.22MAG
Question:
What kind of game can I kill with this round? Are wolves and wild dogs at 100 yards, with a head shot, too much to ask for. I shot a nutria this weekend from about 20 yds. and put a hole in the side of his head the size of a baseball. Also, I have a 7722 mag by ruger. Anyone out there have this gun. What is the nmost accurate round for it. Email thanks, todd
Response:
You’ll have best luck with a 40gr. HP. 100 yards is a bit far for the .22 Mag, unless you take a head shot, but they are hard to make at that distance under field conditions. It’s too easy to miss the brain and leave a terribly crippled animal. Keep your shots on coyotes under 50 yards and go for a heart shot. I prefer CCI ammo in rimfire.
Response:
>What kind of game can I kill with this round? Are wolves and wild dogs >at 100 yards, with a head shot, too much to ask for. I shot a nutria >this weekend from about 20 yds. and put a hole in the side of his head >the size of a baseball. Also, I have a 7722 mag by ruger. Anyone out >there have this gun. What is the nmost accurate round for it. Email
I’ve never shot a dog with my .22mag and I’d probably choose a larger calibre if it was available. When you’ve only got 300ft/lbs of ME, shot placement is very critical on anything but rabbit-sized targets. Having said that – I have taken a 60lb pig at 30 yards and a fallow deer weighing around 100lbs or so with mine. I did not set out to go deer hunting with this rifle (I use my SKS for that) but while doing my "bunny-busting" round one evening I came across a fallow doe which had been gutshot and had half her intestines hanging out. My shot from about 40 yards was a mercy-shot. It dropped her like a stone and on inspection, the bullet entered the front of her neck, completely severed the spinal cord and exited out the back leaving about a 1" exit hole. I doubt that a body-shot would have been effective – especially since I found out that the gut-shot had been done with a .308 by a neighbour a few hours earlier (he had spent most of the following hours trying to track it and finish it off). If you really want to make a habbit of taking dog-sized animals out to 100 yards, get an SKS or .223 NZ Guns magazine http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/faxmail/nzguns
