Cranfield Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 I know that nobody would shoot a fox with a .303, but at what range would it kill cleanly ? I suspect the answers is in miles. Same question for a .22. Someone has asked me the question and I don,t know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviddjlloyd Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 :o As an ex target shooter the facts are IE; A .303 can be leathal at 3 MILES A .22 can be leathal at 1 mile This is a fact;;;;;;;;;;;; Wether one would be legally allowed to use a .303 at foxes is debateable. Usually a rifle of that calibre would say on your FAC ticket what it woould be used for. The .303 would be over the top for foxes in my opinion, A question was asked in an American SHOOTING magazine. Would an Eglish .303 be ok to use on big antilopes? The answer was given by there expert,and he said . ` The british .303 is good enough and powerful enough for all game , except for the bigest game. Ihope the information has shed some light on the matter. SAFE SHOOTING :*) :*) :laugh: :laugh: :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Hitting something is the first priority. From what I remember a rifle raised to 33 degrees produces the maximum range at which the bullet will fall back to the level you fire from. This page http://www.chuckhawks.com/rifle_trajectory_table.htm will help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 There was a story on another website a while back about a guy who was out shooting his .22lr on a hill,he took a shot up hill at a rabbit and missed,there was no safe backstop behind the rabbit so the bullet traveled on and killed a guy rideing a pushbike a mile away on the other side of the hill.Apparently the hill mirriored the trajectory of the .22lr bullet,ie the bullet traveled up over the brow of the hill and then started to drop away on the same angle as the gradient of the slope on the other side and the por guy on the pushbike was in its path.Itsa frightning story and one that allways makes me think and make certin on safe backstops etc when im out and about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flightline Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 What were the consequences for the shooter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Dont know,it didnt say,prision??i suppose.There was a good quote that said "accidents happen because people dont think they will" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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