OK if I gloat?

session savage

I hate gloating ... but... I went out shooting today and got a wee bunny at 375yds. My longest shot yet. I was fairly pleased with it I must say.




Shot taken from here... arrow shows where bugs was



Exit wound from .223 at 375yds

Thomasofmel

well spotted and good shooting the exit wound looks neat, which bullet did you use?

kildare.17hmr

Gloat away lad great shot! Was that a hollow point or fmj or somethin? Couldnt of been a vmax anyway

Gonzor

Now that is some good shooting right there. You must be well proud What grain of bullet were you using by the way?

tomcat220t

Top shot :cool::cool:

Longranger

Nice shootin dude:cool:

Birdnuts

Thats some shot:cool:

session savage

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Couldnt of been a vmax anyway

Thats the thing, they werent vmax but they were polymer tips. Remington 55gr. I was shocked at the exit wound. I thought it looked fierce clean! Either way they work...


Nothing quite like the CRACK...........................thump!!:)

Boiled-egg

Super shot, well done

Hunter21

Please tell me if you shot him with the bipod or free handed?? If it was free handed you are like a superhero can do un-natural things :eek:

Great shot by the way.

kildare.17hmr

session savage wrote: »

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Couldnt of been a vmax anyway

Thats the thing, they werent vmax but they were polymer tips. Remington 55gr. I was shocked at the exit wound. I thought it looked fierce clean! Either way they work...


Nothing quite like the CRACK...........................thump!!:)

Thats mad, i was shootin milk bottles of water at 300 yards and they were exploding with 40gr vmax!

Dead right tho that thump is a satisfying sound!

Shoot2kill

What sights do you have?!

endasmail

cracker of a shot
nice bit of ground there as well

iTom

Nice shot,well done.

session savage

Yeah its a lovely bit of ground alright. Im lucky out. 150yds behind me was a pond where I rose over 14 mallard as I walked past and I rose about 8 snipe just walking through the marsh field where I shot the rabbit.

I took the shot prone with the bipod. I'm definitely no superhero:o

The scope is a Hawke Nite Eye 4-16 x 50. Was a cheap scope but does the job until I get a few squid together.

robbie mars

One hell of a shot well done dude

patsat

Great shooting! :cool:

Even more impressive with just 16 mag, I'd be wanting more mag at them distances!

charlie10

shot a rabbit the other night at 220 and a fox at 295 both ranged the following day with very same scope and gun and i find the scope a grand job too

session savage

patsat wrote: »

Great shooting! :cool:

Even more impressive with just 16 mag, I'd be wanting more mag at them distances!

ha ha I never even use it at 16 mag. I only use it at 10x because I use the mil dots to range.

kildare.17hmr

session savage wrote: »

patsat wrote: »

Great shooting! :cool:

Even more impressive with just 16 mag, I'd be wanting more mag at them distances!

ha ha I never even use it at 16 mag. I only use it at 10x because I use the mil dots to range.

Haha i do the same myself! Makes the shot even better tho lad well done

patsat

session savage wrote: »

ha ha I never even use it at 16 mag. I only use it at 10x because I use the mil dots to range.

Well thats the joys of having a nightforce! I use 32 because I have 32!:p

Rabbits are gone very scarce around these parts and none in areas suitable for long range shots!

Hunter21

Just purchased one of these Hawke scopes with the same spec, this thread is a great confidence booster

session savage

Hunter21 wrote: »

Just purchased one of these Hawke scopes with the same spec, this thread is a great confidence booster

You wont be disappointed lad. Its a really great scope for the money. Nice clear optics and reliable. Illuminated reticle is handy too. I have hawke scopes on both my rifles and a pair of hawke binos that are unreal for what I paid.... Saying that Ill be changing to a vortex viper as soon as I can afford it. Target turrets and FFP reticle mmmmmmmm!

Minky 123

Great shot session savage. Its even more impressive the fact you used a hawke night eye scope. I think the bottom of of a pint glass is clearer than them under the lamp.;)

session savage

Minky 123 wrote: »

Great shot session savage. Its even more impressive the fact you used a hawke night eye scope. I think the bottom of of a pint glass is clearer than them under the lamp.;)

Ha ha yeah not the best under a lamp but its a brilliant scope for day shooting.

poulo6.5

great shot well done. you cant beat a tikka

beretta391

**** me and i taught i was good, unreal shot, hope to see plenty more of them. nice rifle by the way.

Antoennis

Great shot well done.

223Shooter

Great report and nice shot placement! It's not easy to roll rabbits at that range with a .223 :cool: Very surprised at such a small exit wound from polymer tipped ammo. I've shot rabbits out around there with everything from 40gr vmax to 55gr vshok and the 53gr superformance and the expansion was unbelieveable! :eek:

session savage wrote: »

...Saying that Ill be changing to a vortex viper as soon as I can afford it. Target turrets and FFP reticle mmmmmmmm!

You won't be sorry with a Vortex. I picked up the 6-24x50 Viper PST MRAD FFP last year and wouldn't be without it! Great glass for the money.. Some videos of mine in action here - http://www.youtube.com/user/The223Shooter/videos

Again, great shooting! :cool:

deerhunter1

session savage wrote: »

I hate gloating ... but... I went out shooting today and got a wee bunny at 375yds. My longest shot yet. I was fairly pleased with it I must say.




Shot taken from here... arrow shows where bugs was



Exit wound from .223 at 375yds

well done a deserving gloat;)

tomcat220t

223Shooter wrote: »

Great report and nice shot placement! It's not easy to roll rabbits at that range with a .223 :cool: Very surprised at such a small exit wound from polymer tipped ammo. I've shot rabbits out around there with everything from 40gr vmax to 55gr vshok and the 53gr superformance and the expansion was unbelieveable! :eek:



You won't be sorry with a Vortex. I picked up the 6-24x50 Viper PST MRAD FFP last year and wouldn't be without it! Great glass for the money.. Some videos of mine in action here - http://www.youtube.com/user/The223Shooter/videos

Again, great shooting! :cool:

The futher out the shot the less expansion ,as a rule

223Shooter

tomcat220t wrote: »

The futher out the shot the less expansion ,as a rule

I don't doubt it, but even at that range a ballistic tipped .223 round usually does fierce damage to a rabbit sized target.

poulo6.5

223Shooter wrote: »

I don't doubt it, but even at that range a ballistic tipped .223 round usually does fierce damage to a rabbit sized target.

not so. any long range rabbits i have ever shot looked pretty much like the op's.

lee70

Not bad for a lefty