Accurate 46-415V versus squirrell

[Jevyod]

So who do you think won?!!!!! We have been having far too many squirrels at our feeder. So this morning I decided to put a bit of pressure on them. My handiest gun was my Marlin 1895SBL loaded with 420 grain boolits made of 50/50 COWW/Pure+ 2% pewter and powdercoated. Squirrel was shot from 25 yards out. Shot it right in the neck. I was quite surprised at the damage. It blew a big hole in the neck. In fact there was just a thin strip of skin holding the head on. Velocity is just shy of 1600 fps. The reason the damage surprised me was I shot a deer this year with the same load at 80 yards. 3/4 inch hole going in, and a 3/4 coming out.

[MT Chambers]

I would "up" the bullet weight and the velocity to guarantee complete pass throughs.

[leftiye]

And butt stroke it seven or eight times just to make sure.

[CWME]

You got lucky, should have fired a second round to make sure he went down.

[LuckyDog]

I'm sure you could have stopped the bleeding with direct pressure. Tourniquets don't seem to work well in that area. :brokenima

[Hardcast416taylor]

Did you recover the slug from under the skin on the other side?Robert

[UBER7MM]

Are you sending what's left to the taxidermist?

[taco650]

Might want to step up to a 500 grain slug for the next one. Just never know if that thing is going to attack you so more stopping power is better than less. ;-)

[silverbackotter]

If you wound one do you have a back up? They can be dangerous when injured, your nuts might not be safe :o

[Jevyod]

If you wound one do you have a back up? They can be dangerous when injured, your nuts might not be safe :o

LOL!!!! That one made me giggle!! But no I didn't send it to the taxidermist, and for some odd reason I couldn't find the slug under the off side skin!! Such a waste of energy:kidding:

[NVScouter]

I'm still having visions after the shot. War cry and butt strokes!

[BloodGroove4570]

Talk about being under gunned!!! :kidding:

That thing coulda torn you to ribbons if you didn't get lucky putting it down with the first shot. Glad you made it out alive, Good shootin!

The 45-70 is alive and well... It's still protecting our Birds & Nut sacks 100+ years later from marauding tree rats and such.....:bigsmyl2:......:guntootsmiley:

BloodGroove4570

[BloodGroove4570]

I forgot to say:
Its good to hear that Boolit worked so good... I cast one similar, 460-430V so its nice to know I'll have a chance surviving an attack from Charging' Tree Rats!!! ;)

Thanks
BloodGroove4570