squirrels / rabbits ... 22 magnum??

[emsemt911]

i use my mag w sp. i have never had a problem, plus the mag is better for a coyote

 

[Grandpa23]

i use my mag w sp. i have never had a problem, plus the mag is better for a coyote

"sp" ?

 

[Renegade]

Soft point? Buy the rifle!!!

 

[Emperor]

It's too much heat for the animals you want to hunt, but why turn down a good deal on ANY gun!

 

[Grandpa23]

The young lady that had it decided to sell it to her brother instead.

 

[cajun 22]

For 22mag you can use the flat point solid bullets. Not easy to find but work like a dream.

 

[dzelenka]

Get a .22 LR. It is good medicine for squirrels and rabbits.

 

[dzelenka]

22 Mag will be fine for both if you are hunting casually, but to be totally honest unless you have all day to shoot and are not hungry I would use a shotgun..

It doesn't take very long to shoot a limit of squirrels with a .22. If you aren't running dogs, .22s will get all of the rabbits you need.

A shotgun is such an uncivilized tool.

 

[leVieux]

"A shotgun is such an uncivilized tool."

Oh-oh ! Look who is "trolling" now !

Biting my lip !

leVieux

 

[dzelenka]

Oh-oh ! Look who is "trolling" now !

Biting my lip !

leVieux

Is "blunt instrument" a better term?

 

[Emperor]

It doesn't take very long to shoot a limit of squirrels with a .22. If you aren't running dogs, .22s will get all of the rabbits you need.

A shotgun is such an uncivilized tool.

I put the shotgun in the closet for the marlin 22lr a long time ago for squirrels. I got so tired of biting into the shot pellets; and when you gut shot them, yuck!

There is nothing more plesureable than taking them with 22lr. The search, the stalk, closing the distance, love it!

Alas, too windy to go this morning!

 

[Uncle John]

I prefer to use a 22 lr but when I moved to the Ft Polk area and hunt there I use the 22 magnum with both FMJ and Hollow point, standard Winchester loads in a Marlin 25.
The reason is Hogs I run into them many times and kill them clean with the 22 magnum up to 300 pounds. The FMJ kills squirrel clean about like a 22 lr, while a 22 mag hollow point or fmj will kill a hog with a brain shot instantly. A lung shot is about like a bow kill with either round but it leaves a good blood trail.

 

[PAPACHUCK]

I put the shotgun in the closet for the marlin 22lr a long time ago for squirrels. I got so tired of biting into the shot pellets; and when you gut shot them, yuck!

There is nothing more plesureable than taking them with 22lr. The search, the stalk, closing the distance, love it!

Alas, too windy to go this morning!

My experience as well.

A scoped 22LR will do so much, with good ammo and practice. My Marlin 60 has sent many, many squirrels to the table. And a bunny or two when they showed their face.