Thread: 7x57 subsonic

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well the 151s pass through head of sheep or goats,I retrieved only 1 round from about 20 used on house muttons....I went off idea of subs completely,as the .223 with supers is just so much more emphatic /reliable if my piss poor aiming is slightly off,the lack of shock/transpher with subs make your aim very important. at 15 yards and under it wont be an issue,,,my feral sheep often stretched it out to 75yards,and Ive sold both my rifles in .308 calibre now so cant go that way even if wanted to continue.

yep iv found subs just keep trucking when they have a bit of weight behind them im happy on sheep/goats pigs to use a 22 up to about 60 pound but after that id much prefer the bigger bullet and the ability to go in the ear hole if a side shot presents
I had one failure to penitrate on a large pig at close range (7m) with perfect conditions with the 22lr sub which pushed me to step up to 30cal

no way id take that chance on a pet bull just based on skull thickness and from experience if the first shot doesn't work you have a running animal
they scream then they run as fast as they can