12borejimbo Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Was out shooting last night (evening) for bunnies using my .22, I know they are prone to ricochett but I shot at one about 30 yards away, missed, lol but I heard the bullet wizz past me and went behind me! Pretty bad, was shooting in a grass field with a good 6ft bank behind the rabbit. Just wondered whats the worst you guys have had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 through a rabbits head off the ground and a decent impression left in a metal pole behind it. Another field with a corrugated metal barn behind it same deal but you heard the thud after the ricochet as it hit the building. Before Kent chips in it was absolutely full of straw and the farmer was with me so no issues with safety he was more entertained at how it was happening with pretty much every shot despite hitting rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safetyfirst Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Was out shooting last night (evening) for bunnies using my .22, I know they are prone to ricochett but I shot at one about 30 yards away, missed, lol but I heard the bullet wizz past me and went behind me! Pretty bad, was shooting in a grass field with a good 6ft bank behind the rabbit. Just wondered whats the worst you guys have had. I was once shooting a .22 air rifle in a barn to sight it in, fired the shot at a flat bit of wood 25 yards away and it zinged back and hit me just above my right eye. Made a great noise but made me think twice about shooting solid oak chunks as a backstop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I was chatting at a practical pistol shoot when something hit me on the cheek, a lump came up like half a golf ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 They are well dangerous, Al4x I noticed that last night, I kep whacking them stone dead and hearing, the bullet whing off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixhills 69 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Due to the dry weather i have started to use CCI Segmenting rounds been shot once and i don't fancy a ricochett and i found the CCI's very accurate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5shooter Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 During a smallbore rifle prone match at 25 yards in my club the shooter next to me got hit on the finger by a ricocheting round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Due to the dry weather i have started to use CCI Segmenting rounds been shot once and i don't fancy a ricochett and i found the CCI's very accurate do you find the segmenting rounds work?? colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 do you find the segmenting rounds work?? colin I would be interested to know too, especially as i can`t seem to find anyone in Kent that carries them and want to know if it`s worth the effort to search further than my usual outlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I would be interested to know too, especially as i can`t seem to find anyone in Kent that carries them and want to know if it`s worth the effort to search further than my usual outlets. I bought some at John Forseys, bit far for you though. They do work well at killing rabbits, but I can't comment on the ricochet potential as I haven't used them in dry weather. They're also quite expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Even with the ground sopping wet I still get the odd round buzzing off into the night, I may eventually cross over to the dark side, the much debated 17HMR Thankfully none of my bouncers have been eventful, long may it stay that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I've stopped using lr for this reason, nearly everyshot, from prone to off the top of a van, can't be doing with it, scares the bejesus out of me. Saying that I get a lot of hmr buzzing off too. Re the CCI's, I tried them and still had riqochet, I imagine it was 3 instead of 1. Its such a shame, so quiet and cheap, just not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 This is the reason I think HMR should be considered the "starter" calibre. I know Kent will keep saying that there isn't one shot that could be taken with HMR that couldn't be taken with 22LR, and he's often right, but given that beginners might make mistakes and take unwise shots the HMR is more forgiving. For real ricochets then the 50grn 22WMR, it has a Barnes Wallis designed head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixhills 69 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I have started using the CCI Segmenting rounds and i have not had and ricochets (yet) I have fired just under 100. From what i read is that on impact they split into three and the impact power is distributed into three causing a quicker and cleaner kill and with the round splitting reduces the segment sections passing through the rabbit and then carrying onto cause a ricochets i will put hand on hart that they will not but if yo can do anything to remove the possibilty then is that not better. I did shoot a few smaller bunnys the other morning at around 25yrds and found that the round or art of it did pass through but on meduim to larger rabbits the round fragmented and stayed inside leaving no exit wound. I have to say i felt that they have not let me down and i also find them very accurate. I feel that the area i was shooting was had paddock fields which have had some horse tracks in solid dried soil and feel that i have given then=m a good field test If any one wishes to ask any questions please feel free to pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixhills 69 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I would be interested to know too, especially as i can`t seem to find anyone in Kent that carries them and want to know if it`s worth the effort to search further than my usual outlets. Yes They do work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenshooter Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I shoot rabbits, always head shots, in hilly country which has more than it's fair share of rainfall and the ground contains few surface stones. Haven't had a ricochet in several thousand rounds. Eley Subs. Don't even remember the last ricichet - and I'm not deaf either!