I've been seeing a squirrel for a couple weeks. I last got one 11/4. I missed it a couple times because I was using one of my bullpup P35s, the shot was close, and I didn't aim far enough above it. One shot was only 13.5 yards away. I decided to switch guns not because the P35s won't work but because making the adjustment for close range with them is not something I am good at. I switched to my Prod. I hadn't shot a squirrel with it for about 2 years. It's scope is a lot closer to the bore so the amount it shoots low at close range is less and it gets to a level I don't have to worry about much sooner. This squirrel was pretty smart - I educated him. He would see me or hear my dog and start running to get across the street to a drainage area. Today I saw him out a side window, as I have before. My dog didn't see him so she wasn't barking. I let him keep going in fits and spurts towards my oaks in the back of my back yard. That let him get to where a miss would go out over the lake. But I didn't miss. He sat still for long enough and I hit him high on the shoulder. Chest was a mess, there was a hole in the opposite shoulder but I did not see the pellet. Might have passed through. Did not hit major bones. He dropped immediately. 16 ounce made. 17.5 yards at an upward 29 degree angle. H&N copper plated FTT launched at about 750 fps. It was raining so I took the pictures inside.
Finally got him
- Thread starter JimD
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Nice shot. The P-Rods are hard to beat. I own three, all in different configs via the lego aspect.
ROCK ON
ROCK ON
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Hate to tell you but you got the wrong squirrel. That one is innocent. The one you seek is still out there, laughing at you, thinking he got away scot free.
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I made the stock. The back portion is mainly an aluminum tube I had as scrap. The diameter is about the same as the air tube. It has a fine thread 5/16s bolt in one end to mate to the action and a 1/4 t nut in the other end to hold a butt plate. Works fine and it's lighter than the plastic stock the gun came with.
The wood is from the stump of an oak I dubbed my "killing tree". It got root rot and fell and I saved some wood from the stump.
The wood is from the stump of an oak I dubbed my "killing tree". It got root rot and fell and I saved some wood from the stump.
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I finally got a squirrel with the P35-25!! A mature adult male showed up today. We were packing up to go for a walk. i got the wife and the kid in the car, went back inside to get the dogs. I had just enough time to get a head shot on him!
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Great! Did you use a JSB 25 grain? I shot all 18 I've taken with my P35-25 with H&N FTTs. 20 grain. Lighter 25 grain pellets are plenty for squirrels in my experience.
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It was actually the snowpeak 25 gr. I’m running all those through right now as the break in process. They will group inside a dime at 18 yards. Since I’ve exclusively used them, they really tightened up from my initial pellet testing. I think they pulled a 184 in the 30YC target with a 12x scope.
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