"bryanska" wrote in message
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.22 Long Rifles are cheap and have enough velocity to kill with a
well-placed shot.

.22 Magnums are more expensive but more likely to kill.

Something like a .223 is chambered in many cheap rifles and will do the
job conifdently.


You might want to ask the OP what kind of neighborhood he lives in, i.e.:
How far's the nearest house? There are people dumb enough to take your
suggestions without understanding that these bullets will travel as far as a
mile under certain conditions.