Mags.

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I am impressed with what my magnum can kill. Originally got it for a plinker, and for small (small) game. After seeing the results of this gun, I moved on to slightly larger targets. I have killed many fox and coyotes with it now, and yet to have a wounded animal escape. Though I do pass up iffy shots with it since I believe shot placement is very important. IMO, these rifles can and will do much more than some people think!!!

[Scotty]

i think, other than a real benchrest rifle and match ammo, a 22 mag is among the most accurate guns you can take squirrel hunting.

also since it's more powerful at 100 yards than a bench gun and match ammo is at the muzzle, it happens to remove heads.so be it. it also makes gutshot squirrels EASY to find.

before anybody gets all cranked up about "that aint where i shoot em", go kill a few hundred or a thousand and try again ,and dont forget that with some of the less destructive caliber choices, a gut shot can easily run off and not even fall out of the tree, so some "misses" AINT misses .

i get home with plenty of meat, more than some who choose a weaker less accurate gun so they wont" ruin too much meat".

one squirrel that runs off gutshot to die slow in a den tree, is, to me, a far bigger loss than one squirrel that's quickly dead and is blown up too badly to eat.

folks dont have to see that one that dies slow in the den tree. that doesnt mean it doesnt happen.

the "mags are great, but just not for squirrels" mentality makes no sense to me, but i didnt call those who dont wanna see the results"sick"either. nor did i post more of em .

to each his own.

that's why we have supermarket meat departments, so nobody ever has to see dead animals till theyre all packaged up nicely.

no hard feelings on my part , and i mean no offense by this post, i respect your opinions, i'm just explaining my own.

thanks for the opportunity to do so

scotty

[Jon]

Scotty,

You da man.

I feel the same when it comes to the WMR, I've had many more anchoring shots using the mag than the 22lr.

Not because the 22lr wasnt enough, but because sometimes bad shots happen and the 22lr doesn't leave room for error.

I can't tell you how many times I swore I got a solid shot and see the squirrel land flat on his back and when I went to retrieve them I found that they dragged themselves a pretty good way before dying, heck some weren't even dead.

After years of this I decided I needed more I went first with the WMR and then added a HMR.

Both kill them dead, FAST. I know enjoy much more success due to the "overkill" power of these 2 rounds, no more looking around and scratching my head wondering where the squirrel got to.

A WMR will knock them clean off the tree and leave em stone dead 99% of the time, even with a bad shot.

[getom59]

I started using a .22 mag for the first time last year and would have to say its effectiveness on squirrels is awesome. To me, I like using it. I've been known to head out several hours before light to do some coyote hunting (it's legal with rimfires after October 15th) and then go after squirrels when it gets light. The .22 mag fit the bill quite nicely for that reason.

[Scotty]

well fellers, i sure wasnt expectin anybody to agree with any of that but i do think what i said i do.

good to know you two kinda feel the same way

good huntin fellers

scotty