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Grim Reaper

This one is my favorite right now.
Savage in 22-250, it's not wearing that scope anymore but it looks about the same.

Great thread and good looking rifles, everyone.

My "dog" rifle isn't anything special. A plain jane Remington 788 in .243. Burris FFII scope. But, it works well and it's super accurate.

You will love the creedmor. Do you hand load? rounds seem to be kinda scarce in my neck of the woods. I have a mueller on my 700 220 swift that I love, picked up used and cheap, thinking that even if I did not like it I would use it on a 22 or something. It works great, and you can't beat it for the price. If your not looking in the lower end scopes, I also rely heavily on nikon. Great scope but a bit more money.

I love the nikons too. I was looking into a Creedmor earlier this year but lost interest in it.

Ditto to a bunch of great rifles! Your 788 is one sweet rifle. I shot a few coyotes with a 788 tack driver in 22-250 that a friend owned, and have wish I had one ever since.

My current predator getter is a plain Rem. Mowhawk 600 in .243. Photobucket let me post a photo of the carbine as I bought it but for some reason won't let me do another, but it looks much the same. The previous owner worked in a body shop and had coated the metal with the toughest undercoat he knew. It is slightly textured flat black, and I left it alone.



The photo above is as I bought it, with a 3.5-10X50 Vivitar scope. I replaced it with a 2-7x32 Bushnell 3200 Firefly, with rings from Yukoner here at the 'Fire, gratis! A Rifle Basix trigger and a clear coat to seal worn spots on the wood finished it for me.

I'm tickled with it for what I do. My last six critters with it have averaged 43 yards distant, with more under 20 than over 30 yards. I shot a bobcat at 16 steps recently through a golf ball sized hole in brush, which is what the rifle is set up to do with low mounted scope and sight-in to keep line of sight close to bore out to 100 yards.

No reason that Creedmoor couldn't make a great varmint killer; though if your experience with that is similar to mine w/ the 257 Ackley, you'll be overgunned for pelt-keeping.

If you handload there are great options for you, although I suspect the Hornady A-Max would do nicely.

For glass I lean toward the Burris FFII. You can get 'em super cheap right now (particularly the 3-9x40mm version) and with their Ballistic Plex they're extremely practical in the field. Others have suggested Nikon and I wouldn't argue with that one, either.

I'm likin the Burris FFII with Ballistic Plex as well...got five of them now.....


Ingwe

Thanks everyone for the replies. I do handload but I don't have the dies for this one yet. Buutt I will soon. As for scopes, Ingwe you and I have some very similar interests, in particular the 7x57 and I like the Burris ff2. I kind of like the Nikon buckmaster 4.5x14 with side focus. One that is really pulling my trigger so to speak is the Zeiss 3-9x40 conquest. As you can see they go right up the ladder in price but I'm still undecided. I put a straight 4x Loopy on this morning just to look at it. Sweet looking rifle. Now should I bob the barrel to about 23" and put it in a synthetic stock? Justaa thinkin, I can't leavem alone. Thanks guys for the info, keep it coming. Les

Hey I forgot to mention, I picked up 4 boxes of the factory loaded 120 grain Amax when I picked up the rifle. Since brass is in short supply I figured this would get me started. It was $26.50 a box so I took all they had. Les

6x45 on top
Fast twisted .223 on bottom



Ole faithful...
23" 12 gauge that I never make a stand without...


New night hunting bolt rig. I prefer night hunting with a bolt gun. It is also in 6x45.





My favorite. My fiancee.

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Thanks for the excuse to put some pics up...

Sweet Greg!

remmy 700 .223 in Ti stock:


model 7predator, burris 3-9x:


contender carbines..top one is a 22hornet with leupy 6x, middle is a 17ackley hornet with leupy 6-18x, bottom is a 22K-hornet with a leupy 4-12x.


finally got the bottom metal on here, but never took pix after it was done. remmy 700 in .221fireball.


remmy light varmint, 223AI, 4-16x B&L glass.

That looks like a pretty hefty bobcat, Okanagan. Nice photo.

Hang on to that Mohawk 600. They're getting scarcer every day and their asking price just seems to keep climbing.

Savage 16 Weather Warrior 22-250

Remington 870 Express Magnum 12ga.

Ruger M77 257 Roberts

Savage M99 250-3000 Saddle gun

Black coyote - late fall 2009

6 Dasher, 95 VLD's, S/S 700, Rock barrel, Classic stock, 4.5-14 B&C

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My boss shoots a 6 dasher in 1000 yard comps

I do too.

roundoak, nice McClellan.....

Wow! Now THAT is a trophy! That took increidble shooting on a critter that size to hit it with a .22-250 and still have enough left to hold up for a hero shot, with not even any blood showing. What did you do, Wade, "bark" it by deliberaztely grazing it's head, or did the shock wave of a near miss do the deed? All the folks asking about bloodshot meat should find out what bullet you are using. Great pictures of the pd safari.