Thread: Bullet Choice on Hares

@gundoc back in the day, Spiro and I would have a comptetion to see who could bring back the least rabbit. He usualy won with the 110 grn 7mm Rem Mag.I would do ok with 70 grn .243 but had to stick with headshots.

Originally Posted by johnd

@gundoc back in the day, Spiro and I would have a comptetion to see who could bring back the least rabbit. He usualy won with the 110 grn 7mm Rem Mag.I would do ok with 70 grn .243 but had to stick with headshots.
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22.250 imp firing 50 gn of anything= skin only left behind.

Thought I had missed completely once, having shot a hare behind the hut we were based at. 75m shot. Looked everywhere.....till I spied a kidney swinging in the breeze attached by a ligament to the manuka shrub he had been hiding under

Eventually found the skin with 4 paws attached. Everything else had been vacuumed off the skin

Originally Posted by XR500

22.250 imp firing 50 gn of anything= skin only left behind.

Thought I had missed completely once, having shot a hare behind the hut we were based at. 75m shot. Looked everywhere.....till I spied a kidney swinging in the breeze attached by a ligament to the manuka shrub he had been hiding under

Eventually found the skin with 4 paws attached. Everything else had been vacuumed off the skin

Hahaaa yeah, shot rabbit with my 22-250 once at 125m..hit kidneys, hindquarters disappeared in red mist..and I was aiming at head..in my defence the gate post flinched....

Originally Posted by XR500

22.250 imp firing 50 gn of anything= skin only left behind.

Thought I had missed completely once, having shot a hare behind the hut we were based at. 75m shot. Looked everywhere.....till I spied a kidney swinging in the breeze attached by a ligament to the manuka shrub he had been hiding under

Eventually found the skin with 4 paws attached. Everything else had been vacuumed off the skin

I found a shot low in guts was best if couldn't get head if using 22-250.... Go to pick up very dead animal and give back legs a shake,gutting all done.back wheels n saddle still ok. But yes headshots best if want anything left to eat. A 40grn at ten yards was.....interesting.... Just about wore the splatter.