Bisley Pest Control for ratting

[snock]

Any flat-headed pellet which gives good accuracy would be the one I choose.
RWS Hobby, Matchpell, Bisley Practice.. they're all worth a try.

[somnophore]

well i should have my scope by the weekend, so ill get it on my gun, get it zeroed and then try a few types of pellets through it from 20 yards rested and see the accuracy

[snock]

I might be able to help you out with some Hobby, but that's all I have in the flat pellet stakes.

Let me know if you want 20 or so to try.

[somnophore]

its ok, i'm getting paid soon and i'll pick up a couple of tins of pellets from my local shop and try them out, if i dont like them can always give them away, thanks for the offer though.

[days968]

always used powerpells.never missed and a clean kill in 22

[somnophore]

always used powerpells.never missed and a clean kill in 22

Just worried with a pointed pellet it will over penetrate

[krieger]

i have an fac rapid and use bis PC for rats and feral pigeons in barns at 10 to 25 yards their perfect after that they tend to wander a bit. I normally use aa field but they always over penetrate sub 25 yards

[somnophore]

I shot a rat the other week with accupels in my garden from a prone position, i thought it hadnt over penetrated until i checked the area afterwards and found the pellet lodged in the fence panel, gone straight through the head and into the fence 5 yards behind

[Fluffybuck]

I shot a rat the other week with accupels in my garden from a prone position, i thought it hadnt over penetrated until i checked the area afterwards and found the pellet lodged in the fence panel, gone straight through the head and into the fence 5 yards behind

Did it kill the rat? If it did, even though you had "overpenetration", it was not a problem.
Almost any pellet at close range can pass straight through, so you'll be wanting a safe backstop if you want to avoid damage to nearby objects (or ricochets ).

[somnophore]

Oh yeah it killed the rat instantly, well apart from a tiny bit of twitching, but thats normal, yeah i'll probably just start shooting from standing/rested because then if it penetrates it will just go down into the mud at that angle.