Here's the story, yesterday morning I find a gray rat in the maid's pantry (washer/dryer room), sitting on the top shelf.
So now I get the cat, who is busy eating some morning chow, and shove her on the top shelf. At first she's really pissed off and won't stay up there, until she sees the rat. I'm thinkin "Oh boy, the rats toast". The rat jumps off the shelf and hides under the dryer. The cat follows but runs out the doggie door, loosing the rat.
Later that night... the cat sees the rat sitting on top a drape, so I knock it down and the cats on top of the rat. I'm now helping out trying to corner the rat, again thinking "the rats toast". Well I sorta hit the rat, who runs down the hall with the cat following it. I'm now wondering about the cat since it let the rat loose in the master's bedroom.
Long story shot, the cat's a chicken-shit and now I need to shoot the rat.
I can either make a load, poping the top off a .22, reducing the load, and adding some shot or a pellet, OR purchase the reduced load .22