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[mark williams 7,568]

Take my hat off to you Rez to feel the way you do about the quarry and the shot.

Personally it sounds like you had a "flyer" or just a bad day at the office.

A pro sport at 15 yds must be hitting 10.5 ft/lbs, that rabbit was dead.

 

 

Now when you go out with a "proper gun and same proper caliber" HW 100 KT .177 things might, just might, have been different like it was at the Lord and Ladies mansion, remember ?

We have all had a bad day at the office Rez - dont beat yourself up over it.

 

"Watch your bedtime" !

[The one 8,592]

I learned to put another bullet in the spout after I was shooting rabbits with copper tipped cci,s the rabbits where heart shot and trailed guts and where still picked up over five feet from where they where shot I swapped to Whinnchesters and that sorted that problem but even with the air arms I'm still loading it watching what I shot at

[kanny 21,755]

Only ever shot .22 in 30 years of shooting why would you shoot anything else ?

 

 

[villaman 9,982]

Good footage and shooting

[tomburras 2,730]

Wounded game happens unfortunately If you

Shoot a lot it will happen more often. I won't go into details but iv hit rabbits at 10 yards with a 12 bore and they have run on.

[bigmac 97kt 13,836]

The one,s i hate are the one,s you no you have killed and you have shot them in long grass you no there dead but you cant find them in the long grass iv seen me look for an hour and still not picked them up

 

i got one one night after looking for half an hour and i must of stepped over it 20 times lol

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[charlie caller 3,654]

Only ever shot .22 in 30 years of shooting why would you shoot anything else ?

 

 

Maybe cos they wont let you have a firearms ticket?

[charlie caller 3,654]

shoot a fox with an air gun then, and see how far it goes, everything to do with calibre and energy transfer.

Yes I would be happy to shoot foxes with this air rifle

 

We are talking about shooting a bloody rabbit with a skull the thickness of paper, so that is a silly comment, not a fox with a 12ftlbs air rifle.

[kanny 21,755]

 

Only ever shot .22 in 30 years of shooting why would you shoot anything else ?

 

Maybe cos they wont let you have a firearms ticket?

Maybe I don't want the hassle of a firearms ticket.

[charlie caller 3,654]

I am sure thats it

[kanny 21,755]

I am sure thats it

fac ain't for everyone what would I gain from it? A lot of hassle for a few pot fillers....I enjoy the fieldcraft and the need for accuracy that comes with a airgun and when I do hit something it's left edible not a sack of mush and besides that this is the airgun section and the jist of the thread is what's the most efficient and practical calibre for killing sub 12 for me its .22 all the way always has been ...is that okay? Ffs!

Edited July 11, 2015 by kanny

[J Darcy 5,871]

.177 is plenty adequate for all the airgunners quarry. I've shot thousands of rabbits with my .177. If you body shot a rabbit close to cover then it doesn't matter if you use a .22 or a .177, they're going to get away into the cover.

At that range you should have taken the head shot, so blame yourself and not the calibre....

Edited July 11, 2015 by J Darcy

[charlie caller 3,654]

 

I am sure thats it

fac ain't for everyone what would I gain from it? A lot of hassle for a few pot fillers....I enjoy the fieldcraft and the need for accuracy that comes with a airgun and when I do hit something it's left edible not a sack of mush and besides that this is the airgun section and the jist of the thread is what's the most efficient and practical calibre for killing sub 12 for me its .22 all the way always has been ...is that okay? Ffs!

 

Fine, for me its .177 is that ok ffs?