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Hey DF, I forgot that I started this thread talking about nuts. And now we're talking about cooking 'coons etc. That's why I read as many thread as possible, because just because we start talking about HBG doesn't mean that we won't wander into discussions about guns, beer, and chain saws. I love this place!!!
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Hey DF, I forgot that I started this thread talking about nuts. And now we're talking about cooking 'coons etc. That's why I read as many thread as possible, because just because we start talking about HBG doesn't mean that we won't wander into discussions about guns, beer, and chain saws. I love this place!!! And how to blow up toilets with sparklers 
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Alright Im game whats next 
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I went squirrel hunting with my new .17 HMR this Saturday. I thought it would be a sweet little rifle for small game, but I was wrong. If you do not hit the head, it is a squirrel wrecking ball. Really fun to shoot and the ammunition is pretty cheap, but way to much gun for tree rat.
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Thats what I heard, wouldnt think a projectile that small could cause so much damage, hmm Einstein, what was that something squared, oh well, never got past pre-algebra, Im to redneck I guess LOL
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Very fast flat shooting round.
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I heard they came out with a .17 Winchester Super Magnum round now. I have yet to see one, but it seems a little ridiculous in a great way to me.
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I went squirrel hunting with my new .17 HMR this Saturday. I thought it would be a sweet little rifle for small game, but I was wrong. If you do not hit the head, it is a squirrel wrecking ball. Really fun to shoot and the ammunition is pretty cheap, but way to much gun for tree rat. DairyFarmer is right..the .17 HMR may be smaller but you'll hit WAY harder than a .22 LR because of the increase in muzzle velocity and the kinetic energy is proportional to the velocity squared. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.17_HMR#Comparison_with_.22_LR_Ammunition esp. "overly destructive to small game at close range" lol
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I've hunted squirrel with air rifles, shotguns, handguns, and .32 caliber black powder....but it's pretty hard to beat a scoped .22 for all around use.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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DairyFarmer is right..the .17 HMR may be smaller but you'll hit WAY harder than a .22 LR because of the increase in muzzle velocity and the kinetic energy is proportional to the velocity squared. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.17_HMR#Comparison_with_.22_LR_Ammunition esp. "overly destructive to small game at close range" lol [/quote] see I knew it was math stuff
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Dang, I just spent about 45 minutes digging around in Wiki. Pretty interesting stuff.
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.17 Mach II is what I'm using now. Shot one on Sunday @ 7 yds horizontal distance, about 50' vertical. Entered between the front legs, out the top of the shoulders. No bloodshot meat, no reminants of the bullet in the meat. Outside of the shoulderblades was fine, just a 50 cent piece exit wound.
I'd hate to see what a .17 HMR would do.
I too have used a lot of different things to take squirrels, but I think I'll be sticking with the .17 Mach II for a while.
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