Todays Rabbit 216m 6 kmph wind speed, not a record but then what is??

Tackleberrywho

I was out shooting today and I thought, what is the longest recorded kill of a rabbit or fox in Ireland. My personal best is 350m. That is not amazing just hard to get rabbits at the ranges I want. Either they are at 1000 or between 150 and 350 as a norm on the land I shoot.

Anybody can shoot paper as it stays still and is where you want it.
Rabbits tend to move, so too foxes grey crows and magpies.

My longest kill Magpie was 217 metres. He only stayed still for half a second to get a shot off.

I have read a lot of you guys like long range varminting.
I would just be interested in perhaps starting a league table.
I know of a few folks who have shot rabbits out to 500 metres or yards with a riflecraft .243.

I'd just be interested to see the differences with Factory ammo and standard rifle Vs Custom

Tackleberrywho

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I was out shooting today and I thought, what is the longest recorded kill of a rabbit or fox in Ireland. My personal best is 350m. That is not amazing just hard to get rabbits at the ranges I want. Either they are at 1000 or between 150 and 350 as a norm on the land I shoot.

Anybody can shoot paper as it stays still and is where you want it.
Rabbits tend to move, so too foxes grey crows and magpies.

My longest kill Magpie was 217 metres. He only stayed still for half a second to get a shot off.

I have read a lot of you guys like long range varminting.
I would just be interested in perhaps starting a league table.
I know of a few folks who have shot rabbits out to 500 metres or yards with a riflecraft .243.

I'd just be interested to see the differences with Factory ammo and standard rifle Vs Custom

I know the Tikka Boy's will deffo have a major input

It wasn't me!

I know jwshooter shot a rabbit at 705 yards with a Tikka Lite .243. That's the longest I know of. Hoping to find a few places for long shots on rabbits over the summer.

foxshooter243

mines is 610 yards on a black backed gull
542 yards on a wild goat
311 yards on a fox
525 on a greycrow-all with 243 and 85 grain sierras except the fox and that was with a 223 and 40 grain v max.

and for an inanimate object 1230 yards on a clay pigeon , but I used three shots to get in on it with my savage 12 f.tr and a 155 grain sierra palma.

Tackleberrywho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

I know jwshooter shot a rabbit at 705 yards with a Tikka Lite .243. That's the longest I know of. Hoping to find a few places for long shots on rabbits over the summer.

I have a few nice places in South westmeath and North and west offaly.

If this thread goes well we might even set up a Varminting group
Especially due to the fact it is currently 19:13 and there is plenty enough light to shoot bunnies. Sooner my supplier gets me my ammo the better.
I am down to 8 rounds Moly .223 with the promise of more on the way.

And of course some vids would be excellent, however I have no video camera so i will rely on others to post.

I'd love to see a mag or a grey Crow being popped, .223 when hit central body mass puts feathers to the clouds lol

It wasn't me!

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I have a few nice places in South westmeath and North and west offaly.

If this thread goes well we might even set up a Varminting group
Especially due to the fact it is currently 19:13 and there is plenty enough light to shoot bunnies. Sooner my supplier gets me my ammo the better.
I am down to 8 rounds Moly .223 with the promise of more on the way.

And of course some vids would be excellent, however I have no video camera so i will rely on others to post.

I'd love to see a mag or a grey Crow being popped, .223 when hit central body mass puts feathers to the clouds lol

I'm waiting on a similar delivery. Hopefully will be in when I get back from the Isle of Man, then a varminting meet up sounds good. The .25-06 is well capable out to a fairly substantial range.

ghostmantra

280 yards on a fox.243 sako
160 yards on rabbit (today).243 sako
106 yards on gray crow.22lr cz
but if target presented it self further away i would hope to do the business:)

jwshooter

ITM ,how did u work out with the mounts ? .


iv a fox at 400 and a grey crow at the same distance. with a 110gr v max in the 270.
iv feathers on a grey crow at 930 ,but thats all it was :mad:.

my long range shooting buddys have shots on rabbits over 500yds.

we shoot a lot of long range balloons ,its great crack and you will learn a lot.

best not talk about shooting large game at long range .

