Best BB gun model for rat control?

[goats-n-oats]

So there's a real problem with rats in my barn and after trying various methods (poison, traps, trapper, rat terrier) I'm ready to try shooting them. Can anyone recommend the best BB gun for this? Any suggestions about how to recover the lead pellets that miss, or safer pellet?
Will the pellets damage the wall, which is made of 28ga steel roofing material?

 

[Sally PB]

Before you shoot at any rats, get a scrap of the material that the barn walls are made of. Shoot at that. Does the bullet go through the wall? You have a problem. Does it damage the wall more than is acceptable? You have a problem.

The body of a rat might not stop the projectile. Rats are fast. You will not always hit it.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I think you're gonna have trouble finding something that won't damage you walls but would kill at rat. Let us know how it works out.

 

[skeeeter]

I think you're gonna have trouble finding something that won't damage you walls but would kill at rat. Let us know how it works out.

I agree. My son has one that doesn't damage walls but can't put a pellet in a rat either.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ok so is there any point using a bb gun indoors? Are there any other types of gun (pellet or airsoft guns) that would work?

I'm not saying it's necessarily pointless I just don't know how effective it'll be with the walls concern.
I have a metal barn but not sure what gauge the metal is. It's standard here. I've also shot many a tin can amongst other things with BB and pellet guns. Never rats though so I'm kind of curious myself. I just know rats apparently think they have a lot to live for because they don't die so easily.

 

[sdm111]

I love my Gamo. One pump and quite powerful. I've tried alot of different pellets and the ones most lethal that I've used is a pellet with a point in the middle of the front or some that are hollow point and looks like a regular bullet

I don't know about that metal but it'll make a large exit hole on 3/4" plywood

 

[sdm111]

Ok. Maybe I need something less powerful then, because the bullet might destroy the barn wall and/or hit another animal behind it. Are there less powerful rounds or guns that will still do the job?

Then I'd get a regular multi pump 177 caliber and test it one pump at a time till you get the right velocity. Maybe 4 or 5 pump instead or the regular 10. If that's the case you can't go wrong with an old school daisy

 

[sdm111]

Like this minus the scope

 

[goats-n-oats]

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Gamo

Something tells me this is not your only rifle.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

I have this for use on Coons, Possum, Squirrels. The more you pump the more power you have. I only shoot the Hunter Pellets.
https://www.crosman.com/crosman-2100-classic-bb-177