You have a Glock BB gun???

You'll put your eye out, kid.

That aside, a Red Rider air rifle won't solve any racoon problem. The only larger than a rat critter problem that I know was solved with a BB gun was with one of those old timey freon powered machine BB guns. It not only dispatched the garbage eating scalawag, but it also ventilated the galvanized garbage can.

But if you just have to try, see if you can find some +P+ jacketed hollow point BBs.

 

It should do a good job of making them mad! Not too many ammo options for .177 outside of going with steel over copper.

May need to graduate to a pellet rifle. I’ve got a .22 caliber pellet rifle that does a solid job and they make a “hunting round” for them. Picked it up at Walmart for about a hundred bucks, it’s more than paid for itself for critter control. Isn’t too loud either, or at least my neighbors haven’t complained 😂

Good luck with the trash pandas and don’t shoot yer eye out!

 

Your puny weapon is no match for their superior intelligence.

 

I’m told it’s all about penetration and expansion. But if you hit them where it counts caliber doesn’t matter.

 

I keep a RWS Diana 350 Magnum 22 caliber air rifle on the porch some of the time. It will kill a koon or groundhog with a well placed shot to the CNS. It is not enough gun for a certain kill at any distance, but does make them feel unwelcome.

 

Your gonna need a 10mm pellet gun

 

You are going to need more power in an air rifle to discourage a trash panda. The copper BB's are plated. Your red Ryder uses a magnet to keep BB in place until you fire it gamo sells lead BB's but it would roll out of the barrel. I have a Walther air rifle that is the same power level as paper shooters RWS 350 but in 177 that will ruin their day

 

Your Red Ryder isn't going to permanently solve your problem. And we love shooting our Ryder.

Raccoons are pretty smart and you could, potentially, make enough butt shots that they come to associate your trash cans with a negative experience. But...that's a LOT of ******** popping before you'd change their behavior. A lot. Like a whole lot.

Better to step up in power, and accuracy, to a .177 or .22 dedicated pellet rifle and an optic for head shots.There are many that can provide the accuracy needed. And you'll want to make head shots.

Better yet...get a dog(s). Not too much that these 2 will tolerate on "their" patch.

 

I dropped a raccoon once with a CO2 crosman pellet rifle. Took about a dozen shots from a full cartridge and pointed pellets (for extra penetration) at about 15 yards. The one that did it went straight through the eye. I'd opt for a .22 pellet gun or a .22lr HP, .177 pellets/BBs aren't humane for raccoons IMO.

 

You are talking about a CO2 which is borderline for small animals. They also lose power in cold . I have killed several raccoons with a single shot from from a 177 . I have 7 air rifles that is capable humanely taking raccoons

 

Now this is a ballistics test that the jug popping possum should take up.
See if modern BB technology has evolved like 9mm. bullet technology has.
I'm going with the original "Gold dots"

for the win.

 

I use a RR to plink at Squirrels on my bird feeders . It doesn't penetrate but it obviously hurts like hell . It's not enough gun for something the size of a **** .

 

Seriously ? Ok , RACOON . Better ?

 

As a youngster I peppered a few squirrels with a Crossman Pump BB gun. I can attest that a shot to the head from about 20 yards will kill a squirrel. You need to go bigger than the Red Rider. As others have mentioned there are .22 caliber air rifles that will do the job . Traps are pretty effective as well..

A few years back my yard was suddenly over run with chipmunks. They were tunneling everywhere. I ordered two $20 safe traps from Amazon. I was catching 2 or 3 day and relocating to a nearby State park. I was informed that his was illegal and relocating required some kind of license. I broke out my BB gun, I hadn't used it in many years. I turned my back yard in a shooting range, beer cans lining my fence. I got the scope squared away and after about 2 months no more chipmunks. I think I "harvested " 18. I poured concrete down the holes and topped off with dirt and grass seed. My neighbor wanted to pay me to do the same for his yard. I passed.

 

Now being serious.. That BB gun wont do anything to a Raccoon it will maybe scare it off but i doubt it would even lodge a BB slightly under the skin.. probably sting it a bit maybe annoy it to make it leave but its certainly not going to kill it..

