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Best all around cartridge for..... #9233879 10/06/14 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 830 Upstate NY mailmanmark OP Campfire Regular OP mailmanmark Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 830 Upstate NY What do you consider to be the best cartridge for predators?

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... mailmanmark #9233880 10/06/14 Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida .17 Remington. Travis Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... deflave #9233974 10/06/14 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT L laker Campfire Tracker laker Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT Saving fur wanting to watch fur fly?

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... laker #9233983 10/06/14 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 830 Upstate NY mailmanmark OP Campfire Regular OP mailmanmark Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 830 Upstate NY fur friendly...if possible....

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... mailmanmark #9233997 10/06/14 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT L laker Campfire Tracker laker Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT Some flavor of 17 cal. centerfire

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... laker #9234000 10/06/14 Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,917 Likes: 2 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,917 Likes: 2 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado 204

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... laker #9234030 10/06/14 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,299 Likes: 9 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,299 Likes: 9 Oregon Originally Posted by laker Some flavor of 17 cal. centerfire Yes. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... Fireball2 #9234072 10/06/14 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,784 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,784 Wyoming .22-250 or .220Swift Molon Labe

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... Fireball2 #9234080 10/06/14 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,093 Likes: 22 Flyover Country Teal Campfire 'Bwana Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,093 Likes: 22 Flyover Country Judging by the highway - bumper of a 2003 Ford Taurus. Me

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... Teal #9234254 10/06/14 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT L laker Campfire Tracker laker Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,723 Baker, MT I've had good luck with 35 grain bergers out of a 204 on coyotes but fox is another story

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... laker #9234271 10/06/14 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,562 Likes: 1 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,562 Likes: 1 Bozeman, MT 222 Remington magnum with 40 grain V-Max bullets...

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... mailmanmark #9234480 10/06/14 Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho Define "predators". Big difference between saving the fur of a 40lb Coyote and a 10lb thin skinned Fox. My personal preferences are,,,, 1) 17Rem 2) 222Rem 3) 17FB but everyone has different needs and ideas.

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... FieldGrade #9234708 10/06/14 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884 D DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884 17HMR works pretty well inside 100 yards, if fur is really your gig. 223 with 40 Ballistic Tip is pretty good too.

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... DakotaDeer #9234728 10/06/14 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,376 Likes: 1 Idaho D drover Campfire Tracker drover Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,376 Likes: 1 Idaho 223 with 40 gr Nosler BT's. A great bullet that doesn't generally leave an exit hole in coyotes. I can't speak for how it does on fox since I have never shot any with it. As someone one posted earlier - define "predator". drover 223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers. 24hourcampfire.com - The site where there is a problem for every solution.

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... drover #9234849 10/06/14 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,844 Craigmont, Idaho M mart Campfire Tracker mart Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,844 Craigmont, Idaho 17 Remington. Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... drover #9234853 10/06/14 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,134 Likes: 9 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,134 Likes: 9 Banana Belt, Montana 9.3x62 with 250-grain Accubonds is very fur-friendly on grizzlies. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... huntsman22 #9234956 10/06/14 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country Originally Posted by huntsman22 204 Yup... - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... mailmanmark #9235132 10/06/14 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,034 Likes: 6 SW Montana V VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger VarmintGuy Campfire Ranger V Joined: May 2003 Posts: 23,034 Likes: 6 SW Montana Mailmanmark: The answer to your question (Best all around cartridge for predators?) is... the 204 Ruger. Hands down. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... VarmintGuy #9235287 10/07/14 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 830 Upstate NY mailmanmark OP Campfire Regular OP mailmanmark Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 830 Upstate NY gentlemen....you are absolutely right. I should of stated ...predators of rabitts and such.... not predators of ME ...lol I thought for sure that it would be about the .22-250 and .223 I didn't realize the .204 has become so popular. Why is that???

Re: Best all around cartridge for..... mailmanmark #9235304 10/07/14 Joined: May 2004 Posts: 10,873 C CrowRifle Campfire Outfitter CrowRifle Campfire Outfitter C Joined: May 2004 Posts: 10,873 Having a .20 VarTarg built just for such adventures. Should be the cat's ass.