super sport

[ian w-b]

is bsa supasport any good for rabbits at 50 yards. :yp: :yp:

[HoTsHoT-10]

if you can group with the rifle as in 1-2 inch groups yes then it would be effective on rabbits at that range

[Alanl]

I very much doubt that a Supersport would be any good for anything but targets at 50 yards.

They are generally around 10 ft/lbs or less (which isnt a problem really), and give a bit of recoil. You'll need a lot of practice with it to hit a one inch ring at anything over 30 yards. When you can get 9 out of 10 shots (or preferably all 10) in a one inch ring at 30 yards, then try it again at 40 yards. When you can do that, it will be alright for rabbits at that distance. I think 50 yards will be too far.

Alan.

[hoTshoT-16]

i had a supersport mkII for years and served me well, accounting for many deaths to all vermin, and i have dropped grain stealing feral pigeons at 45 yds off the barn roofs at the farm . so therefore i expect that the BSA would bre effective against rabbits at 50 yds if zeroed well.

i have now sold my supersport and aquired a BSA lightning and mod to replace and its works awesome in the field, as a farm pest control gun.

[The Duncan]

IF you can reliably get 1" groups at that range with a break barrel springer than by all means the power is there at that range for an accurate cranium shot.

Have you thought of competeing in FT ?

 

I'd say I was a better than average shot (hell of a lot of practise and FT comps) but I don't think I'd risk it at that range with a springer on live quarry. Even in perfect conditions.

 

Good if you can do it though, grouping I mean

 

ATB

 

Duncan

[hoTshoT-16]

IF you can reliably get 1" groups at that range with a break barrel springer than by all means the power is there at that range for an accurate cranium shot.

Have you thought of competeing in FT ?

 

I'd say I was a better than average shot (hell of a lot of practise and FT comps) but I don't think I'd risk it at that range with a springer on live quarry. Even in perfect conditions.

 

Good if you can do it though, grouping I mean

 

ATB

 

Duncan

i need to take it to these extremes when our livestock feed is being gobbled by woodies and ferals, costing us money on the farm

surley you should be able to kill ferals at that range with your hw100, as i find it easy with my new BSA lightning and r-10 (all .22 )

Edited December 31, 2010 by hoTshoT-16

[hoTshoT-16]

Have you thought of competeing in FT ?

 

no, but i have been prctising in the fields and now can hit a 15mm target at 50 yds with the BSA r-10 pellet on pellet

and the lightning at 40yds using HFT rabbit and pigeon targets with 15mm kill zones

[The Duncan]

Thats reassuring then

[bullet boy]

50 yards-No!Below 40 yards-YES!I zero all my non FAC rifles @ 35 yards to insure a clean kill!