gary reeder
around here Prairie Dogs and Coyotes are
Saturday, February 13, 2021, 22:48

our main varmints. In a good area it is not unusual to shoot 200 to 250 rounds a day at the Prairie Dogs. Coyotes are a different thing as they are getting smarter and staying out of reach of most of my handguns. My main one for years has been the first custom XP I ever built, in 224 Weatherby.

One of the Misfits has that one now and hopefully he is having as much luck with it as I did.

For playing around and small game hunting one of my main guns is a S&W model 48 in 22 Magnum with a scope. That is for our big squirrels we have here that are the size of a house cat that sit in the top of a tall Ponderosa Pine and bark at me.

For general grey squirrel and rabbits I have several 22 semi autos that I like. One is an AMT/Ruger combo. Ruger bottom and an 8" heavy AMT barrel with scope.

Another one I like is a Browning Buckmark. The Bullseye model that is no longer being made, also with a good scope.

If I am hunting Jack Rabbits with one of my 28 gauge O/U I carry an iron sighted 22 pistol like one that Army medalist Joe Benner gave me years ago, a well used High Standard, but one that is as accurate as when it was new. Joe set a lot of records with this gun and several still stand.

Another favorite is my Peters Stahl 22 auto long slide. Probably as accurate as that High Standard and super strong. Locks up like a bank vault.

The 22 magnum is my favorite rimfire cartridge. One that is another favorite is the Rock Island 22 mag XTM semi auto. Very accurate and just feels good in my hand. I did a little work on it too.