Ruger 10/22 firing bulk ammo grackle kill 100+ yards

[oldcelt]

My 10/22 ruger carbine shoots really great with that Federal bulk stuff, but it only shoots legal game

 

[Jim NE]

Shoot those grackles. Can't stand 'em.

 

[exavid]

Nice shot. Probably was one of those false grackles anyway, lots of them are really starlings disguising themselves as grackles to keep people from shooting them. Good job penetrating the diabolical plot and getting one anyway. In years past I used to spend more time than I like to think about finding shorts in an aerial communication cable at Kotzebue, Alaska. The Eskimo kids like to shoot birds off the cable with .22s and a lot of them tended to shoot too low. Lots of fun finding .22 holes in a 55 pair lead shielded cable 30' above the ground in a strong wind. I did get some use out of the damaged sections, melted the lead off and made bullets out of it.

 

[baylorattorney]

Thanks for the compliments.

 

[LKB3rd]

Yep! I learned overhead phone lines have hundreds of pairs and are costly to re-splice after a .22 hit.
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I do repair for the telco, and I haven't had to repair a shot up cable, but one of my co-workers has. It can be anywhere from 25 up to 600 pairs generally in an aerial cable. If you tear up a 600 pair cable, it's going to be a couple days of work fixing it, at the least. More depending on how extensive the damage.

 

[baylorattorney]

Overhead phone lines? We don't have any of those on this ranch.

 

[goon]

Not really a surprise that you could make a hit at that distance with a .22LR. I think your chances with even just a stock 10/22 would have been better than you might think. I shoot .22LR at 100 yards on a weekly or so basis and the little round still has surprising power and accuracy at that distance.

 

[Redlg155]

You could get the ACLU to pay your legal bill for killing them if they had little white crosses on their wings.
Sorry... I'm just ill after reading about the ACLU suing to have a Native American Veterans Memorial removed off federal property.

 

[baylorattorney]

The ACLU doesn't come this far south.

 

[Sav .250]

"A windy day." Either that was one great shot or one really lucky shot.
Your call.......

 

[mquail]

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title50-vol6/xml/CFR-2010-title50-vol6-sec21-43.xml

A Federal permit shall not be required to control yellow-headed red-winged, rusty, and Brewer's blackbirds, cowbirds, all grackles, crows, and magpies, when found committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance: Provided:

b) That any person exercising any of the privileges granted by this section shall permit at all reasonable times including during actual operations, any Federal or State game or deputy game agent, warden, protector, or other game law enforcement officer free and unrestricted access over the premises on which such operations have been or are being conducted; and shall furnish promptly to such officer whatever information he may require, concerning said operations

Looks to me if a warden wants to watch you'll have to let him/her.