A few past 400.

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A few past 400.

Post by Elmer » 08 May 2016, 1:45 am

Well another 3 Bunnies added to the 22-250 tally, actually it was five but I accidentally deleted one :oops: :roll: he was at 420yds(384mts) and one at
460yds(421mts) which I forgot to move the camera when he jumped a few paces. :roll:
Anyway the first one was at 436yds(398mts) and copped one in the chest,the next was the one I deleted, the third at 430yds(393mts) copped one a little far back which broke his spine and managed to crawl down his burrow...luckily not too far and was able to be retreived.
The next one which hopped out of camera view copped it in the chest and slumped over into the mouth of his burrow and finally the last one at 465yds(425mts) was hit through the chest and exited near his back leg.
At past the 400yd mark even a slight breeze (under 2.5mph) had to be compensated with a few clicks of windage and a few misses made it all the more interesting.
It looks like the RHDV2 has not struck my area yet but with a few little family groups (4-5) kittens on each warren plus a hand full of adult rabbits made it encouraging,I will not be going back to that spot now for a couple of months, I think I better leave them alone now and let them recover.
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Sean.
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Post by Baz460 » 08 May 2016, 9:24 am

That is great shooting.
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Post by Elmer » 08 May 2016, 6:21 pm

Baz460 wrote:That is great shooting.

Cheers Baz :thumbsup:
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Post by petemacsydney » 09 May 2016, 8:56 am

keep those vid's coming mate!
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Post by gazza » 09 May 2016, 4:18 pm

Nice work!
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Post by brett1868 » 09 May 2016, 6:14 pm

Awesome as always mate :D
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Post by huccl » 10 May 2016, 10:52 am

Lets see some thousand :D
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Post by Elmer » 10 May 2016, 1:49 pm

petemacsydney wrote:keep those vid's coming mate!

Will do mate :thumbsup:
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Post by Elmer » 10 May 2016, 1:50 pm

gazza wrote:Nice work!

Cheers Gaz.
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Post by Elmer » 10 May 2016, 1:51 pm

brett1868 wrote:Awesome as always mate :D

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Post by Elmer » 10 May 2016, 1:55 pm

huccl wrote:Lets see some thousand :D

Am about to start work on some handloads for my .260 using140gn AMAX bullets....this caliber and bullet combination should be capable of tagging bunnies out to 1000, if I do my part :D
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Post by petemacsydney » 10 May 2016, 3:27 pm

Hi Elmer, i know this video was on your 22-250, but interested to know what your loads are for your .223 when you use the 223 for your bunny/fox sessions? If you reload, what are your projectiles, powder loads and rifle twist for your 223? if factory, curious to know your fave fact ammo in use? cheers and thanks again for the vid's!
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Post by Elmer » 10 May 2016, 6:48 pm

Hi Pete,
I only use factory loads in the .223 and 22-250, for the .223 I use Winchester Ballistic silvertips in 55gn (that applies to the 22-250 as well) the barrel has a 12 twist and I have tagged rabbits out to 450yds with it....glad you like the vids, more to come.
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Post by petemacsydney » 10 May 2016, 7:16 pm

Cool. Thx mate.
Wish I had your ranging skills... still working towards it. I need more long range skills as the bunnies I hunt are very shy!
I'll get there eventually ☺
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Post by Elmer » 10 May 2016, 8:00 pm

petemacsydney wrote:Cool. Thx mate.
Wish I had your ranging skills... still working towards it. I need more long range skills as the bunnies I hunt are very shy!
I'll get there eventually ☺
Cheers pete

No probs mate, If I can help you with anything feel free to ask.
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Post by VICHunter » 11 May 2016, 4:01 pm

Elmer wrote:Am about to start work on some handloads for my .260 using140gn AMAX bullets....this caliber and bullet combination should be capable of tagging bunnies out to 1000, if I do my part :D


Camera work is going to be challenging at that distance.
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Post by Elmer » 11 May 2016, 4:16 pm

I reckon everything will be a challenge at that distance...I may need a spotter tag along with me
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Post by petemacsydney » 11 May 2016, 6:55 pm

thx mate
do you use a ranging app or more by skill and experience?


Elmer wrote:
petemacsydney wrote:Cool. Thx mate.
Wish I had your ranging skills... still working towards it. I need more long range skills as the bunnies I hunt are very shy!
I'll get there eventually ☺
Cheers pete

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Post by Elmer » 11 May 2016, 10:21 pm

petemacsydney wrote:thx mate
do you use a ranging app or more by skill and experience?
No mate I dont use an app...dont even have a iphone :lol:


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petemacsydney wrote:Cool. Thx mate.
Wish I had your ranging skills... still working towards it. I need more long range skills as the bunnies I hunt are very shy!
I'll get there eventually ☺
Cheers pete

No probs mate, If I can help you with anything feel free to ask.
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