Dekers Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Mr L joined me tonight for a stroll round one of my farms, this place is basically about free range ducks, geese and chickens, with a few cows and horses thrown in. Wandering around we took a few bunnies and saw a selection of fox, partridge and Roe. It was never going to be a late one but as we headed back to the motors MR L had a little problem with the Lightforce which left us with just my lamp. We got to the field where his motor was parked and had a scan, two foxes and a rabbit in view, the foxes about 200 yards, the rabbit a lot closer. I held the lamp for Mr L as he had his .222 and thump as the bullet struck home, I knocked off the rabbit then with my HMR, the other fox had already gone! We arrived at different times and somewhat unusually were parked in two different fields, I was much further into the farm. We said our goodbyes and I wandered back to my motor, no sooner had I turned into the next field and there was Charlie, about 120 yards, and whilst he hardly responded to the call at all, he didn't seem to lamp shy either. I only had the HMR, not my first choice for this sort of shot, but I went down on the bipod and a well placed 17g ballistic tip found its mark and did it's job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Sounds like a very pleasant wander round, well done on the foxes... I'm looking forward to getting a little lamping done soon too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) nice shooting, not to start a ruck but we've been talking recently about whether the HMR actually kills better at the 100-125 mark simply because the bullet has slowed up and doesn't seem to expand as violently. Edited September 23, 2010 by al4x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 nice shooting, not to start a ruck but we've been talking recently about whether the HMR actually kills better at the 100-125 mark simply because the bullet has slowed up and doesn't seem to expand as violently. I wouldn't know, I very rarely take foxes at this distance with the HMR, and whilst rabbits often go down a bit further out the .17g Ballistic tip doesn't seem to have a problem with them at any distance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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