Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Predators and Varmints Looking for Recs for my new Prairie Dog gun

MT, was in the same situation a few years back, bit the bullet and picked up a Cooper in 20 Vartarg, it has been amazing. Be warned, once you get a cooper, they tend to multiply. Picked up a 22lr JSR and a 17hmr so the 20VT wouldn't feel lonely.

The 17HMR and 22lr are very accurate, but the 20VT is in a whole different league, scary accurate.

Picked up a nice old Sako L579 in 243 that is also very nice, but not in the same accuracy league as the coopers.

Now looking for a nice cooper in 7mm-08 or possibly 243, if anyone out there has one they want to let go, let me know.

I bought a Ruger #1V in 220 Swift. It has a heavy 26" barrel. They do heat up the barrel pretty quick but while it is cooling off I shoot a .223 Winchester Heavy Varmint.
Although H335 is very popular with the 40 gr vmax
Give Benchmark a try before you make up your mind.
whelennut

In a .224 pipe, I'd chose the 50g over the 40g pills. Inside 300 yards it won't make a difference. Past 300 the 50's start walking away with alot more pop! Past 500 and the 75g amax is your friend if properly twisted.

What kind of scope will you put on it?

If you shoot 75 gr bullets for any length of time in a Dogtown you will tire of it after a few hundred shots.

Will have to agree with the Cooper suggestion. Currently have three, all shoot better than 1/2". Favorite is one in 20VT, can't see anything being better than that combination.