Groundhogs 0 Tatters and Marlin 2

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tatters

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I got my second 'hog of the season on Thursday. One of my pals at work is also a farmer and kept seeing one by a concrete culvert support at his place. I watched that hole after work for 2 weeks. My farmer pal said he saw it at around 1130 to 1330 some days. Well, I went out at a late lunch time and caught him out. Just as I rounded a hilly corner in the pasture, I saw him crouched at his hole. Another step and he would have seen me. I pulled up and fired.
He flipped and flopped a little and got in his hole about 6 inches where he expired. Of course, his hole was on the other side of a fence and I was not sure I even got him.
So I stuck my head through and sure enough, feet and tail. I put another one in him just in case and then pulled him out. It is tradition around here to hang the deceased on a fence pole which I did and the coyotes will get him soon.
I am very pleased with the accuracy and extra power the Marlin 25mn .22 mag gives me using CCI Maxi Mag HP. I am not a marksman by any reach, I am just ok. But 2 for 2 shots to kills is ok by me. They have been 50 yds or so, and I want to try longer, but the opportunity has not arisen yet.


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" But when you've been granted the privilege of being heard, take great care with this power and watch every word"
Black Oak Arkansas
 
The 25MN with the "chosen load", will put the lights out with the best of them, Mine loves the Winchester Supremes.

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I thought I'd seen it all, until a 22WMR spun a bunny 2 1/4 times in the air!
 
My 882 hates those Supremes! Hmm, funny. So far, it seems the Remington Poly-Tips work the best. As the barrel heats up, the 7 shots are in a string all touching. If I let the barrel cool down more, they'd easily all touch but in a hole only maybe an MOA across. Do Marlins have a special history of being especially picky? Or is that just a issue with all guns? It just seems a bit strange to me that one barrel would like one ammo the best, and another barrel would hate that ammo the most. But hey...it happened! :)

Hueco
 
Seems to be especially an issue with any 22 Rimfire. I have had several Marlins, and a couple Remingtons, and they all seem to be "picky" for ammunition.

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I thought I'd seen it all, until a 22WMR spun a bunny 2 1/4 times in the air!
 
My Marlin seems to do well with MaxiMag HP and today I also shot some Winchester SuperX
to see how close they were to poi in relation to The Maxi. Seemed to be real close at about 75 yds. I was only shooting at some debris on the berm at the range.

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"I learned a thing or two from Charlie,don't you know. You better stay away from Copperhead Road" Steve Earle
 
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