It wasn't me!

jwshooter wrote: »

ITM ,how did u work out with the mounts ? .


iv a fox at 400 and a grey crow at the same distance. with a 110gr v max in the 270.
iv feathers on a grey crow at 930 ,but thats all it was :mad:.

my long range shooting buddys have shots on rabbits over 500yds.

we shoot a lot of long range balloons ,its great crack and you will learn a lot.

best not talk about shooting large game at long range .

College work has me stuck around here and I'm off to the Isle of Man this week, so only been able to hopefully fix things so far. Was onto JL, he suggested I try re-mount the scope first with Loctite, so I've done that. Am currently waiting for ammo to come in to zero it and burst some clays out to long ranges, hopefully it holds solid now. If I need to buy new mounts, I'll know after that. Want lower ones, so may be buying over the summer anyway.

jwshooter

my 50mm bell in about 2mm off the barrel .

It wasn't me!

jwshooter wrote: »

my 50mm bell in about 2mm off the barrel .

More what I'm looking for. Mine's about 11mm at the moment.

Tackleberrywho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

College work has me stuck around here and I'm off to the Isle of Man this week, so only been able to hopefully fix things so far. Was onto JL, he suggested I try re-mount the scope first with Loctite, so I've done that. Am currently waiting for ammo to come in to zero it and burst some clays out to long ranges, hopefully it holds solid now. If I need to buy new mounts, I'll know after that. Want lower ones, so may be buying over the summer anyway.

I had a problem with mounts opening allen heads loosening on mounts with windage. I changed the mounts to Burris mounts tactical. they have a heavy duty nut to bolt onto mounting rail and six screws per ring.

They have not stirred since.
Burris scopes may not be brilliant but they make great mounts.

Tackleberrywho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

I'm waiting on a similar delivery. Hopefully will be in when I get back from the Isle of Man, then a varminting meet up sounds good. The .25-06 is well capable out to a fairly substantial range.

I agree a varmint meet up sounds good.
I always wanted a .25/06 but I have 4 firearms at the mo so If I want one more I have to spend a lot on security etc.

I might swap my varmint scope from my .223 to my .308 to see if the heavy round can push the envelope.

I'm trying to get 110gr Hornady Tap .308 for varminting but waiting on same .223 Hornady shipment.
The only problem is the .308 is not silenced remington VTR and one shot and bunnies disappear.
Where as the .223 gives a follow up shot.

It wasn't me!

Well you're welcome to a look at mine sometime. It's a good round, very, very flat-shooting.

Tackleberrywho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Well you're welcome to a look at mine sometime. It's a good round, very, very flat-shooting.

I almost bought one once. I'm doing college part time at the mo so free time is limited, but exams are over in a few weeks and that leaves me with 3 days on adverage off a week.

I wonder it the back of nowhere listed on my GPS? lol

If only it was like Texas and I could have as many rifles as I want!
All the land I shoot on is owned by relatives or friends so I can bring a mate no probs
Once I don't get my permissions poached, I brought a Rossie out once and a few weeks later I saw him and HIS mates shooting on my uncles land !
But as I said he was from Roscommon

shanmoll308

Hey Guys,

Long range varminting got me into long range target shooting. As putting a target out every 100 yards to check my bullet drop and group size to make my drop chart, got as interesting as shooting varmints themselves. My personal best to date..

845 yard rabbit (Savage F/TR 308, Leupold VXIII long range 8.5-25 x 50)
Bullet drop: 21.5 MOA.
525 yard fox (Remington 220 Swift, Nightforce NXS 8-32 X 50)
Bullet drop: 7.25 MOA.
460 yard Grey crow (220 Swift)
Bullet drop: 5.5 MOA

Shanmoll308

jwshooter

It wasn't me! wrote: »

More what I'm looking for. Mine's about 11mm at the moment.

i would not put loctite on it BTW

It wasn't me!

jwshooter wrote: »

i would not put loctite on it BTW

I'm hoping it'll solve my problems until I can afford new mounts, which I'll be getting someone else to install, to eliminate possible errors on my part. I'll know in a couple of weeks when I get more ammo.

jwshooter

if the mounts are tight glueing them will not help.

Tackleberrywho

shanmoll308 wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Long range varminting got me into long range target shooting. As putting a target out every 100 yards to check my bullet drop and group size to make my drop chart, got as interesting as shooting varmints themselves. My personal best to date..

