Used 410 and 12 when we was teenagers now I use a marlin model 25, 10/22 , 17hmr(head shots only) the polymer tips are ruff on them. Put together a 10/22 take down lite model this year put it in a magpul xt22 backpacker stock, and put a sig 1x power red dot. Bx trigger should make a fine squirrel gun