One Shot Skot ;)

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Now then!

 

After a hard morning of being up early after a late night, and going for a massive breakfast (big mistake!) before we played footy for a few hours I got home and was absolutely nackered, so had a nice hot bath and a cold strongbow and was going to have a relaxing evening...

 

However, after a couple of cans I decided I really wanted to go shooting for an hour, haven't been all week and as soon as I looked at the hw100kt .22 all lonely and neglected just sitting there calling out for me to give her the life she deserves, I had to go! Even if it was quite windy and about 1 hours decent light left..

 

So off I rushes to the permission with just the rifle and the 2 mags in my pocket, no cammo on, no rangefinder, no knife.. nothing to help me, just me and my instincts!

 

had a walk around, its only a small place and nothing was about really apart from 2 very concealed woodpigeons and a rabbit that I bolted out of the brambles, that did one 150 yards over the field!

 

Light was now 90% gone and I knew it was make or break time, one quick walk back to the other side of the permission where hopefully a late showing rabbit would have come out just before dark. its a nice undisturbed corner of a field with a low wall and a few trees to use as cover when stalking up to the warren that's in the field.

 

a good quiet stalk using a tree as cover, with the wind in my face I looked over the wall where I thought there would be a rabbit sat but there wasn't, but there was one just to the right hand side a bit, through a very convenient hole in the wall, that I estimated at 30-35 yards.

 

got down on one knee and looked through the scope to get a better idea of the range, slightly blurry and the head didn't look as big as it should have on 10x mag... must be 40-45 yards then I thought to my self as I lined up to take the shot.

 

after checking the zero 4 shots producing a nice 3/4 5p size group off to the left at 35 yards when I arrived to get an idea for the windage I was ready.

 

I lined up giving the rabbit 1.5 mildots holdover, and the breeze was going right to left so I accounted for that by giving 1 mil of windage I took the shot from the kneeling unsupoorted position, and feeling like a sniper I watched the rabbit roll over as I followed through my shot!

 

well chuffed with that, but when I got there the pellet had impacted low on the rabbit, and paced it out at 46 yards that's why, the rabbit with a now Slit throat laid still and motionless. entry and exit holes through the neck. and plenty of claret showing!

 

took her home had her skinned and gutted and in the pan within 45 mins, for a very fresh and tasty Rabbit a la Supernoodles, with a fresh strongbow out the fridge.

 

Thanks for reading, 1 SHOT SKoT

 

NOTE the rabbit sat facing right. the pic with the noodles in the packet shows the EXIIT hole

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2013 by Skot Ruthless Teale

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Oh ny the way, yes that is a .22 pellet in the handle of my opinel

[Elliott 436]

Nice going skot, that's a proper takeaway!

 

Lovely looking grain on the HW100 too pal

[Elliott 436]

Oh ny the way, yes that is a .22 pellet in the handle of my opinel

Oh the old split a .22 pellet on a knife edge trick eh?!

 

I filmed a decent shot with the HW77K yesterday. An empty HMR case perched on the tip of some barbed wire lased at 70 yards in a 10 - 15mph crosswind. I had to give 5 mil dots hold over and 2 mil dots for windage on x6mag. Took me three shots mind and when I ran over I found the bloody battery had gone on the camera I was gutted!

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

 

Oh ny the way, yes that is a .22 pellet in the handle of my opinel

Oh the old split a .22 pellet on a knife edge trick eh?!

I filmed a decent shot with the HW77K yesterday. An empty HMR case perched on the tip of some barbed wire lased at 70 yards in a 10 - 15mph crosswind. I had to give 5 mil dots hold over and 2 mil dots for windage on x6mag. Took me three shots mind and when I ran over I found the bloody battery had gone on the camera I was gutted!

Aye gutted!

Cant wait to get my hw77k .. really miss my hw97kt knew i would regret getting rid of her. Ah well. Miss having a springer shooting a pcp is too easy! Lol

[villaman 9,983]

Nice going Skot , that's .22 for you would never got away with that with a .177

Edited September 29, 2013 by villaman

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Nice going Skot , that's .22 for you would never got away with that with a .177

But the .177 wouldnt have dropped that much so it would have passed throught the brain instead of the neck!

 

I do think .22 is best for hunting. Although i havent tried a housebrick (.25) slinger yet lol

[moxy 617]

Good going skot. The staple of any mans diet

[villaman 9,983]

 

Nice going Skot , that's .22 for you would never got away with that with a .177

But the .177 wouldnt have dropped that much so it would have passed throught the brain instead of the neck!

 

I do think .22 is best for hunting. Although i havent tried a housebrick (.25) slinger yet lol

 

 

What I meant was if you shot a rabbit with .177 in the neck it more than likely do a runner

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

 

 

Nice going Skot , that's .22 for you would never got away with that with a .177

 

But the .177 wouldnt have dropped that much so it would have passed throught the brain instead of the neck!

I do think .22 is best for hunting. Although i havent tried a housebrick (.25) slinger yet lol

What I meant was if you shot a rabbit with .177 in the neck it more than likely do a runner

50:50 i think.

Should have seen the damage the .22 did. All its neck puffed up full of blood

[Daz 7 563]

 

 

 

Nice going Skot , that's .22 for you would never got away with that with a .177

But the .177 wouldnt have dropped that much so it would have passed throught the brain instead of the neck!

I do think .22 is best for hunting. Although i havent tried a housebrick (.25) slinger yet lol

What I meant was if you shot a rabbit with .177 in the neck it more than likely do a runner

50:50 i think.

Should have seen the damage the .22 did. All its neck puffed up full of blood

 

The .25 cal 25.4 gr would have given Roger Rabbit a Bigger Slap

[stealthy1 3,964]

 

 

 

Nice going Skot , that's .22 for you would never got away with that with a .177

But the .177 wouldnt have dropped that much so it would have passed throught the brain instead of the neck!

I do think .22 is best for hunting. Although i havent tried a housebrick (.25) slinger yet lol

What I meant was if you shot a rabbit with .177 in the neck it more than likely do a runner

50:50 i think.

Should have seen the damage the .22 did. All its neck puffed up full of blood

 

 

That's the power of the darkside

[bigmac 97kt 13,812]

Nice shooting there mate atvbmac :thumbs:

[Craig Fosse 286]

I don't think my s200 would have penetrated that with .177, would be interesting to see but I would never try just in case, watching a rabbit run off with a wounded neck would make me feel very very depressed

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

I think it would! My .177 8.8 fpe hw97 went straight through a crows head at 40 yds