845 yard rabbit (Savage F/TR 308, Leupold VXIII long range 8.5-25 x 50)
Bullet drop: 21.5 MOA.
525 yard fox (Remington 220 Swift, Nightforce NXS 8-32 X 50)
Bullet drop: 7.25 MOA.
460 yard Grey crow (220 Swift)
Bullet drop: 5.5 MOA

Shanmoll308

So do you think we should start a varmnt group?
I love varminting as I like reactive targets. And all farmers like to see rabbits controlled as they destroy fields with warrens if let.

That's an amazing rabbit shot, although your grey crow is better as I know they do twitch and move and never stay still

I'm new to MOA
My scope derivations are in 1/4 inch @100 yards
yet the cross hairs have .2 MOA @100

I suppose I may figure it out if I want to match your confirmed hits.

jwshooter

shanmoll308 wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Long range varminting got me into long range target shooting. As putting a target out every 100 yards to check my bullet drop and group size to make my drop chart, got as interesting as shooting varmints themselves. My personal best to date..

845 yard rabbit (Savage F/TR 308, Leupold VXIII long range 8.5-25 x 50)
Bullet drop: 21.5 MOA.
525 yard fox (Remington 220 Swift, Nightforce NXS 8-32 X 50)
Bullet drop: 7.25 MOA.
460 yard Grey crow (220 Swift)
Bullet drop: 5.5 MOA

Shanmoll308

thats good shooting.

shanmoll308

Hey Tackleberrywho

If you like reactive targets I have got one for you. Get two clay pigeons, mix a small amount of cement and put into one of the clays and mark it with a marker. Fill the other with lime dust and stick the two together. Place out at long distance keeping the clay with the marker facing you. The concrete causes the bullet to fragment on impact and you get a nice puff of white smoke from the lime dust.

And yes I think that a varmint group would be a great idea and if anyone else has any other ideas for reactive targets or would like to share what they do for some long range fun I would be glad to hear.

Shanmoll308.

kay 9

shanmoll308 wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Long range varminting got me into long range target shooting. As putting a target out every 100 yards to check my bullet drop and group size to make my drop chart, got as interesting as shooting varmints themselves. My personal best to date..

845 yard rabbit (Savage F/TR 308, Leupold VXIII long range 8.5-25 x 50)
Bullet drop: 21.5 MOA.
525 yard fox (Remington 220 Swift, Nightforce NXS 8-32 X 50)
Bullet drop: 7.25 MOA.
460 yard Grey crow (220 Swift)
Bullet drop: 5.5 MOA

Shanmoll308

Amazing shootin, 845 yd rabbit:D (cool) Quit the day job and join the US navy snipers.

Tackleberrywho

shanmoll308 wrote: »

Hey Tackleberrywho

If you like reactive targets I have got one for you. Get two clay pigeons, mix a small amount of cement and put into one of the clays and mark it with a marker. Fill the other with lime dust and stick the two together. Place out at long distance keeping the clay with the marker facing you. The concrete causes the bullet to fragment on impact and you get a nice puff of white smoke from the lime dust.

And yes I think that a varmint group would be a great idea and if anyone else has any other ideas for reactive targets or would like to share what they do for some long range fun I would be glad to hear.

Shanmoll308.

We used to use Golf balls
Hit ball on right it goes left and vise versa
Dead on it fragments

like your idea, may try it, I once shot a Heineken mini keg, very dramatic lol

Looks like The varmint Express group has been formed

kay 9

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

We used to use Golf balls
Hit ball on right it goes left and vise versa
Dead on it fragments

like your idea, may try it, I once shot a Heineken mini keg, very dramatic lol

Looks like The varmint Express group has been formed

Cans of expanding foam are some craic lol:D Expensive shootin tho

jap gt

shanmoll308 wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Long range varminting got me into long range target shooting. As putting a target out every 100 yards to check my bullet drop and group size to make my drop chart, got as interesting as shooting varmints themselves. My personal best to date..

