For those who like overkill...

[powder burner]

What is the largest caliber you have shot at small game (gophers, varmints, etc.)

My brother took out a gopher with a slug from his 12 gauge once.

What have you guys used?

 

[Amphibious]

shot a pair of ground squirls with a .303brit.

a vole with a .450 marlin.....


good fun.

 

[303carbine]

I shot an Eastern Cottontail with my 338 using 225 Hornady Interlock's chronied at 2812 fps ......... bang.....poof.
Bang, flop only happens with bigger critters...

 

[woodchopper]

I got a grouse with a 7mm Rem mag, took the head off

and shot a squirrel with a 30/30. Stupid thing was hiding behind a 4" tree couldnt get a shot with the .22 so took out the 30/30 and shot right thru the tree to kill the little bugger

 

[Holleyman]

Gopher with a 270.

 

[MTM]

I have taken ground squirels with .416 Rem Mag-400 hornady at 2450 fps and .458 Win Mag.-510 gr soft point at 2040 fps. Both rounds performed well, both animals went right down, up, sideways whatever. Niether required a second hit.

 

[kell2784]

I scared a beaver out of it's lodge while standing on it. 8 ft shot with a .303. Windage wasn't accounted for, and holdover was minimal.

 

[todbartell]

whacked a yote once with a 400 grain Interlock round nose

416 Rem Mag

it worked
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[Win94]

.....three grouse in the neck with a Savage 99 in .308

 

[hooligan]

45/70 with 405gr at 1800-1900fps. Worked! Also missed one low and launched it about 3-4ft in the air.

 

[Preacher]

A slate junko at 100 yards with a 30-06 and 180 gr Federal Premiums. Fine black dust/feathers was all I got to see. I was just trying to get rid of those inaccurate factory loads to load up some real tack-driving home grown stuff. I've shot scores of grouse with either a 303 Brit or a 30-06. All head shots of course, except one. All I found was one leg and the head. OOOPS!

 

[Kilo Charlie]

.54 cal roundball. headshot a varying hare.

 

[savagefan]

Sucker fish with a 12ga poking out of its mouth, pinged the primer with the Cooey 22, interesting smell of fish and powder in the air.

 

[martinbns]

Grouse with a 300 mag, took the head right of, squirrels with 3006, but the most spectacular was a chickadee at 6 feet with 1 1/8 oz of #6 at abotu 4 feet. Just pin feathers floating down.

 

[Noel]

Gophers with 375H&H and 300gr round noses are very effective.
So are 30-06's with basically any load you have on squirrels.
Both barrels in unison on a sterlingworth fox with 00 Buckshot is very good for spraying a porcupine out of a tree and into the next county if you have a steady breeze. Man that left a mark on this kid when he was 13 and 90lbs!
Do you wonder why I tend to flinch when I shoot now?

 

[powder burner]

"Both barrels in unison on a sterlingworth fox with 00 Buckshot is very good for spraying a porcupine out of a tree and into the next county if you have a steady breeze. Man that left a mark on this kid when he was 13 and 90lbs!
Do you wonder why I tend to flinch when I shoot now?"




LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL I would have loved to see that.

 

[daniellybbert]

gopher at 187 yards with a 200gr 300weatherby found chuncks over 25 yards away
best acrabatics i saw was a 25 06 with 75 gr vmax @3650 ft/sec
way cooler than the 10 22

 

[prosper]

Wow, deja-vu. Haven't we done this one already?

I've got nothing impressive to report. Gopher with a 22-250, I suppose

 

[Furync]

Red squirrel, 308 win. distance: 10 yards.

BANG, "where did it go?"



"oh here it iooooohhhh...."

 

[Gibbs505]

Have't shot any yet with the gibbs!! But looking forward to it!