what cal for long range rabbits

[deadeye ive]

200 yds +ranges

 

The .223 Rifle is certainly capable especially if it's fed homeloaded noslers ................However what about the scope or more to the point the reticle

 

Corvids I can understand at theses distances but 100 -150 yards would get you in range of most shy rabbits .17 hmr territory

[dunganick]

If you hit a rabbit with anything apart from a .22lr in the chest, you really arnt looking at a food product.

 

Even the HMR and Hornet will do a very fair job of destroying a rabbit.

 

if your shooting for the pot dont shoot them with a centerfire (unless you can take headshots)

 

It wont be a cheap past time, but thats about what you would expect from a centerfire.

[JRDS]

If you hit a rabbit with anything apart from a .22lr in the chest, you really arnt looking at a food product.

 

Even the HMR and Hornet will do a very fair job of destroying a rabbit.

 

if your shooting for the pot dont shoot them with a centerfire (unless you can take headshots)

 

It wont be a cheap past time, but thats about what you would expect from a centerfire.

 

A chest shot rabbit with the HMR is still edible if you just take the sadle and back legs which is what most do anyway. Its not destructive in the way a Centrefire is.

[miffy]

If you hit a rabbit in the head with a centrefire then it will still be fit for the pot and it serves as excellent practise too....if you can hit a rabbit at 200 yards in the head then a fox isn't that much of a challenge at greater ranges. I've always shot rabbits with my .22/250 and now that i have a .243 i will be using that too

[dunganick]

If you hit a rabbit with anything apart from a .22lr in the chest, you really arnt looking at a food product.

 

Even the HMR and Hornet will do a very fair job of destroying a rabbit.

 

if your shooting for the pot dont shoot them with a centerfire (unless you can take headshots)

 

It wont be a cheap past time, but thats about what you would expect from a centerfire.

 

A chest shot rabbit with the HMR is still edible if you just take the sadle and back legs which is what most do anyway. Its not destructive in the way a Centrefire is.

 

if you say so

[JRDS]

I have owned two HMR's and shot a fair number of crows and rabbits with them. At the ranges they are commonly used at i.e. 100 - 150 yards they are not that destructive, I have even hit crows and had them fly thirty yards or so before dropping.