What is the best rifle for small game hunting?

This is a three part question. What is the best rifle for rabbit hunting? Is there such a thing as a split barrel rifle? Is a hunting dog really necessary for rabbit hunting?What is the best rifle for small game hunting?
1 - Your favorite .22 LR rifle. My favorite happens to be a Marlin Golden Model 39-A



#2 - If you mean a barrel that splits bullets, there is no such thing. If you mean a combination rifle and shotgun, yes, The Savage Model 24 is one of the very best. if you manage to acquire a rifle with a split in the barrel, don't shoot it! It has been damaged by firing it with an obstructed barrel.



#3 A dog is not an absolute requirement, but it will make rabbit hunting a lot easier and more successful.



Doc Hudson
204 works great if your thinking of shooting from longer distances to far for the 22.

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What is the best rifle for small game hunting?
1) A .22 LR (rabbits, squirrels--maybe woodchuck) or a .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (woodchuck, fox, bobcat). Sorry .17 HMR lovers, the .22 LR is more practical and the .22 WMR is a bit more powerful and cheaper to shoot. The .22 WMR has more range than the .22 LR, so can be used on rabbits and squirrels as well at longer distrances.



2) I've never heard of a split barrlel, unless you either mean a double barreled weapon, or a barrel that is cracked. One guy who posted mentioned a Savage model 24. That gun ahs been offered in avariety of claibers and gauges and is no longer made. The most common model 24, however, consisted of a .22 rifle barrel on top of a .410 shotgun barrel.



3) Dogs can make rabbit hunting easier but they aren't absolutley necessary.What is the best rifle for small game hunting?
Question 1) Any quality 22cal gun.

Question 2) The split barrel rifle is really a double barrel, either over/under or a side by side. the best combo for small game is the 22-.410 over/under, with the 22 on top and the .410 on bottom. Question 3) No. a hunting dog is not necessary to hunt rabbit, but if you deem it necessary to have a dog for rabbits, the American Beagle is the best for this style of hunting, as they will bay/bark when on the hunt so that you can here where they are and are small enough to make chase into tight brush. A rabbit on the run will run in a circle, trying to get back to it's home.
1. The best rifle would have to be a .22 LR. but if i was going rabbit hunting id take the .20 gauge with

2. I have never heard of a split barrel rifle but would assume that's another name for a double barrel weapon.

3. you don't need a hunting dog but they can make a hunting trip 100 times better than if you were on foot by yourself.
1.When I did a lot of rabbit hunting I used either my Ruger 10/22 or my old 410 bolt action single shot.

2.Im not sure what you mean my a split barrel. Do you possibly mean a double barrel? if so then yes.

3.I used to run my basset hound rabbit hunting. he would circle the rabbits back to me. Necessary? no. Fun and easier Yes.
Get you a .22 LR and I would recomend a S%26amp;W M%26amp;P 15-22 or a 20 gauge shotgun.



Never heard of a split barrel and dought it exists



No never have and hunt rabbits regularly from the back of a truck with some lights at night

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