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So, gents...

like to see some pix of your favorite squirrel rifles, and info on what they are scoped with, favorite ammo...etc.

If you have more than one, thats fine too....in springtime when the mulberry trees are getting hit, i like a good 22 with subsonics. later on, start packing a 17M2 more, and finish up with the HMR usually, though i dont use it nearly as much as the mach2.

show em off.

Gerald

the 22, topped with a 4-12x leupy, and usually some kind of subsonics.


favorite mach2, glass is a weaver V16, and it likes eley

now & then i smoke them too...me & a buddy used identical TC Cherokees to smoke these, this was back several years ago.
used hornady .310 roundballs over 15gr Pyrodex P.

Favorite is the Marlin 880SQ.

Nice shooters ya got there.

I havent hunted squirrels in a few years and I actually
like it more than deer hunting. I have been thinking about
a 17HM2 for awhile, but I think I will settle on a 17HMR.
Either a Marlin or Savage bolt action w/heavy barrel.

Nice shooting and nice rifles. Right now my fav is a Ruger 77/22. Squirrel hunting is a lot of fun.

Kimber Hunter .22 LR with a Burris 3x9 Compact scope. Ammo- WMT.

It ain't a squirrel, but I do like this rifle.



It works pretty good on squirrles too.

I have a number of Squirrel Rifles but my favorite is my Anshutz in 17 HMR

I have two favorites; this year I hunted mostly with a PCP air rifle, an Evanix AR6 Renegade; 22 caliber, shoots 28.5 grain Korean Eun Jin pellets at 835-840 fps for 44 ft lbs of muzzle energy. For my favorite .22 long rifle rimfire, I have a Kimber Hunter 22. I enjoyed using the air rifle so much this last season that I all but ignored my rimfires.

screen name should give you a hint GRIN!

I take turns. Use a 1966 Rem 512X with a weaver 3x6 when I want to have a scope. This last year though I carried my (approx.)1939 Win model 72 with irons the most.

A Marlin 39A, circa 1974. It's been thru 3 scopes. Currently has a 2x7 simmons. I've always shot winchester wildcats thru it, and have probably dusted over 500 squirrels with the ole girl.

maddog

Model 63 Winchester. Open sights ( while I still can ). It is a pleasure to carry.

I use a Belgium Browning LH T-Bolt, 22Lr wearing a little 4x Redfield.

I may have just acquired mine. It's CZ Youth rifle. It was given to me by my father so that I could teach my youngest daughter how to shoot. I put a 4x scope on it, and since it will chamber CB shorts unlike my semi-auto, it just may become my favorite small game rifle if it shoots the shorts well at all.

.32 cal black powder flintlock rifle. Just love that Blackpowder smell when I am out doors. Peashootejoe

I do love to squirrel hunt!

How about a 1937 Sedgely Hornet using 8gr. 4759 and a 40 gr. Sierra (2200 fps)



From an article I wrote for a local publication:

A 1892 Winchester in .25-20 using 10gr RL 7 and a 86gr cast bullet--note the Michigan Black Squirrel tails
(top)

Or a High Standard using 40 gr. Aguila Standard Velocity ammo (bottom)

Huntra you do have some nice firearms.

Thank you!

Welcome!

I think this is cool. Do you have pictures of your rifle? How many grains of powder do you use?