Gaznazdiak wrote:Thanks to everybody who took the time to give their advice.
I'll get some Trailboss and try pushing them a little quicker.
I might also give the Grenades a try as they seem to be the most frangible available.
Trailboss will push them slower mate...not quicker...!
Mate id listen to marksmans point just above...
Slower velocity will induce thru n thru's & ricochet's, especially if you're gut shooting the poor little hoppers...
If that proj doesnt work try a diff one. (When you said the groups open up I didnt ever imagine you'd be shooting 5" groups
).
Its velocity that will disintegrate a bullet, not lack of it.
If shooting foxes closer to houses/farm infrastructure i always use 204 or 22-250 as there is never anything left of the bullet at those velocities & ive never had a ricochet...very diff story with slow bullets or a 22lr...!!
And if gut shooting them at 100yds/m, leave the 22 at home.
Like i said before a bunnies head is a pretty big target up to 100m & is surprisingly hard with all the bone & thats what you want to meke a bullet expand, if you can shoot .6" groups with the 50g nos bt just stick with that.
And as for 3.5" groups/out to 5" groups with that projectile--save the powder & dont shoot another...again i dont want to be rude but god knows what posseses you to want to shoot any live animals let alone rabbits with that kind of accuracy.
Im a firm believer in only shooting what you can hit on paper & in the field your "group size" is always larger due to other factors.
If your confidence is low behind the trigger after having shot with those bullets, your heart rate & anxiety levels will rise (whether you're aware of it or not) & cause your senses to be enhanced on everything EXCEPT execute a good shot--you'll hesitate on the trigger & thus yank at it turning the shot into "a gamble"...& this not a good idea when shooting into buildings &/or without a safe backstop with cyclists less than a km away...sorry but thats plain
!!!
Assuming your claimed group size with the 50g bt's is correct, id go back to the 50 nos bt & head shoot them--squeeze off & follow through with confidence & you'll be surprised--if driven at the right velocity & head shot rabbits there will be nothing left of that projectile to penetrate any buildings or pinch cyclists on the butt...!
Ive probably offended you, but its not my intention...
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...