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Can you shoot this Rabbit from 282 Yards out?
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 5/15/2017 | C Buckner

Posted on 05/15/2017 5:26:57 AM PDT by w1n1

What you are about to witness is an amazing feat of shooting with a .17 HMR as a rabbit at 282 yards away goes down with no problem. We know that the .17 HMR was made to shoot accurately at long distances, but because the bullet is so small, it’s hard for most people to hit longer shots. But if you really know what you are doing, and know the science of long range shooting, hitting something like this 282 Yard shot on a rabbit is no problem. Most people won't even be able to spot the rabbit from that far away, much less actually pull off this amazing shot.

It’s absolutely amazing how when a person knows exactly what the conditions are and how to account for them you are able to hit such a difficult shot with such ease. If you can hit a shot like this, well done on you; if not, it looks like you need to spend a little more time out on the range practicing. See this long range shot here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 17hmr; banglist; longrangeshooting

1 posted on 05/15/2017 5:26:57 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1
"We know that the .17 HMR was made to shoot accurately at long distances, but because the bullet is so small, it’s hard for most people to hit longer shots."

Wow....because the surface diameter of a .30 cal bullet is so much bigger at almost 300 yards.....

2 posted on 05/15/2017 5:32:59 AM PDT by nevergore
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To: w1n1
No, but I might be able to hit this one:


3 posted on 05/15/2017 5:35:42 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: nevergore
Zactly....

With a 50 cal, you can be off by 3 or 4 yds, but because the size of the bullet, still get a kill...

(do I need a sarcasm tag)

4 posted on 05/15/2017 5:38:54 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: w1n1

I’ve nailed prairie dogs at 450 yards with a 22-250 pushing a 55gr Hornady SX...

So I see no problem with this shot...


5 posted on 05/15/2017 5:41:02 AM PDT by tje
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To: mountn man

In CA, you just yell out “Fifty Cal”, and the rabbit drops dead.


6 posted on 05/15/2017 5:41:37 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: Scrambler Bob
In CA, you just yell out “Fifty Cal”, and the rabbit drops dead.

It's illegal to own or carry a 50 cal in California.

Even the words are a criminal offense.

7 posted on 05/15/2017 5:46:38 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: tje

Called a head shot on P-Dog at 500 yards with my 223 bolt gun shooting 52gr Match kings.

Watched my son shoot a P-dog at 247 with his 10-22


8 posted on 05/15/2017 5:47:55 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

That’s pretty good with a 10-22 and a 223..

I had a Thompson Contender with a 14’ Remington 222 barrel That I used for under 300 yards. Had a Harris Scope and a bipod on it.. The recoil was so low I could see the hits..

Those were good days in Colorado..


9 posted on 05/15/2017 6:26:35 AM PDT by tje
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To: w1n1

Using a 10/22 and a subsonic round, I nailed a water moccasin through the head at 60 yards last summer, at night with only flashlight illumination.


10 posted on 05/15/2017 6:38:32 AM PDT by BuffaloJack ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: w1n1

Trick question. You can’t shoot that rabbit now, it’s duck season!


11 posted on 05/15/2017 6:45:54 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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LOL; Elmer season


12 posted on 05/15/2017 7:10:22 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: mountn man
In CA, you just yell out “Fifty Cal”, and the rabbit drops dead.

It's illegal to own or carry a 50 cal in California.

Even the words are a criminal offense.

I believe that as of 1/1/17, even thinking of a 50 CALifornia has been a crime.
13 posted on 05/15/2017 7:20:47 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: tje

I know a guy out in Nevada that uses something similar and he takes out predator and economic impact animals for a living.


14 posted on 05/15/2017 7:27:16 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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Awesome shot and video.


15 posted on 05/15/2017 7:29:24 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: w1n1

Apparently a head shot. While helping New Mexico thin the jackrabbit population, (to limit plague spreading) we observed that a Jack hit in the head with a .22 invariably does a high backflip...


16 posted on 05/19/2017 11:45:33 AM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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Saw that from a shot with a .22 mag pistol on a jack laying by it’s hole. Went straight up about five feet and landed dead where it had been laying.


17 posted on 05/19/2017 3:32:23 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: LibWhacker

A bit chewy.


18 posted on 05/19/2017 3:33:52 PM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: w1n1

What was the point of shooting the rabbit?


19 posted on 05/19/2017 3:57:00 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: School of Rational Thought

What was the point of shooting the rabbit?...Dinner?


20 posted on 05/19/2017 3:59:15 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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