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Offline Mad Dog

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First blood for the .22 Sportster
« on: March 17, 2012, 01:19:29 AM »
Took her out for a walk/varmint shoot yesterday.  Decided I needed to start walking again, but didn't want to do it in town.  Went to my buddy's place, where I fish.  He's got a mess of piney squirrels, and he told me to shoot everyone I see.  Here's a coupla pics.
 

 
Got this one, about 10 minutes after I left the truck.
 
 

 
Peeled this little critter about 3/4 miles away, from where I shot the first one.
 
All in all, a great day.  Both were taken free hand, and 1 shot kills.  I also saw about 5 fox, and 2 gray squirrels.  I'll be doing this again, next week.
 
 
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2012, 07:56:44 PM »
nice shootin bud next a  ;D fox
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 05:01:39 AM »
You got a nice walk in the woods and two squirrels to boot, don't get any better than that. :)
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2012, 10:49:02 AM »
Congrats on good all-around day.
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2012, 01:34:56 AM »
Good shooting. Looks like a nice day there. What scope do you have on her?

How is the sling, is it easy to sling in different positions?
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2012, 12:36:39 PM »
It's a 2-7x Nikon prostaff shot gun scope.  I had it setting around, not using it.  It seems perfect, on the sportster.
 
The sling is just for carry.  I really haven't used it for a shooting stance.
 
 
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 03:03:12 AM »
You wouldn't appen to be maddog from the campfire, would you?  Great setup.  I was gonna gt one of those 'till I FINNALY got my savage working.  P.S. Personally, i'd rather take the foxes home as pets . 
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 11:48:48 PM »
   Took my sportster out about a week ago and hammered a big wood chuck, right at about 30 yards. I have a simmons 3-9x32 scope on the little .22 and I put the survivor stock on it, nice to carry around. The rifle also realy likes CCI-SV ammo... I've been out a few more times but those groundhogs are real skittish and I've had no more success.
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2012, 03:10:12 AM »
piero, yep, same dude.
 
 
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2012, 03:13:12 AM »
Just curious, looks like it does as well on critters as it does on paper!  Good shootin'
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Re: First blood for the .22 Sportster
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2012, 03:40:14 AM »
I've got a Marlin 39a, that I've had since 1974.  But I gotta say that the little sportster is the most fun rifle I have ever played with.  It's really making me look forward to squirrel season, next August.  I'm going to be doing a lot of hunting with that gun.
 
 
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