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<blockquote data-quote="BillR" data-source="post: 1435677" data-attributes="member: 462"><p>Spent a big portion of my misspent youth hunting squirrels. Tried about everything in cartridges and rifles. Was informed very early on that I was to not shoot them with a shotgun, no one liked eating pellets it seems although a lot a friends from the southern part of the US inform me that a good .410 is a great squirrel gun. Eating the squirrel was the main reason for shooting them so that took out the .22 Mag and the .17's after trying them and high velocity .22 LR's also did a bit more damage so and price of ammo was also a big part in the equation. For rifles I used two of the best I have ever used as far as accuracy and portability were an old 512 Remington bolt action and a 572 Pump. Tried it with a scoped 541 Rem Bolt gun but good old iron sights seemed to work the best for fast moving squirrels up in the cotton wood ,oak and walnut trees on the creek bottoms. Seldom did I need to shoot further than 25 yards. Further than that and you would loose sight of the squirrel pretty quickly. Camo clothing and going slow and plenty of tic and skeeter juice another tool of great import. I could get a lot of squirrels from a box of shells which very early on would cost about .50 cents a box and now can go for 5 dollars depending on what ammo you use. Another rifle I use that does an awesome job is a custom built Kentucky Poor boy Percussion rifle in .32 caliber. Does almost as well at the .22 LR. Just not as fast but then speed was never in the equation when squirrel hunting.</p><p>Of the .22's I own which include a Kimber SVT topped with a 6.5X20X40 Leupold. Remington 512 Now retired and one that is like new in the box almost appears to be unfired. A Remington 541 HB also with a 6.5X20X50 boosted to 18X40X50 and a 541 Sporter with iron sights I still grab the Rem 572.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillR, post: 1435677, member: 462"] Spent a big portion of my misspent youth hunting squirrels. Tried about everything in cartridges and rifles. Was informed very early on that I was to not shoot them with a shotgun, no one liked eating pellets it seems although a lot a friends from the southern part of the US inform me that a good .410 is a great squirrel gun. Eating the squirrel was the main reason for shooting them so that took out the .22 Mag and the .17's after trying them and high velocity .22 LR's also did a bit more damage so and price of ammo was also a big part in the equation. For rifles I used two of the best I have ever used as far as accuracy and portability were an old 512 Remington bolt action and a 572 Pump. Tried it with a scoped 541 Rem Bolt gun but good old iron sights seemed to work the best for fast moving squirrels up in the cotton wood ,oak and walnut trees on the creek bottoms. Seldom did I need to shoot further than 25 yards. Further than that and you would loose sight of the squirrel pretty quickly. Camo clothing and going slow and plenty of tic and skeeter juice another tool of great import. I could get a lot of squirrels from a box of shells which very early on would cost about .50 cents a box and now can go for 5 dollars depending on what ammo you use. Another rifle I use that does an awesome job is a custom built Kentucky Poor boy Percussion rifle in .32 caliber. Does almost as well at the .22 LR. Just not as fast but then speed was never in the equation when squirrel hunting. Of the .22's I own which include a Kimber SVT topped with a 6.5X20X40 Leupold. Remington 512 Now retired and one that is like new in the box almost appears to be unfired. A Remington 541 HB also with a 6.5X20X50 boosted to 18X40X50 and a 541 Sporter with iron sights I still grab the Rem 572. [/QUOTE]
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