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.22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS
Re: .22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS Back in South Africa, a guy we knew used to shoot Klipspringers and steenboks,(small antelopes) with a 22 mag rifle, i think it was a marlin, iron sights. From what I saw, he did pretty well. One of our team asked him why he uses the 22 magnum instead of...- fwdobserver
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.22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS
Re: .22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS Exactly. great "suburb" rifle round.- fwdobserver
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.22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS
Re: .22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS Its NOT or will ever be compared to a .223 its is better than a .17 for game over 30 pounds imho. It is fun to carry around a lightweight .22 mag compared to a .223 much less exspensive to buy the initial rifle also. The savage .22 magnum I shot those javalina...- fwdobserver
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.22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS
Re: .22 MAGNUM HUNTING RESULTS I have shot javalina with a 22 mag rifle using speer cci 40 grain solids at over 50 yards with good, not great results. these are animals who weigh 35 to 60 pounds. I have had to shoot them more than once on occasion. head shots are iffey, some penetrate, most...- fwdobserver
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