I did most of my squirrel hunting with a lowly Mossberg bolt action with detachable magazine (Clip). Used standard velocity LR's. The Mosssy would feed the shorts, it was a tack driver with the LR's but got about a 50% pattern in the 30" circle with shorts.You just could't hit anything with them, have no idea why. I did not like the sonic Crack of a high velocity round, found it would clear a tree with the first shot, where with the standard velocitry cartrifges they would nearly always go right back to cutting in just a minute or so.
Only ones I ever had any problem getting to the ground after being hit were a few that hit a crotch in a limb on the way down. don't think in that case it would have mattered if you had shot it with a BB Cap or a .30-30.
