Ground Hog Day

[Harvey 2]

Does everyone have all their ground hog day shopping requirements done?

 

[rrlund]

Yep,a whole box of .22 longs are waiting for the fat little varmints.

 

[DH in Carolina]

I pefer 22 hornets,.

 

[old popper]

22 Hornets are great, but this year I can try 17 Hornets.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Serious woodchuck shooters don't BUY, they MAKE. The little cartridge at the bottom of the picture right below the .45 Colt is groundhog medicine at my place.

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[Harvey 2]

Several years ago I introduced a ground hog to a 410 with # 5 shot at about 150 feet and he laid over and didn't move a muscle.
I guess that it was a lucky hit as i'm not a very good shot.

 

[Mike (WA)]

What is the cartridge at the bottom? Looks like it would send that little bullet down range pretty smartly. . .

 

[rrlund]

I hit one right here in the yard with a .308 at about 50 feet one time. Turned him right inside out.

 

[Rick Kr]

This is my medicine for long range ground hog and coyotes. 55 grain 30-.06 Sabots.

4000-4100 ft/s.They are moving fast, and not any noticable recoil. Its like a .223 on a giant dose of steroids. But at $2 a piece, I like to make sure I don't miss.

Eliminated a coyote the other day at 314 yards.

Rick

 

[Hay_Man]

POOF!

 

[MarkB_MI]

That is the .17 Remington Fireball, good for around 3800 fps with a 25 grain bullet. Like the much older .17 Mach IV, it is a necked-down .22 Fireball.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Hmm. I tried the Accelerators when they came out in the mid-seventies. Accuracy was horrible. Unless Remington has figured out how to make them shoot straight, hitting anything smaller than a barn at 300 yards is a miracle.

 

[farmerjohn]

Saw the title and thought you were talking about Punxsutawney Phil. He lives about 20 miles from me.

 

[RayP(MI)]

Have used .22. .223, and .240 WBy. All do a good job. Got enough of any to keep 'em at bay. Just got be in the right place at the right time. Last one was fooling around in an adjacent field, while I was plowing. Slipped home, grabbed my sniper, went back and sat on the hill about 50 yards away. He shoved his nose out of the hole, BANG. Dropped down in the hole never to be seen again. I like self burying woodchucks!

 

[NMfarmer]

223 works really well. It splatters em pretty good.

 

[Rick Kr]

You are spot on. I have 3 .06"s all Remingtons, identical guns. They will only shoot good out of one of those three guns. AND the way the "lead in" angle is with the bullet, they will not feed in any gun I have tried. I have to load them in one by one when I shoot. The sabot gets hung up.

In the two other guns the bullets are tumbling at 300 yards, and I know the guns are good, since they will hold a pretty good pattern at 200 with 180gr. Core-Lokt.

Rick

 

[onefarmer]

Woman I used to work with thinks they are so cute and still sends out Groundhog day greetings. I email back with a pic of one in the crosshairs. It's gotten to be a joke and a yearly tradition.

 

[casenut1]

Thanks, glad you mentioned Ground Hog Day. that is the missus and mine anniversary. 39 years this year.

 

[Rich_WI]

(quoted from post at 14:27:05 01/26/13) This is my medicine for long range ground hog and coyotes. 55 grain 30-.06 Sabots.

4000-4100 ft/s.They are moving fast, and not any noticable recoil. Its like a .223 on a giant dose of steroids. [b:65373c4fbc][i:65373c4fbc]But at $2 a piece[/b:65373c4fbc][/i:65373c4fbc], I like to make sure I don't miss.

Eliminated a coyote the other day at 314 yards.

Rick

You know you can buy the sabots and load them yourself, dont you? About a dime each so its pretty affordable and fairly easy to do. Even if you arent a reloader, you could always make up some mexican match loads.

$40 a box for real accelerators is insane IMHO. But then again, due to recient events, ammo at any cost is pretty cheap. Shelves are bare around here.