeons problem in there shed, I want to go in and shot them at night but it's clad with iron and the .22 goes straight throw, need something a bit softer.

I don't have one of them either though haha

I read about a guy that would pull the projectiles from the .22lr and fill with wax to shoot mice.

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What about 22 bird shot

Originally Posted by FatLabrador

What about 22 bird shot

Yea I've got a few bird shot I'm going to try but I think they might go throw too.

Originally Posted by Tombi

Yea I've got a few bird shot I'm going to try but I think they might go throw too.

22 bird shot wont go through iron it barely kills rats you should be ok

Just get a sharp knife and chop sub .22 rounds off flush with the brass of the case

Originally Posted by Tombi

Yea I've got a few bird shot I'm going to try but I think they might go throw too.

Bird shot .22 definitely won't go through.... played with that a bit.
Got a handful of them if you want some more.

cool i'll have a jam with bird shot tomorrow night, @thejavelin cheers man, if it works I might have to take you up on that cause I don't think I've got much. Also can you run bird shot throw a suppressor?

Just fired a shot at a target and I'd think no, it opens up very quickly and I'd think it would start inside the suppressor

Are you in the 'burbs or is 12g orchard shot an option?

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my brother put bird shot through a parkerhale suppressor when we were kids it bent the baffles. still have it and still works ok

I have a new Baikal break open air pistol for around the $160 mark and can include freight and a pack of pellets.

Another suggestion is a rubber shotgun we used to make as kids. It may work, but at nearly free is worth trying.

You get a 12 inch piece of rigid PVC or thin wall steel pipe about 25mm in diameter. (or there abouts longer or shorter does not matter)

Get a good quality rubber glove. Cut one finger off the rubber glove and tape it securely to the end of the piece of tube. (Do not disgard the remaining glove- the fingers will wear out fairly frequently)

drop a few small stones, / projectiles in just like a muzzle loader.

Pinch your fingers around them through the end of the finger and pull back as far as you dare just like a sling shot

Aim pipe like a shotgun in the direction of your target and let the finger go.

I would suggest testing your projectiles on a scrap piece of iron as, depending on the quality of the glove, you can get quite a bit of power out of it.

May or may not hit a bird but will scare the bejesus out of them for certain......!!!!

haha yea we use to make those too, mum use to get annoyed because we'd cut the thumb and fingers off dish washing gloves.

didn't get a chance to have a go at the pigeons, mate come round and we got distracted talking shit.

So 22lr bird shot is rubbish or the stuff I had was old and lost its bang, shot a few with it and they just looked at me.

Slug gun proved the best, got rid of 28 in one go. Only about 7 left (the smart ones that flew off when the shooting started)