Thread: The ‘controversial.222’

I shot a Roe Deer straight in the center of the chest front on with a .222 at about 40 meters range,it ran 50 meters full tilt untill it expired.

.222 is still quite a popular round in Scandinavia,it's one of the smallest you can use for Roe Deer in Sweden.

Originally Posted by norsk

I shot a Roe Deer straight in the center of the chest front on with a .222 at about 40 meters range,it ran 50 meters full tilt untill it expired.

.222 is still quite a popular round in Scandinavia,it's one of the smallest you can use for Roe Deer in Sweden.

To balance that: I shot a chamois straight-on through the upper front of the brisket at 20 yards with the Finnwolf.
It’s reaction was to flinch, turn and try to exit stage left left.

A quick flick of the lever and I sent a second bullet through it chest from the side and it slid to an untidy halt.

The first bullet raked from the front of the chest to just under the skin on the back of the right rear leg.

Would a 222 have dropped the chamois any better?
No.
But likely would have been much worse...

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

To balance that: I shot a chamois straight-on through the upper front of the brisket at 20 yards with the Finnwolf.
It’s reaction was to flinch, turn and try to exit stage left left.

A quick flick of the lever and I sent a second bullet through it chest from the side and it slid to an untidy halt.

The first bullet raked from the front of the chest to just under the skin on the back of the right rear leg.

Would a 222 have dropped the chamois any better?
No.
But likely would have been much worse...

Just interested @Finnwolf what was the internal damage from the first bullet? Heart shot? Lungs? Or was it low and missed both?

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

Just interested @Finnwolf what was the internal damage from the first bullet? Heart shot? Lungs? Or was it low and missed both?

From memory it raked (and wrecked ) the inside faces of the two lungs and damaged the top of the heart.

The part that surprised me was it’s relative lack of reaction to the bullets impact - all its energy was used on the animal but it flinched, kind of hunched up a bit and commenced to vacate the area...such lack of respect to the Power of Finnwolf is to be deplored!

Did most of my shooting in my formative shooting days with a trebbly. As others have said, the ability to go out shooting hare, rabbits and magpies at decent ranges whenever you felt like it made for an awfully big looking deer at 2 hundy when you went out after bigger game.

But shot placement is everything. I vividly remember crawling through a tunnel of gnarly supplejack and vines towards a sika stag going off his nut. He shut up as I was sneaking towards him, and looked up to see him 5m away in the same tunnel crawling towards me!!! pointed the bang stick at his chest and pulled the trigger. He spun around and went 20m, then began coughing violently, then crashed off. Came across a pool of several litres of blood, so continued searching knowing he would be close. 2 hours later I had not found him. Came back the next day with the dog and still no luck. 3 years later a mate came across that same 7 pointer 800m away from where I had shot it. Tough tough buggers. Shot placement is everything with a .22 cal

Originally Posted by XR500

Did most of my shooting in my formative shooting days with a trebbly. As others have said, the ability to go out shooting hare, rabbits and magpies at decent ranges whenever you felt like it made for an awfully big looking deer at 2 hundy when you went out after bigger game.

But shot placement is everything. I vividly remember crawling through a tunnel of gnarly supplejack and vines towards a sika stag going off his nut. He shut up as I was sneaking towards him, and looked up to see him 5m away in the same tunnel crawling towards me!!! pointed the bang stick at his chest and pulled the trigger. He spun around and went 20m, then began coughing violently, then crashed off. Came across a pool of several litres of blood, so continued searching knowing he would be close. 2 hours later I had not found him. Came back the next day with the dog and still no luck. 3 years later a mate came across that same 7 pointer 800m away from where I had shot it. Tough tough buggers. Shot placement is everything with a .22 cal

@XR500 after that incident, what would you do differently if you were faced with the same situation?

Again, in my youth EVERY deer I saw had to be got. Back then they were worth$$, and the chest shot ones would go in the freezer for feeding the family. Nowadays I am secure enough to let them go, knowing that a better opportunity will be along soon.