22 for possum shooting

Hi all, I'm heading up to my in laws farm this weekend for a bit of R&R plus there are apparently a shit load of possums around and they are jumping onto the roof at night so need to go. I have two questions.

I am going to purchase a 22 today and will likely get the Ruger 10/22 as I have owned one before and think they are excellent rifles. I was going to get one of the Blued/Synthetic ones from Gun Shitty. They are $449.00 starting but I wan't one with a can also so they are $599 at the moment with a "Heavy Duty Hushpower Silencer"

Questions.

1) Is there anyway cheaper I can look for a Ruger 10/22 that is in stock in AKL. Needs to be threaded also with a Silencer.
2) I was looking to get a led Lenser P7.2 torch for spotting. Will this be enough?

Cheers,
Brad

Norinco JW15A Synthetic 22lr - Bolt Action 22LR - 22 Long Rifle - Rimfire - Reloaders Supplies Ltd

FYI if it's just a $$ thing, there's a JW15 $289 incl basic scope and basic suppressor. Torch wise for basic spotting pretty much anything would work ok.

Hey @Kscott. Cheers for your reply. I'm happy spending the $599.00 for the Ruger package but just wondered if that package was available elsewhere for a better price (Means I can sped the difference on ammo :) ). Gun City prices are always a bit higher but they seem to have ok pricing on their Ruger 10/22's. Cool will look to get the 7.2 with mount.

Check out Serious Shooters too who are 100m up the road from GunCity, sometimes they can have a special.

Only a bit cheaper: Ruger 10/22 Wood Blue Package - Semi Automatic 22LR - 22 Long Rifle - Rimfire - Reloaders Supplies Ltd

There is this option ,trap and pluck, you will get more than you will shooting and it can pay for all the little 10/22's extra's.
By the way you don't need a 10/22 for possum work, justifying theses thing's to the wife or yourself, been there done that.
KH

Cheers guys.

Ended up with the Ruger 10/22 with 3-9 scope and a hushpower silencer.

Yeah that'll do it, the possums will still take an extreme dislike to you :thumbsup:

hehe. Apparently this hushpower silencer with Subsonics is amazing. All you can apparently here is the receiver slap. I will get the Long life polymer stopper as well. If I had of known it was only $8.50 I would have picked one up while I was there. Apparently with this fitted it is super quiet.

Ruger 10/22 Bolt Stop Longlife Polymer Buffer

Yep I have the same 10/22 setup but in s/s, nice and quiet. I use CCI Subs and the grouping is good and they cycle the action with no problems, although CCI subs can be hard to find some times.
I have found that you need to hit them a couple of time though, tough little bugger, especially the big ones. :)

ok thanks for the heads up. @Natatale. :)

And so it begins :)http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...9f19d29ed9.jpg

Sighted the rifle in quickly. It's shooting extremely well. Winchester subsonics are excellent.

Just shoot them thru the right eye.Instant dead.

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Originally Posted by rs200nz

Sighted the rifle in quickly. It's shooting extremely well. Winchester subsonics are excellent.

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I've used them since I started shooting and haven't used anything else, never had an issue with them

Sent from my workbench

agreed on the winnies. been running the 42max with great success.

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Originally Posted by Konev

agreed on the winnies. been running the 42max with great success.

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yup my marlin model 60 loves the high velocity 42max will have to give the 42 max subs a try to see if it will shoot them like it shoots the HV rounds