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On ‎15‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 09:54, Born Hunter said:

TBH mate, anything past 150 with even the 17 is starting to push the limits. 200 is very doable but it's usually unnecessary, as you can almost always get into 150 or 100. The exception seems to be crows sat out in the middle of 100 acres of winter wheat, LOL. But for rabbits, >150 is usually just an excuse to say you have.

If you genuinely need a regular 200 yard rifle then you probably want to think about a small centre-fire.

I have used rimfire past 150 several times, BUT I'd absolutely go with the above!

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

On 09/12/2017 at 20:29, BaldMan said:

Shot 22lr for last thirty odd years or so , used correctly quiet cheap accurate capable round , owned .17 Hmr for a while noisy , expensive rounds , mixed feelings on accuracy , sold it when i had a misfire and a round became stuck in the barrel ( google HMR misfires )  . i was not overly impressed with the HMR prefer .22  . Rather than Hmr i would  pick .22 Hornet . I am sure many will disagree with me , but those are my thoughts .

I love my hornet. Does everything that the hmr does plus a lot more, for me anyway.

[goldfinger 135]

As with any caliber they all have there uses step outside its capability and you run the risk of not being fair to your quarry, every caliber has its pro's and cons do your research before deciding to buy a rifle and stick to the right distances it can constantly and accurately kill humanly,all of us at times strive to get that really long shot pushing the caliber well beyond what we knowing should, just so we can say we did.