"RogerN" wrote in message
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Yes, Gamo now makes an air shotgun. Shoots pellets or shot shells at 750
fps.

http://www.cabelas.com/hprod-1/0040376.shtml

Other air rifles of interest might be the Gamo varmint hunter or the
whisper (a muffled air rifle).

If you want more serious air rifle power:
http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/bandit_1.html

I live out of city limits and occasionally have varmint (skunks, raccoons,
possums, etc.) problems. I've been considering using a wireless camera,
radio control, and some kind of "gun" to chase them away. I have a lot of
R/C equipment, might try a CO2 pistol mounted to R/C car.

So far all I've done is use a wireless network camera in the car port. We
had skunks coming up to steal the cat food. I shot at a skunk with a 22,
missed, the skunk ran away, came back less than a minute later. Shot at
it again, missed, found out the red dot sight was out of adjustment.
Anyway, the skunk kept coming back until I shot it. I monitored the
camera from my PC and usually cracking the door open slowly didn't scare
off the varmint.

Back to the other solutions. You can mount a camera to a rifle scope or
even get IR laser sights that can only be seen with a camera or night
vision equipment. There are some videos on youtube of cameras on rifle
scopes and laser sights being used to shoot rats in the dark and so forth.
Anyway, the problem seems to be that the varmints run when I come around
and they come back as soon as I'm back inside. So to me the solution
seems to be some sort of R/C vehicle that can fire and be operated
remotely using a wireless camera and R/C equipment. Removing the IR
filter from the camera plus IR illumination gives it the ability to
operate in the dark.

For the R/C camera stuff search for FPV (first person view) R/C (they
drive cars, fly planes, and heli's this way). Searching for camera to
rifle scope will lead to some interesting varmint control night vision
solutions on youtube.

I still haven't decided on the "gun", I would like to be able to choose
the power at time of firing, maybe a solenoid fired air rifle and adjust
the valve ON time, time to get a chronograph :-) The idea is if a "scare"
shot doesn't keep them away, turn up the power until they get the point.

RogerN

Found some videos

Camera using night vision for shooting rats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxMlR...eature=related


Here's a video with a camera mounted on a 4X4 R/C monster truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKiSS...eature=related

And a radio control tank that shoots airsoft pellets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuV0RGpnjA

Need a bigger tank?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvE6Ku4W_4Q

Combine R/C model tank, working gun (air pistol?), wireless camera, and an
IR laser pointer to make fun and effective varmint control. :-)

Or for lower cost, I've gotten good results with at wireless camera and a
rifle. Usually gently opening the door and sticking the gun out doesn't
scare off the varmints.

RogerN