Was FINALLY cleaning out my shop the other day. For reasons best not gone into here and now, it's basically been open since last April. I'd been seeing signs of small rodents, but wasn't worried, there just isn't anything in there to keep them there. But lately, when I've been out there, I've sometimes had the feeling that I wasn't alone. Turns out I was right. Friday, out of the corner of my eye, I caught movement. When I looked up, there was a big fat pack rat on one of the roof trusses, heading for my storage loft. It's a mess up there, barely room to move, poor light, and lots of boxes of who knows what. The longest line of sight is the edge, and thats only 20 feet.
Anyway, got my Talon from the house and headed back out to the shop. Of course, I've got the 24" .22 barrel in it, and a 6.5-20x scope on it, and I've never shot it at less than 30 yards. Not exactly the right rig for hunting in a box forest :-)! I usually shoot Kodiaks, but I made one good decision. I had some of those cheap Crosman wadcutters on hand, that's what I loaded up. Sure enough, even with the scope turned down all the way, I couldn't see the little bugger through the scope! Fortunately, I've got a fairly decent light on my gun, and when I'd hit it with the light, it would freeze for a few seconds. It finally held still a little too long, I was able to practically touch it with the rifle barrel and pull the trigger. One dead pack rat. And even with the extremely close range, the wadcutter didn't penetrate, which is what I was hoping for.
But all of this pointed out the fact that I NEED a laser for short range stuff. I had at least 3 or 4 shots at less than 10 feet that I could have taken if I hadn't been trying to figure out how to SEE the damn thing! So I'm looking for suggestions from those of you that have actually used the various lasers. I'm looking seriously at the Beamshot 1001 U/B. It's about $120, plus $12 for a mount and another $12 for a switch (I don't like pressure pad switches). I know the regular 1000 series laser are cheaper, but this one has a better lens system so you get a tighter beam. The green lasers are out of my price range.
So how 'bout it, people? Anyone familiar with these? Something you like better? Thanks in advance.
Dave
