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texjames wrote:I have a Gamo Whisper also.I would never shoot any cats.We have 4 cats two are inside and two outside.They are much
loved members of the family.I have had to trap and turn in strays that multiplyed in our neighbors garage when it was vacant for several years.
Turned them over to Animal Contriol. They would come over and hang out at our place. All our cats are spayed and netured.
Get regular Vet visits etc.

I'm not really a cat-shooter either, Tex James. I was just sayin', that if you're going to shoot a cat-sized critter, there's a more legal way to do so than making your own suppressor. I'd probably go the trapping route. I have been known to shoot possums that have been eating the dog food, though. There's nothing nastier looking than a 30-lb possum hissing at you.

I've been tempted to get a Gamo Whisper just for fun. The only thing we get in our backyard are songbirds and Turkish geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus), and I certainly don't want to kill them, but it'd be fun to have one of the Gamo Whisper's just in case there's a sudden invasion of zombie squirrels or something.

MojoTexas

Purplehood wrote:My Dad made a silencer for a .22LR Rifle when I was a youngster so that he could dissuade a local tom-cat from violating our yard.
He took one of my Mothers foam hair-curlers and basically taped it to the muzzle. Every male in the family followed him out into the backyard in the middle of the night as he set-up his kitty-cat kill-zone.
When the round went-off, it sounded like a PHTTPT similar to the fizz-sound you get opening a can of beer. Quite effective.

Yeah from what I've heard building a DIY silencer is not difficult to do, I'm sure you've all heard the same stories that I have about using a 2L pop bottle stuffed with cotton with a perforated inner pipe and a hose clamp...effective for several shots of .22LR, with effectiveness decreasing the more you use it. Or so I've been told.

Of course it's a legal no-no unless you follow all the laws and have all the paperwork. For tom-cat removal, I'd probably just get a Gamo "Whisper" pellet rifle. Perfectly legal, powerful enough to kill a cat at backyard range, and quiet enough to not alarm the neighbors. Or get a "Havaheart" trap baited with some cat food...much simpler, and you can then turn the cat over to the local shelter or dispose of it how you see fit.

Gamo Whisper: http://www.gamousa.com/family.aspx?familyID=71
Havaheart Feral Cat Trap: http://www.havahart.com/store/live-animal-traps/1099

MojoTexas

Great video! I agree, it sounds like a pellet rifle.