what the hell?

theirishguy

weirdest thing happened today shot my first rabbit in the ass and neck looking throw the scope he was dead, crossed the ditch to get him and he was gone followed the blood trail to a borrow and i was thinking to meself what the hell is going on here!

anyone else have a smiler experience?

maglite

Was using Elay subs a while back head shot on a rabbit at about the 110m mark, saw the strike, bunny flopped, then the bunny gets up and starts moving.

Que laughter from my buddy, so 1 more rounds down range, which I was full sure connected, until the 3rd shot stopped him.

So in we go to see what went wrong. Found the most destroyed rabbit I had ever seen one head shot and fully open stomach with a chest wound too. No way to be sure which round went where but I never touched elay subs again.

Definitely ranks as one of my more unpleasant shooting experiences. I have also watched a fox steal a rabbit I had hanging in a tree. Just let him off with it I was so impressed he got up there

tomcat220t

Shot a rabbit the other night and watched a fox pick it up at head off with it :D.It was worth the view sooner than take a crack at the fox aswell !

fiestaman

maglite wrote: »

Was using Elay subs a while back head shot on a rabbit at about the 110m mark, saw the strike, bunny flopped, then the bunny gets up and starts moving.

Que laughter from my buddy, so 1 more rounds down range, which I was full sure connected, until the 3rd shot stopped him.

So in we go to see what went wrong. Found the most destroyed rabbit I had ever seen one head shot and fully open stomach with a chest wound too. No way to be sure which round went where but I never touched elay subs again.

Definitely ranks as one of my more unpleasant shooting experiences. I have also watched a fox steal a rabbit I had hanging in a tree. Just let him off with it I was so impressed he got up there

you be better off getting a .17 if you shooting at over 100mtrs. it wouldnt surprise me the rabbit was still alive shooting it at that distance wit a sub.

fiestaman

theirishguy wrote: »

weirdest thing happened today shot my first rabbit in the ass and neck looking throw the scope he was dead, crossed the ditch to get him and he was gone followed the blood trail to a borrow and i was thinking to meself what the hell is going on here!

anyone else have a smiler experience?

well i dont know about you but if im shooting an animal i aim for the kill zone and the arse of one is not a kill zone, thats stupid shooting in fairness and id go as far as saying you shouldnt be hunting if thats what your at.

4gun

It's not for nothing that Duracell use rabbits in theis ads.....unless you get a head or chest shot the will keep going,
not going to put up any graphic descriptions or examples but any one that shoots rabbits know how tenacious of life they are

bunny shooter

IMVHO & experience

Effective range for .22lr subs is 70 yards

Effective range for .22lr HV is 120 yards

Depending on shooters ability to hit head/shoulder area on bunny

Tackleberrywho

tomcat220t wrote: »

Shot a rabbit the other night and watched a fox pick it up at head off with it :D.It was worth the view sooner than take a crack at the fox aswell !

One of the places i shoot rabbits has a lot of foxes, Shot a bunny one day. Was out with two mates, They saw the hit.

We were walking talking as one of the guys had a new rifle and was asking me questions about it. When we got to the target area, no rabbit.

Out of the corner of my eye i saw a fox, Running up the hill and into cover with my bunny.
I shot her yearling cub a few weeks later as payback, the old vixen is still on the go though!

deerhunter1

fiestaman wrote: »

you be better off getting a .17 if you shooting at over 100mtrs. it wouldnt surprise me the rabbit was still alive shooting it at that distance wit a sub.

Correct and right very poor shooting, would not be talking about it too much. Should be embarrassed:mad:

poulo6.5

bunny shooter wrote: »

IMVHO & experience

Effective range for .22lr subs is 70 yards

Effective range for .22lr HV is 120 yards

Depending on shooters ability to hit head/shoulder area on bunny

not blowing my own trumpet but i regularly shoot bunny's past 100m even as far as 140m and i'v never had a runner , head shots only and i use winchester subs, i find them very accurate in my .22lr cz.

fiestaman

poulo6.5 wrote: »

not blowing my own trumpet but i regularly shoot bunny's past 100m even as far as 140m and i'v never had a runner , head shots only and i use winchester subs, i find them very accurate in my .22lr cz.

