Let's point one of each at your Dad's barn roof from the inside and find out!
So the idea is just way less power so you don't pepper pellets everywhere (and pellet holes)? I'm not being sarcastic here. I've never heard of a garden gun before.
Let's point one of each at your Dad's barn roof from the inside and find out!
It would be saf(er) for use inside a barn. But I still would not recommend it, except under direst circumstances. Before every municipality outlawed gunfire of any kind they would've been used as the name implies. For close range varmint control around the garden or lawn. A .22 long rifle shot shell would have been notoriously low powered for such work, but I can see .22 wmr shot shells being quite effective.
And,.yes, Max. Your Dad or mine would tan our hides if they found out that we were practicing pigeon control up in the rafters of their barns with either. But collateral damage like holes in the roof would be far less likely with .22 shot.
I have found that feeding my Henry .410 isn't much cheaper than feeding a 12 gauge, if it's cheaper at all. I still like shooting it, though. My 12 gauge hasn't left the safe in years.
So if you wanna shoot at things INSIDE a building, against all better judgement, this is the gun for you!
Interesting concept, especially back in the days when you could just light off "whatever" in your backyard and most people weren't idiots, but it seems to be an anachronism now. Am I correct to believe that if you just wanted something to pop chipmunks and mice on a rural property that a 20ga is the way to go?
I would suggest that either a pellet gun of moderate power or a .22 with some colibri rounds would be better choices but a 20 gauge would get the job done if you didn't mind the collateral damage. For that matter, there are only a few situations where a garden gun would be a better choice than a pellet gun or a rifled .22 with the colibri.
Out to 30 or so feet? A lot easier to hit a small, moving varmint with shot than a bullet.
..and for aspirin skeet? Perfect.
Most famous line of my deceased best friend Nonny: "Hover, you S.O.B.!" He shot the head off of a carpenter bee at about 25 feet with an old daisy. If I hadn't seen it I'd never have believed it. LOL. I miss that guy.