Here you go, Anschutz 54 on a stock I built.I would love it if someone here shoots squirrels with an Anschutz......it's a personal goal of mine
Tree Squirrel Rifles
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Tikka T1X. These are great rifles out of the box.
I also built a hollow pointing die, makes some cheap round nose bullets into great squirrel ammo. Just pulled my Remington out while at the range and shot it at a couple old targets at 100yds.
Remington 581 with 3.5-10. This was my wife's uncles rifle and he had broken the stock. I built a scope mount for his Marlin 39 to put a 1" scope on and he gave this barreled action to me. I tightened the headspace, shortened and re-crowned the barrel, pillared and bedded. I also reworked the trigger, right at about 24oz. Cheapest squirrel rifle I have and its my favorite. He is in a care center now and he loves seeing pictures of this rifle and the squirrels it gets as well as talking about the modifications to it. He is an incredible man.
I also built a hollow pointing die, makes some cheap round nose bullets into great squirrel ammo. Just pulled my Remington out while at the range and shot it at a couple old targets at 100yds.
Remington 581 with 3.5-10. This was my wife's uncles rifle and he had broken the stock. I built a scope mount for his Marlin 39 to put a 1" scope on and he gave this barreled action to me. I tightened the headspace, shortened and re-crowned the barrel, pillared and bedded. I also reworked the trigger, right at about 24oz. Cheapest squirrel rifle I have and its my favorite. He is in a care center now and he loves seeing pictures of this rifle and the squirrels it gets as well as talking about the modifications to it. He is an incredible man.
It's a Remington 541-S. These were built on the 540X action, have a match chamber, but were built in the same style as the contemporary 700 BDL.
LoneTraveler
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Our dog sport treed 2 greys in a tree on edge of meadow. I shot both out of tree, I was 8 years old. The rifle was a 69A Win. with peep rear sight. Made many pot of squirrel gravy with that old rifle. When I started building muzzleloaders I built a .32 cal. Cap lock. Many squirrels fell to that rifle. I got hold of a 32 cal. Douglas 1 1/4" across the flats. 2nd barrel had a drill wobble abut 2" from end. Had it shortened 4" and cut down to 3/4" across the flats. This was before 3/4" was made commercially. Had to make breech and finale myself.
Killed many squirrels with "Broom Handle". When age changed my eyes, Could see 3 rear sights could not hit anything. Sold it. 10/22 with heavy barrel, Laminated stock. CZ 452 Varmit, I now have a CZ 457 22LR I am tuning on for my next adventure.
Killed many squirrels with "Broom Handle". When age changed my eyes, Could see 3 rear sights could not hit anything. Sold it. 10/22 with heavy barrel, Laminated stock. CZ 452 Varmit, I now have a CZ 457 22LR I am tuning on for my next adventure.
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Old Hickory 45
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Am stranded at home because of a surgery gone wrong. My squirrel dog is going nuts because she is stuck in our fenced yard and the squirrels are having a good time teasing her. We have a lot of nut trees close to home and that certainly overloads her senses of busy squirrels.
We live on top of the Mississippi River bluff. I had to fence my yard to keep the dogs in and the deer out.
I am a rabid squirrel hunter and with hunting season open, it is torture to watch those bushytails enjoying safety. We can't shoot them here in town.
This is the third season I have waited for the Savage A17 Sporter .17WSM rifle I have ordered and it's still a no show.
At least if it arrives, I could scope and sling it.
We live on top of the Mississippi River bluff. I had to fence my yard to keep the dogs in and the deer out.
I am a rabid squirrel hunter and with hunting season open, it is torture to watch those bushytails enjoying safety. We can't shoot them here in town.
This is the third season I have waited for the Savage A17 Sporter .17WSM rifle I have ordered and it's still a no show.
At least if it arrives, I could scope and sling it.
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M1A1ABRAMS
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Perhaps a good pellet rifle would be a good investment for now ? At least you can get a little trigger time.
Here's another one of my squirrel rifles, a Daystate Pulsar HP .25 PCP. I have these rifles in .177, 25, and .30 caliber and a Daystate Air Wolf MCT in .22, and they are as accurate if not more accurate than my best .22 LR target rifles. The .25 will stack 33.6 gr NSA HP slugs moving at 905 ft/sec on top of each other at 50 yards, and with its Huggett shroud it's inaudible past about 10 yards. These rifles have electronic firing mechanisms and can control the release of air to ensure each shot leaves the muzzle within a couple feet per second to provide incredible accuracy.
Here's a squirrel I got with the .25... the first squirrel I killed with it, in 2021. I heard it barking from about 80 yards away, walked down to a washed-out bridge, scanned with my Pulsar thermal monocular and spotted it in a tree about 20 yards to the right of the road past the creek, then crossed the creed and walked past it about 20 yards and came into the woods looking for a clear shot. I lazed it at 48 yards and then held on its neck just behind the head. The slug hit the squirrel at the point of aim and smacked the tree behind it after penetrating. The squirrel froze to the limb for a second and then fell stone dead to the forest floor.
It has killed numerous squirrels while hunting, plus several crows, several grackles, and several iguanas including some 5' big boys. The killing power between this and the same rifle in .177 is significant and noticeable. It's a lot of fun, because accurate rifles are a lot of fun.
Here's a squirrel I got with the .25... the first squirrel I killed with it, in 2021. I heard it barking from about 80 yards away, walked down to a washed-out bridge, scanned with my Pulsar thermal monocular and spotted it in a tree about 20 yards to the right of the road past the creek, then crossed the creed and walked past it about 20 yards and came into the woods looking for a clear shot. I lazed it at 48 yards and then held on its neck just behind the head. The slug hit the squirrel at the point of aim and smacked the tree behind it after penetrating. The squirrel froze to the limb for a second and then fell stone dead to the forest floor.
It has killed numerous squirrels while hunting, plus several crows, several grackles, and several iguanas including some 5' big boys. The killing power between this and the same rifle in .177 is significant and noticeable. It's a lot of fun, because accurate rifles are a lot of fun.
Critter Picker
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Old Hickory 45
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Too many prying neighbor eyes but I like your idea. My brother lives a few blocks away without prying eyes and he does great with his pellet gun, LOL!
