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Has anyone tried night vision optics and a suppressor on say a 10/22 or something similar? That sure would have been a great setup for shooting rats in a dump back before they turned them all into landfills.

Friend and I are into our second case of CCI Quiet segmented HPs. Use them to kill rats at dairy farms, inside and outside. Noise level doesn't bother bovines. Few days ago we got 90 in about 2 1/2 hrs.

We started with digital NVs from Sightmark and ATN, but now use AGM thermals. Rats detect IR. They have no clue with passive thermal.

I like the Rattler 35-384 on a 22" Ruger Am RF. He has the Adder 35-384 on his 20" Ruger Precision RF. Quiet segs kill fine out to 25-35 yds.

To make them cycle a 10/22 you'd need a Firefly bolt.

Sam, you are into it big time. I’ll need to Google some of what you’ve written. We don’t have the dumps like we use to, but WI. sure has its share of dairy farms. I had no idea that farms were that infested with rat issues.

My buddy worked nights out at the railroad roundhouse and just using flashlights we shot a lot of rats with pellet rifles around the grain clean out track. A road trip to a huge dump in Milwaukee was the best rat shooting that I ever did. Two of us sat on the hood of the car shooting 10/22s while my buddy’s wife drove the car. The car lights lit up lots of rats.

I'm putting a Pulsar Thermal on my 77/17 17HMR for raccoon work out on my 40. To say there's an abundance of raccoons out there is an understatement. Looking forward to getting it up and going... There used be a huge garbage dump not far from where I grew up. The rat shooting was fast and furious! Lol! Funny to me that now it's all been filled in and is a Country Club golf course. No trees, just made into a bunch of rolling hills. And spread out all over the golf course are the methane burn off tubes!

I originally had a wraith 4-20? Or whatever it was. Somewhat limited field of view from where I was shooting. Typically shooting only 80 yards to a feeder at possums. Instead of turning the infrared on and off all the time just to observe I use a red spotligh intermittenly. Went to a 2-16 wraith with a larger field of view and it's perfect. They're pretty inexpensive they start talking about night vision. Might be exactly what you're looking for