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squirrel guns what do you guy use, #7673205
09/17/22 07:41 AM
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i mostly use a 4.10 but im looking at getting a 22. show me your set up

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673208
09/17/22 07:44 AM
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WI - Wisconsin
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Marlin model 60

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673211
09/17/22 07:47 AM
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aje scope?

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673213
09/17/22 07:50 AM
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WI - Wisconsin
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Nothing fancy on the scope for mine

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673217
09/17/22 07:55 AM
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Louisiana
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Louisiana
Marlin model 60. No scope.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673238
09/17/22 08:13 AM
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Minnesota
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Ruger 10/22 4x scope


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673240
09/17/22 08:16 AM
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williamsburg ks
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I have a bunch of 22’s. Most of the time for hunting I grab my 10-22 with a fixed 4 power scope


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673242
09/17/22 08:17 AM
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Iowa
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I mostly use a .410. Some of my favorite squirrel timbers have a lot of houses close by so it's safer to use the little scatter gun.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673246
09/17/22 08:22 AM
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Savage 93 BTVS, Heavy Barrel, with a Vortex Diamond Back 4-12x40. Left hand bolt. Love it my son got ti for me for Christmas. Never had a left-hand 22 before.
it is heavy but a tack driver and great to shoot at home.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673252
09/17/22 08:30 AM
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Bismarck Arkansas
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New England single shot 410

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673258
09/17/22 08:37 AM
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Tennessee
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Tennessee
Colt woodsman match pistol

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Let's go Brandon

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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673262
09/17/22 08:42 AM
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Rodney,Ohio
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Rodney,Ohio
20 Guage. Full choked and 3" 4/5 shot. Go back and forth between my revelation 325a and rem 870 pump. Habeba few 22s but by thr time the leaves drop for the 22 im deer hunting or trapping

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673263
09/17/22 08:42 AM
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Mn
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.22 barrel on my Contender super 14.

Vortex Crossfire scope.

WS

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673267
09/17/22 08:44 AM
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Missouri
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T-bolt or 541-t.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673271
09/17/22 08:47 AM
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La Crosse, WI
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I have a Remington 550 model 22 with 4X scope, that I bought used when I was I believe a freshman in high school??? Anyways that was my go to squirrel gun for many years. I also bought a Browning Challenger 22 pistol to carry for squirrels while bow hunting. I've shot a lot of squirrels with both those guns.
When they came out with 17HMR I bought a Marlin bull barrel in 17 HMR. I have a variable power Bushnell scope on it. That gun has been what I shot most my squirrel with since I bought it. I have made head shots on squirrels out to 65 yards. Yes I had a range finder and that was not a Guesstimation. The gun is a tack driver and if I ever had a chance I'm pretty sure I could head shoot a squirrel easily at 100 yards. The little 17 cal ballistic tips are not meat freindly if you take body shots.

Mac

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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673280
09/17/22 08:50 AM
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West Central MN
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My .36 cal poor boy flint lock rifle.


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673291
09/17/22 09:06 AM
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Suppressed 10-22. O so deadly to the bushy tails

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673304
09/17/22 09:25 AM
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1980 Winchester 9422 iron sights…unless I’m really hungry, then Ruger 1022 Target with 3x9 mildot


Nature is reckless of the individual. Aldo Leupold.
Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673305
09/17/22 09:25 AM
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Mostly My 32 cal TC Seneca. But occasionally I will use my Marlin 39A with a scope or if I want to hunt like I did when I was a kid I pull out my Rem 552 that I bought when I was a kid.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673320
09/17/22 09:52 AM
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Rossi single shot break barrel with 4x32 scope and .22 shorts.
Around the house break barrel .177 pellet rifle 4x32 scope.

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