first kill

[bullxryno 21]

nice shooting mate i just hope you werent planning to eat it good kill!.

 

iv got a cz 17hmr i love it to bits best shot iv done was a 165yard tobby just stoned it dead!

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

bloody hell, that took a massive lump out of that rabbit you sure you didnt acsidently take out your .243 deer management rifle with you?! compred to the tiny hole my .22 airgun makes

[Hammergun12 0]

Nice one I just love those long range hmr shots, put the cross hairs on it, pull the trigger that whip crack sound of the round (slight delay), bunny goes down (slight delay) and thwack the sound of impact comes back at you, Great

[Deker 3,478]

bloody hell, that took a massive lump out of that rabbit you sure you didnt acsidently take out your .243 deer management rifle with you?! compred to the tiny hole my .22 airgun makes

 

 

The terminal effects of ammo are only GENERALLY predictable, like a 17g ballistic tip HMR is likely to make a bit of a mess of a rabbit..... but a .243 with SP/HP/Ballistic tip etc will destroy the rabbit..you will pebbledash the whole county and find nothing but shredded skin....that HMR hole is small..trust me!! ATB!!

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

308 win hitting a hare was about the worsed i ever saw :sick:

[Guest air gunner]

Because of the extreamly heavy impact these guns make in essence you could shoot the critter anywhere and it wouldent live?

[SportingShooter 0]

Because of the extreamly heavy impact these guns make in essence you could shoot the critter anywhere and it wouldent live?

No, that isn't true I'm afraid.

 

Seen one or two Rabbits shot with a HMR that were "missed" and shot in the back end, just means their back legs aren't able to move properly and struggle in pain.

 

Head or Chest shot with any rifle, even if it's a centrefire, although a centrefire will on the whole explode a Rabbit if shot anywhere in the top 3/4

[Guest air gunner]

fair enough at least if they are wounded that badly you can put them out of their pain.

[Hammergun12 0]

Its amazing how shot rabbits can move i had a 70 yard hmr headshot last week and the rabbit jumped 3ft in the air, when i went to pick it up no rabbit after looking around i saw some blood on the ground and then found it stone dead 18 inches into a rabbit hole!! It must of got there on automatic pilot

[cyclonebri1 8]

Even headshot rabbits can behave like headless chickens, ie, run around even tho' well shot dead, specially with .22 or air rifle. Never known one heart shot to do that tho'

[SportingShooter 0]

If you shoot something, like a Rabbit in the head, the brain is dead but the body is still functioning, for now.

 

And if said Rabbit has its senses heightened when shot then it knows the route it wants to go to escape, so when shot it reacts in that way.

 

When you shoot a Rabbit in the heart, the brain is still thinking about where to go, but the blood pressure is almost gone, and so the muscles can't move. Only the remaining adreanline will carry them

 

Swings and roundabouts. But Headshots do tend to move less IMO.

[Yokel Matt 918]

If you shoot something, like a Rabbit in the head, the brain is dead but the body is still functioning, for now.

 

And if said Rabbit has its senses heightened when shot then it knows the route it wants to go to escape, so when shot it reacts in that way.

 

When you shoot a Rabbit in the heart, the brain is still thinking about where to go, but the blood pressure is almost gone, and so the muscles can't move. Only the remaining adreanline will carry them

 

Swings and roundabouts. But Headshots do tend to move less IMO

 

 

bloody hell, that took a massive lump out of that rabbit you sure you didnt acsidently take out your .243 deer management rifle with you?! compred to the tiny hole my .22 airgun makes

 

You should see what the round does to crows mate

Edited February 19, 2009 by Local