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I have to confess I have never shot one but if I were to move back to armadillo country I would thing a 40 gr V-Max out of a 22 hornet would be rather fun.

The only thing I have used for killing armadillos was a 1960 Toyota Land Cruiser. It not only did the job it did to a lot of armadillos. There is even a pretty good story behind that but since I am not up on the statute of limitations for that adventure I shall remain silent.

I suppose that after some beers, that rock looked a lot like an armadillo---

Actually, the one I BBQ'd tasted a lot like pork....and since then I've read they are a carrier of Leprosy.....so I don't eat them anymore.

IME a 22LR 40gr lead bullet has gone thru every turtle and armadillo shell I've shot - Even out as far as 160 yds.

I don't believe a 38 bounced back.
May hit something else and bounced back!?

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She told him to say it bounced off an Armadillo or she'd shoot him again..........

Used a bow with a judo tip on one when I was a kid, got kind of interesting when I didn't get a complete pass through and the armadillo tried to run through a hog wire fence with 8 inches of arrow sticking out both sides

I've shot two with a bow.

The first was from a tree stand while bow hunting. The damn thing was making lots of noise and wouldn't move on. I let one go and it went through that sucker, into the ground on the far side; he flopped around and bent the thing like a pretzel (aluminum shaft).

You'd think I'd have learned a lesson but a year or so later I shot another one that was "butt-on" and the SOB ran off and into a hole with my arrow in tow. I could see it about five feet down the hole. Dammit!

IME, folks come up with all kinds of super cool stories to make police think their self- or kin-inflicted GSWs occurred otherwise.

At least it didn't over-penetrate.

I killed 2 at the same time on Thursday morn using 2 shots (one each) of 70grn TSX from this rifle


Left them both gutted and feets up.....

They do taste a little like pork. They used to call them "Hoover Hogs" in East Texas back during the depression when Herbert Hoover was president. My Grand parents and allot of other people ate a heck of a bunch of them. Not to bad if someone knows how to cook them.

That would effectively be a 22 Hornet.

Don't let the secrete out!

You can't build a custom for a standard cartridge. It has to at least be an AI something. Haven't you been paying attention?

My hornet is a K-hornet. Is that close enough?

I don't know but with that hard shell in may take my 45-90 to take one of those pesky critters down.

You can never have too much right.

A buddy killed one with a lawn chair once, I mostly use my 10/22 but early this spring while out shed hunting I shot a single day farm record of 4 with my A4 carbine.

Father in law always uses his 30/30. He is the buzzards best friend.

I have the numba one recipe for Armadillo. Ruger American Ranch Rifle in 300 Blackout.

125 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip.

DED Armadillo.

No bouncey back...No broken jaw.

Ive killed a pile of them here with my Marlin 22mag. 22lr works great also.