helping prairy dogs go 'pop' - The Firearms Forum

matty · 04-21-2005, 05:54 PM

i am looking at getting a single shot break action rifle in .223 for varmint hunting. what is a good bullet to make the little bastards realy go 'pop'?

i am looking for something that will throw a good red mist into the air. help make varmint hunting more of a spectator sport now.lol

Crpdeth · 04-22-2005, 05:01 PM

I know you'll probabally want hollow points...If not, these are darn potent for .223

223 LAKE CITY XM193 55GR
FULL METAL JACKET U.S.G.I. LAKE CITY AMMO

AmmoMan website link

Crpdeth

inplanotx · 04-23-2005, 08:15 AM

I believe this is what you are looking for. A military FMJ bullet will just go through them. This one 'explodes' on contact. Hornady V-Max bullets built specifically for varmits!

Hornady V-Max Bullets

Icon-oclast · 04-23-2005, 11:07 AM

Y, the Hornadys are pure "heck" on small varmints! I tried them in my Swift and they performed well terminally (when I kept the velocity down). Crows disappear in a puff of feathers and ground hogs are DRT. Some day, me and the Swift have to go visit some of you Western guys. Be nice to have more than one target per set up!

matty · 04-25-2005, 09:35 AM

yeah, you'll have to come over this way some time Icon. you won't belive the field that i am working right now. usually you hit a field one day, then another the next and so on. coming back to the first field a couple of days later. NOT WITH THIS FIELD!!! i have been working it for the last month and have been working it the last 4 days straight with either my buddy or my wife, and we have seen no difference.

we go out for about 3 hours a day at least, longer if we can. on friday alone, after my wife got home from work, we went out and got over 100 each. and that was in about 4 hours. the farmer is real cool and has been giving us free ammo every time (.22). i haven't even gone to another field in a while now, this one just keeps producing.

it just sucks that we have only about a month left to shoot befor the crops get too tall. but come june and the first harvest of grain, you get about another 2 weeks of shooting in. and they are REALLY stupid then. you just whistle and you are sure to get some to stand up.

it is just awsome this year!!! (for me, not the farmers

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04-21-2005, 05:54 PM	#1
matty V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86	helping prairy dogs go 'pop' i am looking at getting a single shot break action rifle in .223 for varmint hunting. what is a good bullet to make the little bastards realy go 'pop'? i am looking for something that will throw a good red mist into the air. help make varmint hunting more of a spectator sport now.lol __________________ "THIS IS MY RIFLE, THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE..." "IF THEY RUN, THEY ARE VC. IF THEY DON'T RUN, THEY ARE WELL TRAINED VC..." -->

04-22-2005, 05:01 PM	#2
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: helping prairy dogs go 'pop' I know you'll probabally want hollow points...If not, these are darn potent for .223 223 LAKE CITY XM193 55GR FULL METAL JACKET U.S.G.I. LAKE CITY AMMO AmmoMan website link Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

04-23-2005, 08:15 AM	#3
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Re: helping prairy dogs go 'pop' I believe this is what you are looking for. A military FMJ bullet will just go through them. This one 'explodes' on contact. Hornady V-Max bullets built specifically for varmits! Hornady V-Max Bullets __________________

04-23-2005, 11:07 AM	#4
Icon-oclast V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 173	Re: helping prairy dogs go 'pop' Y, the Hornadys are pure "heck" on small varmints! I tried them in my Swift and they performed well terminally (when I kept the velocity down). Crows disappear in a puff of feathers and ground hogs are DRT. Some day, me and the Swift have to go visit some of you Western guys. Be nice to have more than one target per set up!

04-25-2005, 09:35 AM	#5
matty V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 86	Re: helping prairy dogs go 'pop' yeah, you'll have to come over this way some time Icon. you won't belive the field that i am working right now. usually you hit a field one day, then another the next and so on. coming back to the first field a couple of days later. NOT WITH THIS FIELD!!! i have been working it for the last month and have been working it the last 4 days straight with either my buddy or my wife, and we have seen no difference. we go out for about 3 hours a day at least, longer if we can. on friday alone, after my wife got home from work, we went out and got over 100 each. and that was in about 4 hours. the farmer is real cool and has been giving us free ammo every time (.22). i haven't even gone to another field in a while now, this one just keeps producing. it just sucks that we have only about a month left to shoot befor the crops get too tall. but come june and the first harvest of grain, you get about another 2 weeks of shooting in. and they are REALLY stupid then. you just whistle and you are sure to get some to stand up. it is just awsome this year!!! (for me, not the farmers ) __________________ "THIS IS MY RIFLE, THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE..." "IF THEY RUN, THEY ARE VC. IF THEY DON'T RUN, THEY ARE WELL TRAINED VC..."