Prepairing a .22LR for some pest control.

Post some pics of your .22LR’s and your bunnies 👍🏻

Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

would like to give the Tippmann a go on that farm. 😁

HW35E .22
HW77k .22 SE
HW77 .177 SE
HW80k .20
HW90k .22
HW95k .22
HW97 .177 FT
HW97 .177 FT 12 ft/lb
HW97 .177 Blue Lam
HW97KT .22
HW97 .25
HW98 .22
HW98 .177
TX200 .177
TX200 .22<b

Yesterday I signed up a 75acre dairy farm for some pest control, mainly rabbits.

I went out to look at the farm and their paddocks are huge, and the grass is long!

Was quite a daunting prospect looking at those big paddocks, I'm used to much smaller horse paddocks, that I can usually, almost, reach the back of with my little .177 12FPE Elly. Now I was looking at paddocks 200m long, and full of thick long grass, how the heck was my Elly going to get to rabbits in there???

So I pulled out my Anschultz .22LR and started prepping it...

Spent about 2 hours putting some "adaptor" rails onto it, to convert the 9mm dovetail into a 20mm pic rail, then fitted the Pard 35 digital day/night scope and bore sighted it as best I could from my garage LOL

Now I need to get to a shooting range (someones paddock) and zero it in for some long shots with some sub-sonic ammo.

Last night I went out to this dairy farm to start the job there. Dont have the .22LR zeored yet, so all I had was little Elly. Still managed to get 28 rabbits, 1 possum and 1 big fat rat.

Not a bad night.

On a property like this I could REALLY use a 30 or 40FPE PCP, pushing 30gr .22 slugs at 950fps... That would be my first choice over the Anschultz .22LR and could knock bunnies over at 100 or 120m nicely, but I just havent for the money to buy one at the moment!

Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 2024 at 11:36pm
	Post some pics of your .22LR’s and your bunnies 👍🏻
	Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

northdude Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 21 Oct 2024 Location: auckland Status: Offline Posts: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote northdude Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Oct 2024 at 8:16pm
	Nice I do pest control on a farm up these ways I'm using either my slazenger or sportco 22lr. Up until recently I've just been using a hand held spotlight and then a light mounted on the rifle when shooting.

Springer-Fan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 01 Dec 2022 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote Springer-Fan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Oct 2023 at 8:10pm
	would like to give the Tippmann a go on that farm. 😁
	HW35E .22 HW77k .22 SE HW77 .177 SE HW80k .20 HW90k .22 HW95k .22 HW97 .177 FT HW97 .177 FT 12 ft/lb HW97 .177 Blue Lam HW97KT .22 HW97 .25 HW98 .22 HW98 .177 TX200 .177 TX200 .22<b

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 2023 at 11:32am

	Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Oct 2023 at 11:31am
	Yesterday I signed up a 75acre dairy farm for some pest control, mainly rabbits. I went out to look at the farm and their paddocks are huge, and the grass is long! Was quite a daunting prospect looking at those big paddocks, I'm used to much smaller horse paddocks, that I can usually, almost, reach the back of with my little .177 12FPE Elly. Now I was looking at paddocks 200m long, and full of thick long grass, how the heck was my Elly going to get to rabbits in there??? So I pulled out my Anschultz .22LR and started prepping it... Spent about 2 hours putting some "adaptor" rails onto it, to convert the 9mm dovetail into a 20mm pic rail, then fitted the Pard 35 digital day/night scope and bore sighted it as best I could from my garage Now I need to get to a shooting range (someones paddock) and zero it in for some long shots with some sub-sonic ammo. Last night I went out to this dairy farm to start the job there. Dont have the .22LR zeored yet, so all I had was little Elly. Still managed to get 28 rabbits, 1 possum and 1 big fat rat. Not a bad night. On a property like this I could REALLY use a 30 or 40FPE PCP, pushing 30gr .22 slugs at 950fps... That would be my first choice over the Anschultz .22LR and could knock bunnies over at 100 or 120m nicely, but I just havent for the money to buy one at the moment!
	Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.