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Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle
01/02/18 10:19 PM

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Of course the Original Poster lives in Scotland (or North Britain in Victorian times) and so cannot legally shoot deer with a .32-20 because of the minimum velocity law. But a .22-250 is fine....

HB

I would think this is a key point of the original poster.

HeymSR20, mentions a .22 Hornet. I remember a Kiwi writing an article on buying a .22 Hornet Savage as his new deer rifle in NZ. Probably NZ does not have the same laws as Scotland though. I have shot dozens and dozens of deer with a .22 Magnum and since one or two failures, the .222 Remington. Most of these were farmed deer though. In the wild I would be reluctant to use the .222 unless I only had it in hand. Brain shots are what I use. Broadside heart shots are also said to work well as well, only done one, above the heart for a "halal" shooting with a .22 Magnum. Decided after that fisaco, to use the .222 Rem next time for a "not instant" kill. If I bothered ever again. Was not impressed ie this attempting shots to "not kill instantly" so the heart is still beating for prayer time ...

A broadside shot to hit the heart should work well. Or a bullet designed to blow up inside the lungs. But the problem is if bone, dense muscle is hit and a fragile bullet blows up with only surface wounds. Then a long chase might be needed.

Back to the .22 Hornet. Would make a dandy roof rifle choice IMO even if it isn't legal for deer.

I have a Martini Henry cut back 'sporting rifle' in .222 Rimmed. Haven't used it much. Still need to get it scoped. BTW any tips on mounts being sold, still looking.

From another thread:

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In Scotland a Rifle has to produce a min velocity of 2450 FPS

This satisfies the minimum velocity (?):

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Bullet diameter .224"
Bullet weight 50 grains
Bullet ballistic coeffecient .223
Bullet velocity 2,600 feet per second.

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Edited by NitroX (03/02/18 04:51 PM)

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	HeymSR20	22/11/17 01:33 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	DarylS	22/11/17 05:50 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	HistoricBore	22/11/17 06:13 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	DarylS	22/11/17 07:19 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Well_Well_Well	22/11/17 08:15 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	HistoricBore	23/11/17 04:08 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	NitroX	01/02/18 10:19 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Ahmed577	02/02/18 12:30 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Huvius	04/02/18 01:49 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	HeymSR20	01/04/18 09:53 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Cjdawe	03/02/18 09:34 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Wayne59	03/02/18 10:45 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	HistoricBore	04/02/18 01:19 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Wayne59	23/11/17 08:09 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	DarylS	23/11/17 09:22 AM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	DoubleD	23/11/17 04:21 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	rigbymauser	23/11/17 11:33 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	iomskp	01/02/18 05:18 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	greenshoots	01/02/18 06:51 PM
Re: Converting a 410 Rook Rifle back into a 22 Rifle	Wayne59	22/11/17 07:12 AM

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