Minute of squirrel head

[Wiley]

The dang wind showed to be calm on the weather app but I had a steady south wind of probably 7mph or so. My setup was a Remington 541S barreled action that I had put into a 541T stock just because I don't like the high gloss RKW finish on the S stock. I had not shot this rig since swapping the socks but both rifles were shooting great before and my confidence was high that very little adjustment would be needed.

Started with SK Rifle Match and it shot decent enough and then switched to my go-to ammo for all things 22LR, SK Standard +. It turns out that either one will work for squirrel hunting but the S+ held a slight edge. The target was set at 40 measured yards.

The 5 shots in the center were getting it sighted for the dots after swapping stocks.

 

[Iglow]

Since I'm picking up the pup( Sib's little sister) I'll be hunting with a 22 the rest of the season. Figured I better check it.

That lil Winchester Wildcat with a peep sight and an awful trigger ain't half bad. This is 6 shots prone at 30 yds. Spot is about the size of a squirrel's noggin. Round was CCI Quiet 22.

 

[MUP]

The dang wind showed to be calm on the weather app but I had a steady south wind of probably 7mph or so. My setup was a Remington 541S barreled action that I had put into a 541T stock just because I don't like the high gloss RKW finish on the S stock. I had not shot this rig since swapping the socks but both rifles were shooting great before and my confidence was high that very little adjustment would be needed.

Started with SK Rifle Match and it shot decent enough and then switched to my go-to ammo for all things 22LR, SK Standard +. It turns out that either one will work for squirrel hunting but the S+ held a slight edge. The target was set at 40 measured yards.

The 5 shots in the center were getting it sighted for the dots after swapping stocks.

What are those holes out in space?

 

[Wiley]

What are those holes out in space?

Must have been that 7mph wind! The 5 in the center on the white were sighters.

And all the dots that have 2 holes are from the 2 different varieties of SK. I didn't want to use up any more dots for a single shot at them.

 

[mike243]

Learned years ago after it was on paper pretty good to test it on a popular tree, got 1 out back so can shoot at the mountain side for a safe back stop, when you can pop a popular ball every shot free hand it's time to hit the woods, I cheat most of the time now with a shooting stick but you can't always use it especially up close unless you set down, they don't make a stick over 6' long when spread out.