On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:29:30 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:


Actually, when I shoot a squirrel...there really isnt a hell of a lot
left to eat. The California Cat Squirrel is considered a varmint, is
often tick and flea infested and while fun to shoot at long ranges with
a decent varmint rifle..is hardly something one wishes to eat.

Youtube has plenty of 22-250 vrs Squirrel videos.

My dad loved squirrel: Indiana gray and black squirrels, not the
chittering little varmints. He shot them offhand thru the head with
his Browning SA-22 rifle, made in Belgium and chambered for shorts.
Dad regarded anything more than shorts with hollowpoints as excessive
for squirrel hunting.

He cleaned 'em, Dr. Ma cooked 'em. Yum!

He later had to sell that rifle to make ends meet, that being in a
time when Americans actually took responsibility for their lives,
livelihoods and families. He always regretted having to do that, but
in that era a man didn't expect and wouldn't allow the government to
support him or his family if there was any way to avoid that shame.
The SA-22 is the rifle held by John Moses Browning in the Wiki about
him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Browning

It was out of production for some time, but I came across one a couple
of years ago and was reluctant to leave the store without it because
it was my Dad's favorite rifle. Mary made me buy it. No kidding!
When I balked with indecision because it was kinda pricey for a .22,
she bought the rifle doing the 4473 with her name and her creds, my
VISA card. She's a woman who knows how and when to make a decision. I
like that about her. She ain't always right but her track record is
quite respectable.

It comes apart, can be easily packed in a suitcase. Dad liked that
because he could take it on the train so he could go hunting when he
returned to Indiana.

It is amazingly accurate for such a small rifle with iron sights, and
it is a lot of fun to shoot even though I can't see iron sights like I
could as a youth and never could like my Dad could. I was about as
good as any the Army had at the time, nowhere near as good as Dad.

The Ruger 10-22 is a very popular rifle. I can see why it's popular,
but it isn't in the same league or even the same galaxy as the John
Moses Browning designed Browning SA-22 semiautomatic .22 rimfire
rifle.

Ive always had an ongoing love affair with the Marlin 39 lever action
22s. I simply love em. I had several and after I became a father to a
boy with many medical issues, I had to sell my collection several times
to pay medical bills, so went 20 odd years without a 39. Id see em at
gun shows and whatnot..but they were always a bit dear for me and I
turned away from them when I found one.

One of the posters here, needed some lathe repair and whatnot (the
helicopter guy..having a stroke moment about his name...damnit) and we
dickered a bit and he mentioned he had one he would be interested in
swapping for the work.

I shoot it regularly these days VBG and its the single most carried
rifle I own now days. (well..other than my truck Survival gun..a chopped
and channeled #4 Lee Enfield...but it hardly gets "carried"

Ive liked the Browning, owned several of them, including the not half
bad Norinco version...but LOVE the 39 Marlin

http://www.marlinfirearms.com/firear.../golden39a.asp

Ive got about 9-11 other "utility" 22s, including a couple Rugers..but
they simply dont hold a cake to the 39.

Crom but I love that rifle!

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch