Rabbit rifle

[Don Fischer]

Been thinking a bunch about hunting rabbit's more again. have a Win mod 62a and old eye's, poor choice. also have a 22 mag with a 4x Weaver k4 scope on it. good choice but wouldn't want to make a body shot. Have a S&W mod 16 in 32 long I load with 95gr cast RN bullet's That I'm thinking would be pretty darn good. But would rather hunt with a rifle. anybody know of a rifle that could be fixed up to shoot 32 longs?

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Why wouldn’t you want to make a body shot on a rabbit with a 22mag?

 

[longrunner]

Henry Martini or a small frame rolling block? Contender carbine. All will end up being a bit of money- think id just go with a 10-22 with a basic scope.

 

[Redman]

Why wouldn’t you want to make a body shot on a rabbit with a 22mag?

As long as they are non expanding you are right, but good luck finding those. You hit a rabbit with a 22 Mag expanding bullet and you will have a explosion.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

As long as they are non expanding you are right, but good luck finding those. You hit a rabbit with a 22 Mag expanding bullet and you will have a explosion.

I've never had trouble with a pointed soft point type bullet but maybe I've been lucky. Rem in stock at Midway right now.

 

[Werty]

Use what you have and go hunting!

 

[CorkyM]

I use this combination of a Marlin 925 made up in the old Marlin factory, Bushnell scope and lr Winchester Wildcats…….

 

[Hammsolo]

Why don’t they make some 17 solids for people to save hide and meat? Love my Bergara, but haven’t shot rabbits with it. Ground squirrels definitely get mangled.

 

[rjthehunter]

10 year old me would tell you how good my Pumpmaster 760 in .177 caliber (use pellets, not BBs, too inaccurate) was money for them backyard bunnies.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I bought a Savage 24 .22 LR over .410 just for cottontail several years ago. Still haven't found any rabbits to use it on. Easier to fill an elk tag here than bag a rabbit.

 

[VOLhunter]

You might be able to find a H&R single shot and have it rebored and rechambered to 32. My choice for bunnies is either my grandfather's old Model 42 410 pump or my Browning T-bolt 22.

 

[Redman]

I've never had trouble with a pointed soft point type bullet but maybe I've been lucky. Rem in stock at Midway right now.

Unless your cotton tails are tougher than ours it will explode them with any thing other than a solid. Even fox squirrels I head shoot them or it gets ugly.

 

[Don Fischer]

Why wouldn’t you want to make a body shot on a rabbit with a 22mag?

I think it would ruin more than is there! Seems about the only 22 mag ammo I can find anymore is 30gr HP's.

 

[noharleyyet]

20 ga pump #8 after a hard freeze = fried cotton tail

 

[MarvB]

Our ctails aren’t too bright, slow stalking and head shots with my .17hmr = bunnies in the pot.



Except for this guy, he’s ballsy enough to beg for carrots at the back door so he gets a pass!

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I don't think my definition of a blown up rabbit and everyone else's is the same. When I hit the middle with a psp, yeah it's messy, but the 4 legs and back pieces are totally fine.

 

[BrentD]

Why would the perfect rabbit rifle be anything other than a .22 rimfire with subsonic hollowpoints? Shoot'em in the body or the head, and they are dead. No meat loss, and no hearing damage to the shooter. A perfect opportunity for a lever or pump action rifle with whatever sights float your boat.

 

[wyoelkfan15]

My brother got me a .17 HMR Savage for christmas a couple years back. Still shoots straight and for the price point I love it.

93R17 F | 17 HMR Bolt Action | Savage Arms

Squeeze more from the high-performance rimfire cartridges with the 93R17 F. This tack-driving, bolt-action rifle feature Savage’s legendary user-adjustable AccuTrigger technology for any rimfire pursuit.

www.savagearms.com

 

[shrapnel]

It’s hard to beat a Winchester 1876 in 50 express. Shoot them in the head…

 

[thefacilitator]

Heck I killed one with a .177 pellet lol