If you're trying to annoy it to death you may succeed and it may go seek less hostile environment.. it may also laugh at you and stick around as it knows you and the BB gun are just a annoyance not a threat. I think people OVER estimate BB guns(like the red ryder style..bigger BB guns are more powerful and easily get the job done) and under estimate Raccoons lol. Either get a larger Pneumatic(pump) air rifle OR a CO2 one thats closer to .22 LR velocity OR a .22 LR with subsonic rounds.

id trap and relocate personally.

 

If you want to put them down, a Red Ryder won't get it done. If you just want to blind them or irritate their skin, a Red Ryder might be sufficient.
Personally, I would go with a stronger air rifle and pellets.

 

BB's ain't going to do it, kid - it won't penetrate your skin. .177 possibly, in a shallow vital spot. Don't expect a one shot drop.

 

I get that there are different pellets for different purposes but aren’t all BB’s basically the same?

I know there’s copper and steel, but other than that…

 

BB’s are fine. The ammo doesn’t matter. It’s all about shot placement. Besides, the DA will be all over you for using “deadlier ammo” if you use pellets.

 

22 rifle, well sighted-in for the distance you will be shooting.
Low velocity ammo.
Aim when you do it.
Squeeze the trigger.
Go back inside or shoot through the window.

I don't discuss things like this with my wife. Just do it. Shoot, shovel, and shut-up is quality advice.

 

22 rifle, well sighted-in for the distance you will be shooting.
Low velocity ammo.
Aim when you do it.
Squeeze the trigger.
Go back inside or shoot through the window.

I don't discuss things like this with my wife. Just do it. Shoot, shovel, and shut-up is quality advice.
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The good ole "3 S" approach. Quality advice indeed.

 

Raccoon vermim? Hmmm, the squirrel in the bird feeder here will take 5.2 grains of copper-coated steel square in the body, jump a solid foot in the air when hit, and still come back an hour later for more sunflower seeds. Can't say I've run gel tests or created ballistic charts on local hardware store BB's here, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're going to need more than the mighty BB can give on a raccoon.

 

Might pit their eye out, but that's about it.

 

I had a gut shot on a bunny in the backyard garden with my ..22 pellet rifle last summer. The damn thing dragged itself under the fence and was pulling itself down the sidewalk that’s adjacent to my fence.i quickly make my way out of the gate and he’s now squealing and leaving a really long blood trail from where he was dragging himself.

I double backed and ran into the garage to grab a shovel and head towards and deliver the final blow Viking style. As I’m scooping him into the shovel, I look up and see this yard maintenance worker sitting in his work truck eating a burrito with the most terrified look on his face.

I looked straight at him, smiled and the put my pointer finger over my lips to imitate the “shhhhh” sign. It was classic, pretty sure dide never blinked.

I was out there later with my wife’s watering can and a push broom cleaning up all of the evidence 😂

 

I had a gut shot on a bunny in the backyard garden with my ..22 pellet rifle last summer. The damn thing dragged itself under the fence and was pulling itself down the sidewalk that’s adjacent to my fence.i quickly make my way out of the gate and he’s now squealing and leaving a really long blood trail from where he was dragging himself.

I double backed and ran into the garage to grab a shovel and head towards and deliver the final blow Viking style. As I’m scooping him into the shovel, I look up and see this yard maintenance worker sitting in his work truck eating a burrito with the most terrified look on his face.

I looked straight at him, smiled and the put my pointer finger over my lips to imitate the “shhhhh” sign. It was classic, pretty sure dide never blinked.

I was out there later with my wife’s watering can and a push broom cleaning up all of the evidence 😂

Move along, nothing to see here

 

 

This is precisely how you piss off an animal and it takes it's grievance to it's brethren. The next thing you know, you are surrounded, overpowered, and up a certain creek without a paddle.
Use a real gun, high powered air rifle, or a stick of TNT.

 

You need to call the guy with the slingshot shooting neighbors windows -
What's that?
Never mind I guess he went to the big slingshot in the sky----

 

BB’s are locked up at Walmart. Bet I get carded. Welcome to Biden’s America.

 

BB’s and pellets are on the shelf at my Walmart. Carded at checkout if cashier is an idiot. I’m 56 with a fair amount of grey.