Varmint & Squirrel Plinking

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speaking of handguns, the most fun I have shooting squirrels is with my Beretta Neos 6"...after a few bricks of ammo for practice and a BSA red dot scope it rarely takes more than one shot out to 30-40 yards. That is, if your in to that sort of thing :uhoh:

But I would go with the 10/22, plenty of room to upgrade those badboys
 
Hey there, I'm also a Bersa 380 owner here.

So, since we have the same taste and "IF" you like the style of that Mossberg 702 Plinkster, please check out the marlin 795. It can be had for little over 110.00 mark. Great gun. I just added an 22 Mag scope by Simmons on it. Plan to shoot @ the range and play @ the 100 yrd mark, maybe if I am feeling lucky, I dare 200yrd mark. lol :scrutiny:
 
I've gone plinking with everything from an M1 Carbine, to a .45 pistol to a 44/40 Yellowboy (Early Navy Arms and loved it!). Yep, even used a mouse gun to kill squirrels (.223)...

You take what you take... it's placing the shot that counts. ;)

Personally, I honestly prefer to wait till they turn around and face you... with the old Yellowboy.. you could put a round just down the face of the tree bark and it would gut them darn near perfectly... this was with a black powder load and a Lyman 205 grn lead bullet if memory serves.. obviously it was 40 grains of FFFG.. under that Lyman bullet.

I don't handload for .223.. I don't have enough time and out here .223 is cheap.
 
dont get cloibris, they may not make it out of the bbl of a rifle, look at cb shorts and longs, by cci, they are pretty quiet, but you will proly have to single load them, allthough with a really slick action you may get the cb longs to cycle.
Also Aguila makes , beside colibris, the super colibris, which are about 550 fps from the muzzel. the colbiris are about 350 fps from the muzzle.
 
I use a Winchester 63 semi auto .22 for squirrel hunting, plinking, informal target shooting and about anything else that requuires the use of a rimfire.

I like semi auto .22s for squirrel because you can hunker down make a shot not do a lot of moving around to chamber another round and kill two or three more from one sit in fairly short order.
 
For a little more you could get into a Savage. They're just about the most accurate out of the box factory gun on the market. For varmints, accuracy is important. I haven't shot the Mossberg so I can't make a comparison, but I know the accuracy of the Savages.

As for the .17's, to each his own I guess. They shoot a little flatter than the .22's at an increased cost. They also don't have a whole lot of wallop downrange, but that's the price we pay for increased velocity. As for me, I've always went by the theory that if I need more than a .22 LR, it's time to move up to a centerfire. I'm not about to pay centerfire prices for ammo that I can't reload.

I think as a whole, us shooters are turning into a rather lazy lot. Rather than learning marksmanship, ranging, and elevation compensation, we're looking for flatter shooting cartridges.
 
I picked up my old Rossi .22 from my dad tonight. Heh, almost forgot he had it. It's about 20 years old and perfect condition. Problem is the stock was cut down to fit me at the time, and I can't put a scope on it. Gonna see about getting the stock fixed with an extension or something if it's not too expensive. If it is, I'm going with the Mossberg.

The Rossi runs .22 Short Long or Long Rifle, as per what the barrel says. I know that .22 come in Short, LR, and MAG. Is there a rifle that will run all three types or is that pipe dreams?
 
Rifles can't shoot .22 shorts/longs/long rifle AND .22 magnum. The cartridges are too different: the case of the .22 Mag is wider than the other .22 rimfires. The .22 mag is seated inside the case, the smaller .22s are heel-seated, with the case being the same diameter as the bullet.

.22 revolvers can shoot both, if you get a cylinder for the .22 magnum and a cylinder for the others, like the Ruger Single Six convertible.
 
Bought Two...

Bought a Mossberg Plinkster 702 with scope on Dec 23, 2006 and have put about 1200 rounds through it so far. Great little gun, stylish and deadly accurate out of the box. I did some research and found that the 4x scope is a Barska Plinker model MA-4. Works well on this gun. Price paid was $116 including tax. I liked this gun so much I went back two days ago at Dick's and purchased another one this time the salesman discounted it for me and I got it for $105.99 including tax. This one must have been messed with because I had to walk the scope in from 5 inches left and two inches low, but in a few minutes I had it driving tacks. I love the Mossberg philosophy of "more gun for the money".
This is not your father's .22 but a more modern sophisticated Plinkster. Its is not a Marlin, or a Ruger or anything else it is a Magtech 7022 with a new name and is great for gobbling up cheap or expensive ammo. I shoot the Rem Golden Bullets on a regular basis but this thing really places the Yellow jackets well.
I am not knocking anyone but gun lovers can be quite the traditionalists and can miss when something new comes along that doesn't have a history or a pedigree.
Mossberg has marketed a great little twenty two for very little money.
These make great first guns and great practice and plinkers, and later this year we will see how this dog hunts.
 
I hunt squirrels during deer season when activity is low on that end with a 10/22. Previously I used ironsights or a crappy scope I got in a package deal from a funshop with a dustcover rail for my AK (also crappy).

worked well though, but I bought an EOTech for my AK and am waiting on an ultimak rail, and in the interrum I have it on my 10/22. took it to the range last Friday and holy crap that's a whole new animal! So my thoughts were that while I wait for my rail in the mail I'll hunt with my EOTech/1022.

Regardless of all that though, 10/22 has provided me quite a few meals.
 
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