I took a load of scrap copper, alluminum, etc. today to a local recycle place. It's a huge barn that was formerly used as a dairy barn for years. The guy who owns it has a lot of old cars upstairs, and he was fussing about the pigeons crapping all over them.
He hollered at me, and said "Lester, I know you got a gun in that truck". I told him of course, and got my trusty 32 magnum Single Six out. He laughed, and said "you can't kill no pigeon with a pistol"!
Of course I had to prove him wrong
. I didn't want to shoot inside because of the roof, so I looked around under the eaves for a feathered target. I managed to find a few that offered a good backstop against the timbers, and proceded to bust three in a row at ranges from about 20-35 yards. This was with my home cast bullets, and a light load of Trail Boss. Low noise, but pretty good puffs of feathers!
He loved it, and I'm gonna take my smooth bore 22 Savage over there this week loaded with shot shells. I should have plenty of targets inside the main barn, the secondary buildings, and a couple huge silo's. This'll be the best oportunity I've had with this smooth bore. I've killed a few rats for the same fellow, but there's a LOT more pigeons!
