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hubcapsc
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« Reply #40 on: February 27, 2018, 09:33:49 AM »

I've found a Ruger air rifle with pellets works just fine on squirrels.
You can buy them most any place that sells sporting equipment.

Personally, I'd say .22 rifle is the way to go. Look at the new Ruger 10/22 Takedown models.
Subsonic .22LR or breech-load .22 Shorts for the close shots. Makes very little noise and won't piss off the neighbors or have a game warden coming to your place.

YMMV.

People seem to really like that rifle, I've bookmarked this model: https://ruger.com/products/1022Takedown/specSheets/11112.html

and also Aguila Super Colibri and CCI 22 shorts...

-Mike "thanks, gentlemen, for the responses on this thread  cooldude "
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #41 on: February 27, 2018, 10:13:51 AM »

Just remember that any semiauto .22 generally offers the most difficulty in getting any specialty .22 ammo to feed reliably (or at all).  Regular .22 long rifle ammo is no problem. 

I leave the OE rotary mag out of my 10/22 and have to single load the Colibri with small palm-size needlenose, up through the mag well, and into the chamber.  Even my small hands are too big to poke the rounds up the well and into the chamber without a lot of fumbling and dropping the round.  The ejection port is simply too small to work through with fingers or with needlenose.  I need decent light to see what I'm doing, and wouldn't care to be doing it out in the woods (not that I couldn't).

Any bolt action is much easier to load with specialty ammo, just pull the bolt back, drop the round in, and push the bolt forward.  From a single loading point of view, a bolt gun is 10 times faster than any semiauto (and you don't need small needlenose).

And various bolt gun magazines will likely cycle some specialty ammo better than most any semiautos (which run at light speed, not the speed of your careful manual working of the bolt).

I've just stuck with my scoped 10/22 because I've had it forever, but I should have got a bolt rifle years ago for this very reason (and put another scope on it).

I'm not a fan of a take-down, unless you really plan to take it down and carry it around all the time.  Apparently the take down feature does not compromise accuracy, and on the plus side, they are supposed to be easier to clean.  If you are thinking about security, all you have to do is keep the rifle unloaded, and ammo and mags hidden.  Then it is as safe as a take down.
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turtle254
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« Reply #42 on: February 27, 2018, 10:22:55 AM »

22 pump ... easy, works great
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #43 on: March 08, 2018, 10:18:49 AM »

Well, bringing this back to the top.

I've been thinking about a decent bolt .22 for a long time (years actually), even though my venerable Ruger 10-22 really does everything I need in a .22 rifle.

So I started reading this and that, and reading rim-fire forums and gun reviews, and then looking at my local gun boards.

And low and behold, I'm getting a pristine used CZ 455 Varmint (heavy bbl), with a nice (scope) rail and scope already mounted, and the couple plastic parts already swapped out for metal ones.

http://cz-usa.com/product/cz-455-varmint-22-lr-5-rd-mag/


http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/06/foghorn/gun-review-cz-455-varmint/

Mine does not have this 8X Leatherwood copy of the famous Unertal scope on it, but it is still a nice 3X9 variable made for rimfire.


More like this.


So Mike, in conclusion, I want to thank you for helping me decide to part with some money for a worthy cause.   cooldude Grin


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hubcapsc
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« Reply #44 on: March 08, 2018, 12:39:21 PM »


I got a couple of extra cordless phone handsets on Amazon and took them
over to my Aunt Jean and Uncle Dan's house on Tuesday.

Out of the blue, not related to my recent desire to eliminate some squirrels,
Uncle Dan has decided he needs to give me Uncle Bob's old 22.

It looks like it has barnacles on it Smiley ... I wish the picture of the barrel was
clearer...





-Mike
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northernvalk
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« Reply #45 on: March 08, 2018, 02:33:57 PM »

I love it. we have an old coey .22 thay stays at camp(cottage US) . looks just like that and kills gophers and squirls just like the day it was first shot.
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #46 on: March 08, 2018, 03:19:20 PM »

I hate to say it, but Uncle Bob dropped the ball on that one (or someone did).

Depending on if you have the time, that will clean up some (the wood better than the metal).  Steel wool (0000) and oil or solvents.  Both wood and metal.  Some of the bluing that's left will come off with the rust, and that's OK.  Take out a bolt or two and probably the trigger gaurd, separate the barreled action and wood, and work them separately.

It's more important what it looks like inside the barrel.  And don't shoot it until you look (and oil) to see that it is clear.  

You pull the bolt out (there should be a little lever or button that lets it come out the back, or some special manipulation of the bolt).  You stick your index finger up near the chamber and shine a light on that finger, and look down the barrel.  The pink from your finger makes close inspection of the barrel and rifling much more visible than just plain white light in the eye.  Hopefully the inside of the bbl looks better than the outside.  If the inside needs cleaned, you can buy rifle kits, but the best thing going these days are called bore snakes; a special 22 caliber rope you yank through the bbl, quick and easy (with solvent).

There will be places to find (used) parts if you need/want them.

Or it can become what is known in the business as a wall hanger.   Smiley

A lot of gun guys actually hang an old beater on the wall (in plain view).  Glancing at it on every entrance, you instantly know if someone has been in there (or maybe still there).  Thieves cannot resist firearms, even old wall hangers.  

I'm not trying to insult Uncle Bob's old .22.  (just it's custodian)
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« Reply #47 on: March 08, 2018, 06:02:16 PM »

FYI, the "primer only" Colibri come in two different loads. I've used the 20gr conical point against chipmunks with a scoped Ruger MKII. Not only do they not cycle it, but no stovepipes, either. The brass still is fully chambered, so I can eject it manually by cycling the action and it'll chamber the next round from the magazine normally. Can't remember offhand if the 20gr. is the heavier or lighter of their two .22LR but I recall there's a few good utube out there comparing several different subsonic rounds incl. Colibri.

edit, more Colibri info https://www.aguilaammo.com/rimfire/
I can't remember if the 20gr. I shoot are the 420 or 590 fps ones. Box doesn't say, and I don't have the brick handy to read off of.
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Forge
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« Reply #48 on: March 08, 2018, 07:32:18 PM »

Tree rat. It’s what’s for dinner!
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threevalks
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« Reply #49 on: March 09, 2018, 06:30:38 AM »

Tree rat. It’s what’s for dinner!

I agree. If you haven't tried squirrel you are in for a treat. IMHO squirrel is by far the best tasting wild game. They are a bit tough, so first pressure cook them or boil until done, then roll in flour for a quick fry. Make some gravy in the skillet, mash a couple taters and you are in for a meal fit for a king.
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« Reply #50 on: March 09, 2018, 06:34:28 AM »

Don't forget squirrel brains and eggs, mmmmmmmm good
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« Reply #51 on: March 09, 2018, 06:56:20 AM »

Tree rat. It’s what’s for dinner!

I agree. If you haven't tried squirrel you are in for a treat. IMHO squirrel is by far the best tasting wild game. They are a bit tough, so first pressure cook them or boil until done, then roll in flour for a quick fry. Make some gravy in the skillet, mash a couple taters and you are in for a meal fit for a king.

I use to kill a bunch of squirrels and mom would wait until i have 10 or 15 and pressure cook them then pull the meat off the bones and BBQ them. I think that is the best wild game i have ever had.
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