charlie caller 3,654 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Yes I shot one last week with the shotgun, out looking for squirrels to shoot with steel shot for hawk food, he got 3 loads of 36 gram 3" magnum no3 steel, and I can tell you it did the job rather well, in answer to the phrase as you put it, at 60 yards there are better tools to kill a fox than a .22, should perhaps be re-phrased slightly, at 60 yards, nothing will kill a fox with such a degree of certainty than a centerfire, not a shotgun, not a .22rf but a centerfire, totally agree on the right tool for the job 1 Quote Link to post
redial 81 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thats some load for squirrel were you logging at the same time. 1 Quote Link to post
charlie caller 3,654 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Its all I have in steel mate, I use them for wildfowling, buy them in bulk so they are cheap enough to shoot anything with, plus the farm I was on has a few duck about so its always handy to be able to take a quick shot at a duck without changing cartridges, when shooting stuff for hawk food, it is vital to use none toxic shot as one lead pellet and you have a dead hawk, they do seem to kill squirrels quite effectively lol Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Its all I have in steel mate, I use them for wildfowling, buy them in bulk so they are cheap enough to shoot anything with, plus the farm I was on has a few duck about so its always handy to be able to take a quick shot at a duck without changing cartridges, when shooting stuff for hawk food, it is vital to use none toxic shot as one lead pellet and you have a dead hawk, they do seem to kill squirrels quite effectively lol Should have used a centrefire Quote Link to post
charlie caller 3,654 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Its all I have in steel mate, I use them for wildfowling, buy them in bulk so they are cheap enough to shoot anything with, plus the farm I was on has a few duck about so its always handy to be able to take a quick shot at a duck without changing cartridges, when shooting stuff for hawk food, it is vital to use none toxic shot as one lead pellet and you have a dead hawk, they do seem to kill squirrels quite effectively lol Should have used a centrefire Ye just dont seem to be able to get the steel bullets any more got some silver ones, but I am saving them for a full moon. Quote Link to post
Alsone 789 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Its all I have in steel mate, I use them for wildfowling, buy them in bulk so they are cheap enough to shoot anything with, plus the farm I was on has a few duck about so its always handy to be able to take a quick shot at a duck without changing cartridges, when shooting stuff for hawk food, it is vital to use none toxic shot as one lead pellet and you have a dead hawk, they do seem to kill squirrels quite effectively lol Should have used a centrefire Ye just dont seem to be able to get the steel bullets any more got some silver ones, but I am saving them for a full moon. I prefer stakes myself. Or is that steaks? Either way, deadly at close range against both foxes and wolves. 1 Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Its all I have in steel mate, I use them for wildfowling, buy them in bulk so they are cheap enough to shoot anything with, plus the farm I was on has a few duck about so its always handy to be able to take a quick shot at a duck without changing cartridges, when shooting stuff for hawk food, it is vital to use none toxic shot as one lead pellet and you have a dead hawk, they do seem to kill squirrels quite effectively lol Should have used a centrefire Ye just dont seem to be able to get the steel bullets any more got some silver ones, but I am saving them for a full moon. I prefer stakes myself. Or is that steaks? Either way, deadly at close range against both foxes and wolves. And Vampires Quote Link to post
Deker 3,450 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 ...and there we have it, yet another .22lr and fox thread to add to all the others! ATB! 1 Quote Link to post
The Seeker 3,048 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 ...and there we have it, yet another .22lr and fox thread to add to all the others! ATB! Amen to that Quote Link to post
charlie caller 3,654 Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Another sermon comes to its close, and yet another step towards the light Quote Link to post
Daz Harrison 9 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 well i can say im glad i posted this thread, thankyou all for your feed back. 2 Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 well i can say im glad i posted this thread, thankyou all for your feed back. Don't whatever you do start a thread entitled "Fox Vs .17 HMR" We'll be here for weeks! Quote Link to post
Alsone 789 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Only if we run out of stakes! ..and you thought only the vampires were going to bite. Quote Link to post
Matthew Phillips 36 Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 So this is what annoys me. I can shoot a fox with pigeon shot at 30 yards but can't shoot a fox at 100 yards with my 22wmr? I know they have to draw the line somewhere but 17hmr and 22wmr are surely powerful enough to kill a fox at 100 yards. At 150 yards my 22wmr retains more energy than my 22r subsonic at the muzzle. Quote Link to post
redial 81 Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 D' oh, just when it looked over. Quote Link to post
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