shooting Gopers with a Balistic tip 35gr 22WMR

[razorbeck]

I have just bought a savage 93 22WMR and using ballistic tips, they do not seem to expand fast enough and mostly pass through the gopher with out killing them. It messes them up and they are not likely to survive but they are in good enough shape to get back down the hole with out a quick kill. Has any one else had this problem

 

[blasted_saber]

Use a different bullet.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

That's got to be disappointing. I find most hollow point 22LR rimfire will either drop the gopher or send into death convulsions and it doesnt' make it down the hole. I'd expect as good or better from magnum.

 

[surfclod]

That's to bad, I was really expecting such bullets to be nearly as devastating as the poly tipped V-Max bullets used in 17 HMR ammo.

 

[SwedishMan]

The plain-jane-silver-box Winchester brand 40 gr hollow points do the trick for me...

h t t p://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=75582
If you go to the link you see what they look like...

 

[B]

CCI 30grn are pretty devastating...

 

[razorbeck]

Well I bought a brick with the gun so I would like to use some of them up but I was thinking of going to the hollow points after

 

[B]

My suggestion would be to either try and sell them or you could always use the ammo for target practice or larger varmints.

 

[snowshoe]

I use the winchester 40g hp and the gophers never twitch.

 

[prosper]

I've used the CCI 30 grain VMAX load and the Reminton AccuTip load. Both blow gophers into tiny bits - noticeably moreso than HMR's do, especially out past 30-40 yards

 

[redryder]

When you say shooting "gopers", you aren't meaning ndp are you?.

 

[superd222]

Well I bought a brick with the gun so I would like to use some of them up but I was thinking of going to the hollow points after

Shot placement still counts - even with gophers. Dial your scope in with a box and then go and shoot them with the rest of your brick. I'm sure you'll need to buy another brick soon....

Good luck - SD

 

[7mmlefty]

I have just bought a savage 93 22WMR and using ballistic tips, they do not seem to expand fast enough and mostly pass through the gopher with out killing them. It messes them up and they are not likely to survive but they are in good enough shape to get back down the hole with out a quick kill. Has any one else had this problem

I dont believe it... you must be just grazing them. No gopher can survive the impact of a 22 mag. Re zero the rifle.

 

[aprilfoolsme]

I dont believe it... you must be just grazing them. No gopher can survive the impact of a 22 mag. Re zero the rifle.

They leave quarter size exit wounds and will paralyze their back legs but they have been well and truly hit

 

[diemaco]

They leave quarter size exit wounds and will paralyze their back legs but they have been well and truly hit

shoot them in the head or lungs instead of the @ss?

 

[dcan]

Say what brand of 22 mag ammo is this.
I have shot the Remington VMaxs and they just blow up.
Also the only shell my rifle will shoot.

 

[meathunter62]

.22wmr

Well I bought a brick with the gun so I would like to use some of them up but I was thinking of going to the hollow points after

Try cutting a little off the front tips and see how they work then?
JK

 

[AB.boy]

I shoot the Remington Premier (Ballistic Tips) and the Winchester Supreme (HP) and no gopher that has been touched by either has ever crawled away. Usually they are torn apart rather convincingly.

 

[T.B.G.]

Try giving them a little more distance and you might get better results.........TBG

 

[pharaoh2]

I have just bought a savage 93 22WMR and using ballistic tips, they do not seem to expand fast enough and mostly pass through the gopher with out killing them. It messes them up and they are not likely to survive but they are in good enough shape to get back down the hole with out a quick kill. Has any one else had this problem

That's to bad, I was really expecting such bullets to be nearly as devastating as the poly tipped V-Max bullets used in 17 HMR ammo.

Both loads suck. The bullet used is a V-Max I believe. I shot gophers with the WMR with the same bullet and had the same results. With the HMR I never had any spectacular shots either. The best I found for the WMR were any of the hollow point stuff, especially the black box Supreme load from Winchester.