Thread: 45/70 Subsonic

Originally Posted by rossi.45

never thought of it to be honest 223 . . . . Moa describes the results with a .44 on Hares so a .45 should work fine

which brings me to another ramble alert . . .

to me shooting Hares/Rabbits etc to get your eye in with a rifle setup is a great idea . . . if you can hit a little critter at 100+ yards your good to go on bigger game, move the range out to when you cant hit them, you have learnt something important then.

Dear Rossi and 223nut, I did have the 44 zeroed at 100 mtrs but found that I would over-shoot big game animals because of excitement and rushing whereas Hares I would never miss. What I have done is re-sight the 44 dead on at 60 mtrs exactly the same as the 22 with subs. So now the shooting that I do with the 22 is directly transferable practice for the 44 if that makes sense. I would be very interested in what range rossi has found works best. I shoot over a dog for big game and rabbits.