wow thats beautiful, how much it cost?

Price? Well, retail is $1585 by their site, but never pay retail. Still not cheap. Hand engraved - each one.
There is a Talos Sierra limited edition Golden Boy. Also quite beautiful. Done in nickle. Talos is a distributor that has companies make limited editions Google  the "Henry Sierra". It can be bought for under $800.

Missed the raccoons last night. They stopped in the pond a little before 2am this time. I can estimate time by when I go out to check and the wetness of their damned paw prints on the sidewalk. I may have to do a stakeout and just wait for them. Or quickly rig up the electric fence again. I've got some SS wire that won't corrode, which is why the last one had to be taken down.

Get some super colibri and take care of the current round of raccoons.

First I have to be out there when they show up. I've missed them by an hour last 2 nights.
Yes, the super's are quieter than an air gun. Just not happy in a semi auto even when manually cycled. Needs lever action rifle. Silent in rifles. Loud in pistols due to all the open spaces they have.
A golden boy might be just right.
In Seattle a raccoon is classified as a pest. If trapped, they can not be relocated and turned loose. Granny Clampet's raccoon stew! Yum! Get 2 of them - one tail for each end of the bike handle bars.

From the deck,I'm 6' up and have a good view looking down on the pond. Excellent vantage point. Waterfall is off to the right. No fish at that part of it.


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Or consider a single shot 22. cheap as all hell. but damned dependable

So you want me to make a road trip to Cabelas? You want me to go shopping for toys? You want me to buy things to deal with pesky raccoons? Just who do you think I am? (Oh, right, you DO know which is why you suggested it!  ) anyway, Friday a new toy should be here.

You can chamber one bullet and use a Ruger 10/22 as a single shot. That makes it difficult should there me mommy and babies. It would be a shame not to let the whole family in on the fun. It is that time of year. Probably why they are coming around now.

I will set up the electric fence.

Older raccoons are not afraid of people - they stare at you. Babies are still afraid but very aggressive if cornered. Lots of dead ones along the roads lately.

got an idea for you Addy ... an early warning system... if the pesky critters are late at night... cheap IR sensor pod like used for security lights or burglar alarms... one of the adjustable distance/angle ones... fairly cheap ... but instead of a light or big siren.... just hook it up to trigger a cheap doorbell! ... you could be inside doing stuff or even snoozing.... ding dong! ... slip out to the door.... slide out quiet... hello there mr critter!! 

Racoons don't like mint. Plant mint to keep them away (it's a perennial and comes back every year) . Put some mint drops in the water to keep them away from fish. They make mint scented trash bags to keep coons away.

Or, if you want to teach them a lesson, trap them with a have-a-heart trap. Take them for a long ride to a place with no trees. Play really loud heavy metal on the way there. I've had squirrels pass out using this method...seriously. They wake up as soon as you open the cage. 

+1 to pliskin

Just strolled through the gun isle of Walmart on my way to get a few door knobs and hinges.  They had 2 boxes of Winchester 22LR 1000 rounds, $49 a pop     They don't have any anymore

BTW the 3 box limit is ABSOLUTE BULL!  I just bought 2000 rounds, and could have bought 3000 if they had them in stock.  But if I want to buy a particular slug for my 12 ga that only comes in boxes of 5 they will only let me buy 15 rounds 

so you would need to find the 'case' box that a whole heap of the slugs come in... and buy 3 'boxes' of that size eh!! 

betcha they wouldnt blink.... 

Actually one of the rounds I buy is sold in both a 15 and 5 round package.  Once I wanted 2 of the 15's, but they were sold out.  They had about a dozen of the 5's.  I asked the guy if he would sell me 6 5's for the price of 2 15's and he told me he could only sell me 3 5's total.  I didn't buy any that particular day. 

thats gotta suck... bloody govt rulings!!... i suppose whoever drew up the rules thought they were being really clever... and in a way walmart is giving the rules the bird by only selling you 2 boxes... of 1000!!!!!??

so ... in theory .. if you could get a pallet sized "box" of a particular round... (and had the $$ for it) .. then you could buy 3 of them in total ... hardly matters that 3 pallets would be well over 50,000 rounds of most ammo?....

hmmm ... wonder if anyone sells shipping container sized 'boxes' ?? 

It's just a "temporary" policy Walmart has been enforcing since December.  There are no legal restrictions.

ahh .. supply and demand then..

still kinda sucks ..

in my state in Australia they have had various attempts at enforcing ammo purchase limits in the last decade.. 'to save society' ... the criminals didnt bother to keep to the limits though!!.. only some of the law abiding hunters... the rest of the law abiding hunters used the 'bulk box' rules and went around it anyway .. 

except the olympic games shooters ... i know for certain that they had 8 pallets of 'target' ammo for the 12 gauges delivered over a 3 month period ... even came with an exemption letter at the time because 'it was national pride' at stake... kinda thing.. 

Quote from: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 05:19:40 PM
got an idea for you Addy ... an early warning system... if the pesky critters are late at night... cheap IR sensor pod like used for security lights or burglar alarms... one of the adjustable distance/angle ones... fairly cheap ... but instead of a light or big siren.... just hook it up to trigger a cheap doorbell! ... you could be inside doing stuff or even snoozing.... ding dong! ... slip out to the door.... slide out quiet... hello there mr critter!! 

One of the best ideas! Then I can stay inside watching Family Guy and Married with Children until my "guests" show up.

Quote from: pliskin on June 12, 2013, 08:01:02 PM
Or, if you want to teach them a lesson, trap them with a have-a-heart trap. Take them for a long ride to a place with no trees. Play really loud heavy metal on the way there. I've had squirrels pass out using this method...seriously. They wake up as soon as you open the cage. 

In the city of Seattle, raccoons are classified as a pest. If you trap one - well - better have a good recipe for coon fricassee or a licensed trapper to take it to coon heaven. Not saying what I would do...... 

Looks like it's time to invest in reloading gear in the states. I hear 9mm is damn expensive and hard to find. Some say the government bought up a few billion rounds

Quote from: slipperymongoose on June 13, 2013, 12:52:31 AM
Looks like it's time to invest in reloading gear in the states. I hear 9mm is damn expensive and hard to find. Some say the government bought up a few billion rounds

30 cents each is common, but you have to order fast. We CAN order ammo on the internet. Even can be found for under 30 cents if you know where to look. Ammo is available if you belong to certain gun clubs. Oh, like a police target range which is open to the public. Heck, I can find most any GS500 part I want. Using the same techniques, I've found .22's for under 8 cents each. You just have to hone in your searching techniques and be prepared to act fast when something sells out in 15 minutes.

45 cents each and higher: you can get all you want.

ALL ammo is available if you want to pay high prices.

Problem with reloading is the actual bullet is hard to get. Powder, primers and cases ( or your used ones ) are easy.

the shelves at Cabelas tonight was loaded with ammo. Just not what you normally want: .22, 380 acp, 45's, 9mm, 357 and so forth. I joked with the gun salesman that we should look at what ammo they have in stock and sell me something that fires it. I did look at the Henry Big Boy 45LC. Nice! Didn't buy it. Something charming about old school lever action or revolvers. Simple. Easy to clean. No mechanism to jam.

ON NIGHT PATROL: No furry visitors yet. Will continue for another hour or so.

4:15 am and no sign of varmints.
Watch will continue for another half hour.  It is sunrise. So they probably won't show tonight.