Something I noticed this summer..on CA ground squirrels
I previously used a .22 P-Rod at around 10FPE shooting 16gr JSB. Every single squirrel whether a head or heart/lung shot was DRT. No radical floppy stuff with the head shots either just PFFFT plop flop. None moved more than a couple inches.
i just switched to a Leshiy in .25 shooting 25.4 JSBs at around 29FPE. Regardless of shot location head or heart/lung there has not been a single DRT event. All shots hit vitals and were pass throughs. They all died but managed to move 5 to 30 feet prior to expiring. The head shots resulted in the classic flip flop and tail helicoptering.
My take on these observations is that the .22 expended most of it’s energy inside the squirrel versus the .25 leaving most of it’s energy in the backstop.
Maybe an HP or PolyMag in .25 would have different results..IDK
Strange. So much the opposite with me and my Prod. My head shots are DRT and my body shots result in a shocked looking squirrel, often one that can run far away and up a tree. I know they're hit because that sound is unlike any other. I'm getting that with both Crosman Premier HP and Barracuda Terminator. Barracuda Match in the head seem to do the job just fine. But so far among those three, nothing in the body works. Or at least works quickly, to provide a non-lingering, horrible death. It's enough to make me feel I have to either mod the Prod to get more power, or stick to head shots exclusively. I do want to kill the little buggers, but have no desire to torment them.
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