aister Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Scarvister picked me up last night around 7.15 and we headed out for a lamping session. We had a great night with some good shooting. Scarvister was picking up what he shot with the .22 for feeding ferrets/birds with and we left what was shot with the hornet. I was really pleased with my 35gr V-max homeloads, anything in the lamp was just point and shoot which was what I was after when buying the hornet. Scarvister was using his new to him CZ .22 with a hawk scope and SAK silencer which was oh so quiet compared to the un-moderated hornet. We finished at 11.30 after a successful night (except for the hinge breaking on the back door of the disco) with 117 rabbits and I was glad to see no evidence of myxy which was in the same area not that long ago. Scarvister has better pics he might put up later but here is one off my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Good shooting.Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazed Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Nice bag mate What range where you using the v max up to ? Thanks Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrelsniffer Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Well done..great shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Nice bag mate What range where you using the v max up to ? Thanks Karl. Last night the furthest shots with the hornet were no more than 150 yards, at that range I was aiming high but still on fur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazed Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Last night the furthest shots with the hornet were no more than 150 yards, at that range I was aiming high but still on fur. Nice one pal, thank you Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Interested to hear about carcass damage using the v-max, do you know the velocity? Cant get 35's shooting well very far out in my own CZ so am still wondering how explosive they are on bunnies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 good shooting,great bag i wish there were that many on my permissions in one go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Thats alot of rabbit, sold them? I can get £1.50 a head shot rabbit. That 150 count would of been a nice earner! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2012 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Nice Shooting! Wish i had that number of rabbits round here, Haven't seen a single one yet, But on the other hand the hare population seems to be doing just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarvister Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 It was a very good night shooting, but i think our efforts were in vain after driving back through places that we had shot and seeing even more rabbits than the first time around. Not so good for the farmer but a lot more great sport for us. Aister dont think my picture is much better than yours but i will post it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben.m Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Interested to hear about carcass damage using the v-max, do you know the velocity? Cant get 35's shooting well very far out in my own CZ so am still wondering how explosive they are on bunnies I obviously can't speak for the handloads, but factory 35's from my Ruger .22 Hornet leave a bunny inedible. Head shot's out to about 100 yards still cause too much damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Interested to hear about carcass damage using the v-max, do you know the velocity? Cant get 35's shooting well very far out in my own CZ so am still wondering how explosive they are on bunnies I havn't tried them through the chrono yet but they are quite messy, I am guessing 2850-2950fps, the PPU soft points are less devastating. These homeloads are giving me 3/8" at 100yds but 2" at 200yds. Thats alot of rabbit, sold them? I can get £1.50 a head shot rabbit. That 150 count would of been a nice earner! U. No market for them up here mate, wish there was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Interested to hear about carcass damage using the v-max, do you know the velocity? Cant get 35's shooting well very far out in my own CZ so am still wondering how explosive they are on bunnies They leave big holes in them kent. It pretty much guts them. Ive shot 35grs past 200m with good accuracy. Not sure what damage was like because i couldnt be bothered to walk to pick them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 dont think i have that many rabbits on all my permissions lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 you realy need to send some rabbits south great hunting again lads keep at em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysako Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 enjoyable evening shooting there !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 yeah, thought they might let go a bit too much will stick with the 45grn seirras and RWS 46 grn. Just wondered, my CZ wont shoot them good enough at range so I will never get to try them on game myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halight Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Great stuff mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnyblatter Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 That's a massive bag mate Best we've had is around 25 but that was only with the air rifles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Cracking bag!Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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