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Dinny got me some Hard to find CCI .22 Cal. Subsonic 1050 Hollow Points I was looking for.
On the Ruger 10/22 with the Suppressor in a semi Rural, end of a Country Development, they work pretty well.
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The Ruger 77/22, in 22LR, that I recently put a Green Mountain barrel in 17 Mach 2 on, is quickly becoming my favorite small game rifle.
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Dinny got me some Hard to find CCI .22 Cal. Subsonic 1050 Hollow Points I was looking for.
On the Ruger 10/22 with the Suppressor in a semi Rural, end of a Country Development, they work pretty well. Sorry, I put this in the wrong area! So let me correct it with a .22 Cal Rifle, probably a Winchester Bolt action Single Shot!
I Learned a long time ago to Separate My Want's from My Needs!
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Know Thy Self!
TRUMP DID WIN!!!
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For squirrels and rabbits, a Remington 541-S with a Leupold 3-9 EFR and Remington Subsonic HP’s.
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Winchester model 42, full choke barrel with 2-1/2” #6’s Browning A-bolt 22lr or 22 magnum
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Lately a Winchester 1873 (made in 1889) shooting 95 grain cast bullets around 900 fps. I find myself smiling more when I’m hunting with and shooting this rifle than with any other.
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The Stevens 44 1/2 in .22LR that I inherited from my great-grandfather who bought it new. With CCI Subsonic HPs it drives tacks at 50 yards. I've scoped it with a modern Leupold, but I have the original JC Stevens 6x external adjustment scope he purchased with it that I use for "retro" hunts once in a while.
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Have used everything from .22 short to .44 mag; but my most used since it came out has been a Ruger Mark 2. I have 2 virtually identical mk 2 targets with the 5.5" bull barrels and volquartsen competition internals, triggers, and some other parts. One currently wears a 2.5x8 leupold and the other a holosun green dot. For most of the years I've had them, they wore iron sights only; but... my eyes ain't what they used to be.
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My Remington model 25 pump in 25-20 WCF will be my favorite when I can get it's failure to feed from the magazine issue figured out and fixed.
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I grew up shooting rabbits and squirrels with my great grandfathers octagon barreled Rem mod 12. It had cool sights, probably something from Marbles, a rear tang mounted aperture sight and the front could flip from a bead to a bead in a ring. Loved hunting with that rifle. Now days I mostly hunt small game with a .32 muzzleloader. Flint or percussion? Years back I bought a Dixie 32 Tenn. squirrel rifle flinter. Fancied it up a bit patch box entry pipe. Bobby Hoyt freshed the barrel. I take it to the woods for just about anything small game wise. usually come home with something for the pot.
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5 1/2" Buckmark. It now wears a RMR to allow me to continue hunting with it since the front sight has turned into a wad of fuzz.
Muzzle loading or BPSS shotgun is also a fave all though I haven't done it in years.
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Used a 10.5 AMT Lightning and Kart/ Colt 6" when i was younger. Nowadays its a Buckmark Target 5.5 w a reflex sight. Kills golf balls at 50 yards good too ( varmint golf balls, leave em where they lay, dont eat em )
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I hear they taste terrible, is this true?
Any cooking method that makes them taste better? I was looking back over this thread and happened to notice this question; one thing that can make them taste bad is the glands in the armpits. They look like pinkish fatty tissue and they need cut out before cooking as they will make for a "gamey" flavor. How to cook can depend on how old they are. Younger tender squirrels can be fried, Ive had no luck trying to fry older ones and boil those until the meat is falling off the bones, then drain well, brown and add to gravy. Middle of August now so squirrel season is a month out.
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The gun which has probably accounted for the most small game for me is a Ruger Mark 2 target pistol. Next is probably a Weatherby .22 semi auto. Next would probably be an old single shot which a brother bought for me at estate se for $10 when I was about 5
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