I always thought that 17 mach2 would be the shizz for squirrels....Perfect!
It is or shall I say was.
Surprisingly not as rough on them as one might expect. I can think of 1 squirrel I shot while he was running, hit behind the shoulder with not exit and minimal damage, little V-Max came apart. You know how those Hornady bullets are and don't penetrate!!
Had a little heavy barreled Marlin with a Rifle Basix trigger that broke at something less than 2#, bughole groups at 50 and made 50-75 yard squirrels a breeze.
Killed 3 coyotes with it as well. 1 was a luck shot at around 100 yards right between the eyes, wasn't aiming right there but I'll take luck any day. Other 2 were lung shot and DRT. Both about 50 yards.
