Two Old Crows (maybe a little graphic for some)

Got the 22-250 build complete and had a chance today to take a couple crows out of the back door. They were squawking and carrying on so I had to see what all the ruccus was about. I got 3 of them but a Redtail hawk swooped down and got supper before I could get to them & take pics. The gun is a build from a model 12 .223. The stock was from a forum member and the barrel from another member. The lug, trigger guard, & bbl wrench from NSS. I used a 52gr match king, 210M primer & 34gr of IMR 8208XBR. I'm really liking the new build and a big THANK YOU to the site and all the members here. Now if I can just get a Yote to stick his head out...
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What no picture of the HAWK

For some reason photobucket dumped the pictures

Good looking rifle. How far away were the unfortunate birds? Bet yea they didn't feel a thing.

I feel cheated, I came looking for a blown up crow and barely get road kill. Shoot some more and post them up. Nice looking gun too. What glass?

Nice ;D

Crow season ends here in March. I'm still on the hunt but only have a couple more weeks. Coyote season is year round, I hear them calling about twice a week at night, but haven't been able to call one in during the day yet. Can't hunt them at night here. The crows were shot at about 100-125 yards. The last pic dosen't show it very well but there's a road going down the hill. I have it marked at 100yds at the bend in the road. They were in the tree on the left of the bend. I actually tried to get a pic of the hawk, he was flying away as I was walking down the hill. The cheap cell phone camera just don't cut it, so I didn't get him. The glass is a Vortex diamondback 4-14x40, it's been great so far. I haven't been able to shoot past 200yds so I don't know how it'll do farther out. The rifle is a build with everything but the action & scope bought from forum members. I'm very happy with the results, now if I just had more free time to go shoot...

Nice crows! My favorite crow gun is a 1970s era Savage 220 Swift Single shot w/a 26" HB. The very first crow I shot using Norma Factory ammo (48gr SP @4110 FPS!) was impressive to say the least! It was a solid hit at about 150 yds and it virutally exploded into 5-6 chunks! I still have it, it carries a 10X Bushnell scope and the load I've used for the last 35 yrs is a Sierra 52gr HPBT over a healthy dose of IMR4064 (per Speer #8) that has shot a 3/4 group at a ranged 300 yds! As recently as a month ago a feral dog(so my ex-felon dirt bag neighbor claimed-it's been at his house for 2 yrs) attacked my wife's Pomeranian and was ran off. It came back a few days later and fled when I came out. I came out with the Swift and waited for it to come out of the woods going home with the Swift resting on sandbags on my Blazer hood. It did, across a 25 acre pasture. It stopped to look back under a big oak tree and I busted his ass-355yds laser ranged to the tree later. I don't even remember holding over, I've shot this rifle enough to just know where to hold. He didn't even twitch!

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It was a solid hit at about 150 yds and it virutally exploded into 5-6 chunks! I still have it

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Is it just me or do others find this odd? ;D

Looks a little undernourished to me. :P That one does. Good thing you put 'em out of his misery.

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Originally Posted by MrMajestic

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Originally Posted by bubbinator

It was a solid hit at about 150 yds and it virutally exploded into 5-6 chunks! I still have it

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Is it just me or do others find this odd? ;D

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I caught that too! I had to read it a few times to truly understand what he was trying to say.

To the confused respondents-I still have the gun-not the crow-Please!