alex301286 Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Hi All. im new on here and have just had the firearms inspection officer round here yesturday. she says she's 99% sure im gonna get one. so now the hard part of choosing my bunnie bashers. i was thinking a ruger 10/22 in synthetic and have found one with a short 12 3/4 barrel. iv been reading the other post's and saw that over 12" was ok but is this a bit extreme? im gonna put a moderator on it though so that will make up a bit of lost length. also was thinking of the cz KM452 Rifles Varmint in .17hmr and was wondering which barrel would be best, the 16" or the 20"? any ideas? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) your 12 3/4" rimfire will be fine and a 16" barrel on a HMR is ideal i used to own a HMR with a 15" barrel & on windless summer evenings, 200yrd + bunnies were not a problem Edited April 8, 2008 by tulkyuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 your 12 3/4" rimfire will be fine and a 16" barrel on a HMR is ideal i used to own a HMR with a 15" barrel & on windless summer evenings, 200yrd + bunnies were not a problem Totally agree. My 1022 has a 12 1/2" barrel and is seriously accurate I also had the barrel on my old hmr chopped from 22" to 15" and suffered no loss of accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex301286 Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 thanks lucky trigger and tulkyuk. just what i wanted to hear really. bit of bad news though, just been to see the land owner and he's changed his mind about letting me shoot a .22 cause of ricochets. so iv gotta try and find some more land sharpish or my ticket will only grant me a .17hmr. not the end of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triscrx Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 thanks lucky trigger and tulkyuk. just what i wanted to hear really. bit of bad news though, just been to see the land owner and he's changed his mind about letting me shoot a .22 cause of ricochets. so iv gotta try and find some more land sharpish or my ticket will only grant me a .17hmr. not the end of the world. You will still suffer ricochets with the .17HMR and as the muzzle velocity is much higher id imagine alot more of them too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunk Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 thanks lucky trigger and tulkyuk. just what i wanted to hear really. bit of bad news though, just been to see the land owner and he's changed his mind about letting me shoot a .22 cause of ricochets. so iv gotta try and find some more land sharpish or my ticket will only grant me a .17hmr. not the end of the world. You will still suffer ricochets with the .17HMR and as the muzzle velocity is much higher id imagine alot more of them too! Its the fact that .22 bullets are moving at a slow ish speed that makes them prone to ricochet. The frangible nature of the bullet and its speed makes ricochet a rarity with the HMR. I`ve only known ricochets with the 20gn hollowpoints, not the balistic tips and that was not often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex301286 Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 im out in the fens out bottisham/ lode way. plenty of rabbits out here. i think im just gonna get the 17 for starters cause they are a cracking gun then inabit when iv got more land sorted out go for a variation and try and get one and a 8shot semiauto 12g and maybe a fac air rifle for a laugh as well! where about are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I have a 16" CZ452 HMR and love it. The bullets hardly ever ricochet. To be honest I only bought my .22lr because I could have a semi auto for club use. The ammo is really cheap and keeps the cost of target shooting down. For bunny bashing a HMR is great. You don't fire that many rounds and you can just point and fire at anything between 50 and 120 yards! Much better than the .22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex301286 Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 (edited) G parfitt has retired now, he granted me my shotgun a year back. i got claire mcgavie from chatteris. she's been really helpful hopefully hear back early next week and then go shopping for my new toy! so many to choose from! is that shoot in fulbourn Allan bullens? Edited April 10, 2008 by alex301286 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex301286 Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 (edited) my uncle is peter wombwell and his sister is allans partner, iv never been though. is it any good? do u work there full time? what .17 did u get then? Edited April 11, 2008 by alex301286 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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