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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #30 on: July 27, 2009, 06:30:33 PM »
Kimber 22-250, Mossberg 835 22" barrel
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #31 on: July 27, 2009, 11:27:18 PM »
jackelope.....I am not sure if they are still available but I shot a lot of different bullets in my 220 swift and finally settled on the Speer 52 Grain HPBT Match.

I am not near as good of benchrest shooter as those who taught me and I could get a 5/8 group with those bullets. I also shot dozens of coyotes with them and hundreds of squirels. They seemed like an all around good bullet. I tried many other bullets but always went back to the 52 gr HPBT. :twocents:
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2009, 08:13:15 AM »
thanks Dale.
i'm a factory ammo guy, not a reloader so i'll look around and see what i can find. most of my guns shoot better than i do.
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #33 on: July 28, 2009, 08:49:28 AM »
sorry man....I wrongly assumed you were a reloader....I can't help much on the factory ammo.... :dunno:
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #34 on: July 28, 2009, 09:17:04 AM »
i'ver never had any problems with shjooting factory ammo. i usually buy 2-3 different types and see which one shoots best and stick with that one. always find 1 that shoots really well.
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #35 on: July 28, 2009, 09:31:19 AM »
I also shot dozens of coyotes with them and hundreds of squirels.

 LMAO, you are shooting squirels with a 3800fps round? :lol4
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #36 on: July 28, 2009, 10:03:09 AM »
LMAO (don't know what that means) :dunno:

You must have looked up the ballistics, yes I am shooting in between 3750 to 3800. I don't load it to the max load, too hard on barrels if you shoot a lot.

Ground Squirrels, Prairie Dogs, Rock Chucks, Coyotes......all very dead. This is varmint shooting pretty close to the max. The 204 is faster but doesn't have as much bullet. :dunno:

I have had it rebarreled as I already shot out one barrel, awesome round. 22/250 is about the same thing, also another excelelnt round. I like the 6mm and 257 Wby as well for varmints. I also shoot a lot of 22 long rifle too, it don't have to be ultr-velocity to have fun.
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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #37 on: July 28, 2009, 10:05:33 AM »
LMAO (don't know what that means) :dunno:

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #38 on: July 28, 2009, 11:49:35 AM »
Oly k16 5.56
Weatherby .338 win 200gr BT :o

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #39 on: July 28, 2009, 04:30:00 PM »
Weatherby .338 win 200gr BT :o

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #40 on: July 29, 2009, 07:45:22 AM »
No I just like to see them flip :chuckle:

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #41 on: July 29, 2009, 06:41:01 PM »
Hey xXx, what scope is that?
.250 Savage is my go to gun for varmints, or whatever I can grab first.

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #42 on: July 29, 2009, 07:04:14 PM »
last year in montana shooting praire dogs with the 22-250 was fun but when the boy started shooting the with the 378-338 we got some great areial photos not what you would call a vamint rifle but no cripples either.

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #43 on: August 04, 2009, 12:17:57 AM »
Remington 700 Sendero .220 Swift. Fluted bull bbl topped with Leupold 4x16. 55gr V-Max. It's a huckleberry!! Lot's of fun to shoot.

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Re: varmint rifles
« Reply #44 on: August 04, 2009, 12:35:49 AM »
Those are a couple sweet sounding varmint rifles you guys have...... :tup:

I have a 8x24 Bausch & Lomb on my pre-64 220 swift, I had it rebarrelled with a match grade SS barrel. Gun shoots better than I can... :chuckle:

huntnphool....I really enjoy the 257 WBY with 75 Gr HPBT, hot loaded at 4000 FPS, disintigrates squirrels or prairie dogs and nearly cuts a coyote in half anywhere under 300 yds. So flat shooting that any coyote is a dead on shot out to 300. You need to go prairie doggin one of these summers in MT with us, we'll blow up some dogs....
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