Working out Murbach's Single Sixes
Jul 23, 2020 16:11:55 GMT -5
Ken O'Neill, zeus, and 5 more like this
Post by CraigC on Jul 23, 2020 16:11:55 GMT -5
Started out by dropping off the grip frames with Zane Thompson. A few months later, a stunning package arrived!
Then I started using them to beat up my new friends.
We don't get a lot of ground hogs on this end of the state but when we do, I start looking for opportunities to smack `em. It happened one afternoon last week with this little bugger. You guys will remember that last year I got two Single Sixes from the estate of the late, great Terry Murbach. I decided to use the 5½" gun as a .22Mag and had it ready to go. About the only thing that was ready to go when I cracked open the back door of my shop and saw this dude browsing around. I slipped the muzzle past the door and at 35yds the 40gr Winchester JHP did the job. This 1967 model looks good with a dead critter.
Now for the 9.5" .22LR. Again, walked out the back door of my shop to do some shooting and immediately a spotted fawn about 50yds to my left caught my attention. Almost instantaneously, as it bolted off, I heard rustling to my right. Turned to look and another ground hog was running out of the brush not 10ft from me. In a dead run, I rolled him at about 20yds. He's a little bigger than the last one but still a smaller example. It's hot and I couldn't keep the flies off him for the picture.
Then I started using them to beat up my new friends.
We don't get a lot of ground hogs on this end of the state but when we do, I start looking for opportunities to smack `em. It happened one afternoon last week with this little bugger. You guys will remember that last year I got two Single Sixes from the estate of the late, great Terry Murbach. I decided to use the 5½" gun as a .22Mag and had it ready to go. About the only thing that was ready to go when I cracked open the back door of my shop and saw this dude browsing around. I slipped the muzzle past the door and at 35yds the 40gr Winchester JHP did the job. This 1967 model looks good with a dead critter.
Now for the 9.5" .22LR. Again, walked out the back door of my shop to do some shooting and immediately a spotted fawn about 50yds to my left caught my attention. Almost instantaneously, as it bolted off, I heard rustling to my right. Turned to look and another ground hog was running out of the brush not 10ft from me. In a dead run, I rolled him at about 20yds. He's a little bigger than the last one but still a smaller example. It's hot and I couldn't keep the flies off him for the picture.
