Hypothetical question regarding calibres

[Hunter 6.5]

22-250 with 10 twist and 69gr. Tmk is perfectly adequate for that scenario

 

[Smellydog]

Hornet

 

[Greenmist]

Can people stop recommending 69gn TMK please!!! Its hard enough to get them without everyone else buying up MY stock

 

[Hornet]

.25-06 night night foxy.

 

[stevenedwards]

6.5x55 1:8 twist 600mm barrel. As per THFL

 

[Steve Q]

If you change your mind you can try my 6.5CM.

6.5 CM!!!!!!
Well a 65mm will certainly take care of a fox.....or light tank.

 

[cooksey]

.22-250 best foxing round in existing shot 600 yard foxes with mine

 

[25 Sharps]

300 PRC…..

 

[wytonpjs]

.270 Win

 

[Smellydog]

I once shot a fox at 800 yards with a 22.

 

[jimmy milnes]

300 PRC…..

Now we're getting somewhere

 

[Smellydog]

Here is the very fox.

 

[Smellydog]

The rifle and I flew as quickly as possible over a distance of 760 yards and the rifle did the rest over the last 40 yards.
I dont watch stupid Hollywood sniper films so didn't know better....

 

[25 Sharps]

Now we're getting somewhere

I’m putting in for one as soon as my buddy’s FAC comes through and he buys my .308. I was looking at 7 mm PRC but that’s too close to the .280 I already have.

225 gr bullet at 2800 fps and has the same energy at 500 that my 6.5x55 at the muzzle, and bucks the wind well.

 

[Polar Lynx]

Foxes tend to sit still quite often listening for mouse or something. Easier long shots on sitting foxes. You aim at head and end up in chest.
22 250 and 'laser bullets' is the way.

 

[kenbro]

Ken.

 

[Rhodesianjess]

I once shot a fox at 800 yards with a 22.

@Smellydog , that's made my day
Possibly 25 years ago, maybe more,a long dead headkeeper friend of mine were out on his estate checking up on the birds/underkeeper/ general status of things. I spotted a fox running along the sheep netting, across the grass field we were parked in, and told him. All he had was his single shot Webley 22 target pistol. Not deterred, with words to the effect " you never know until you have a go", he had a shot at it.
The bloody thing fell over! He'd hit it literally between eye and ear,stoned it mid run.
Till the day he died it was a standard laugh between us two,who would believe you if you told them that you shot a running fox at 300 yards,in the brain, with a pistol and 22 HV round.
Thanks again,fond memory of an old friend.

 

[David Barker]

I feel a .221 Fireball is what you would need with 40grn head fast burning lill powder and aim high and wide.

 

[Lancashire1]

Buy a terrier and stop taking 3-4 hundred yard pot shots at living creatures.

 

[25 Sharps]

Buy a terrier and stop taking 3-4 hundred yard pot shots at living creatures.

Just because you can’t do it it doesn’t mean others can’t!

There’s those that shouldn’t do it and those that can, people just need to be honest with themselves which camp they fall into.

For me personally, 400 yards is a bit of a poke and I would get closer but 300-320 is fine