My "funnest" plinker...
- Thread starter Marko Kloos
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I was a hiker that day.
I work for RM Pyles Boys Camp in the Sequoia National Forest in central California. I pretty much had eliminated all of the squirrels at our main camp location, but I knew there were a ton of them making a mess at our 2nd year program location at Lion Meadows in the Golden Trout Wilderness. Problem is, Lion Meadows is a 9 mile hike from the road. On our day off, I up and decided, I am going to go out to Lion Meadows and eliminate squirrels. So I got together a bunch of power bars, some extra socks, and my 10/22 and started hiking. I think it only took me 3.5-4 hours to get there. As soon as I got there, I turned the squirrels world upside down. None of the campers or staff were out there because it was in between sessions, so I just shot squirrels all day. I woke up the next morning, shot a few more and then got ready to hike back to main camp so I could start working again the next day. When it was all said and done, I had 16 confirmed humane dispatches and two probables. That .22 was on that day and the only one I missed completely was the last shot of the morning.
And to piss off the liberals in the organization, I figured what could be better than posing with a pile of dead squirrels in front of the Lion Meadows sign. Overall it was a great trip and our Lion Meadows director and counselors were very pleased that I eliminated that problem. They had been chewing stuff up and digging holes in the cook cabin all summer long.
I work for RM Pyles Boys Camp in the Sequoia National Forest in central California. I pretty much had eliminated all of the squirrels at our main camp location, but I knew there were a ton of them making a mess at our 2nd year program location at Lion Meadows in the Golden Trout Wilderness. Problem is, Lion Meadows is a 9 mile hike from the road. On our day off, I up and decided, I am going to go out to Lion Meadows and eliminate squirrels. So I got together a bunch of power bars, some extra socks, and my 10/22 and started hiking. I think it only took me 3.5-4 hours to get there. As soon as I got there, I turned the squirrels world upside down. None of the campers or staff were out there because it was in between sessions, so I just shot squirrels all day. I woke up the next morning, shot a few more and then got ready to hike back to main camp so I could start working again the next day. When it was all said and done, I had 16 confirmed humane dispatches and two probables. That .22 was on that day and the only one I missed completely was the last shot of the morning.
And to piss off the liberals in the organization, I figured what could be better than posing with a pile of dead squirrels in front of the Lion Meadows sign. Overall it was a great trip and our Lion Meadows director and counselors were very pleased that I eliminated that problem. They had been chewing stuff up and digging holes in the cook cabin all summer long.
Hey Rojo! Quite a Shoot!
I've sniped my share of the little groundsquirrel varments myself, but yer a braver man than I am by far making a 'depredation pile' of the remains. I'll shoot em, no problem, but the fleas on those little pests have been known to carry Bubonic Plague
in that part of the state (I'm North of Yosemite), and no way am I going to take a chance with the Black Death
! Anthrax is an Ice Cream Social compared to Plague.....Let the buzzards have em!
Good shooting, & BTW, My favorite autoloader for this sort of shooting is a Winchester 77 with an Aimpoint Red Dot.
I've sniped my share of the little groundsquirrel varments myself, but yer a braver man than I am by far making a 'depredation pile' of the remains. I'll shoot em, no problem, but the fleas on those little pests have been known to carry Bubonic Plague
in that part of the state (I'm North of Yosemite), and no way am I going to take a chance with the Black Death ! Anthrax is an Ice Cream Social compared to Plague.....Let the buzzards have em!Good shooting, & BTW, My favorite autoloader for this sort of shooting is a Winchester 77 with an Aimpoint Red Dot.
hksigwalther
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Here are the Rugers :
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Tamara,
The 2/3 sized plastic MG42 replica for the 10/22 was made by Glaser (I'm pretty sure these were the same people who made the Safety Slugs). They had contracted Cherokee to do the production, IIRC. I had purchased it about 10 years ago and back then it could be had with a bi-pod called the Featherweight. All of the hardware was provided to install the bi-pod including a foam clamp attached to the rear protion of the barrel to keep the legs in place when folded.
The drop in MG42 stock can still be had (at least as of a few months ago) through Gun Parts (Numrich) but they do not offer the Featherweight anymore. A simple detachable clamp-on bi-pod that attaches near the muzzle is what they sell for it. IIRC, they were selling it for ~$150.
The stock itself is two pieces (plus some pins and snap rings). The barrel portion and the reciever portion. To install the barrel into its shroud, the front and rear stock sights will have to removed. The two stock halves aren't absolutely perfect as there is a very slight bend where the two meet in my sample. Since the plastic sights are adjustable, the zero can be adjusted to compensate. Nothing on the stock moves as it is all plastic (i.e., the cocking handle is fixed). I've been thinking about attaching somehow a lightweight vertical rod to the 10/22s cocking handle to get a better MG42 look and feel. You can't see it in the picture but I had two Butler Creek Hot Lips mags (attached to each other) in the 10/42.
The 2/3 sized plastic MG42 replica for the 10/22 was made by Glaser (I'm pretty sure these were the same people who made the Safety Slugs). They had contracted Cherokee to do the production, IIRC. I had purchased it about 10 years ago and back then it could be had with a bi-pod called the Featherweight. All of the hardware was provided to install the bi-pod including a foam clamp attached to the rear protion of the barrel to keep the legs in place when folded.
The drop in MG42 stock can still be had (at least as of a few months ago) through Gun Parts (Numrich) but they do not offer the Featherweight anymore. A simple detachable clamp-on bi-pod that attaches near the muzzle is what they sell for it. IIRC, they were selling it for ~$150.
The stock itself is two pieces (plus some pins and snap rings). The barrel portion and the reciever portion. To install the barrel into its shroud, the front and rear stock sights will have to removed. The two stock halves aren't absolutely perfect as there is a very slight bend where the two meet in my sample. Since the plastic sights are adjustable, the zero can be adjusted to compensate. Nothing on the stock moves as it is all plastic (i.e., the cocking handle is fixed). I've been thinking about attaching somehow a lightweight vertical rod to the 10/22s cocking handle to get a better MG42 look and feel. You can't see it in the picture but I had two Butler Creek Hot Lips mags (attached to each other) in the 10/42.
hksigwalther
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Ah, here it is :
http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=717900&chrSuperSKU=
$140 not $150.
http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=717900&chrSuperSKU=
$140 not $150.
Pvt. Joker
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A Fun plinker indeed!
Lendringser,
Nice rifle man. Its amazing you can make that "little" 10/22 into such an evil looking rifle. To bad Full capacity magazines are so expensive for the 10/22. Oh well, the 10rd's will have to do. I'd like to do about the same thing you have done. How do you like the butlercreek bbl? Have you had a chance to shoot it? What kind of groups are you getting? I look forward to hearing some more comments on the rifle, and some more pics would be great!
-Jared
Lendringser,
Nice rifle man. Its amazing you can make that "little" 10/22 into such an evil looking rifle. To bad Full capacity magazines are so expensive for the 10/22. Oh well, the 10rd's will have to do. I'd like to do about the same thing you have done. How do you like the butlercreek bbl? Have you had a chance to shoot it? What kind of groups are you getting? I look forward to hearing some more comments on the rifle, and some more pics would be great!
-Jared