Pellet guns today cost a whole bunch more than they did back when I got my Sheridan Silver Streak. I tolerated the rabbits until the garden went in, but not anymore. Thinking that my old Sheridan was still operational, pumping it up told me that it wasn't. Reading up in the Rimfire section, I remember someone writing that the Aguila .22 Super Colibri 20 grain 590 fps bullets out of my .22 would be a very quiet alternative to a pellet gun. I bought a box of 50 for about $9.00 and sighted in an old Marlin bolt action at 15 yards. It goes through a 1" pine board at that distance, so it's not a toy. It should hit as hard or harder than my Sheridan and that got me crows and rabbits back in it's day. Just an fyi if you don't want to buy a pellet rifle.
