ruger 10/22 for a grouse gun?
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There is better choices but its alot of fun shooting grouse with a 22lr. go for it.
I always aim for the base of the neck. It tends to move less than the head, if you're a touch high, you'll get them in the head, and a touch low, you'll just nick the top of the breast, but it'll still kill them.
thanks for the advice guys! ill be using cci longs which is a 29 gr bullet traveling at close to 1200 fps. i used it on squirrels and it did really well. with no damage at all. hopfully the PFRA (saskatchewan government pasture) will bring me some luck.
heres my squirrling video-----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpYCZXrwQGg
heres my squirrling video-----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpYCZXrwQGg
That's all I used this was my SR-22. Aim at the neck, good margin for error there with low probability of meat destruction. Offers a little more challenge than a shotgun and are great for long shots. I use a 1x scope and managed to take a sharp-tail roosted in a dead poplar tree at 133 yards. (yes I ranged it with my rangefinder) It also really teahes you to not rush your shots. I found when I did, I couldn't hit squat!
Head shots..... If I had to rely on head shots, and was shooting grouse to stay alive, I would have starved long ago.
I've shot bush partridge and prairie chickens for over 50 years with a .22 and aim for the body. Unless you plan to use hollow points, all you will lose is what the tiny bullet takes with it. Prairie Chickens usually sit still, but Ruffed Grouse seem to always be bobbing their heads.
I've shot bush partridge and prairie chickens for over 50 years with a .22 and aim for the body. Unless you plan to use hollow points, all you will lose is what the tiny bullet takes with it. Prairie Chickens usually sit still, but Ruffed Grouse seem to always be bobbing their heads.
Head shots..... If I had to rely on head shots, and was shooting grouse to stay alive, I would have starved long ago.
I've shot bush partridge and prairie chickens for over 50 years with a .22 and aim for the body. Unless you plan to use hollow points, all you will lose is what the tiny bullet takes with it. Prairie Chickens usually sit still, but Ruffed Grouse seem to always be bobbing their heads.
Ayup. Head shots are great for when you get one of the dumb ones that stands and stares, rather than boogering off for parts unknown right away.
Skip the hollow points for grouse and rabbits, and stick to round nose and not too high velocity (like, skip the Stingers, Velociters, etc. use Standard Velocity ammo) and you punch a pretty good hole in them without making a mess.
Fast, and Hollow Point, combined with up-close ranges, and you really need to concentrate on the head shots, or it's messy.
I'll take a hole through the breast over picking shot and feather bits out of several holes, by preference.
Cheers
Trev
Would be a lot more interesting to read if it were "Grouse Defense"!!!
I use my .22's for the ruffed grouse we have here. Yummy...none of my .22's will "smatherate" the meat. Pencil sized hole at best even whan I use hollow points.
Old-timer tip...This time of year they are roosting. You can get multiple grouse out of the same tree, shoot the bottom ones first. They don't startle their tree-mates by falling past them.
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I use my .22's for the ruffed grouse we have here. Yummy...none of my .22's will "smatherate" the meat. Pencil sized hole at best even whan I use hollow points.
Old-timer tip...This time of year they are roosting. You can get multiple grouse out of the same tree, shoot the bottom ones first. They don't startle their tree-mates by falling past them.
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