Hey, I was once sighting in a 300Win.Mag. when a cottontail made the mistake of coming out into the field. I took his head off with a 180gr. Rem. Core-Lokt. Too much gun? I don't know, it did the job, and the rabbit was tasty later that evening.
If you ate the rabbit, then that must've been a good shot to not blow it to chunks.
Speedgator: Darn right that was a good shot! Me make a bum shot - NEVER (ha,ha).
Actually, it didn't quite take off the whole head, just the lower jaw, a piece out of the
skull. I had just finished sighting the rifle for +2" @100yds.. I held a bit low of the eye, and let 'er rip. Want a real laugh - that was the only game I ever shot with that rifle
I had to sell it following a layoff, and never got to go deer hunting with it.
