Fox Calibre
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Outandabout-goneshooting
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Another vote for .222 out to 250 yards. .223 after that, if you're confident!
Squirrelbasher
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You’re cheating, that’s not a gat, it’s a lov pistol....
6mm ackley improved, 87 grain bullet @3680FPS got two a light one for dedicated night vision, and a heavy one for a day time truck gun. On my 4th and 5th barrel now shot somewhere in the region of 2000 foxes only had 2 runners one I picked up the next day 40 yard from shot sight, the other never found but enough sign to know it wasn’t going to see daylight.
Grannysmith
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220 swift Fox Armageddon
Nuff said
Nuff said
Richards8248
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.204 with pard nv008.........vixen cub dropped on the spot 220yds other night, no holdover, nice n quiet, 40gr vmax homeloads happy days.....
Get yourself a 22.250 or 243, 55 grain bullets or amunition. These are the best options for flat shooting and amunition availability. I have knocked over foxes with most calibres from 22lr and HMR to 6.5 Creed , my nephew bowled one over with a sub 12flb 177 airgun. If you are after a dedicated fox rifle then go for the best performer there is little point in going second best. I shoot a 222 but would only take it out foxing if the 243 was sick.
Hope this is of some help.
Foxyboy43
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Wow! Or did predictive substitute “bof” for “club”, as it does
Up here in north Aberdeenshire the wind is our constant companion so I would never take out my 222 in preference to the243 .
Out to 300 yards on a windy night the 243 or 22.250 are the tools for the job, flat shooting with the lighter bullets and quite decent BCs with medium weight varminting bullets . If you are looking for the best tools with easy access to amunition or reloading components you wont go far wrong with either.
Out to 300 yards on a windy night the 243 or 22.250 are the tools for the job, flat shooting with the lighter bullets and quite decent BCs with medium weight varminting bullets . If you are looking for the best tools with easy access to amunition or reloading components you wont go far wrong with either.
I have 4 rifles conditioned for fox, one of which is a .22 hornet, I use 35 gr bullets as if I want to shoot heavier than i use the .223.Hey Rob, as a man of many calibres, have you ever had any dealings with Hornet sized perver, erm, persuasion sized calibres?
I still like the .223, but know on a windy night at 200 mtrs it steered off course a chunk. Easy worked out with apps and mind programming, but rarely have the time work that out on a stopped fox In the split second.
Step forth the hornets doing the same job, 11 grns (half of .223) of powder, doing minimal difference over a realistic fox distance with the same bullet (in .224) with a minimal loss of FPS.
Looking at this route myself shortly.
I don’t push it to 200 routinely but 100-160 or so it is mustard provided there is no wind, if it’s windy forget it unless you get real close. Yes you can load a better BC bullet but drift is still a major concern.
On the other hand I cull hares on one farm once a year over a few weeks. It is on top of a hill and always windy, the .223 and 50 gr v-max works a treat for head shots off sticks out to 200.
I generally only use anything bigger for fox if I’m out for something bigger and it’s what I have in my hands at the time. We have a good recovering population of grey partridge, some lapwings and a siting of a stone curlew last year so foxes unfortunately get dropped on sight.
So, allowing load development 600 rounds a barrel?
Your 6 mm AI foxes aren’t any deader than my .22H or .223Ai foxes and I’m still on first barrels long after your on your 5th…
Around 1200 a barrel before it opens out to 1”, and I don’t disagree with you, they may not be any deader, I have shot multiple foxes with 17,204,222,etc and I’ve had a fair amount run 20 yard before dropping. Maybe though many varying factors. However I’m a strong believer in fear the man with only one gun, now I do have others rather then the 2 6mm’s, but I use one 6mm as a dedicated truck gun, so is with me all day everyday, and the other as dedicated nv, both are identical, use the same load in both what shoots the same size groups. I can go from a rat under a hopper to a deer without having to change rifles throughout the day. I have such a high level of confidence in the rifle and calibre it seems daft to me to not mirror that for my dedicated night gun, also meaning I only need to load for one caliber apposed to multiple.
Just my two cents in regards to the original question. I’m not asking you to agree or disagree, you will have in your head the ideal and as do I.
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