Calibre Question

[sean85730 5]

So, the best idea seems to be set a high chair against a tree and shoot down into the fields?

 

In the .22 rimfire family, which tend to ricochet least?

 

Sorry for the daft questions!

 

Sean

[SportingShooter 0]

Least, I would say the .22 WMR but these are not subsonic and will make as much noise as a 17HMR. They are better at bucking the wind than a .17.

 

Equally, they do ricochet like any round.

[Alsone 789]

...my thoughts were to get above my mark or to shoot into the tree line.

 

:icon_eek: :icon_eek:

 

I wouldn't tell your FEO you consider shooting into a treeline as a safe backstop. If that's all the backstop there is, the land won't be cleared.

 

Listen to your uncle Walshie! A treeline is NOT a safe backstop. With trees you have no way of knowing if anyone is in the wood behind and you have no way of knowing if the bullet may weave a path through the wood missing all the trees and coming out of the other side. Remember a firearm is not an air rfile. A .22LR bullet remains dangerous at up to 1.5 miles, albeit you'd never reach that distance with a normally elevated shot. However, it will travel for a long distance and remain very dangerous / deadly to people and property.

 

The only safe backstop is the ground. Even then you want to avoid shallow angles of incidence especially on short wet grass and you want to avoid rocky ground. A soft bank is an ideal backstop.

 

If you're shooting flat land, shoot at close range to increase the angle - if you have permission on adjacent fields, sometimes you can walk up to a fence or hedgerow and find prey just the other side. Avoid long shots or best solution, get a high vantage point such as a high seat.

[Deker 3,478]

This may be a little premature, but I like to know what im getting into.

 

Ive read on various sites that some .17hmr rounds get stuck up the spout, or suffer cracked casings. How common is this?

Also does .22LR suffer the same issue?

 

Sean

 

Cracked cases are quite common in HMR, the bullet getting stuck is far less common but it happens.

 

Cracked cases are much more rare on the .22lr, primarily because they are not necked like the HMR.

 

The only bullet I have ever had stuck in a barrel is a .22lr, I have also had several misfires with .22lr.