Raccoon Pack Attack -- What Handgun?

I dont think Racoon attacks are so common that I need a special gun. I'll just stick with my little 642 in my pocket.
 
How about a .68 caliber handgun?

My girlfriend and neighbors get mildly cranky when I resort to slingin lead. Which is understandable given the proximity of other houses.

I was pretty mad when a roving band of punk raccoon took out my expensive bird feeder (they couldn't climb up to it so they did the next best thing- gnawed through the nylon rope and let gravity do the rest), but I cheer up every time since when I get to use them for live, non-lethal target practice.

Sadly, it's been a while since they've returned. Guess my aim got to be too good. Might have to resort to shooting at the crows.
 
Any .22LR semi-auto would get the job done. Since there seems to be only one "pack" coon attack on humans, out of over 300M Americans, I'd not waste a lot of time and resources on this one. :)
 
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I've got the 97 and the 1911 loaded up in the back just in case:D
 
.300 Weatherby Mag I've been looking for one of those. Do you have a source? There are some birds that keep me up at night I'd like to take care of.
 
I live on a golf course, and took my little pug out for her late evening walk the other day. I walk her without a leash so she can run around and there are some dear that live on the course she has become friends with and they chase each other.

she was sniffing around some grass and I hear this hiss/growl and look over and there is a raccoon coming out of some nearby brush. My pug just cocks her head to the side, raccoon hisses again is starts trotting out toward my pug (who has now decided to flip onto her back so she can play). Raccoon starts keeps coming so I pulled out my P7 and put two shots COM into the raccoon.

I don't think my Pug ever realized how close she was to getting torn up.
 
S&W K22. It'll drop a few racoons easily.

I consider the odds of a racoon swarm (as in more than 2-3) about as likely as having a bear attack occur in the middle of the city. In other words, I'm more likely to plan for dodging techniques for falling space station debris before I practice for Racoon Swarms.
 
Had a possum come wandering into my living room one night. I left the back door open so my old dog could go in and out; he was sinking fast, and had bladder issues.

Possum waddled into the fireplace (cold) and hid under the log holders. I opened the front door and invited my cat to chase him out. Cat just looked at me like I was nuts, and left the room. Ended up by somehow grabbing the possum with some fireplace tongs and running him out onto the porch.

Man, the teeth on that varmint gave me pause. Glad he was willing to play possum long enough to give him the bum's rush. Last thing you want to find in your house is some 20 pound giant marsupial rat.

Aside from that, close encounters of the local wildlife kind have been limited to squirrels tossing acorns at me, and the local crow population making sarcastic comments. Joke was on them; west nile pretty much wiped them out a few years ago, only seen a couple since then. Too bad, I sort of miss them, despite the general lack of respect they afforded me.
 
My old S&W mod. 48 rev. (.22 mag w/6" barrel) has taken out a coon and
also used my Ruger 10/22 mag on them, both quick kills.
 
My friend had a raccoon in his yard, his dog tried to get it, and it attacked his dog. He hears his dog barking and yelping, comes out of his house and see's that his dog is bleeding pretty bad. He finds the Raccoon in one of his trees, and shoots it, kills it with one shot, and it falls dead to the ground.

one of his neighbors watches all of this, and calls the police. When they get there, they almost take him to jail for killing it. :eek:

I forgot to put the lid on one of my trashcans once, I went to take the trash out, and there was a huge raccoon asleep in the trashcan, covered in trash. It scared the crap out of me, at first I thought it was dead. Then, I heard it snoring. :D

I left it alone, and the next day it was gone. So now, even when I take the trash out, yes - I'm packing a 1911 with me.
 
My friend had a raccoon in his yard, his dog tried to get it, and it attacked his dog. He hears his dog barking and yelping, comes out of his house and see's that his dog is bleeding pretty bad. He finds the Raccoon in one of his trees, and shoots it, kills it with one shot, and it falls dead to the ground.

one of his neighbors watches all of this, and calls the police. When they get there, they almost take him to jail for killing it.
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Rotten neigbor!

In this area, raccoons are sort of presumed to carry rabies. Since your friend's dog was apparently bitten by the raccoon, his decision to shoot it to keep it from running off probably saved him a ton in potential vet bills. The guy should have been applauded, not arrested.
 
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