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Man aims at mouse, shoots housemate
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004
| Patti Dobranski
Posted on 10/20/2004 1:03:01 PM PDT by Willie Green
A mouse loose in a Somerset County house may have escaped injury early Tuesday morning, but a woman who lives there wasn't as fortunate.
State police at Somerset said 43-year-old Donald Eugene Rugg was attempting to shoot the rodent with a .22-caliber handgun inside the home he shares with 35-year-old Cathy Jo Harris, along Chicken Bone Road, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, shortly after midnight.
As he fired the weapon, Harris reportedly walked into the path of the discharged round and was struck in the right arm with birdshot.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; doh; notoutsourcing; rodents; vermin
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To: Kahonek
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:14:20 PM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: Ken522; Kahonek
We used to call them 'ratshot'. It's a 22 LR round with many micro-size pellets. Use around the barn or farm for close quarters mouse combat :). It really is a real round.
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:14:34 PM PDT
by
snooker
To: Kahonek
No, those rounds are called rodent rounds. They make them for all sorts of guns. I have a box of 38 specials with birdshot. It's really not birdshot, it's more like tiny steel bearings, the size of those little sprinkles you find on top of chocolates. Like what's in a box of Snowcap chocolate bits. Lethal to rats at up to 40', but spares the structure.
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:14:35 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Can we possibly have just one more "Kidz-Bop"?)
To: Kahonek
Yes.
Birdshot.
Not Bird$#!+.
From a .22LR shot cartridge.
They load a .22LR cartridge with 40gr or so of #12 shot, and put a star crimp on the end.
It's usually marketed as "Snake Shot" cartridges.
#12 shot is almost dust. But it can do some damage at a few yards range.
The rifling in the .22 barrel tends to spread out the pattern.
To: Kahonek; Ken522
Birdshot from a .22 handgun? Such rounds exist - snakeshot. Very, very small shotgun shell, basically, in a .22LR caliber.
I've got a box of 'em. Not at all reliable in semi-autos because there's not enough recoil energy to cycle the action, but fine in .22 revolvers.
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:15:30 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Kahonek
They make a 22 long round with a small load of 'bird shot', specifically for shooting rats and such. Ol Cathy Jo's a lucky gal to have a thoughtful man like Donald Eugene around. Thoughtful and sensitive; like FnKerry.
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:15:50 PM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
To: Kahonek; Ken522
Birdshot from a .22 handgun? They probably had rat shot shells, not bird shot.
27
posted on
10/20/2004 1:17:05 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Out of the mouths of democRATs come nothing but stupid words.)
To: Kahonek
28
posted on
10/20/2004 1:17:26 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Hawkins/Tonnelson in 2004!!!)
To: Ken522
Yeah I have shot them, I keep a .22 revolver loaded with the stuff for snakes. It is sometimes called snakeshot as well. Its the same size as a .22 but has tiny pellets in a plastic capsule on the top.
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:17:35 PM PDT
by
eXe
(The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war)
To: 75thOVI; albee; annyokie; Augustus McCrae; beyond the sea; Bloody Sam Roberts; Born Conservative; ..
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No amateurs, please.
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:17:55 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(I'm not a doctor, but I play one on FR)
To: mhking
31
posted on
10/20/2004 1:19:51 PM PDT
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: snooker
used to use them for pigeons inside the barn. they're real.
32
posted on
10/20/2004 1:20:18 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece:Charity is conservative;doing it with someone else's money is liberal.)
To: ArrogantBustard
How much Rolling Rock was involved in this little situation?Rolling Rock? We're talkin' Schlitz or Blatz here, baby.
33
posted on
10/20/2004 1:21:49 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Willie Green
I bet that stuned her beeber!
34
posted on
10/20/2004 1:22:07 PM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(Attention All Girlie-men...Please don't forget your foo foo's on the way out the door.)
To: martin_fierro
I think Ahrn City was involved here, n'at.
35
posted on
10/20/2004 1:22:54 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: Just another Joe
When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer!
To: Willie Green
Chicken Bone Road, in Lower Turkeyfoot TownshipCan't make this up!
To: theFIRMbss
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posted on
10/20/2004 1:25:21 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
To: martin_fierro
Upon analysis of the ballistics, I am force to conclude that the rat in question must have been the size of a pony (the woman was shot in the ARM), or flying through the air at an unusually high altitude.
39
posted on
10/20/2004 1:25:45 PM PDT
by
Shryke
To: Willie Green
"while it's not against the law to discharge a weapon in a home, police advise against it."
Good advice there.
40
posted on
10/20/2004 1:26:04 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
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