So we usually direct our attention to larger game, but what are your favorite squirrel setups?

I like using my S&W 22A or my Savage .22 rifle. Both have taken squirrels but I wouldn't mind getting a nice .410 for places where a rifle, or handgun isn't an appropriate option.

New Ruger Single Nine 22mag, topped with a burris fastfire iii. Just gotta find more time for armadillo and coyote ventilation!!

I have many favorites. In pistols, a Browning Challenger. In rifles, A Browning auto 22 and a Savage 24 in 22/410. The trigger pull stinks on the savage but is good enough. For rabbits, and lots of them, is my Ruger 10-22.

It has wood grips on it now but:

My two favorites are: 14" 22 match T/C contender and a 7 1/2" 22 lr M97 Freedom arms, both equipped with cross-hairs.

Semi-auto hip gun: Colt Woodsman

Wheelgun: FA M252 7.5" Varmint Grade with Bushnell 2x6

Ruger Mark II and a TC in 22 Hornet

I use a single six hunter its very accurate and fun I have a simmons scope on it works great

High Standard Sport King 6 3/4 in barrel Bushnell scope. Or a 514 Remington single shot with cb's

Ruger MKIII Hunter with a Leupold FX-II 4x28 shooting Remington Golden Bullets. Best small game setup I've ever had, by far.

Lets see...My Ruger 22/45, the SP101, the single-six or maybe the old S&W K22...... Sometimes it's the Single-six .32mag...

Since I just went 4/4 this morning I'd have to go with my 4 inch 617. I've harvested many around the house with it using Aguila super colibri slightly more report than a pellet gun. Squirrel and dumplings for dinner.

10" T/C with a 3x9 Burris and my FA 83 with open sights and a 4 3/4" bbl.

12 inch Bullberry barreled Contender chambered in 22 LR, with 2-7 Burris scope.

Ruger MKI with a Simmons 4X.

H&R 676 w/ 12" barrel & Mini-Mags.

my favorites, a pair of Ruger slab sides, 4x leupold.

really liking my new tauras tracker in 17hmr super accurate gun.

SSK Ruger MkIII, Aguila 38 gr. HP subsonic.Bushnell Trophy 2-6X. Never knew what hit them.

browning buckmark with 14" barrel and a forend. It now wears a 3-9x rifle scope. So far longest squirrel was a 100yd offhand shot. love this gun

Beautiful pieces...really wish we could hunt them with semi autos here in pa.

Lamina that thing is wicked
I love those varmiters

Ya I just had a standard buckmark and ordered barrel and forend straight from Browning. Probably my favorite gun I have

I like S&W revolvers model 17, 63, 617, and 18s for my squirrel hunting, around here. A lot depends on the terrain I'm in.

Steve

I have an ole Winchester 36 that gets the job done very well and the grandkids starting at age 6 really enjoy shooting it.

To my knowledge only Fiocchi sells ammo for it in the USA. I think I have a 10-year supply unless we have a squirrel/pocket gopher invasion.

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Smith & Wesson Model 41 5 1/2" bbl. The gun is open sights and loves the CCI Sub-Sonic HP.

James is that the really light weight barreled handgun you showed me? That thing is sweet.

TC G2 Contender 10" 2.5-8 scope

Mine for the moment, is my Single Six Hunter,mounted with a 2x6 Bushnell Elite.And,with the 22 mag.

I have two, and one is not a handgun. The handgun is the Ruger MKIII Hunter wearing a Leupold. The "other" one, is a ruger 96 in 22 mag.

1. Ammo saver, remington 597
2. not to bad, browning buckmark w/red dot
3. extreme ammo usage, heritage 6" SA .22

Love to see a photo if that M97 rimfire!! Are you pleased with that fine firearm?

IC

10 inch match contender with bushnell red dot.

I guess I missed this thread earlier in 2013 when my new computer with Windows 8, "new" Photobucket, and I were not on speaking terms. In any event, I use a number of .22 handguns for squirrels, and these are some of the favorites:

A FA Mdl. 252 (83) with no iron sights, Gordon Logan base, and 4X Leupold:



An Armour Alloy Super 14 Contender in .22lr with 4X Leupold, seldom used except very late in the season when distances may be long, due to its size and weight:



A pair of .22lr Contenders, one with a special 6 1/2" barrel & Ultradot, the other in full SSK Khrome:



A FA Mdl. 97 with T'SOB and Leupold 2X:



A Gordon Logan Custom Ruger Single Six convertible with 2X Leupold:




A trio of Ruger Mk.II's. The 2X Leupold scoped tapered barrel version in the upper left of the photo is the one of the three most often used for squirrels. Jim Clark fitted one of his triggers before his death:





I also enjoy using a stainless 14" Contender in .410:

Here's a couple portraits....



....and YES, I'm very pleased. I will never part with this sweet piece of metal.

It is very deadly on squirrels and such.

G2 contender 10" 22LR match.

WOW, Beautiful! What a nice tack driver!

as for handguns my favorite is my Taurus Tracker 990,but if I am doing some serious squirrel hunting then I go to my custom built .32 flintlock.