Show A W by ted kerring kesting 1 I know of no better training for the hunter rifleman than chuck shooting except for crow shooting it requires more skill and better equipment than any other form of rif rifle ae shooting chuck hunting Is full of thrills and a dead shot at fairly long range after a good piece of aw stalking rann g or spying is quite an achievement the mark one has to shoot at Is quite small often only the head is visible and this sportiest of all targets Is equivalent to a 3 12 1 2 inch bulls eye what the successful wood chucker cr needs therefore is a rifle ammunition and equipment with which he can surely hit a 3 12 inch bulls eye at an estimated yards the first shot col townsend whelan well known arms and ammunition authority says that first of all good binoculars are a must for finding chucks since the development of the 22 22 hornet cartridge he has use used id that almost exclusively in a variety of rifles equipped with a 4 power scope with double micrometer target in mounts he writes 1 I have found this type of mount very essential in long range varmint shooting you want to continually keep your rifle sighted to strike almost precisely 1 inch or 1 12 1 2 inches above aim at yards 1 I practically never miss a chuck up to yards with my hornet rifles when I 1 can get a good steady prone or sitting position or get worked into a steady position along a stone wall always aided by the gun sling more often than not I 1 make clean kills at yards up to that distance when the hornet bullet enters the chest or abdominal cavities it practically always kills the chuck dead in its tracks finally my friends persuaded me that I 1 was out of date and that I 1 ought to get a rifle for the 22 ra cartridge because I 1 would hav have e a much longer sure dittin hitting g range considerably less wind drift better accuracy and a flatter trajectory I 1 found this to be true in many respects I 1 think it Is the best of all the chuck cartridges but the expense is much greater than for a hornet and the rifle has to be custom made and the ammunition has to be very carefully f u 11 y hand loaded there are two reasons wh why y I 1 am so partial to the 22 22 hornet and the 22 22 RZ cartridges for woodchuck shooting first the car cai cartridges trudges are so sm small smail all ail and the report Is so light that scarcely any farmer objects acts to their use second the r rifles have a practically tica ily lly unlimited ed accuracy cy life and a pet r rifle e for either cither cartridge tuned to 0 perfection should last you almost a lifetime I one year I 1 used my rober roberts t s rifle for chuck and it also did well but it is q quite te a sa sausage u machine in the way it blows blow up the little the 22 22 lons long rinne rifle high hish lysek lysed d hol 1 low point bullerwill bullet bulle twill will kill quickly only when it enten eaten ghe the brain breaks the spinal pinal 60 column or drives well into the et wenter winter n ter of the cbs chet chel cavity of the ch chuck such a hiti hit even with a scope 3 c dej dei cannot be assured by the me bet bei rifleman at over 78 75 yards and we chuck hunter hunters do ra net het at beet eat 10 4 sider aider a chuck at less lets le ts than log 10 f yann yank a legitimate or bertna gert pert nA like ilke target I 14 y |