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#Post#: 26640-------------------------------------------------- |
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Rabbit with.222 |
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By: babbyc1000 Date: June 7, 2014, 1:35 pm |
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#Post#: 26664-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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By: Flatliner Date: June 8, 2014, 4:53 pm |
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Well shot sir. |
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You loading your own ammo yet? |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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By: babbyc1000 Date: June 8, 2014, 5:34 pm |
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Cheers! Aye started loading 55g hollow points with varget, going |
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approx 2600 fps. Not totally happy with the performance of them, |
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they're very accurate up to 300 yards but doesn't seem to be |
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knocking foxes down cleanly all the time, so ill be going for a |
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lighter ballistic tip bullet with a faster fps; having said that |
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they were the first rounds I worked up so still experimenting |
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lol |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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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 |
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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 |
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about a dozen 40grain rounds, both high power and low power |
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(about 2000fps) and they gave good results, but went with 55g to |
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start with thinking they'd buck the wind better, but defo not |
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impressed (foxes anyway) |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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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 |
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small vermin. Would really like a .204, because of the lighter |
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rounds, but going by the guntrader/gunstar you could pick up a |
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complete .222 set up for very handy money. Not sure what to do. |
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#Post#: 26670-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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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. |
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The .222 is very forgiving with reloading, I read that it'll |
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shoot nearly anything accurately, .223 can be a bit fussier but |
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can handle heavier rounds depending on the twist rate, also more |
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factory ammo and guns available. I wouldn't go for a .204 |
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myself, heard great things about them but the biggest problem |
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with long range shooting (which seems to be why most people want |
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one) isn't drop it's reading the wind, I'd rather have a heavier |
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bullet I can easily compensate for drop with than a light bullet |
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pissing all over the place in the wind (which I've read about |
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with the .204). Agin I havnt used it so only goin on what I've |
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read and experience with other calibres. |
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for a new calibre/type of gun i usually get a cheap 2nd hand set |
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up first, gives me a chance to evaluate what I actually |
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want/need from that kind of gun without dropping big money on a |
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new one (and losing alot of cash when i find out it doesn't do |
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what I need ffs). I've done it with shotguns, 22s, air rifles, |
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etc, but again that's just my opinions and the way I do things! |
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:) |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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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 |
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pick a tidy secondhand one up, you've got a few quid left over |
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for your reloading gear. |
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#Post#: 26672-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Rabbit with.222 |
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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 |
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me... ::) lol |
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