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I have not actively hunted in years but I did quite a bit of deer, dove, and squirrel hunting in my teens, twenties, and thirties. My favorite squirrel rifle was a Marlin 783 .22 Magnum because it shot so much flatter than a .22 LR. I had it sighted dead on 25 yards and that made it a little high at 50 yards and little low at 80. My two best squirrel head shots were at 50 and 80 yards. The 50 was in the fork of a big oak near Waterloo Alabama (offhand) and the 80 was as you described a squirrel peeking around a tree near Cloverdale Alabama (I used the sitting position with elbows on my knees and aimed about an inch high).

I pretty much am just a range shooter now. I run a different .22 match every Saturday of the month. This little local match we shot in Sheffield today is a great warm up for the squirrel hunters in our club (50 yards and 25 shots):

50/25 Sporter Match - September 5th

Jay swept us today. He took first place in peep, open, and scope classes. Congrats Jay!

Scoped class

Place, score (# silos standing slash tie breaker chicken), shooter, rifle, scope, and ammo

1st, 5/1, Jay Holman, Ruger 10/22 International, Clearage, Eley Rapid Fire
2nd, 6/0, Randy King, Savage BV, Tasco 6-24, Wolf MT
3rd, 7/0, Danny Creasy, Remington 541-T, Swift 6-18, SK Std Plus
4th, 9/1, Dwight Pilkilton, Ruger 10/22, Weaver 2.5-7X28, Wolf MT
5th, 9/0, Keith McBrayer, Ruger 10/22, Barska 6-24, Aguila HV
6th, 12/0, David Hollimon, TC R-55, Simmons 3-9X32, Fed 714
7th, 13/1, Tony Gilmore, CZ American, Weaver R4, Fed 510B
8th, 13/0, Peary Willard, Remington 581L, Barska 3-12, Fed 510
8th, 13/0, Chelsea Torbert, Ruger 10/22, Weaver 2.5-7X28, Wolf MT
8th, 13/0, John Butler, Browning A Bolt, Weaver K4, CMP Aguila
8th, 13/0, Ricky King, Savage Mk II, Shooter's Edge 2-8, Fed 510
8th, 13/0, Willie Rhodes, CZ 452 Varmint, Barska 8-32, Aguila SV
9th, 15/1, Joyce Butler, CZ Scout, Simmons 3-9, Fed 510
10th, 15/0, Peter Justinius, Browning T-Bolt, Nikon, Federal

Open sight class

1st, 5/0, Jay Holman, CZ 452 FS, Eley Rapid Fire
2nd, 7/1, Randy King, CZ Special, Wolf MT
3rd, 10/1, Tony Gilmore, Remington 512X, Federal 510
4th, 11/0, Danny Creasy, CZ 452 Special, SK Std Plus
5th, 12/1, Wilie Rhodes, CZ 452 Trainer, Aguila SV
6th, 12/0, John Butler, CZ 452 Ultra Lux, CMP Aguila
7th, 13/0, Ricky King, Savage Mk II, Fed 510

Peep sight class

1st, 5/1, Jay Holman, CZ 452 Trainer, Eley Rapid Fire
2nd, 7/0, Randy King, Ruger 10/22, Federal 510
3rd, 9/1, Willie Rhodes, Mossberg US 44, Federal Auto Match
4th, 10/0, Ricky King, Savage Mk II, Fed 510
5th, 15/0, Tony Gilmore, GSG-5, Federal 510B
5th, 15/0, Danny Creasy, Marlin 39A, CMP Aguila
6th, 16/0, Anedra Gilmore, GSG-5, Federal 510B

Tony and Anedra will add a full picture show later but here are a few shots I took today:

The racks:


Ricky King and John Butler shooting critters:


Randy King oversees a string of shooters:


Took six tries but I finally got one of Jay's silhouettes falling (Turkey in mid-air just passing the second tier):