JD> I still see them in larger gun stores, or sporting goods
 JD> stores with large firearms dept's. I used to single load
 JD> BB Caps in a Ruger MkII for use on rodents. They make
 JD> about as much noise as a kid's cap gun. Any soft backstop
 JD> will absorb them as they're pretty low velocity.
When I first married, we rented a vacant house about five miles from town and 
I fixed it up for my new bride.  Now, as all vacant structures will do, this 
one had acquired a resident colony of rodents.  It was a great old house, 
built in the 1920's oil boom, and had everything newlyweds could want but it 
had a few field rats that called it home.  I set out traps and poison, found 
a few hungry cats, etc. but still the field rat problem persisted.  My new 
bride was a city girl and this upset her sensibilities.  One evening she 
shrieked "there's a big old rat in the kitchen!"  I decided that it wasn't 
too feasible to use my .357 or a 12 gauge so, instead, got my K-22 and loaded 
it with #12 birdshot loads.  I went running into the kitchen and spotted a 
pair of rats.  I nailed the first one and the second one went scurrying along 
the wall of the living room.  I swung on him, got the appropriate lead and 
touched it off.  Got the rat.  Gee, I wish I'd noticed that my brief case was 
sitting just where I touched off that shot.  I've never lived that one down.
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