+2. Why would you want to extend suffering. I'll be honest, I love seeing them jump about 2 feet in the air, but a second shot is readily available once I can get a bead on it. With the 10/22, I never even have to move the scope to get another sight picture. I am getting better cycling the bolt in my new Savage as it works in, but I will still sometimes lose the sight picture momentarily. What I hate is when they jump right down the hole and you can't get that second shot and you know that they are twitching out their last and you can't help. I once shot one and nailed it to the ground. Didn't jump, twitch, or move. However, when I got up to it, it was gasping out its last breath, my buddy was gonna walk away but I shot it anyway from 2 inches. We are not here to make our quarry suffer anymore than we have to. That's why I will often pass up shots on game that are less than ideal. Not that I would pass up any shot on a gopher since they are ruining my friend's property and livelihood.
gopher hunting with .22
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When I was a kid I figured it was more sporting of me to use the black (coloured) Russian shells, as only about 80-90% of them fired. 
OK, the real reason was while shorts were .50/100, longs I don't remember, and Imperial long rifle mushrooms were a DOLLAR!! Only adults could afford those! Meanwhile I could get the black russian shells for .25/100 for longs from the Macleods store, and as a farm kid surrounded by pasture I shot LOTS; since I rarely got to town, stocking up was important.
Ya, I'm gettin' old.
OK, the real reason was while shorts were .50/100, longs I don't remember, and Imperial long rifle mushrooms were a DOLLAR!! Only adults could afford those! Meanwhile I could get the black russian shells for .25/100 for longs from the Macleods store, and as a farm kid surrounded by pasture I shot LOTS; since I rarely got to town, stocking up was important.
Ya, I'm gettin' old.
.22 were like candy when I was a kid as well. Right there on the shelf across from the counter. I bought that and .410 shells WITHOUT ID, a Hunter Safety Course, an adult present. Heck, sometimes I even had my rifle in the store with me because I was walking to the field I was going to hunt!! But in those days we took our shotguns to school on the bus, left them in our lockers and then went to someone's house after school to hunt birds or rabbits. Try that now!!
