.22 grass penetration

brno

well lads,found a great spot for rabbits less then a mile away but the grass is very long.they are inclined to hunch down in the grass.i'm still getting a few most times i go out but i'm missing alot more than i normally do (and i normally miss plenty!!).I've checked the zero and its fine so i'm wondering how easily is a .22 knocked off track.could the grass be stopping it?

DogfoxCork

wont make much of a difference if its right in front of the rabbit that its hitting, but it can throw the round off id it hits it shortly after after leaving the barrel. also depends on what rounds your using.

brno

i was afraid that would be the case. i'm probably just missing. i'm using cci subsonic

DogfoxCork

main thing is what range are you shooting them at? wind condition? try putting a couple of boxes of rounds on paper and see what you are doing when the rifle is zeroed in a vice. then see what you are doing when you are firing from normal shooting conditions. ie: prone or resting on something. you can pull the barrel without realizing it when squeezing the trigger.

djflawless

I have that problem with the cci subs as well.but ive now put it down to the arc a sub makes.especially if your target is a lot closer than your zero

dodderangler

I've often found in that case to set yourself up and basically make a quick squeak sound and it'll rise up on back legs and pop him head shot then

quicko

I find that if I want to get a rabbit to sit up slightly for a shot that a rabbit squeal that you would call foxes with will get it to perk up for a shot. I don't find it scares them but makes them curious

extremetaz

I shoot rabbit with .177 and .22 air rifles and grass doesn't knock them sufficiently to stop the shot over anything out to 35m so I very much doubt it's doing anything considerable to the rimfire in less than 50m unless that grass is far to thick to be seeing any rabbit through.

DogfoxCork wrote: »

try putting a couple of boxes of rounds on paper and see what you are doing when the rifle is zeroed in a vice. then see what you are doing when you are firing from normal shooting conditions. ie: prone or resting on something. you can pull the barrel without realizing it when squeezing the trigger.

This is sound advice - far more likely to be something you're doing subconciously. And even if your shooting technique turns out to be spot on it could be down to how you're interpreting an obscured target.

Get to a range and shoot a few cards from similar positions to what you're using in the field - check your groups and move from there.


Quicko is bang on aswell - they'll stick their heads up to see what's making the noise long before they think of running. Little bit of a squeek or a click of the tongue and they'll stand straight up.

Lullymore24

brno wrote: »

well lads,found a great spot for rabbits less then a mile away but the grass is very long.they are inclined to hunch down in the grass.i'm still getting a few most times i go out but i'm missing alot more than i normally do (and i normally miss plenty!!).I've checked the zero and its fine so i'm wondering how easily is a .22 knocked off track.could the grass be stopping it?

Watch and learn
Noting the Calibres also
The Nettles and hay are followed by Twigs.
a .22lr Sub would be affected in a similar fashion by heavy grass