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Rabbit with.222
By: babbyc1000 Date: June 7, 2014, 1:35 pm
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: Flatliner Date: June 8, 2014, 4:53 pm
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Well shot sir.
You loading your own ammo yet?
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: babbyc1000 Date: June 8, 2014, 5:34 pm
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Cheers! Aye started loading 55g hollow points with varget, going
approx 2600 fps. Not totally happy with the performance of them,
they're very accurate up to 300 yards but doesn't seem to be
knocking foxes down cleanly all the time, so ill be going for a
lighter ballistic tip bullet with a faster fps; having said that
they were the first rounds I worked up so still experimenting
lol
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: Flatliner Date: June 8, 2014, 5:37 pm
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Have you tried any lighter factory ammo through her in the past?
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: babbyc1000 Date: June 8, 2014, 5:43 pm
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Yeah I've used 40 grain vmax and they were great; also mixed up
about a dozen 40grain rounds, both high power and low power
(about 2000fps) and they gave good results, but went with 55g to
start with thinking they'd buck the wind better, but defo not
impressed (foxes anyway)
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: Flatliner Date: June 8, 2014, 5:52 pm
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I'm lookin at centrefires at the minute for the odd fox and
small vermin. Would really like a .204, because of the lighter
rounds, but going by the guntrader/gunstar you could pick up a
complete .222 set up for very handy money. Not sure what to do.
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: babbyc1000 Date: June 8, 2014, 6:03 pm
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Well.... personally, as this is just me, I'd go for a .222/.223.
The .222 is very forgiving with reloading, I read that it'll
shoot nearly anything accurately, .223 can be a bit fussier but
can handle heavier rounds depending on the twist rate, also more
factory ammo and guns available. I wouldn't go for a .204
myself, heard great things about them but the biggest problem
with long range shooting (which seems to be why most people want
one) isn't drop it's reading the wind, I'd rather have a heavier
bullet I can easily compensate for drop with than a light bullet
pissing all over the place in the wind (which I've read about
with the .204). Agin I havnt used it so only goin on what I've
read and experience with other calibres.
for a new calibre/type of gun i usually get a cheap 2nd hand set
up first, gives me a chance to evaluate what I actually
want/need from that kind of gun without dropping big money on a
new one (and losing alot of cash when i find out it doesn't do
what I need ffs). I've done it with shotguns, 22s, air rifles,
etc, but again that's just my opinions and the way I do things!
:)
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: Flatliner Date: June 8, 2014, 6:18 pm
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Aye, you know what p/x values are like............ and if you
pick a tidy secondhand one up, you've got a few quid left over
for your reloading gear.
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Re: Rabbit with.222
By: babbyc1000 Date: June 8, 2014, 6:25 pm
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Exactly, or you can buy a new scope and duracoat the gun... Like
me... ::) lol
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