First because of the not immediately lethal reaction, second because of the back area hazard. So the bullet must have went through the rabbit, was reflected by the grown ground + lawn and hit the fence behind it (about 50m away)īoth not very sufficient results in my opinion. While shooting on a sitting rabbit, the bullet went through the little fellow and caused a sound in the metal fence behind it. Stopped, stumbled, laid down and just died when I reached it. Rabbit had been shot on the lawn, ran away about 300m. So the bullet just went through without any major damage.ġ. But all have just one small in and out hole. The few rabbits which decided to join me had shots right through parts of the central nerv system or through the lounges. Not good enough to have 100% headshots, but fairly enough to have 100% lethal shots in the front section. Often I have distances less then 30m with a bipod etc.
Yes, I was asking about an expanding bullet. A high speed bullet like a stinger uses a lighter bullet that will carry less energy after an impact that ricochets- like I say though if it matters you are already past the safe limits of use.
High speed bullets need no more consideration than subs, if your running that close to the wind you have already gone past safe limits BTW. RWS subs will blow an apple to bits at 130 yards (yet normally this occurs after making a clean entry like most expanding) and recovered bullets do however open up (do not be put off by the tiny hole in the hollow point). However non of this means anything if you miss or place your shots very poorly. I have actually shot bunnies running away from me with these rounds through the rear and also through the ribcage from side on runners the effect of the three segments and the separate heavy base really is very humane! I experience far less wounders than using a shotgun doing this. They do need a lack of previous leading and lube from other branded rounds cleaning out the barrel to produce their finest accuracy though. 22 sub I have ever used (and I have used a lot). I find that very hard to believe, even target bullets will bobzook a bunny as long as you don't hit it in the guts! CCI segmenting are the most lethal. Problem was that most of the bullet didn't open (think it was to slow to open up) and the rabbits were off.ĭo you know a subsonic cartridge with a fragile bullet ? On the one hand because of the noise and on the other hand because of the higher energy. Because it is close to a recreation area I would avoid normal or high speed cartridges. We are not allowed to use silencers but "have to" shoot some rabbits in a camping area.