.22 rimfire for hunting?

[Deplorable Me]

For putting meat on the table. What do you hunters use in terms of the .22lr? Some high velocity bullets are great for varmint and maximum destruction of meat, or bullet disintegration and lead scatter. What bullets are best for meat preservation and good game kill while keeping the lead out of the meat?

 

[Plater1]

For putting meat on the table. What do you hunters use in terms of the .22lr? Some high velocity bullets are great for varmint and maximum destruction of meat, or bullet disintegration and lead scatter. What bullets are best for meat preservation and good game kill while keeping the lead out of the meat?

For small game shot placement is very important. Like the famous poacher said, hit them anywhere.........in the eye. You won't damage any edible meat with head shots.

 

[Acer-m14]

plain old jane 22's what ever i grab , some times HP's ... rabbits n tree rats .. head shots .. ..

woodchucks .. HP's and hit them any wear LOL .. at lest 3 or 4 times ..

 

[218bee]

Switched to PCP air rifles a few years ago. Get a quality rig and it'll surprise the heck out of you. Almost silent, and ammo is cheap. My .25 cal air rifle has more woodchuck kills than my Centerfire rig. Pellets are a much safer choice for tree top shots than a 22 LR. Technology has really caught up with Airguns .

 

[Phauxtoe]

SQUIRREL

 

[nortatoga]

As said above shot-placement! So with that it is more important to use the 22 ammo your rifle/pistol shoots best.

 

[BDSKJCHRIS]

fx bobcat mkII .25 has been my go to for small game for a while now. i just increased the regulator pressure to 2,250psi so i can switch to the new 34 grain pellets.

the nice thing about it for squirrels is that it doesn't alert them, (i have gotten 3 red squirrels at a time out of the same tree and none of them were bothered by the shots). i have also taken 3 raccoons and a woodchuck with it (all before the increase in pressure and pellet weight).

 

[NirvanaFan]

I shoot squirrels and rabbits with whatever crappy box of ammo I have. That's usually Federal or Remington bulk.

 

[Criticalt]

12 gauge #6 steel shot.

 

[Plater1]

fx bobcat mkII .25 has been my go to for small game for a while now. i just increased the regulator pressure to 2,250psi so i can switch to the new 34 grain pellets.

the nice thing about it for squirrels is that it doesn't alert them, (i have gotten 3 red squirrels at a time out of the same tree and none of them were bothered by the shots). i have also taken 3 raccoons and a woodchuck with it (all before the increase in pressure and pellet weight).

I hadn't heard of this air rifle before. That is one cool looking rifle.

FX Airguns » The Bobcat MkII

 

[BDSKJCHRIS]

I hadn't heard of this air rifle before. That is one cool looking rifle.

FX Airguns » The Bobcat MkII

yea. i started out with a .25 caliber benjamin marauder, dropped in a new hammer, valve, de-pinger, and increased the port size in the barrel. when i got rid of it it was capable of 105 ft/lb of muzzle energy. the fx is an amazing gun but not user friendly when it comes to maintenance or tuning. for anyone looking at pcp air rifles i would definitely recommend a marauder in .25 (green mountain barrel) as they are probably the best value around. fx has recently released the streamline which retails for $995 wth a synthetic stock, i think that is a good value as well if you don't ever want to tinker with upgrades.