Entire Box of 22LR to Kill a Cricket

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

Awakened at 0-dark-thirty by a loud buzzing sound. Initially thought "oh-%!#@ the AC is going out!" Checked it, fine. Realize it is probably a cricket in the house. Eventually track the bugger down to being inside the under-stair cubby space that we use as our firearms safe. Sure enough, after pulling out a few rifle cases and boxes of ammo, I find that the blighter is in there, but I realized that I hadn't anything in hand to kill-or-capture the critter. So ... I open up the nearest ammo box; take out a plastic case of 22LR; and whammo.

So yeah, took an entire 100-round box of 22LR to kill a cricket.

 

[Jeppo]

What brand? I’ve been searching for the most reliable .22.

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

What brand? I’ve been searching for the most reliable .22.

CCI 40-gr CPRN. Both my S&W 15-22 Sport and right arm seem to feed those well.

 

[kcult]

So, you had a cricket in your safe, eh? Was it pink?

 

[bondjamesbond]

That's what I was wondering.^^^

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

Ah, you mean this?

Nope. Neither was the miscreant wearing tails; top hat; vest; cravat; and carrying an umbrella:

Sort of difficult to call the space a safe: it's a small cubby under the turn-back stairs: I asked our landlord (we rent the house) to install a deadbolt on the small door so that we might use it as a gun/ammo "safe." Definitely not cricket-proof though. I'm going to have to have a serious word with the spiders that hang about the house at night, however. If they're not up to the job of home defense, I've got a broom handy.

 

[Scsmith42]

So you had a noisy cricket in the gun safe?

 

[georgel]

Tsk, tsk... Should have used a shotgun.

 

[kcult]

My wife wants me to kill any critter that dares run across the floor, all except a cricket. Says it's bad luck or something.

Those and wolf spiders, I'll usually sweep them into my hand and toss out the back door.

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

Tsk, tsk... Should have used a shotgun.

You run an interesting exterminator business! "George's 2A Pest Elimination" heh.

 

[BatteryOaksBilly]

CCI 40-gr CPRN

Note to self..get these in case of cricket attack.

 

[ProfMagoo(ret)]

Note to self..get these in case of cricket attack.

Consider them one's Holy Hand Grenades of Battery Oaks (c.f Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch for dealing with troublesome rabbits).

 

[jimmyjames8]

$10 for a box of ammo...peace and quiet...priceless

 

[georgel]

Awakened at 0-dark-thirty by a loud buzzing sound. Initially thought "oh-%!#@ the AC is going out!" Checked it, fine. Realize it is probably a cricket in the house. Eventually track the bugger down to being inside the under-stair cubby space that we use as our firearms safe. Sure enough, after pulling out a few rifle cases and boxes of ammo, I find that the blighter is in there, but I realized that I hadn't anything in hand to kill-or-capture the critter. So ... I open up the nearest ammo box; take out a plastic case of 22LR; and whammo.

So yeah, took an entire 100-round box of 22LR to kill a cricket.

Ummm... Who's going to patch the holes?

 

[hp468]

That's bad ju ju man, never kill a cricket inside the house.

Drowning them in a body of water is however, acceptable.