Tack driving 22lr for hunting

Douglas,
I think it'd make a great squirrel rifle. For quite some time I've been thinking of fitting a 24" tapered octagon barrel to a 40X receiver, rust blue the whole works, use a Jewell trigger, set it into a custom stock modeled after Remingtons Classic series 700 stocks. I just haven't yet got around to doing it. Maybe in 2010.
 
Here is my version of 100 yd squirrel rifle. Not exactly a 40x but it will shoot.

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I have both the CZ452 and Mark II BTVS Savage. The Savage shoots slightly tighter groups at 50 yds and has a match grade trigger. The CZ trigger is CRAP!

Al Kunard
 
alan k said:
I have both the CZ452 and Mark II BTVS Savage. The Savage shoots slightly tighter groups at 50 yds and has a match grade trigger. The CZ trigger is CRAP!

Al Kunard
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This is starting to sound like Rimfire Central but the Brooks Trigger kit for the CZ makes a load of difference, it certainly is no anschutz or jewell trigger, but makes the trigger tolerable.

Charlie
 
Here is what I did for a squirrel rifle: I bought a Remington 580 for $175 (including shipping). I shot it and it shot very well (approx. 3/4" groups at 100 yards with a good scope) with CCI stingers and Remington vipers. However, I was looking for something better. I bought a Kimber Super America barrel from gunbroker.com (new unfired). I am going to have the action threaded to accept the barrel, a 2nd action screw installed, bedded into the original stock. Since it has the correct trigger design I can have it reduced to 5oz pull (or maybe even less). I will have less than $500 into the rifle without a scope. I am confident it will be a shooter. There are so many options to achieve your goal you just need to figure out what you want. If you have patience you can build a very nice rig for not a lot of $$$.
 
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Don't know what planet some of you people were born on, but I'd never, I mean never take a rifle with a piece of wood that costs more than most rifles into the squirrel woods. I know, I know you got to watch how you walk and stay out of the briars and so forth. I know that. But 'round here...squirrel season starts August 15 every year. It is mostly a sultry 90 degrees F on those days and in the mornings like wet soup of air. The moisture you say to worry about. Not with a great piece of wood and a top notch, professional finish job. heck those can withstand a hurricane. The answer is mosquitos. What that you say? Mosquitos! They can't harm the wood, no. But they generally drain your body of blood and other bodily fluids they can reach in those hot, sticky, wet woods. How do you take precautions? OFF, Deep woods Off and other mosquito repellents that just in an instant or two make a piece of art stock into a barely definable military looking stock that spent years in the tropical forests of the Phillipines. Try it. Spray some off on your Kimber, Cooper, Martini, sporter 40X, etc.

Carp
 
carp, you're right about that, a guy at my club ruined his shotgun with some high powered deet spray. One of the reasons I want to use a $100 stock, plus I don't want to put a small fortune into a plinker. Thanks, douglas
 
You know I had a Winchester low wall and a 40X, both with 24X scopes, shot a 100yd bench match for score; I would have won every time with a 3/4" group, but here's an example of group vs score, if I had shot the 3/4" group into the bullseye I would have won every time. This particular match you shot five rounds into a bullseye and there was five bulls. Thanks, Douglas
 
Regardless of eyesight, around here one cannot even see a squirrel at 75 or 100 yds.

Most of those deer that we read about at 250-275 yds are usually 135-150 yds.
 
Kent Owens said:
Must be? All we ahve here are small gray squirrels and they're in heavy timber. A head shot would have to fall into a 3/4" circle 'cause hitting 'em around the edges and ears don't count:) Hard to see a deer at 100 yards, much less a squirrel hereabouts. I'd forgotten about those mega squirrels elsewhere:) My fault. Have a Merry Christmas!
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Hey Kent, maybe he is hunting monster grays like this guy posted that he shot the other day. It's the biggest gray squirrel I have ever seen.

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Brad,
That is a biggun"! That one is about half as big again as the little fella I feed that lives in my back yard. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Glad to see you posting again.
 
Thanks Kent, and the same goes to you and your family.

This one was supposedly shot in the woods without the surplus feed that they can get from a feeder. So that is a huge gray there.
 
You guys obviously live very protected lives.

Squirrels come in all sizes and can be quite dangerous. Frankly, it's not hitting them at 100 yds that is the problem, it is putting them down with one shot using a measly .22.

Take this one for instance...

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Brentd
That looks like a fox squirrel. They grow bigger than gray squirrels and it takes bigger trees to hold 'em up too. I think that one was shot in Texas, and I believe it's record, or close to it. I've seen some almost that big, but it was usually after finishing off a jug of moonshine. Most often you see flying saucers and such after a jug, but now and then monster squirrels?
 
Always ready to help. And this place could use a little humor anyway. Actually, it could use A LOT of humor.

Merry Christmas, and may the mad squirrels treat you well in the New Year.

Brent
PS. Don't turn your back on those pesky chippies either....
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it is dangerous out there...
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