Groundhog, coyote and such. I'm in the market for a good rifle to shoot these types of varmits and looking for some input.
We think husky and lab. No dark coloring whatsoever on her tongue, and she's very active. She spends much of each evening "patrolling" our 70 acres at a sprint. Also, one pup in her litter had a blue eye.Cool, looks to be part chow and lab?
:lmao2::lmao2::lmao2:100% of the ground Hogs I have interviewed would prefer to be shoot with a 223 over any other cartridge. They didn't say much as they all had softball sized holes in their body with guts hanging out.
Who knows. You are buying a used rifle. Is it from soneone you know and how many rounds have been put through it? How much are you paying for it?I have a chance at a remington model 788 chambered in .243. This should work good huh?
That was the rifle/caliber combination my better half used for years on Sitka Blacktail deer. Not too many varmints around here, but years ago back east the HBAR saw use in that role, as did my Garand.I grew up using a old 340 savage chambered for 222 Rem
i agree with you, love my 6mm (remington 788) hard to miss accuracy wise and can be loaded down or up,, 20% more powder capacity then .243 but basically the same,,, and can be used for other game depending on the load,, can take from a 55 grain to 110 grain bullet so gives a lot of variaty in what you wish to use from rabbits to deer. have used mine on yotes 75gr hollowpoint drops them like a rock at 400 plus yards/I'm a 6mm fan, better wind characteristics where I shoot.
As an aside, The Military doesn't neccessarily want to kill all the time, a wounded man requires more men to attend to him, so wounding capacity is a prime consideration. The hard truth of combat.
I have a CZ in .204 Ruger, 3900 ft/secI use .204 for yote here in Maine the longest shot so far was just under 450 yards and took the yote NP. I have practice with it out to 600 as long as my aim is true they rarely run more then 20 yards if that...
my favorite target shooting is 222rem or 218 beeThat was the rifle/caliber combination my better half used for years on Sitka Blacktail deer. Not too many varmints around here, but years ago back east the HBAR saw use in that role, as did my Garand.