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JustABozoOnThisBus

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1. Check local laws
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 05:37 AM
Aug 2012

In many cities or neighborhoods, it's illegal to shoot a firearm. So a 500fps primer-driven bullet may be illegal, where a 1000fps air-driven pellet may not.

Plus, there are plenty of .22LR rounds that are subsonic (< 1100fps). There's no sonic advantage to dropping all the way down to 500fps. A 500fps hit might just annoy a raccoon. They're tough critters.

Can you get a couple of raccoon-proof garbage cans instead?

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