Need Help Picking A Varmit Gun

[hobiecat]

dave-t. said:

There are guys with the right equipment (which costs ungodly amounts of money) that can shoot 5-6" groups at 100yds.

I did better'n that with my Weatherby 30.06 right outta the box. Alot better.

[Warmouth]

Alright meathead, now try it at 1000yds.

I'll learn to type one of these days.

[hobiecat]

Anyway, here's the point...



It takes as much luck as skill to pull off shot at 1000yds on something the size of a 20oz soda (prairie dog) or a basketball (ground hog). The fact is, most of us (if any) will never even take that shot on a varmint of any kind... matter of fact, 500 is prolly pushin it at best. That bein said, a .223 will fit the bill.

[Showme]

Hobbs....it might be about time for your birthday...but I wouldn't try stickin my head out of my foxhole to blow the candles out on my cake with these fellers out at 1,000 yards

[Warmouth]

Oh heck Hobs, we've all shot at varmits, haven't we? I thought it was common stuff to splatter groundhog/crow/chipmunk/rabbit guts out in the field.

[hobiecat]

Yep dabs, them X bastages are deadly!

[Showme]

right click on the mofo and choose "show picture" I don't know what is messed up around this joint...but if ya do that it will pop up and be there from that point on.

Least did on mine

[Warmouth]

Those guys are bad, but it's the 50bmg guys that are scary.

[Outdoorsfool]

Yep, that's what I got too dave...a big fat red X.

Fug that .223 Hobie...I gots matching .280 and 22-250, stainless/composite and both are sweet shooters. I darn sure ain't shooting a 1000 yards at nothing, least of all something the size of a whistle pig. A few hundred yards on a damnned antelope was taxing enough for me!

[Duck Me Runnin]

OF,

Are you sure it was a few hundred yards ?

Word on the street is that you're delusional.

[Outdoorsfool]

You ain't seen me deny that accusation yet, have you? But yeah, it was way the fornicate out there. I practiced at 200 yards (longest shot available at the local range) and I'd say it was close to double that. Long range shooting is fun if you do it all the time and got places to hunt, but I prefer bush to shave...uh, I mean open country.

[fishin]

There's that corn liquor once again. That sucker will have been 1000 yards by tomorrow.

[DES]

davemo,
If you're going after coyote and fox both the .223 and .22-250 are good rounds. I'm not familiar with the .204 so can't help you out there. If "200-300 yds" is a long shot for you, I'd probably go .223, it'll do fine.

Dwayne