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Im just trying to see what the most popular varmint rifle out there is, so whats yours!?
Mines my Marlin 880SQ w/ Simmons 3-9X40 scope and Harris bipod!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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I have a tang safety Ruger M77 in 220 Swift. It's my go to rifle for everything. I love it. Varmints hate it. Deer don't like it very much either.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke 1795
"Give me liberty or give me death" Patrick Henry 1775
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My go-to varmint rifle varies with the range that I expect to be shooting. Out to :
150 yds. - Marlin 17V - .17HMR - Tasco 4-16x40mm 400 yds. - Savage 12FV - .223 Rem. - BSA Contender 8-32x50mm 700 yds. - Ruger VT - .243 Win. - BSA Target 8-32x40mm Mil Dot 1000 + yds. - Winchester Laredo - 7mm RUM - Tasco Custom Shop 8-40x56mm Mil Dot
I know you were looking for that "one" most popular round, but I ain't got "one". These all go with me when I hit the varmints and all are considered a favorite for their given purpose. >> klallen
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Gotta be my .223 Ackley "Blue Rifle." Twenty-one inch Schneider 2�-contour barrel and a blue-and-white gel-coat McMillan Mountain Rifle stock. The glass is a Leupold 4.5-14 with fine Duplex.
Killer on coyotes and prairie dogs.
Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us" Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397
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My favorite varmint rifle is a Remington VSSF 223 wearing a Leupold 6.5X20X50 loaded with 50 grain Nosler BT's if front of RL12 powder. I just got started shooting a CZ 452 American 17HMR wearing a V16 Weaver scope for now. It just might be the hot setup for rodents and birds.
Dan
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Mine would have to be my Cooper in .222 Remington. It's got a 2-7X VX-II on top now. It's just about right for my version of a calling rifle and all-around varminter. I don't typically have many long shots.
Regards, JB
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Steve,
That was really a nice article in VH on the Kimber, very well done. I wish someone (hint) would do a full blown piece on the old company.
Regards, JB
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JB, what kind of varmints do you have in SC? Are there groundhogs there?
Dan
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Ruger VT in 220 Swift wearing a Swift 6x18x44AO FCH reticle scope. Loves Hornady Vmax 50gr molys!! Oh loves to go out with me and eradicate whistlepigs!!
220 Swift still king.
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Yeah, we have some groundhogs. In the upper northwest part of the state. You can usually find them in banks wherever you find Kudzu.
They are easily seen along I-85 near the GA/SC border.
Of course we have Crow, Fox, and Coyote.
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Rem. #7 SS in .223 shooting 40 gr. Nosler Ballistic Silvertips, WW748 Powder and Mag. primers. It has a Leo. 3X9 with Target dot for scope. For an all around varmit rifle this is my favorite. Virgil B.
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Walking varmint, 223 on Win push feed 26" #4, Redfield 6-18. 40gr Sierra hp at 3800fps.
Sit and shoot, 25 Gibbs Rem 700 30" with break. 8-32 Burris. 115 Berger VLD or 100gr Sierra Match. Great as far as you can see.
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Ruger 10/22 mag with heavy barrel and Leupold 6 power Sako A1 hunter in .223 with Leupold 2.5-8 Remington 700 VSSF with Leupold 6.5-20 x 40 Benelli M1 SBE 12 gauge, 18" barrel
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Hi guys... new around here.
Have many Varminters but top 3 at this time would be
Walking and Stalking; Sako L461 action .25-222, 2.5-8 Leupold. Light and easy carrying when working over the woodchucks in the small hayfields and beans around home. also great on coyote when calling them.
Old Reliable; 1958 vintage Sako, varmint weight barrel in plain old .222 Rem. 10x Lyman All American. Never done anything to this rifle except keep it clean. Prairie Dogs tremble when they hear we are in town.
When the shots get long; Ruger #1 with Heavy Varmint contour (#8 I think) McGowen barrel in .22-250 Ackley Improved, 1-9 twist. 6.5-20 Leupold, Single set trigger. Reach out ad touch 'em better than "ATT" and "MCI" put together.
Also have LOTS of fun with T/C Contender, Super14 barrel in .222 Rem and 40gr Noslers
Later CHUCKBUSTER
I have "CDO". It is just like "OCD" except the letters are in alphabetical order LIKE THEY SHOULD BE!
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For coyotes/bobcats when calling: 223AI, Sako action, 22" barrel
For coyotes/bobcats, long range (350+yds): 220 Howell, Ruger No1, 28"
For prarie dogs, etc, bench: 223, Ruger No1V
1,992 coyotes since 1964 1,000,000 rounds downrange 1,250,000 motorcycle miles
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I have a hard time with favorites, but I shoot an early model Sav. 112V, 22-250, an Encore custom 6mmAI. And just purchased a #1 220 swift. Haven't shot the 220 yet, the 6mmAI is the most accurate rifle I have ever shot. The savage is no slouch with 3/4" groups. On
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Sako .223 Rem. with Leupold 6.5X20/ 1/8" target dot. tack driver. Remington 40xb, 220 swift, with 2 oz. trigger, 24x Leupold. The best. Remington M700 Varmint Special in 22-250 with 2" Ultra Varmint 15X Unertl. Remington M700, .222 mag. with timney trigger, 24 " douglas barrel with 6.5X20 Leupold. Sweet gun.
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Here is my Varmint rifle: 22 CHeetah MK 1 A week ago I verified my "come-ups" to 650 yards. If it ever stops raining I may actually get out to kill some chucks. Don
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Don, Can definately sympathize on the rain issue...
Granted I DO live in a swamp, however, rain has been nonstop for the past two months. Had to have a little triggertime this afternoon. Hooked up the flail mower to the tractor and made myself a shooting gallery in the hay field. Had to lock my truck in 4 low to avoid making a mess and slowly made my way through the field. Dropped the target off and drove back a hundred yards or so to "set up"... Took my RRA NM A2 out of the case, put on my ear protection, and loaded the rifle... On my way around the truck I notice major rustling in the grass! A wisp of black and red streaking in my direction led to me open up at about 12 feet. National Match pin hole apeture sights of course... The snake thankfully took the seventeen rounds of M855 as a hint and left in greatest possible speed.
The only thing funnier than my close encounter with a snake armed with a LR target rifle would have to have been the mud. I was speckled from head to toe and so is my truck...
This marks the last time I brave mocassin alley without my short Benelli M1 loaded with high brass 7 and a halfs... Hell of a day.
Regards, Matt.
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My favorite varmint rifle is a Pre-64 Model 70 in .243 with heavy varmint barrel and Lyman Super Targetspot 10X barrel mounted scope. Even though it doesn't have one of those good looking synthetic stocks and a high powered scope I still like it. Thanks...
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