While not ideal, I have shot foxes successfully with a .22 using HV rounds. Needs must etcMy rim-fire 22 is inadequate for field foxing, OK for a head shot in a cage, so hence my search for a 100% successful trap.
Dafydd WW
These days, like you, I have a guy with "all the gear" and happily, he "has the right idea" too!