Originally Posted By: tincanI picked up a Henry a couple of years ago for squirrel hunting.
Great little lever gun. You can hunt with this gun all day and forget you are carrying it. Nice and light weight, and it is a good shooter.
But,, if you are looking for a squirrel rifle, take a look at the 17hm2"s. IMO, the absolute best squirrel round out there.
That said I was using an Anschutz 1517 MPR with an 8-32x Elite 4200, one afternoon I got 28 squirrels from 50 to 125yds without a miss or lost squirrel, they were all right there where they were hit.
I've been using a CZ Varmint with a Nikon 6-18x Buckmasters here at my house and there are a lot of hit squirrels making it back to their holes. I haven't figured out if it's bad hits or other squirrels dragging them into holes. I had verified and taken a picture of one and two hours later it had been moved. Also the breeze drifts the HM2 more than the HMR. I lose a fair number of hit squirrels.
I have been making hits out to 125yds, but the HMR is way more for sure, it eviscerates them.
Great little lever gun. You can hunt with this gun all day and forget you are carrying it. Nice and light weight, and it is a good shooter.
But,, if you are looking for a squirrel rifle, take a look at the 17hm2"s. IMO, the absolute best squirrel round out there.
That said I was using an Anschutz 1517 MPR with an 8-32x Elite 4200, one afternoon I got 28 squirrels from 50 to 125yds without a miss or lost squirrel, they were all right there where they were hit.
I've been using a CZ Varmint with a Nikon 6-18x Buckmasters here at my house and there are a lot of hit squirrels making it back to their holes. I haven't figured out if it's bad hits or other squirrels dragging them into holes. I had verified and taken a picture of one and two hours later it had been moved. Also the breeze drifts the HM2 more than the HMR. I lose a fair number of hit squirrels.
I have been making hits out to 125yds, but the HMR is way more for sure, it eviscerates them.