Thread: what shot size for bunnies

Hi,

I'm was used to my old SbyS in UK, used size 6 because it was full and 3/4 choked.
What shot size in a 12G pump with Mod or Imp Cyl choke - for use on running bunnies?

Jonathan

3,4,5 or 6's will do. If your eatin them I would use 3's

I use 3's Scottrods and the only choke I have for the Mavvy is what came with it which is a modified.

Works on the wallys as well

My mossberg is I think mod or improved cyl whatever it is its very open.
When iI was a teenager I used a over under in 3/4 and full and bunnys out to 50y were dead,now Iv got this thing I cant kill shit even at 30y one bunny froze and I got 3 shots on it and watched it pattern around it in the grass 3 times then it hopped off!
Clearly Im doing something wrong.

4s in lead but the bunnys and hares i'm busting now with the shotty are getting no 2s steel from gamebird season steel supply.

Back on the Bunny Board days it was mainly 3's although 4's were also supplied.

Still ok to buy lead then? Prefer it to steel.

As long as not shooting over/near waterways is my understanding

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

As long as not shooting over/near waterways is my understanding

It's confusing I recon , you can shoot upland game with lead even by water , you can shoot geese with leed as well ,but not on some doc land . So I'd say rabbits you could use leed ,unless you where hunting on a doc small game permit and it was stated on there permit conditions. Confused ? .

Hmmmmmmmmm Get a 20g and shoot lead anywhere you want?

if you arn't shooting game birds you can spray rabbits with lead from your shotty no worries.

that 20g rule is a complete crock.

Originally Posted by scottrods

that 20g rule is a complete crock.

Or is the 12g rule a complete crock?

A point that probably was missed is steels got the habit of ricochet off ground or river stones something wicked. So as a rule I'd not recommend it . Leed can too , but not like steel . Found it out first hand last year bunny shooting on rocky hard hills , only had steel ,soundered like a old western movie . Pretty much every shoot twangggggggggggggggggggggg.

I used 3's normally but found the best was buckshot, 70 .22 size shot in a case smokes them.




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