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Shot placement on big Eastern groundhogs.
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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2663144" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>A few years ago a farmer not far from here was infested with woodchucks on her farm. She asked me if I could help her get rid of the chucks, which I was more than happy to do. We were out in the country so noise was not an issue but instead of my AR I chose the Tikka T1x in .22 LR. topped with a Vortex Crossfire II 4 x 16 x 50. The particular cannon fodder the rifle likes and which proved to be deadly is Winchester Silvertip 37 gr hollow point segmented bullets. This ammo is actually listed as defensive handgun ammunition. With a muzzle velocity of only 1060 fps it's not super high velocity but it's terminal performance is unbelievable. Accuracy from the Tikka is around 0.7 MOA, I had the rifle zero set at 100 yards. There were some 30+ chucks on her farm, some undermining the foundations of some out buildings. Ranges of the shots varied, but the longest shot the range finder reported at 130 yards. At that range I held on the eyes and the round dropped down into the chest with the same results as all of the others. One shot, one chuck. The destruction these little segmented bullets made was unbelievable. I do have to admit that all of the shots were from either a prone or bench supported positions </p><p> Since then I have been asked to do some more chuck eradication by other farmers in the area. Surprising how word of mouth works. Anyway used the same rifle and same ammo on all of them. When I arrived at the farms some of the farmers questioned using a simple .22 on something as big as a woodchuck. Once they saw what that little .22 could do it made a believer out of them. </p><p> While this may not constitute what others here consider long range, it is long range enough for a .22. One of these days I am going to haul the Tikka up to the Northwood's Range in Gordon, WI. It will be interesting to see how a .22 LR performs accuracy wise at 200 and 300 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2663144, member: 118816"] A few years ago a farmer not far from here was infested with woodchucks on her farm. She asked me if I could help her get rid of the chucks, which I was more than happy to do. We were out in the country so noise was not an issue but instead of my AR I chose the Tikka T1x in .22 LR. topped with a Vortex Crossfire II 4 x 16 x 50. The particular cannon fodder the rifle likes and which proved to be deadly is Winchester Silvertip 37 gr hollow point segmented bullets. This ammo is actually listed as defensive handgun ammunition. With a muzzle velocity of only 1060 fps it's not super high velocity but it's terminal performance is unbelievable. Accuracy from the Tikka is around 0.7 MOA, I had the rifle zero set at 100 yards. There were some 30+ chucks on her farm, some undermining the foundations of some out buildings. Ranges of the shots varied, but the longest shot the range finder reported at 130 yards. At that range I held on the eyes and the round dropped down into the chest with the same results as all of the others. One shot, one chuck. The destruction these little segmented bullets made was unbelievable. I do have to admit that all of the shots were from either a prone or bench supported positions Since then I have been asked to do some more chuck eradication by other farmers in the area. Surprising how word of mouth works. Anyway used the same rifle and same ammo on all of them. When I arrived at the farms some of the farmers questioned using a simple .22 on something as big as a woodchuck. Once they saw what that little .22 could do it made a believer out of them. While this may not constitute what others here consider long range, it is long range enough for a .22. One of these days I am going to haul the Tikka up to the Northwood's Range in Gordon, WI. It will be interesting to see how a .22 LR performs accuracy wise at 200 and 300 yards. [/QUOTE]
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