There is no replacement for Displacement. ..

[A.G.R]

I know all you .177 Chris Kyle’s will talk about shot placement .. That being said , it’s not always about the perfect shot..
sometimes it’s about removing the vermin at all cost and your window is short timed.. That my friends is when you depend on wound Chanel opening. The only way to open them up is big wide holes with big wide pellets.. The .25 in 30+ ft lb guns does this really well

This was taken with a very fast placed offhand shot at 25 yards ,as it was a matter of need to remove before the situation was gone..
I can always depend on my 32 ft lb Firefox break barrel to do its job.
The entrance was perfectly .25 or bigger and his lungs were blowing out the exit .. quick disposal of vermin with out having to hit the eyeball out of a fly .. There are no .177 guns that have this ability as they will shoot through with minimal wound Chanel and ,they WILL run away and die , potentially in your attic or somewhere else bad.. it’s why there is no replacement for displacement..

as Chris Stapleton says , THATS THE DIFFERENCE!

 

[Sqwirl57]

Nice shot and beautiful gun! For what its worth though Chris Kyle was aiming center mass and using "fast" moving, big boolits too. It's easier for sure. The lil .177s are just a bit more fun.

 

[dv8eod]

I thought it was a cat at first glance. I've never seen a squirrel that dark before. Would make a cool mount. Nice shot.

 

[Richieg]

Where's that squirrel from. I also have never seen a black one. Red, grey, or white but never a black one.

 

[dv8eod]

I've seen black ones, just never one that black. Can't say I've ever seen a white one at all. The neatest looking ones for me are pine squirrels.

 

[TN_Yankee]

C'mon, man! He was just finishing up his beer!

 

[Long_Gun_Dallas]

Looks like a very nice rifle. That'll do it for sure.

I hit a grey one not too long ago. Quick shot, up close. Was testing ammo, and adjusting my dope. I had to guestimate my POI, but knew I was well within margin of error. But took a center mass shot for this reason. 50fpe in .22 cal with an expanding projectile. I've never seen a kill quite like that. Round did not pass thru, and the squirrel expired immediatly on impact. It looked, acted, and responded like a small explosion went off inside of it. Even sounded like it.

Put enough energy on target; it'll expire. And quickly, too.

 

[Painterman]

I thought it was a cat at first glance. I've never seen a squirrel that dark before. Would make a cool mount. Nice shot.

Ditto... me either.

 

[weevil]

I still prefer a Guinness and a 177 slug.

 

[PumaCarl]

NH has black squirrels now too. I never saw them before 15 years ago, but they are here now. They breed with the greys too and the result is brown squirrels which look really good. We had a pretty big diverse population going before our squirrel apocalypse a year or two ago and they are only starting to come back now. Nice shooting by the way! Your gun is beautiful!

 

[Heavyopp]

Black phase grey squirrel — very common in princeton NJ area

I don’t know if they are common in any other part of the country

 

[dv8eod]

Jim Chapman wrote an article on his blog about a squirrel grandslam listing 3 different species plus a black phase of one of them. Said he does it every year, which I guess would be easy for him. Traveling around the world hunting and writing about it, calling it "work"

I'm in the wrong business...........

 

[Struckat]

We have black ones here, but the hawks seem to pay them extra attention. They don’t last long.

 

[RangerPete]

I know all you .177 Chris Kyle’s will talk about shot placement .. That being said , it’s not always about the perfect shot..
sometimes it’s about removing the vermin at all cost and your window is short timed.. That my friends is when you depend on wound Chanel opening. The only way to open them up is big wide holes with big wide pellets.. The .25 in 30+ ft lb guns does this really well

This was taken with a very fast placed offhand shot at 25 yards ,as it was a matter of need to remove before the situation was gone..
I can always depend on my 32 ft lb Firefox break barrel to do its job.
The entrance was perfectly .25 or bigger and his lungs were blowing out the exit .. quick disposal of vermin with out having to hit the eyeball out of a fly .. There are no .177 guns that have this ability as they will shoot through with minimal wound Chanel and ,they WILL run away and die , potentially in your attic or somewhere else bad.. it’s why there is no replacement for displacement..

as Chris Stapleton says , THATS THE DIFFERENCE!

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That is a gorgeous stock!
Is it real wood or a wrap?
I shoot .22 and .177, love them both. But been thinking a lot lately about a .30cal…

 

[A.G.R]

Nice shot and beautiful gun! For what its worth though Chris Kyle was aiming center mass and using "fast" moving, big boolits too. It's easier for sure. The lil .177s are just a bit more fun.

I have no beef with .177. I just know my own capabilities.. 👁 ball shots or take them down ,then they get”squirelly” ..quite the 30 second show.

 

[A.G.R]

Where's that squirrel from. I also have never seen a black one. Red, grey, or white but never a black one.

Michigan .. have never seen a white one and not sure I would dispose unless nuisance ..Problem is the hawks here are better than I am ..

 

[A.G.R]

I've seen black ones, just never one that black. Can't say I've ever seen a white one at all. The neatest looking ones for me are pine squirrels.

They are the worse noisy bastards there are. .

 

[A.G.R]

I still prefer a Guinness and a 177 slug.

I’ll Take the Guinness and any slug..

 

[A.G.R]

That is a gorgeous stock!
Is it real wood or a wrap?
I shoot .22 and .177, love them both. But been thinking a lot lately about a .30cal…

It’s real Western Tiger maple with Ebony tips. ..I made that 15 years ago ..I have the sister blank that I’m making now for a custom built duplicate rifle in .22.

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

I will resist calibers over .22 airguns....for now