So...any of you westerners gearing-up for gopher season? :)
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I've got a nice new Henry Frontier to try out this spring, and I'm going to take my JR out this spring and see what a 9mm does to a gopher.
What gopher??...
Was quadding last weekend and stopped by my water hole for a smoke . There was about fifteen of the little guys running about and me without my rifle .
This is in between Vegreville and Two Hills Alberta . It's going to be a busy summer on the farm for the rimfire collection !
This is in between Vegreville and Two Hills Alberta . It's going to be a busy summer on the farm for the rimfire collection !
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Last weekend Spent $40 driving around and shot 3 gophers. Looks like it will be the same as last year where I am.
I`ve shot about 150 with Win 9422 Classic, Marlin39A (1947) and a refinished Win 62A. I think I cleaned up the field pretty good haven`t seen one in about a week. Next out will be my Zastav`s and a CZ or two.
I love that full stocked one in the middle, it has the proper Military type rear sight. It you ever want to sell......................................................
These 452's have all spilled gopher blood..
I've got a few dozen with my 10/22, half dozen with my little badger, and one with my Mosin M44...
I really wish I'd had a video of the shot I took with the M44. It was a week after the Calgary gun show, and I was really just out running it through its paces after cleaning it up. Dumb gopher ran out in front of me about 60 feet away so I took a bit of a snap shot. The gopher got about 20 feet vertical and 30 feet of distance before it landed, dead as a door-nail and not a mark on it, just blood out of the ears and mouth. Figure I hit just below it and the concussion did the work.
Going to take my CIL/Anschutz 125 out tomorrow.... Maybe take my SVT-40 as a backup gun
I really wish I'd had a video of the shot I took with the M44. It was a week after the Calgary gun show, and I was really just out running it through its paces after cleaning it up. Dumb gopher ran out in front of me about 60 feet away so I took a bit of a snap shot. The gopher got about 20 feet vertical and 30 feet of distance before it landed, dead as a door-nail and not a mark on it, just blood out of the ears and mouth. Figure I hit just below it and the concussion did the work.
Going to take my CIL/Anschutz 125 out tomorrow.... Maybe take my SVT-40 as a backup gun
Funny you ask this as I was yakkity yacking a buddy a couple days ago.
I was invited out a couple years back and it was sooooooooooo fun.
I asked if I needed binos and he said no.
Unless they move, I can't see them very well with my eyes.
I'm slightly colour blind. Bino's next time.
We were up at a farmer's place near Sun Peaks.
The fields were just full of them. I took a few different 22's and the best
performer for me that day was my old faithful Winchester Model 69A.
Don't ask me why it out performed my T-Bolt. The T has a nicely trimmed
trigger now and can shoot just as good or if not better than my two CZ's.
I think glass makes a huge difference. AO's are a pain.
Maybe this year I'll get to go again.
I was invited out a couple years back and it was sooooooooooo fun.
I asked if I needed binos and he said no.
Unless they move, I can't see them very well with my eyes.
I'm slightly colour blind. Bino's next time.
We were up at a farmer's place near Sun Peaks.
The fields were just full of them. I took a few different 22's and the best
performer for me that day was my old faithful Winchester Model 69A.
Don't ask me why it out performed my T-Bolt. The T has a nicely trimmed
trigger now and can shoot just as good or if not better than my two CZ's.
I think glass makes a huge difference. AO's are a pain.
Maybe this year I'll get to go again.
Been stockpiling .22lr and loading .204R like a mad man. Have a couple SWEET spots by where I am and in the last two years I've never had a day where we've shot less than 100 between the 2 or 3 of us that go out. Haven't even made a dent in the population as far as I can tell
Picked this CZ455 up in February. Was a .22, is now a 17HMR. I want a shooting mat to add to my "gopher kit" but i'm ready to go as soon as the weather smartens up, hopefully this weekend.
Definitely looking for better than a 3-4 gopher day, should have that many in about 10 minutes around here.
Definitely looking for better than a 3-4 gopher day, should have that many in about 10 minutes around here.
yea, they are out. If you don't shoot a couple thousand rounds in the summer then it has been slow .22lr,hornet, 222, & 223 should all get a workout. Just got a second 223 and now need another scope. The hardest part is getting land to shoot on, less cattle around then there was 10 yr. ago.
.22lr,hornet, 222, & 223 should all get a workout. Just got a second 223 and now need another scope. The hardest part is getting land to shoot on, less cattle around then there was 10 yr. ago.- Location
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Ready, just no time. Between working to keep myself in college and my finals rolling in just next week, been to busy to do anything.
Still, I got the Marlin 7000 tuned up, the Cooey 60 is always ready to go, the ol' Stevens 75 pump-action is looking to make a mark, and I am giving serious consideration to making a holster for my ancient Crosman Mark I .22 target CO2 pistol for those surprise gophers that pop up closeby in the middle of a reload.
It'll only shoot about 400 FPS, but within ten paces I know it to be perfectly adequate for partridge.
Still, I got the Marlin 7000 tuned up, the Cooey 60 is always ready to go, the ol' Stevens 75 pump-action is looking to make a mark, and I am giving serious consideration to making a holster for my ancient Crosman Mark I .22 target CO2 pistol for those surprise gophers that pop up closeby in the middle of a reload.
It'll only shoot about 400 FPS, but within ten paces I know it to be perfectly adequate for partridge.
