On 5/1/2017 5:27 PM, Tim wrote:
advantage to the round? Quiet? The shooting arcades at Savin Rock, the
old amusement park in West Haven, Connecticut, were equipped with .22
.....

That's exactly it. Sure they make noise but don't have the *kee-raack* you get with the LRs.

Concerning squirrels. They're pretty tasty when roasted right. And with all the woods around me, there's a never ending supply of em...



So, when you guys go to Colonel Sander's joints, do
you say, "Tastes just like squirrel?"

On Mon, 1 May 2017 14:27:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

advantage to the round? Quiet? The shooting arcades at Savin Rock, the
old amusement park in West Haven, Connecticut, were equipped with .22
.....

That's exactly it. Sure they make noise but don't have the *kee-raack* you get with the LRs.

Concerning squirrels. They're pretty tasty when roasted right. And with all the woods around me, there's a never ending supply of em...

Bread 'em, brown 'em, put 'em in a pot (covered with some water), and roast 'em. Good eatin'.

On Mon, 1 May 2017 16:35:17 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


I'm afraid my wife puts food out at the edge of the woods for the
squirrels in squirrel feeders. When my sister in law visited, she
commented that we had "the biggest squirrels" she had ever seen. I have
to agree. We don't shoot critters around here.

Do you have regular old gray squirrels or do you have the giant red
fox squirrels. The ones in the Big Cypress can get up to 3 pounds or
so.

On 5/1/17 8:05 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 1 May 2017 16:35:17 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


I'm afraid my wife puts food out at the edge of the woods for the
squirrels in squirrel feeders. When my sister in law visited, she
commented that we had "the biggest squirrels" she had ever seen. I have
to agree. We don't shoot critters around here.

Do you have regular old gray squirrels or do you have the giant red
fox squirrels. The ones in the Big Cypress can get up to 3 pounds or
so.


Plain old ordinary squirrels.

On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 7:06:09 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 1 May 2017 16:35:17 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


I'm afraid my wife puts food out at the edge of the woods for the
squirrels in squirrel feeders. When my sister in law visited, she
commented that we had "the biggest squirrels" she had ever seen. I have
to agree. We don't shoot critters around here.

Do you have regular old gray squirrels or do you have the giant red
fox squirrels. The ones in the Big Cypress can get up to 3 pounds or
so.

We have both, Greg. The big reds are much more aggressive than the gray. And they;ll take over and run the grays out if you let 'em.

On 5/1/2017 4:25 PM, Tim wrote:

2:59 PMKeyser Soze
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Let me guess...you like it because:

1. It is corrosive.
2. It has a Berdan primer.
3. It is cheap.

I'm guessing #3.

Is that the round you use on groundhogs and squirrels?
.....

Groundhogs- yes
Squirrels-no

Using surplus machine gum rounds (Greek mfg. 1947) and bench rest. I whacked a groundhog at 260 yd. with open iron sights. Btw, the rifle was made in 1906 by BSA.
With half its rifling shot out from corrosive ammo it's still an accurate weapon.

Squirrels. I use a Winchester model 77 with a 4x Weaver scope. It's chambered for .22 short only.

One thing about berdan primers and cellulite propellants, is you take a bit extra time cleaning the rifle after you're done with it. I'm probably more thorough with cleaning than most because if that reason.




Speaking of rifles, I came across this video a couple of days ago.
Italian made air rifle used by Lewis and Clark. Capable of putting a
round ball round through a 1-inch pine board at 100 yards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pqFyKh-rUI

On Mon, 1 May 2017 18:06:39 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Tim Wrote in message:
This is one reason why I love 'em.
Just ordered 2 cases

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/175...day-_-20170429


It did mention corosive 4 or 5 times. That doesn't concern you?

My Mosin Nagant undoubtedly had lots of corrosive ammo run through it, but the barrel is beautiful.
Someone cleaned it right after shooting.

Nice explanation: https://www.theboxotruth.com/educati...orrosive-ammo/

Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Mon, 1 May 2017 18:06:39 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Tim Wrote in message:
This is one reason why I love 'em.
Just ordered 2 cases

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/175...day-_-20170429

It did mention corosive 4 or 5 times. That doesn't concern you?
My Mosin Nagant undoubtedly had lots of corrosive ammo run through it, but the barrel is beautiful.
Someone cleaned it right after shooting.

Nice explanation: https://www.theboxotruth.com/educati...orrosive-ammo/

Interesting. I wonder if firing a dozen rounds of non-corrosive ammo
through it at the end of the day would help clean out the crap.

Alex
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Interesting. I wonder if firing a dozen rounds of non-corrosive ammo
through it at the end of the day would help clean out the crap.

That's a very good question. When I got my Longbranch SMLE enfield, it had a pretty rusty barrel. Oh it was safe but I wasn't going to waste a couple hrs swabbing it with wire bristles when I could sight it in. At the old farm I had about a 300 yd range set up and I took some loaded magazines with me. Sprays everything down with a generous amount of cheap penetrating oil and had at it.

After about 30 rds of fast "cock-aim-pull" type shooting, it was hot and as inaccurate as it could be. I pulled the bolt and looked through the barrel. Man did it clean up!

I let it cool then went through a total pull down, cleaned it up reassembled and oiled. Except for some unavoidable pitting, it's got a really nice full bore. But yes, all those rotten corrosive surplus rounds really knocked loose the crud!

Crap! Got an email and reimbursement.

Out of stock already! That's a shame. Good price oh well. There's more to come from somewhere. It's a never ending supply.