Recent content by Whitester

So it appears that a bullet can ricochet and rise above the point at which it was shot at, on even ground. So I got that wrong but it is rare and even rarer is the occurrence that a bullet will fly off in Such an obscure Angle as to clear a decent back stop. I think my safety is pretty good and...

That’s what I’ve read, not actually done a practical

How did you figure that one out?

What is the likelihood of a bullet ricochet off a rabbit scaling a hill that’s behind a rabbit?

So the theory is sound regarding ricochet. When it hits your quarry I guess it can ricochet off them but I’ve never experienced this and I still can’t see a bullet ricocheting past a decent back drop. That really is the key to safety and if so called experienced shooters are getting Regular...

More total physics than total crap. The angle of the ricochet shouldn’t be greater than the angle that it’s shot from. In simple terms the bullets won’t ricochet higher Than From the point it was shot from. It can spin off at different angles from point of impact even to the point of coming back...

Did they have a big back stop behind them? If you have a piece of ground behind an rabbit that covers its body and it going upwards then a bullet is not going to hit the rabbit and fly over the top of the hill or come out at 90 degrees. A bullet in theory will only bounce as high as the height...

I’ve shot enough rabbits but I think you may need to re asses your safety when out shooting. If you are shooting into a flat piece of ground even from an elevated position then there will always be a chance of ricochet with the lr. If you are shooting into hilly ground then it’s physically...

I mostly shoot rabbits with my lr and I make sure the back stop is good. Quite simply really . If you have a good chunk of earth behind your target then even your , quite frankly , unbelievable rabbit head ricochets should be fine

I never get ricochets using the 22 lr because I shoot into a safe back stop. I have had in the past but have learnt where not to use it. If you find you are getting them then I would say that your land is not suitable for the lr so maybe look at an air rifle . The hmr is possibly safer but I...

Have a wildcat evo on my 243 and for the price and performance they are hard to beat

Who said anything about 100 yards ?

The most accurate guns I’ve owned have all been air rifles In.177 , more accurate than rim or centre fire ,just saying

If you are going gen one head mounted I would go pulsar challenger with a laser ir. they are just a bit better than the yukons

On mine I use Hawke endurance 4-16x50 Falcon m18 4-18x44 Hawke eclipse 8x56 Hawke eclipse 1.25-4x24 Hawke panarama 3-9x50 the last one doesn’t have adjustable parallax but it still works fine with a bit of mucking about .