squirrel/groundhog safari(pics)

[dbowling]

Went out this morning again with my .36 H/A underhammer, first shot at squirrel at about 35 yds. down comes squirrel hits ground with a loud thump. Went over and looked for him for a half hr. or longer but never found him, had the crosshairs dead below his eyeball so must of grazed the top of his little nut eating head, well while Im looking for him another squirrel comes to the same hickory tree and I shoot him offhand at about 25 yds. or so, up through his front leg and out his head. Shot another one that jumped up on the side of a oak tree from about 15 yds., very little head left, as I was walking along the hay field back to my truck looked up and about 60 yds. away sets a groundhog trying to figure out what the big camo looking thing is coming toward him is, cock the gun and shoot her right below the ear and out the other one, just twitched a few times and that was it never moved from where she was sitting. The .36 is now 13-15 on squirrels and 1-1 on groundhogs, the more I use this gun the more I like it...

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Beautiful rifle an nice hunt from the look of things. what type of stain id you use on your stock?

 

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Sure looks like yer puttin that .36 thru the tests..
and by the looks of it...she is doing VERY WELL !!!

*** WV SCROUNGER ***

 

[dbowling]

JAX, I think I just used Birchwood-Casey Wanut stock stain, a couple light coats.Thanks, Dean--When I get time going to try to make a new stock and forearm out of mahogany.

 

[peter]

Good looking , good shooting gun! By the way, I ain't coming round your neck of the woods wearing a fur coat, I don't want to get ett.

 

[Slamfire]

He's gonna be busy makin' a banjo drum head outa that pasture griz hide. ::

 

[Stumpkiller]

Is that a chimney flue ye gots bolted on top o'yer firelock? Must make usin that rear sight a chore. :hmm: Good shooten even so for all that. Iffen ye move that off to the port side ye could put yer hammer back up on top and see the sights better. ::

 

[brubincam]

what kind of groups can you get with your set up???

 

[Slamfire]

Is that a chimney flue ye gots bolted on top o'yer firelock? Must make usin that rear sight a chore. :hmm: Good shooten even so for all that. Iffen ye move that off to the port side ye could put yer hammer back up on top and see the sights better. ::

Them underhammers is fer ambidextrous shooters. If'n ye don't ken the meanin' o' the word, it means ye kin run with both feet. :crackup:

 

[dbowling]

To be honest Ive not really set down and shot it for groups yet, got a load worked up to where it was shooting minute of squirrel head and left it. Ive head shot 2 squirrels at over 40 yds. with it and at least 3 others over 30 so its pretty darn accurate. Using either 40 gr. ffg or fffg w/pillow ticking patch lubed w/crisco, it doesnt seem to care which one both are squirrel head accurate out to any distance I need to shoot.

 

[dbowling]

Stump, Thats to aid these aging eyes that cant see open sights in the woods anymore, I like open sights but the eyes just wont focus on 2 different planes anymore.