I'd like to see you fellas get 100 yard shots at rabbits and squirrels around here. They'd be few and far between and you'd have to purposely be making an effort to set up those long shots. I shot literally hundreds of each per season throughout my teens, twenties and thirties and could count the number of shot opportunities beyond 75 yards on my fingers and toes. The vast majority {like 98%} of either species will be taken at ranges short of 50 yards and the .22LR is plenty flat and accurate for that. I did buy a .17 HMR as soon as they hit the shelves but eventually sold it. Wonderfully flat and accurate for sure but too expensive and more powerful than needed for rabbits and squirrels and yet less effective than the .22 WMR on bigger stuff like woodchucks and coyotes. Since we don't have any prairie dogs or ground squirrels hereabouts, about the only thing I found it really good for was crows.
