Videos tagged with Garden Gun

This review covers the Savage 64 / Stevens 62 .22LR rifle, highlighting its budget-friendly nature and surprising accuracy. The presenter demonstrates sighting in the rifle at 50 yards using various ammunition types, including Federal Target Performance, CCI Mini-Mags, and SK Match. Despite its age and minimal cleaning, the rifle proves reliable and capable of producing tight groups, making it a high-value option for plinking or pest control.

This guide details the use of the Henry .22LR Garden Gun, a specialized lever-action rifle designed for pest control. It emphasizes using .22LR shot cartridges in its smoothbore barrel and demonstrates its application at an outdoor range. Instruction is provided by Roy Huntington, a veteran firearms journalist, highlighting practical application and ammunition specifics.

The speaker discusses the .22 Long Rifle's utility as a training cartridge for new shooters and for small game hunting, particularly as a 'garden gun' for pest control. However, they find it lacks recoil and enjoyment for personal training, arguing it doesn't effectively teach recoil management or follow-up shots crucial for defensive shooting. While acknowledging its low cost and suitability for introducing new shooters, the speaker advises against relying on .22 LR for defensive roles due to reliability concerns and the lack of effective recoil training.

This review of the Anschütz 9mm Flobert Garden Gun highlights its unique nature as a pre-war German pest control firearm. The expert demonstrates its operation, compares its performance to modern CCI .38 Special shot cartridges, and discusses its historical context, availability, and practical application for vermin control. The smoothbore design and specialized ammunition provide surprisingly consistent patterns at close range.

This video showcases a rare Winchester Model 61 rimfire shotgun, a smoothbore variant designed to fire 22 shot shells. Presented by Kate Ford and Steve Ostrom from Rock Island Auction, the discussion highlights its historical context as a 'garden gun' for pest control and close-range plinking. The presenters note its smaller size compared to a Model 42 and its unique 'Rutledge bore' modification, which bored out the standard 22 rifle barrel to improve shot pattern performance at close distances. While acknowledging its collectibility and unique nature, they also point out the high cost of ammunition and the firearm itself, making it more of a collector's item than a commonly used shooter today.