Originally Posted by ISCS Yoda

My air rifle can drop a squirrel with one shot. Routinely. But it still takes shot placement.

As for dogs and raccoons,

I do think that either of my dogs on their own, or their predecessors, would have gotten pretty beat up fighting a raccoon alone. But when they team up it is way easier for them because the coon can only fight the dog in front of it. The one that gets behind it can and does inflict the real damage. I have seen it live so I know and it is pretty dramatic, believe me, because once your sweet pet dog that nuzzles you and licks your face gets started on a raccoon it's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!!!!

And except for one time when there were a few scratches none of my dogs have ever exhibited any signs of being in a fight.