fishbone Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Just been granted permission to use an FAC on a permission of mine!! I've checked with the local police force and the land is already approved for FAC. Now, I'll be shooting over some pretty long ranges due to the fact the country is fairly open with long avenues of hedgrows populated by bunnys. I'm looking at buying a CZ .17HMR My budget is up to around £400.00 - with scope for that price great but not essential as already have one on another air rifle. I dont mind buying 2nd hand either. Can anyone give me any advice on my choice of rifle - this isnt supposed to reignite the calibre debate but I am open to any suggestions if you feel I'd be better of with .22!! Sorry if any of this is niaeve - I'm relatively new to rimfire shooting having only recently got back into shooting sports in general... Regards Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 If you want value for money nothing can beat a CZ, accurate, cheap and reliable. If you're shooting beyond 100 yards often then you'll probably find a .17 to be the best choice due to having a flatter trajectory, below 100 a .22 is OK (provided your land isn't likely to cause ricochet, i.e stony). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayman Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 If you want value for money nothing can beat a CZ, accurate, cheap and reliable. If you're shooting beyond 100 yards often then you'll probably find a .17 to be the best choice due to having a flatter trajectory, below 100 a .22 is OK (provided your land isn't likely to cause ricochet, i.e stony). Have to agree. ~80yds and below - 22. 100yds and up .17 Keep in mind that with the predicted dry summer, short grass and hard ground will make the 22 bounce. I've taken rabbits (well a couple) at 90 yds with the 22 but to be honest the hold over was a bit of a guess. Might be worth doing a bit of pacing on your permission to see what the likely distances are. If you are at the 100yd plus range then rabbits don't seem to mind the extra noise of the 17. If you miss (which of course none of us ever do ) then the rabbit seems to sit there with a "what the **** was that" kind of posture, and then starts eating again. Have a look at these two sites. Up to you if you read all the text but scan down to the graphs and you'll see how much difference there is between the 22 and 17 trajectories. http://www.gunsmoke.com/guns/1022/22ballistics.html http://varmintal.com/17hmr.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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