Since almost every other conceivable subject has been covered, perhaps some of our Campfire members can give this man some advice on what firearm and/or ammo to use the next time he faces an armadillo!:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html


Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
By Lisa Maria Garza | Reuters – 6 hours ago


DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.

Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.

"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.

The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.

The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe.

The status of the animal is unknown.

"We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said.

(Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Sandra Maler)

A baseball bat works well. Seriously.

I've killed a mountain of them with a 22 rimfire. Never had one deflect a bullet.

Exactly! That bullet didn't deflect from the armadillo.

As have I. The results are more spectacular with a .22 mag though. miles

Sounds like a reason to build a custom. Not many can claim to have a custom built armadillo rifle. Maybe a center-fire equivalent to the .22 mag.

22 super colibri all the time here, and if not that, cci sub sonic pre frag ammo if they ever make the stuff agian, through a can...

These Texas armadillos are tough. A 45-70 is about right. Seriously, a 40-65 with a 248 grain cast flat nosed bullet or a 58 Hawken and a .570 round ball will turn one into a red mist. Don't shoot one too close to your pickup truck, as the mist is very hard to wash off he paint.

Wife shot him in the jaw, possibly?

I have only shot one armadillo, which was charging my hunting partner after being wounded by a .22 Long Rifle bullet in the wrong place. My .22 MAGNUM stopped the charge cold.

The best advice I've ever heard about armadillos came from an old friend who was a lifelong hunting and fishing guide in Florida: "Some people say armadilla tastes like chicken, but the longer you chew it the more it tastes like armadilla."

They are the pop tarts of the animal kingdom once they collide with a fast moving piece of metal, or.......a tire!

Think I'd pass on the plate of leprosy!

I can tell you a .22 Hornet cracks 'em open pretty well.

Anybody know why the Armadillo crossed the road?





To show the 'possum it could be done

Now, that's FUNNY!!!

Yeah, you have to wonder what he was doing running around with a .38 at 3 a.m.!

My custom armidillo rifle is a sako vixen action in 5.7mm 26" helical fluted hbar, night force scope with laster and fliradapter.

Now that's Fing funny, Flave

I can tell you probably why he was up at 3 a.m. chasing an armadillo, I've BTDT. I used to have a bloodhound. When he was upset, this half of the county knew about. More than once he would go crazy after an armadillo in the middle of the night. The only solution was a dead armadillo!!

No mystery to being up at 3 a.m. after an armadillo. When an armadillo is destroying a yard one does what needs doing. BTDT here also.... Thinking the bullet did not bounce off an armadillo though....

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!?

This!

^^^^This^^^^

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.

It is really spectacular with a soft lead 300 grainer from a .44 Mag at about 1600 fps.

Parts is parts...

Might be an actual use for the crossbow pistol.

A bloodhound and a flint-tipped spear might be a good choice. Get you a loin cloth and a pair of moccassins, and hit the trail on moonlit nights. Kill it, defile the body, and go home singing the Hunter Song.

Wake your wife and tell her you want "possum on the half shell" for breakfast.

"I ain't real sure what happened next, Officer . . ."

Dillon, Phoenix, AZ.

'Dillers don't need to be winning these confrontations...

You win
That should work just fine.

Kirk's 'diller rifle:

Since dillers are nocturnal, you want a flash guard and really low flash ammo, because you'll want a night scope and . . .

I'm going with an air rifle. Crosman is selling a .25 (or .177 or .22 for the recoil sensitive) pcp that looks just like an AR and even accepts a lot of AR accessories. Add light and laser, and I'll never have to buy meat again.

Just remember the Diller Hunt Club motto. "If you like BBQ sauce, you can eat anything."

Check out the Armada at www.crosman.com !

Not a rifle but my late father in-law's Armadillo solution was a load of #4 out his 12 gauge shotgun. Armadillo problem solved.

358win

This one pegs out the bullschitt meter.

My favorite armadillo gun and load is my .454 Casull, loaded up with 260 gr. JFP bullets at 1800 fps.
If you can sneak up on them, wait until they are facing away from you, and standing on their hind legs. A well-placed shot will separate their innards from the outer shell.
Never had a ricochet off an armadillo shell with the Casull.

180 gr hp out of a #1 .35 Whelen works very well. No "bounce backs" yet..

Anything will work but most of them around here get F-150ed

Oh, sorry, I thought this was going to be like the "beaver gun" thread !

Carry on.

17 HMR

I'd go with a 45-70 and 405 gr Gov slugs. The work well on bison and should handle a armadillo with ease.

It don't matter what gun you use to shoot a armadillo , just make sure you got a arma piercing bullet.


Mike

And no ottermatics, them's fer otters.

The last one I shot was with Privi 170 gr. flat point .30-30. About 40 yards, it actually "popped", 'diller goo all over that hog feeder.