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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Firpo" data-source="post: 4101125" data-attributes="member: 45550">That being the case [USER=15527]@Master Carper[/USER] you might find this a little interesting. I have a pair of Holland & Holland Rook rifles that were made just for that task. Late 1800s-early 1900s in England they would commonly eat juvenile Rook which are very similar to a crow. Ever hear the nursery rhyme Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie? Well “Bob’s your uncle!”They were chambered in very diminutive cartridges as you wouldn’t want to be shooting birds out of trees on the outskirts or in town with anything too powerful. Here’s a picture of a 250 Rook next to a 22LR in case you were curious.[ATTACH=full]404601[/ATTACH]And the rifles if you’re more curiouser. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="😉" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="😂" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="😂" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" />[ATTACH=full]404595[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]404596[/ATTACH]</blockquote>