Ground Squirrels & the 32 S&W
May 8, 2020 20:55:48 GMT -5
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Post by sixshot on May 8, 2020 20:55:48 GMT -5
Well I just had to take this nifty little 16-4 S&W out for a test drive today after receiving it yesterday from friend Bob way back in N. H. (RJM) He kindly sold it to me as he only had one way to go but up from this little beauty & that was a Freedom Arms! I had 4 different loads waiting when I got the gun yesterday but it's been so windy some of the loads almost came back past my head. Winds up to 70 MPH, yikes! Today was a little better but still not great Ground Squirrel weather but I was going anyway if I had to dig them out of their holes to shoot them.
They were hanging tough, close to the holes & down low where they were hard to see but I still managed to get 11 & seen somewhere around 40, a pretty good day considering the high winds. A guy that likes scoped hand guns would have had a field day. These little buggers are tough to hit, they are about 2" wide when they are standing up, maybe a bit wider for a big fat one. Most times they are hunkered down in the grass or Sagebrush so you are shooting at part of a squirrel.
I think it's the very last photo, you will notice 2 squirrels with no heads, they were sneaky, they just poked their heads & an eye ball out of their hole, that's all I had to shoot at, one was about 13 yds, his buddy about 27 yds as close as I could step it off. No way to range it on a flat spot. I got 3 using my new Barranti Sixshot Shooting rest, it worked great, I'll use it a lot more on the good days. Enjoy the view boys, it's wonderful out there in the worlds biggest play ground. My load was a 100 gr Miha HP & 5.0 grs of Longshot (love Longshot) Federal SP primers & Starline 32 magnum brass. Don't use this load without working up to it in your own guns.
Dick
They were hanging tough, close to the holes & down low where they were hard to see but I still managed to get 11 & seen somewhere around 40, a pretty good day considering the high winds. A guy that likes scoped hand guns would have had a field day. These little buggers are tough to hit, they are about 2" wide when they are standing up, maybe a bit wider for a big fat one. Most times they are hunkered down in the grass or Sagebrush so you are shooting at part of a squirrel.
I think it's the very last photo, you will notice 2 squirrels with no heads, they were sneaky, they just poked their heads & an eye ball out of their hole, that's all I had to shoot at, one was about 13 yds, his buddy about 27 yds as close as I could step it off. No way to range it on a flat spot. I got 3 using my new Barranti Sixshot Shooting rest, it worked great, I'll use it a lot more on the good days. Enjoy the view boys, it's wonderful out there in the worlds biggest play ground. My load was a 100 gr Miha HP & 5.0 grs of Longshot (love Longshot) Federal SP primers & Starline 32 magnum brass. Don't use this load without working up to it in your own guns.
Dick
