Those of you that hunt squirrels, lets see your guns. I plan to use a Daisy Legacy with a 2.5? power scope on it. It is a nice gun, and it loves the bulk Federal 550!!
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Those of you that hunt squirrels, lets see your guns. I plan to use a Daisy Legacy with a 2.5? power scope on it. It is a nice gun, and it loves the bulk Federal 550!!
Chris:
I currently use one of two rifles for squirrels depending on my mood, time on hand, etc. One is an Encore with 22 LR barrel and 2X7 Leupold scope. I can shoot a squirrel in the head at 50 yards with no problem. The other which doesn't belong in the rimfire section is a TC .56 cal muzzleloader smooth bore(28 gauge). Either one will provide lots of squirrel huntin fun!
awesome, any more?
From teen years till my 50s I always carried a model 62 Winny. As my eyesight demanded I switched to a Rem Mod 552 BDL with a 3x9 scope. Both produced pot fare enough to feed the family. Alas, city limits, and sprawling urban communities, have reduced the availability of safe hunting areas here, to griping about the 20 or so running through my yard, and memories of a time long gone.
This squirrel gun's a little hard to see, bring slung behind the squill's back........
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I have a few favorites but I think my Marlin 882SSV get's my Top Vote for rifle, It's a toss up between the T/C Contender and the Ruger single-six for pistol. Let me see if I can get a few pic's of them to post.
well my favorit is my dixie TN. mountain rifle in .32 flint, even though it's not a rimfire
MM, couldnt you use an airgun?
Current gun is my 28 ga trade gun after it got to where the sights on my 32 flinter got to fuzzy to see and I havent moved themup the barrel yet. For rim fire I still use my 513 Remington with the reciver sights, but the durned peep has worn out egg shaped looking through it so many times.
well this site dont like my pic's so cant post them lol(cant on most forums)
but i still love my cooey model 60 the same gun i started with from first trigger pull
at 3(uncle helped me holed it) till now. still loave that gun i will never give that one up. had a few of them all shoot good but only one i kept is the one that got me hooked.
wow i ramble alot lol [smilie=1:
I use a cz 452 in 17 hmr with a 3x9. I see em I can shoot em out to 100 yards. Sweet gun 3/4 in groups all day long.
I haven't done any serious squirrel hunting for many years. Back when I could see the sights a Rossi pump was my favorite. Now when the mood strikes, a S&W 617 or Ruger MKIII with Tasco red dot sights is what I prefer.
Jerry
I use a Remington 788 in .223. The load is CCI BR primer, 6.0 gr 7625, 50 Hornady SX. It clocks at about 1800 fps and is extremely accurate. 10 rounds in one ragged hole at 50 yards, and reasonably quiet. Muzzle pressure is very low.
Regards,
Stew
I use an Ithica M 49 single shot lever in .22 mag, no pics. The CCI TNT hollow points are effective. Cut a few almost in half.
When I do go after tree rats with a rifle instead of a longbow, I use a Henry lever action 22.
It's the smoothest lever action I've ever had, and the most accurate. Hitting red squirrels in the head is no problem. I don't have a picture of it right now.
Stoeger uplander o/u in 410ga, Savage 200 in 223rem with 5.5gr Unique and a cast bullet. and last a 32 cal cap and ball rifle.
Up until this year it was my buckmark but didnt get very many. This year I switched over to the 10/22 with 4x scope and Im at 27 greys, 5 reds, and some chipmunks so far.
Waksupi, I have widened the sights on two guns, it does help. At least the front sight on a long rifle is out to the focal point.