Long range bunnies

[25 Sharps]

Why the 400m range? On a golf course a .17hmr would be my choice of round for this, fast flat & not prone to ricochet & definitely cheaper than a 6.5cm.
Walk & stalk with sticks 100-150m ranges

I had more audible ricochets with HMR than I ever have with WMR and even less with .223 and fast, frangible bullet.

HMR is slooooooow compared to my .223 AI and a heavier bullet with thin jacket is more likely to break up than a small, light 17 gr one.

 

[old 30-06]

No one has mentioned noise. A 22lr at night is lovely and quiet. Fifty shots at 1am with a 6.5 Creedmore will get you thrown off !

 

[bobt]

use a buggy, they are so used to them, they can almost be clubbed,

 

[villaman]

Air rifle and learn field craft

 

[One on top of two]

Been offered the chance to shoot long range rabbits. Up to 400m on a golf course.

What would you use? I already have a 6.5 but wonder if anything lighter might be as good.

BE

Fieldcraft

 

[Klenchblaize]

Fairway Fieldcraft Trump's it!

K

 

[6.5-06 TIKKA]

Buy a 223 with a 1 in 9 or 1 in 8 twist.
Cheap to shoot and won't tear up the turf either....Tikka or Remington would be my go to....

 

[Buchan]

First thing you will be doing is carving up the ground with a heavy caliber like that on rabbits! as said golf courses come to life at night, ive seen the lot, poachers netting the pond, 3 people in the full wetsuit diving for balls, had someone hitting flashing balls down the fairway an hour after light, dog walkers at 2.am, drug deals etc.

All divots to be replaced

 

[bowji john]

All divots to be replaced

All the divots would have gone home by then surely

 

[Smellydog]

17 anything. If it bounces it's light and giving it up fast.

 

[eldon]

Ideal job for a .204, quite envious if I'm honest as no longer have the space for such opportunities.
Tikka supervarmint with 39's work so well.

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Been offered the chance to shoot long range rabbits. Up to 400m on a golf course.

What would you use? I already have a 6.5 but wonder if anything lighter might be as good.

BE

Personally I would go fishing Horlicks to the rabbits!

 

[Rob-E]

I held the course record for years for rabbits despatched in one outing. Turns out a golf buggy can get well within suppressed 410 range. You can literally drive to within meters of them.

 

[andy R204]

204 is all you need with a very good high mag scope.
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This

 

[big ears]

Thanks for your answers guys. I do love the presumption that my 6.5 is a Creedmore. Other 6.5s are available you know and some of us owned one before creedmores became trendy
Yes getting closer is of course the right answer but I rarely get the chance to stretch out to those kind of distances.
Interested in a 223 as as an option.

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

Alpex
.22lr
Have recorded some absurd hits out to 250m with .22lr and subsonic ammo



190m

 

[JTO]

I was doing a local golf course and came across someone and a dog at 2am.

 

[Pete1774]

Been offered the chance to shoot long range rabbits. Up to 400m on a golf course.

What would you use? I already have a 6.5 but wonder if anything lighter might be as good.

BE

I shoot rabbits in Lincs on the edge of the Fens. Big flat fields with no cover. I shoot after dark with a Pard 007 and a 17HMR. Its fairly easy to get within 100 yds of rabbits after dark if you take the wind into account.

 

[Sniper308]

.22lr I’ve shot the odd bunny with a centrefire, but at £1-£2 per shot the fun will soon disappear vs £7 for a box of 50 .22lr!
.22lr will be much quieter allowing second shots, and not alarming others.

 

[old keeper]

Call me old-fashioned, but shooting anything at 400 yards after dark carries risks. Is it worth such risks for a few rabbits?
Having shot a few golf courses over the years, I never found the need to go more than 100 yards maximum.