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 All rounds will ricochet be careful out there Best one ive heard was a 6.5 x 55 not mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixhills 69 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) I shoot rabbits, always head shots, in hilly country which has more than it's fair share of rainfall and the ground contains few surface stones. Haven't had a ricochet in several thousand rounds. Eley Subs. Don't even remember the last ricichet - and I'm not deaf either!! Your lucky and that is why you don't get them but on lower flat ground we are srtuggling for rain and the area is dry and this causes saftey issues form some shooter Edited June 9, 2011 by sixhills 69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedark Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) I've had a few that came back past me at speed, one of which pierced the door skin of the vehicle. I like to think they were made in France. There's a video on you tube of a .50 BMG coming straight back and knocking off the shooters ear defenders, that's scary. Edit = dyslexia. Edited June 9, 2011 by inthedark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIVERD Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I like the CCI segments. The do exactly what they say in the advertising. I find that they really kill cleanly, far better with the standard CCI's, with the same placement. Never a bounce or squeel, it really knocks them flat. On the ground i have, a veriety of NE scotland sites, they do still ricochet, but rarely, far less than standard ones. They are more expensive, but i think they are worth the extra. I was hit with a .177 air rifle pellet, richocheted right back at me zeroing into a plank of wood. Probably 20 shots in and nicely grouping one pellet out of all of them came right back and hit me in the shoulder. It had no energy really but i would not have enjoyed it in the eye! I have also experienced a HMR and .243 ricochet. Both have gone zinging off at huge speed, after what seemed like safe shots. Both times again it was zeroing, into a post with a damp bank behind it. We have a range into an embankment in the middle of no where, and i wonder if they are hitting the nail holding the target or other bullet debris. It is probably 1 / 1000 as our little syndicate all shoot here and it is very rare but happens. I find the zing is momentary, really fast, and i wonder how far it goes. In this situation it is as safe as any shot can be, but same shot in a different location would be a real scare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastshooter Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 didnt happen to me but when my dad was younger many many moons ago he was firing an airrifle in the garage with the supervision for his dad the 22 pellet bounce back and hit my grandad in the knee cap seen the proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 With the lack of rain, I'm being extra careful. Any shot taken from the shoulder on flatish land here will ricochet at the moment. I was shooting a rabbit a couple of days ago, shooting down from a bank onto a field edge with rough grass and that ricocheted into a stout hedge behind - so no problem. No stones or other obvious causes. With eley subs its the last thing you expect in the situation described. Take care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I like CCI segmenting but no they just seemed the same to me on ricco's- awesome stopping power though total bang flop stuff Understand The ground is very hard in some parts and its not the time for using HMR or .22 rf when its like that. Worse ricco for me- shot me in the neck! hurt a lot and it was fired by someone on a proper range to boot Figure it traveled floor metal target post and wall then me. Didn't report it as it was a total freaky thing and all the floodgates would have opened up. Yeah, i do feel storngly about people taking HMR shots thet wouldn't with a .22 lr for good reason though- experiance I try and think very carefully before taking any rifle out when conditions are like they are and tend to rely on fac air if i have to use one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Sorry, but .22lr and ricochets are boring me beyond belief, yes it can happen, it can happen with any calibre and any round in the right (wrong) conditions...can we get off the bandwagon of .22lr ricochets. Somehow this most dangerous, terrible, evil round that bounces all over the countryside remains the most popular civil calibre in England, UK, Europe, the World! Funny that! And you will reduce dramatically the number/effects of ricochets if you can actually hit your quarry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I shot at 12 and killed 11 dekers, sorry for asking a general question mr grumpalot! :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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