Over the year I've had several Rem 700BDL's chambered in .17 Remington all of which have accounted for 100's of Foxes. I've only ever used one load - 25gn Hornady HP and 23.7gns Varget for 3950fps (out of my current rifle) At that velocity pelt damage on body shots only occurs about 5% of the time.
Excellent! Thanks for that! I am mainly shooting grey fox here in the states, smaller than your reds so I might lighten the load a tad...we shall see..
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