Quote Originally Posted by bighit View Post
unless you head shot your quarry with .17hmr there will be not much left . The .22lr will leave enough for a giving the rabbits to a friend for their dogs if body shot not sure if the same can be said for the .17hmr .

plus you cant get subsonic .17hmr ammo. so if you in and around the farm house area with a large amount of rabbits its going to be noisey .
I'm aware of that and won't be going FAC for those reasons.
I eat all the rabbits I shoot and I'm happy with .177 sub 12.

If I were to go .17 it would purely be rabbit control where the extra range may be of benefit.