.30 cal Crown with 47.2 gr. NSA @ 880 fps vs. Groundhog's.

[DanielL]

Groundhogs are wrecking my brother's place. Dug 4 holes under the foundation of his shed.

Really impressed how the big .30 packs a punch. Took out 4 so far and none moved from the spot they fell. Longest range shot was 76 yards. 

 

[L.Leon]

 Good shooting... good on you for helping your brother out.

 

[Keyman62421]

Just wondering! In Illinois & New York the whistle pig would be counted as a covid death. Is the same thing true in Michigan?

 

[pesty3782]

My guess it would be lead poisoning, so the EPA would be involved.....Great job!!!!!! Those damn things are big........We don't have those in SoCal

Tony P.

 

[Ranchibi]

Great shooting there on those foundation wrecking ghogs!

 

[mtnGhost]

Nice!!! I remember them being pretty hard to hunt with 22 rimfires, and all we have out here are their "Marmott" cousins :-/

 

[IraLite]

Nice shot!!

I assume no pass through?

 

[DanielL]

Nice shot!!

I assume no pass through?

That crown's barrel looks inordinately longer than usual..

All pass throughs. Was hoping to recover a slug to check expansion but no luck.

700mm barrel.

 

[IraLite]

I didn't see the LDC thats why I edited that part out.

I ask because I've shot 43 NSA 30cal@950+fps less than 20yds at grey squirrels and it not pass-through.

 

[L.Leon]

I didn't see the LDC thats why I edited that part out.

I ask because I've shot 43 NSA 30cal@950+fps less than 20yds at grey squirrels and it not pass-through.

That must be a huge gray squirrel not to get a pass through at sub 20 yards.

 

[DanielL]

I didn't see the LDC thats why I edited that part out.

I ask because I've shot 43 NSA 30cal@950+fps less than 20yds at grey squirrels and it not pass-through.

I can't imagine not getting passthroughs on squirrels with that power level and weight of slug. The 43's were considerably less accurate and I noticed a lot of imperfections in them. The 47.2 and 49.5 were equally accurate but the 47.2 had better trajectory and power.

The one in the photo was a beast...probably 20 lbs. It was a head shot and blew through at 76 yards. Had a shoulder shot on a 15 lb one at 35 yards that also exited.

 

[Bob_O]

Very nice!!