Well, I was just curious what all everyone was using. So if someone wants to use a 30-30 it’s good with me.
25-06, and the slightly slower .257 Roberts are actually great varmint rounds.
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What is your favorite varmint round?
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Well, I was just curious what all everyone was using. So if someone wants to use a 30-30 it’s good with me.
25-06, and the slightly slower .257 Roberts are actually great varmint rounds.
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Agreed.
For actual varmints, I’ll take a .17
Preferably in the Ackley Hornet variety, but any of them will do just fine.
Uhhh, I've got a lathe.....
Gonna have to do some of that enginerding math to figure out just the right amount of material to remove for maximum fragmentation in thin skinned varmints and not at the moment it exits the barrel.
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Me too.
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.17WSM, and if I want to reach out further, 22-250. Both are flat shooting rounds.
For inside the city limits, dense townhouse complex, end unit, a crazy bird pecking into my attic...
.22 short in a bolt action did the job, shooting from ground level, bullet into attic siding
air rifle would have been better and safer but I was young and stupid
patched the attic from the inside several times but he kept coming back
.22 short in a bolt action did the job, shooting from ground level, bullet into attic siding
air rifle would have been better and safer but I was young and stupid
patched the attic from the inside several times but he kept coming back
In the past 21 years on my place, I've killed more squirrels, armadillos, jackrabbits, coons, skunks, porcupines, possums, fox, and bobcat with a 12ga shotgun than anything else. What I haven't shot with the 12ga have mostly been shot with a 22LR or 9mm pistol cause that is what I had with me. I've only ever had the opportunity to dispatch snared coyotes, hogs, and another bobcat, and those I put down with a 9mm. I don't have much patience for sitting or calling, but I used to have a border collie that loved to hunt, especially at night, so most of my night kills were coons, porcupines, possums, and fox in trees. My current dog ain't so good...
This picture should be submitted to wiki-pedia to enhance the definition of "overkill".
Did you see Younggun's picture of his jackrabbit he shot with a 50 BMG?
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Well yeah - but that was a pretty big rabbit!
As a kid I used to get paid by neighbors occasionally to take out Prairie Dogs and Coyotes. Settled on .22 Hornet for PDs and .257 Roberts for Cs. Had no clue about ballistics, just got what they had at Gebo's. Worked pretty good most of the time. Cold weather seemed to make it harder but I still made a little $.
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Since you shot .22mag or since you shot varmints?