Thats fair shooting with a .22lr. can you put 5 bullets inside 2'' circle one after the other @ 100mtrs??

poulo6.5

fiestaman wrote: »

Thats fair shooting with a .22lr. can you put 5 bullets inside 2'' circle one after the other @ 100mtrs??

YES.:D

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/233297/107742.jpg

i dont have any 100m pic's of groups you will have to take my word on that. the pic in the above link was 75y and 10 shots as i have 10 shot mag.

maglite

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Correct and right very poor shooting, would not be talking about it too much. Should be embarrassed:mad:

One of the rare occasions, I do remember saying it was one of my worst shooting experiences.

Just for reference, with a .22lr elay sub hp, that is 40.2grain BC of about 0.104, 1032 fps, 0 wind and sighted at 100m. You get the following.
You will see even at 500m it packs more punch than an air rifle. Now I am in no way suggesting I can hit a rabbit at that range but the math would support the decision.

Range(M) Velocity(ft/s) Impact Drop Time_of_Flight Energy_(Foot_Pounds) Drift
0 1032 -0.5 0 0 95 0
10 1009 1.25 0.23 0.03 91 0
20 989 2.66 0.79 0.06 87 0
30 971 3.71 1.72 0.09 84 0
40 954 4.39 3.01 0.12 81 0
50 939 4.69 4.69 0.16 79 0
60 924 4.6 6.76 0.19 76 0
70 910 4.09 9.24 0.22 74 0
80 897 3.17 12.14 0.25 72 0
90 884 1.8 15.48 0.29 70 0
100 871 0 19.26 0.32 68 0
110 859 -2.27 23.5 0.36 66 0
120 848 -5 28.21 0.39 64 0
130 837 -8.21 33.4 0.43 63 0
140 826 -11.93 39.09 0.46 61 0
150 815 -16.14 45.28 0.5 59 0
160 805 -20.89 52 0.54 58 0
170 795 -26.16 59.25 0.57 56 0
180 785 -31.98 67.05 0.61 55 0
190 776 -38.37 75.41 0.65 54 0
200 767 -45.33 84.35 0.69 53 0
210 758 -52.88 93.87 0.73 51 0
220 749 -61.03 104 0.77 50 0
230 740 -69.79 114.73 0.81 49 0
240 732 -79.18 126.1 0.85 48 0
250 724 -89.21 138.11 0.89 47 0
260 715 -99.91 150.78 0.93 46 0
270 707 -111.26 164.11 0.97 45 0
280 699 -123.32 178.14 1.02 44 0
290 692 -136.06 192.86 1.06 43 0
300 684 -149.52 208.3 1.1 42 0
310 677 -163.72 224.47 1.15 41 0
320 669 -178.66 241.39 1.19 40 0
330 662 -194.37 259.07 1.24 39 0
340 655 -210.85 277.53 1.28 38 0
350 648 -228.13 296.78 1.33 37 0
360 641 -246.22 316.85 1.38 37 0
370 634 -265.13 337.74 1.42 36 0
380 627 -284.9 359.48 1.47 35 0
390 620 -305.53 382.09 1.52 34 0
400 614 -327.04 405.57 1.57 34 0
410 607 -349.44 429.95 1.62 33 0
420 601 -372.76 455.25 1.67 32 0
430 594 -397.02 481.48 1.72 31 0
440 588 -422.23 508.67 1.77 31 0
450 582 -448.42 536.83 1.82 30 0
460 576 -475.59 565.98 1.87 30 0
470 570 -503.79 596.15 1.92 29 0
480 564 -533 627.34 1.98 28 0
490 558 -563.27 659.59 2.03 28 0
500 552 -594.62 692.91 2.08 27 0

theirishguy

at the moment i'm using winchester subsonic hollow points got 100 free when i picked up my rifle tuesday

bunny shooter

Winchester subs :eek: they don't exist in South Tipp at the moment:(

poulo6.5

bunny shooter wrote: »

Winchester subs :eek: they don't exist in South Tipp at the moment:(

i bought 500 of them in killarney a couple of weeks ago