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I squirrel hunt with .22 match ammo, mostly Eley Tenex and Federal Gold Ultra Match. (I prefer pinpoint bughole accuracy over high velocity, and employ heavy target rifles in order to capitalize on that. Even a solid bullet loafing along at subsonic velocity in the head will snuff out their lights instantly, and a chest hit isn't survivable either.) To that end I sight in at 50 yards, and familiarize myself with compensation requirements for various distances closer and farther away. Frankly, wind and accurate range measurement is more of a challenge out past 50 yards than spinning the elevation knob on the scopes (Unertl and Fecker in my case).

I settled on 40 yards years ago. Mainly because it was the easy distance to set up for where i lived then.

I figured out that I was good from about 10 yards to 60 with a head hold on fox squirrels. It's thick where I hunt and I don't get many shots at even 60 yds. Mostly shoot squirrels offhand and even at 50-60 yards I'm looking for something to brace against or rest on.

Hasn't been but a few years ago that I routinely shot 100-150 squirrels a year. Landowners die. Things change.
Think I shot 8 squirrels last year...

I usually do 25 yards as well.

Same here with 36gr bulk Remington. 25 and 50 are right on. 5-1/2 MOA at 100.

Dead on at 20 .............1/2" high at 40 ..........dead on at 60..........1" low at 72...........That's the way I do it

Likewise to a degree. Don't shoot HV in the .22. Sight 1.5" above bore center with SV ammo zeroed at 20 is close enough to a 50 yd zero you won't see the diff at 50. About 1/2" low at 15 yd and 1/2" high at 40.

If I have to shoot further I use a Creedmore AI with plutonium core bullets. And Aqua Velva aftershave.

When I used to hunt jackrabbits at night, we'd sight in at 75 yards. The idea was to be about dead on at 25 and 75, and maybe an inch or so high at 50. About a five inch holdover seemed to work for 100-yard shots. Sometimes we'd take longer shots, but that was rare due to terrain and vegetation.

I've always used a 50 yard zero on my .22's and try to shoot enough to know my elevations at the different ranges I shoot. Don't shoot tree rats much but try to get after the ground squirrels around here a lot and distances can be from 10 feet to 150 yards so knowing drops is pretty critical at times.

On this subject, has anyone used the Hawke rimfire subsonic scope with the drop reticles yet? I have been checking out different sites about them and reviews and I hear the reticles are pretty much right on for these rounds. Just wondering if any of you guys had tried one and what was your results? They also have them for WMR and .17HMR. The one I'm looking at is the 4x12x50 14251 scope...

Bob

I sight in at 50 yards as well, after trying sighting in at different ranges 50 yards seems to work best for me.

FFg or FFFg powder?

Creedmore AI? What are you hunting, Elephants?

Anschutz 1422 Meistergrade with 54 Action.



Dead nuts on at 25 feet to 100 meters using Lapua Midas+ Ammunition,
All drops laser engraved in sun shade on Leopold 6.5 X 20..

Probably smokes Muriels too as where there's Muriel smoke there's fire.

I mostly shoot paper, black walnuts, and grasshoppers with .22 LRs. Although I'm not much of a fan of ranging reticles, I have found that the Nikon rimfire BDC 150 reticle works quite well. i have the ProStaff 3-9x40 version installed on an accurate Ruger 10/22 22" sporter.

The flat trajectory of the 17HM2 makes it my first choice for shooting tree squirrels.

I mostly shoot paper, black walnuts, and grasshoppers with .22 LRs. Although I'm not much of a fan of ranging reticles, I have found that the Nikon rimfire BDC 150 reticle works quite well. i have the ProStaff 3-9x40 version installed on an accurate Ruger 10/22 22" sporter.

The flat trajectory of the 17HM2 makes it my first choice for shooting tree squirrels.

I say old spice is better.

William's Lectric-Shave?

What? No Hoppes #9?

Sorry, that's classified. DoD is seriously interested for over the horizon anti ship applications.

Mennen skin bracer,and CCI HP minimags..............The squirrels fear me,as do the women