845 yard rabbit (Savage F/TR 308, Leupold VXIII long range 8.5-25 x 50)
Bullet drop: 21.5 MOA.
525 yard fox (Remington 220 Swift, Nightforce NXS 8-32 X 50)
Bullet drop: 7.25 MOA.
460 yard Grey crow (220 Swift)
Bullet drop: 5.5 MOA

Shanmoll308

thats great shooting, some shot on a rabbit

Tackleberrywho

kay 9 wrote: »

Cans of expanding foam are some craic lol:D Expensive shootin tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIAqq3-vJuU

A bit American, but funny lol

Clay bricks are also quite good as when they bust the leave only dust behind them.
The youtube clip a bit harder to clean up lol;)

Tackleberrywho

What should we call this group?

dwighet

Count me in.......Sounds like a bit of fun for ya lunch time;)

poulo6.5

that sounds like some good clean fun, can i play:D

would it be a case of bring what you got or would it be broken up into .223, .243. 308. etc. with out getting to complicated.

where would it be held and when

It wasn't me!

poulo6.5 wrote: »

that sounds like some good clean fun, can i play:D

would it be a case of bring what you got or would it be broken up into .223, .243. 308. etc. with out getting to complicated.

where would it be held and when

Ah, that'd take all the fun out of it. Anything that sends lead downrange, no differentiation or anything. It's all going to be shooter skill anyway to hit crows and bunnies out at 500+ yards.

Tackleberrywho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Ah, that'd take all the fun out of it. Anything that sends lead downrange, no differentiation or anything. It's all going to be shooter skill anyway to hit crows and bunnies out at 500+ yards.

I think all calibers should be included
And then a true comparison could be made between calibers and scope combo's

But special awards for .223 over 500 yards as it is the baby of the group.
Try and get moderated rifles though because if a few lads arrive in a field and start making a lot of noise it can attract the wrong kind of attention, and discourage bunnies from popping out of their burrows

It will be interesting to compare different twist rate rifles and see who's can go further accurately

jwshooter

we play a game .

3 of us put out balloons at un known ranges in random places . just blow them up the tie them to grass,heather etc.

a bit of baby powder ,or red builders chalk in the balloons gives good effect.

we all lie down ,i call the shot for the man next to me .like blue beside the big stone at about 500 yds .he has a shot to hit it,if he missed i shoot if i miss the other lad shoots etc.

we shoot .22 out to 300yds its as good a crack ,but its hard to see thes strike at times.

demonloop

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Anybody can shoot paper as it stays still and is where you want it.

I've shot a 75/75 on paper at 1200yds, iron sights with a 20" bull (from memory) but as you say, that's easy as paper stands still :rolleyes:

Tackleberrywho

demonloop wrote: »

I've shot a 75/75 on paper at 1200yds, iron sights with a 20" bull (from memory) but as you say, that's easy as paper stands still :rolleyes:

I'm not dissing iron sights
To the contary, fair play. I know a few guys who are great at it. I'm short sighted in one eye and half blind in the other so I can't use iron sights.
I use a green thruglo bed on my shotgun for same reason.

Hence when I discovered that Nightforce made a scope high mag I said that was the scope for me.
now I have two of them.
I know guys who use iron sights and are world class shots.
I have fired two different machine guns with Iron sights and my old swedish mauser.
I can hit a plate size target @ 100m. Thats the best i can do.
What I meant was using 32max scope on paper @400 and a rabbit is much different! Magpies and grey crows even harder due to the fact they never stay still.

But if you want you can shoot with us hooligans. Iron sight Rabbit @1200 Now that would be a Guinness book of records!;)

poulo6.5

hi lads. has anyone got any idea how we could bring this together.
there seams to be a lot off people on here with the same idea .

will it be possible for a bunch of us to get together and work something out;)

Tackleberrywho

poulo6.5 wrote: »

hi lads. has anyone got any idea how we could bring this together.
there seams to be a lot off people on here with the same idea .

will it be possible for a bunch of us to get together and work something out;)

Could some one ring Met Eireann and ask them whats the story with the weather?

Feckin Snowing here in offaly at the mo!!
And windy as FCUK so not ideal for org'ing a shoot.
Although for the hard chaw's by all means

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

In a standing position with a .22lr my longest shot has been 145 yards approximately (Range finder). I was pretty proud that I took a shot like that off the shoulder :P

Longest shot in a prone position is about 210 yards. My brother took the best shot I have seen with the .22lr. He poped this rabbit at about 240 yards that was grazing behind a log. All you I could see was two ears. The rabbit barely put his head over the log when my brother took the shot. I thought he missed until we went and checked the area. Low and behold there's the rabbit with a hole in its head. "You jammy git" was my response... :P

Tackleberrywho

Dash Famous Mulch wrote: »

In a standing position with a .22lr my longest shot has been 145 yards approximately (Range finder). I was pretty proud that I took a shot like that off the shoulder :P

