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Posted: 12/7/2002 2:47:31 PM EDT
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Try the 40gr VMAX. It should fragment almost upon impact, and it may not even exit.
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Posted: 12/7/2002 3:24:00 PM EDT
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Any fast polymer tip, soft point or hollow point in the 40 to 60gr weight is going to blow the stuffing out of Mr. Jackrabbit.
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Posted: 12/7/2002 5:24:26 PM EDT
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If you look around the threads there are lots of people here who swear by Winchester's generic 45gr Varment load you can buy at WallMart.
Its cheep, fast, and there are a couple guys here reporting that their ARs shoot MOA or close to it with this non-match mass produced round. Go figure. |
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Posted: 12/7/2002 5:28:57 PM EDT
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If their Texas jack rabbits i'd use a .308, .223's just gonna piss them off.
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Posted: 12/7/2002 5:41:12 PM EDT
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Best stop I ever saw on a Jack rabbit was in South Texas when a friend of mine used 12ga with bird shot. We stalked the rabbit in the tall grass till I spotted it trying to be still and not be noticed. I had to actually convince my friend it was actually the rabbit because he thought it was a bush. He shot it square front-on in the face at 20 feet and blew the rabbit off its feet and the rabbit did a full back flip landing on its belly and the whole front of the rabbits head was missing. I was truly amazed.
That said use a ballistic tip round 55 grain or under. |
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Posted: 12/8/2002 4:38:07 AM EDT
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ditto on what armdlbrl said,i have gotten 1" groups with the 45 grn varmit stuff winchester makes.
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Posted: 12/18/2002 8:14:07 AM EDT
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I think any .223 would do for jack killin. I shot a cotton tail with Winchester fmj and the thing ACTUALY flew 3' in the air. I've never seen that before.
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Posted: 12/18/2002 9:40:30 AM EDT
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Anything you can hit'em with. I was shooting squirrels on the groung from a tree condo at maybe 80yd with my 7.5" and suppressor, hit just above shoulder, clean in and out, they drop right there.
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Posted: 12/18/2002 10:45:26 AM EDT
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For an animal as small as a jackrabbit, anything .223 will do.
I have used Wolf, S&B, Q3131A, .410ga, v-max... Not one shot has failed to drop the bunny instantly. The V-Max produces the most mess, but I did have a 3' jump into the air with Wolf. Use whatever you find accurate. |
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Posted: 12/18/2002 10:26:09 PM EDT
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O comn people.
ANY .223 round is going to take a rabbit out! Some will just be more messy then others. A .223 for a bunny is like a .50 on a human. Do you really need a ballistic tipped .50 to take out a human or will a FMJ do? |
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