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 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:20 pm |
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| rsterne |
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Went gopher hunting today, got about a dozen or so.... but I took along my .25 cal 2260 HPA conversion to try it out on the Yellow-Bellied Marmots that are digging up the ranch.... Compared to the .22 cal I use on the gophers, it is devastating on the larger critters.... I got five adults and three kits.... the kits are larger than the Columbia Ground Squirrels I've been shooting.... and the adults are about 2 feet long with tail....
The .22 is plenty of power to kill the adults, but they always seem to make their burrow.... On the other hand, a headshot with the .25 cal pretty much anchors them, knocking them head over heels.... The big one in the photo of the gun weighed about 10-15 lbs.... The rifle puts out about 46 FPE.... and still delivers 31-32 FPE at 50-55 yards which is the range I was shooting at.... I'm VERY pleased with my first hunt with the .25 cal....
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:41 am |
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| mod90 |
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Way to go Bob. You show those rodents why you built it 
I like that .25, looks simple but does a really effective job. What's the report like when it reaches the sweet spot? |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:19 am |
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| rsterne |
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It's got a pretty decent bark to it all the time (regulated)....
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:55 pm |
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| jason3064 |
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| makes me envious the amount of good pesting you guys can do over there.nice rifle by the way |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:26 am |
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| yourdaddyjoe |
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Dang you Bob! I want to get my big bores going. I got the barrels... but I won't be able to start my .25 & .308 cal projects till Winter 
I nailed two of them yellow belly critters out at the tree farm in Payette, ID last Monday with my Ruger. One head shot and one lung shot between a pile of old fence boards @ 60 yards.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:23 am |
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| rsterne |
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Big, tough buggers, ain't they!....
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:47 am |
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| yourdaddyjoe |
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| The one on the right is bigger than the average over weight house cat. |
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