Cruising the dairy farm this Palm Sunday afternoon. It was about 4 PM, the sun is out, the temperature is in the mid 60's, the humidity is is in the high 20's, but the ground is moist from the rain the previous day. It was a good soaking rain, so while the fields are not muddy, they've drained well and the soil has a dark hue. The wind was up enough to warrant a windbreaker in spite of the temperature. I drove down to the lower farm that has a small field enclosed by a fence on two sides, a building on one side. Its smallest legs are about 75yds long. There is/are active groundhog holes there, so I was checking the field to see if I could get lucky.

I pulled into the field slowly and I spied some movement along one of the fence lines. I stopped, shut off the SUV, got out quietly, went to the back, popped the hatch, unzipped the rifle case, pulled the rifle out, eased the hatch down, slipped the magazine in the rifle and chambered a round while walking around the drivers side of the SUV. As I rounded the A pillar the groundhog was still by the fence, laying in the same direction as the SUV. I rested the rifle on the A pillar/glass of the SUV and my hand as a brace and put the crosshairs of the Zeiss Conquest 2.5-8x32mm scope on the head, squeezed and sent off a 30gr V-max .22 Mag from the Sako Quad.

On impact the groundhog filpped on his back and kicked and twitched at bit. I walked over. There was bleeding from the nose and mouth and from the entrance wound, but no evidence of any exit. I can't recall any 30gr V-max exits. I lasered back to the SUV and the distance was 49 yds.

I flipped this guy prone to show the entrance wound just below the ear. I picked him up by the tail and dropped him in his hole that you see below the rifle.



Cruised the rest of the lower fields that have active holes, but no more Charlies taking in the afternoon sun.

Nice shot.

How's the trigger on that Quad?

Thank you.

Out of the box, excellent for me. Breaks cleanly with no creep. It is adjustable, but I left it alone. I'm very happy with the Quad now that I found the V-Max ammo. It currently is the only ammo that will shoot 5 shot MOA groups at 100 yds. Nothing else I've tried so far comes close, except for maybe the 33 gr Rem V-Max but they cost more, and I can't say I can shoot them better and/or they perform better to justify the increased cost.

NICE !! Shooting Songdog1!!

Nice chuck!! Those are my favorites.

Thanks. I have to get a .22 LR bolt gun. I'm not really interested in any of the other barrels, but you know how that goes...