Longest shot in a prone position is about 210 yards. My brother took the best shot I have seen with the .22lr. He poped this rabbit at about 240 yards that was grazing behind a log. All you I could see was two ears. The rabbit barely put his head over the log when my brother took the shot. I thought he missed until we went and checked the area. Low and behold there's the rabbit with a hole in its head. "You jammy git" was my response... :P

A guy I know from the Ireland f-class team MNSCI son shot balloons in front of my eyes @400 yards with an Anschutz .22lr in 2001.
He had to aim 12 feet above the backstop to hit them. (some hold over)
But there was a few of them at it and the spotter is the key. 3 feet let 1 foot high etc.
These instructions are vital when one can not see the target.
But a 240 yard bunny is something special with a 22lr, on a par with scoring a 25year old when you were 12.:D

jwshooter

333 stepped yards with a .22 using HV .on a mixi raddit 5th shot

riflehunter77

jwshooter wrote: »

333 stepped yards with a .22 using HV .on a mixi raddit 5th shot

:eek::eek::eek:

Jayzus I thought my 208 yards on a rabbit with the Hmr was good .



Great thread lads and some fantastic shooting by all aswell. Need to get out myself its being to long at the moment.

murphy125

I know some (most) of you wont believe me but my dad shot a rabbit about 400 yards not joking with a cz 22lr

Tackleberrywho

We need to get 6.5's Video man to confirm some of those Hits:D

I picked up 200rnds in j McB in Athlone this evening.
All I need now is the 1.5inches of snow outside the door to disappear.
On my way home from McB's I saw a major RTA on the M6 due to said same snow.

J Mcb has 400 40 grain Moly Coated in stock if any of you guys finding it hard to get some.
I got 200 55grn so that will keep me going for the while.;)
He even gave me a lovely Boars tusk key ring for having to wait a month and a half for Ammo

Dvs

I have great idea,
you probably won't agree with it,
why don't you discuss this somewhere other than a public forum.


Dvs.

Tackleberrywho

Dvs wrote: »

I have great idea,
you probably won't agree with it,
why don't you discuss this somewhere other than a public forum.


Dvs.

Why not?
Is a forum not the place for discussion?

jap gt

Dvs wrote: »

I have great idea,
you probably won't agree with it,
why don't you discuss this somewhere other than a public forum.


Dvs.

i think its a good idea that these lads have, its interesting to me at least anyway seeing what lads can do, i cant see anything illegal being talked about, care to explain why it shouldnt be on a public forum

dwighet

320 yd bunny with me old cz 223 and a 215 yd maggy wit me 17hmr is about all I can brag about....
But watch this space...things are going to get interesting this summer....

dwighet

Dvs wrote: »

I have great idea,
you probably won't agree with it,
why don't you discuss this somewhere other than a public forum.


Dvs.

WHY?

Tackleberrywho

dwighet wrote: »

320 yd bunny with me old cz 223 and a 215 yd maggy wit me 17hmr is about all I can brag about....
But watch this space...things are going to get interesting this summer....

215 yard maggie is impressive as they only sit still for seconds. rabbits give minutes.

What kind of CZ?
was it a varmint or sporter?
I never fired these -22 cal's
Although if you youtube .17 vs coke can very funny

Actually, Coke can's make SAVAGE Reactive targets

bunny shooter

I reckon DVS is advising ye that the DOJ and others look in here and organising this type of thing might be regarded as organised "target" shooting in an unauthorised place which is now outlawed by the new legislation.

In the same way a Super used a video/s on U Tube to hassle some shooters elsewhere in the country

Tackleberrywho

bunny shooter wrote: »

I reckon DVS is advising ye that the DOJ and others look in here and organising this type of thing might be regarded as organised "target" shooting in an unauthorised place which is now outlawed by the new legislation.

In the same way a Super used a video/s on U Tube to hassle some shooters elsewhere in the country

Well why did he not say that!
we are talking about hunting, But we will not use any vids.
That is a good learning outcome from yourself.

It is not illegal (yet) to go hunting on lands where one owns or has the permission to control vermin on.
The reason we all have handles is because we are not named, nor are our locations
Also we could all be lieing
I once caught a Fish this big :D:D

But thanks for the heads up!
So guidelines laid out, No shooting targets unless on an authorised range, We may revert to rabbits