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Here's my humble entry - even after looking at all that beauty and technology. SSK/Contender frame and T/C 17 Mach2 bbl I bought as a close-out at CDNN. Scope is a fixed 10X El Paso Weaver K10 AO. Accurate beyond belief and it'll do all I need on Crows, Starlings, snapping turtles at the pond and ground hogs.


An added comment not intended to elicit follow-on remarks - - however, I can't help but notice the numbers of Plain Jane rifles with Plain Jane scopes in the entries thus far. Shows-to-go-ya that a modest rifle and modest scope can perform right along with the glitzy rigs.

drover, thanks for the reply..that was exactly my impression of the scope, and I'm looking at the 4x12 as well..

Thanks much for the input...

Ingwe

Ingwe - I had a 3-9 VX-1 on the Cooper prior to putting on the Redfield and I found that at shooting at gophers at 300 yds or so I wanted just a bit more power and the 4-12 should do the trick. The 12 power magnification is a nice fit with the 222 cartridge. It is amazing what another 3 power does for ones confidence.

I hope that one you get is as good as this one, I will be interested to see if mine is representative or I just got lucky. This is the only 4-12 I have run across, all of the others I have been 3-9's.

drover

Last summer's prairie dog war. Going again in a couple of weeks.

KRAPP!!!

Im gonna hafta build more varmint guns..!!!

Ingwe

He! He!

Shame, I had to leave a couple home.

aalf, that sure is a nice bench......rifles ain't too shabby either

What calibers you running there?

That's a fine looking bunch of rifles. The holstein camo one is especially nice.

Mixed bag.

221 Fireball, 223, 22 Dasher, 6x47Imp, 6 Dasher

Been enjoying the pics for awhile, so I guess it's my turn to post mine. Top to bottom: Remington 660 in 222 Rem, Savage 110V in 223, and a Remington 700SPS also in 223.

To me the 660 in 222 is the pick of the litter. I have owned 3 of those in years past and wish that I had kept at least one of them. They are the handiest pick-up rifle ever and generally are very accurate. I won lots of meat at local meat shoots with one of those.

drover

Top to bottom
Win mod 70 25.06
700 ADL DeluxeLS (1991) in 243
Ruger #1V 22.250
Cooper Mod 22 in 220 Swift
Mod 77 Tang safety Target in 243

I think you need some bigger scopes.

Here are the varmint rifles from my cabinet. Howa 1500 in .204 Ruger w/Leupold Vari-X IIc 3-9, Ruger 77 Target in 22-250 w/Leupold VX II 6-18AO, RRA Coyote Rifle w/Leupold MK AR 6-18, and a RRA Coyote Carbine with a VX I 3-9. The old Ruger belonged to my dad and was a high school graduation present to me.

All's I can say is Daaaaaaaahhh.....

I threw this scope on it as soon as I got it in the mail and took the pictures. Later on I looked at it and said to myself, something doesn't look right. Then I realized what I did and changed it.

Beleive me....this isn't the dumbest thing I ever did...I sometimes wunder if I have any brain cells left...

Joe

Just so long as you had fun losing brain cells.....



Ingwe

What caliber are your RRA in? 223 or 204?

Here's some pics of my PD rifles.

My newest Ruger #1, finished Feb,09 by Penrod Precision. Cal. is .204 Wasp, PTG reamer made to my specs, Krieger 11" twist, Kepplinger set trigger.

Same rifle after 634 yd PD shot May,09. Was up 34 clicks on 6.5-20 Leupold from 200 yd zero with 40gr V-max at 4040fps fireforming load. Load for this May is 39 gr Blitzkings at 4100 fps.

Another #1 by rebarreled by Penrod in 07. This is another wildcat of my design. It's a lengthened and improved .219 Wasp that I call .219 PDK (prairie dog killer). Shilen 14" twist, Kepplinger, 8.5-32 X 50 Pentax. 50 gr V-max at 3710 fps.

Ruger #3 was a .22 K-Hornet, rebarreled by EABCO in 04 to .224 BRM. Has #1 wood, Kepplinger trigger, Vais brake, 6.5-20 X 40 Leupold.

I've been shooting this #3 .219 Wasp since 94 and have finally worn out the Shilen barrel after 6000 shots. Two weeks ago I took it to Penrod along with a 11" twist Pac-Nor .20 cal. barrel and my .204 Wasp reamer. Hope to have it back by Fall for some load testing before Winter.

.204 Wasp, .219 Wasp, .219 PDK, .224 BRM, 6.5 Bullberry Imp., .30 Herrett
All are made from 30-30 brass except the .224 BRM which is made from .38-55 Win. brass. The last two are used in TC barrels for IHMSA competition.
Dave

nice them number1 are sweet