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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: SNIPERBBB] #7673322
09/17/22 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SNIPERB🦝
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


Dang, do you have any squirrel left? LOL


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673324
09/17/22 09:59 AM
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If I were to buy a .22 for squirrel it would be a Marlin model 60 most likely. That's what I used growing up. Now I have several ugly black plastic .22s I've won in raffles so just grab one of them.

When hunting with dogs with the leaves still on, I use my Remington model 31 20 gauge. I'm not as hardcore as Sniper though, I just use 2 3/4" #6 shot, lol.


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673328
09/17/22 10:12 AM
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Pellet guns are great. They don't fly far compared to a .22 rim fire. .22 or .25 caliber pellet gun.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673330
09/17/22 10:13 AM
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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673347
09/17/22 10:42 AM
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i use a tack driving .22 remington 552. my 9yo uses a 410 pump or a .22 cricket

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673348
09/17/22 10:45 AM
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Marlin 39a, savage 64, cz 455 scout, 2 other Marlin youth bolt .22's and a few 10/22s are our squirrel guns. Most scoped with a Leopold or Burris. No shot gunning them for us. I don't like crawl offs or the noise + shot is hard on the teeth.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673350
09/17/22 10:47 AM
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While I don't shoot much anymore, I have had many guns over the rears but would see nothing wrong with the ones I started out with. First 22 stevens my grandpa bought from Sears Robuck catalog for $2.50. Used it for my first on a lot of things including hogs. It has a nail for a firing pin. My next was a Stevens 410 that was my dads he traded some geese for and the one in the picture was my Great Grandpas Ranger double barrel 12 with hammers. All of which I still have.
While I have a better assortment today I wouldn't hesitate to use any of them if in a bind. [Linked Image]
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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673354
09/17/22 10:54 AM
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Suppressed Ruger American .22 with Nikon 3-9x40EFR and Remington Subsonics. I'll have to switch to CCI subsonics when I run out because you can't find the Remingtons anymore in the brick and the last time I bought them in the hard plastic pack they didn't perform well at all.

There is nothing like the sound of a headshot with a suppressed .22. 39 victims for me so far this year, just had our first annual squirrel fry/hunt last weekend.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673356
09/17/22 10:55 AM
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or a 20 ga. O/U if there are still alot of leaves on

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: 20scout] #7673366
09/17/22 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by 20scout
My .36 cal poor boy flint lock rifle.


The only way to hunt squirrels


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673381
09/17/22 11:36 AM
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Lefever 12 ga SS , or 1 of several .22's, sometimes a Rem 5mm mag. have 2, a clip feed and a tube feed, and NO, not for sale! lol


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673386
09/17/22 11:48 AM
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Browning buckmark varmint. 2x leupold and cci mini mags.

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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673387
09/17/22 11:51 AM
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Well, the one I had before all my guns fell in the river and were lost was a 22 over / .410 under Stevens.


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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673395
09/17/22 12:06 PM
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Remington 541-S with a 3x9, Remington 121 Fieldmaster open sights, Winchester 69A Target with the factoty #80 peep sight, Ruger American 17HMR with a 3x9, S&W K17 open sights, S&W Model 41 with an open sight barrel and a barrel with a red dot, and last but not the least a S&W Model 14 38 special which is probably my favorite squirrel zapper. They are all good but the 14 is phenominal with a 130 grain bullet I cast myself and CFE Pistol powder.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673451
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Beautiful little rifle thanks for sharing the picture.

Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673459
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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673474
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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673499
09/17/22 03:41 PM
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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #7673517
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Until my 36 flintlock gets finished, I've been using a 20 gage smoothbore flintlock. Equal load powder and shot out of an open cylinder, 48 inch barrel.

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Re: squirrel guns what do you guy use, [Re: yotetrapper30] #7673526
09/17/22 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by yotetrapper30
Originally Posted by SNIPERB🦝
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


Dang, do you have any squirrel left? LOL

4/5 shot doesn't put too many pellets in the squirrel. Actually ran into an issue with some shells that by design had half the pellet count of normal shells, never using those again unless its for point blank stuff. Unless i get one inside 10 yards then the pattern is about the size of a tennis ball...

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