Thread: Do cheap air rifles actually work well for rats etc?

Had many air driven guns over the last 50 yrs or so.
The first was a ''Slavia'' brand break barrel of low power but well made. It served myself and younger brothers with thousands of practise shots, and the odd hospital visit.
Next up was a BSA Meteor, a big step up in power etc, starlings, blackbirds, thrushes, sparrows etc with-in a closest range . Perhaps the best use was for kingfisher patrol. My father was a builder etc and built one of our homes. Included was a Goldfish pond where said Kingfishers waited for a slow Goldfish or two.
Many years latter came a series of air-pistols , the best being a Webley with a top break charge barrel. Very accurate and capable of eliminating ratty at close ish ranges.
The last one I swapped. It was an under lever fixed barrel model of dubious manufacture. [Only had Chinese style marks on it]. Anyway this V sight airgun entertained us ,[me the missus, friends etc] and could really shoot further than anything else I've shot with an airgun. Clothes pegs were a good target at times, until ''her indoors'' shot the actual washing line . To be fair it was her washing line and all I did was mow underneath it.
Always used .177 as you could get more pellets in your mouth than a .22..

Whats your stories?