Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles 40 gr. Varmageddon in a .223 and PDs

Just got back from South Central Montana and spent a day in the Praire dog fields. I had loaded up some 40 gr. Nosler Varmageddon bullets for the trip. Boy, was I impressed. Accuracy with these little bullets is really good out farther than I can take advantage of, and I now know what "lift" is. I have seen the "red mist" on previous hunts and occasionally a good sized portion go airborne when using 50 gr. BTs. at about 3200 fps; but my Ruger Mk II gets over 3600 with these little 40 grain'ers. I have never seen as many flying PDs on a shoot before. I highly recommend them, at least in .223.

I was impressed with them too. They're now my favorite PD bullet for the 223.

They shoot real nice over 27 grs. of Xterminator in my RRA..

Hope to blow some ground squirrels up with them in a couple weeks..

You're gonna like 'em!

Yeah kill the females while the pups are still nursing. That way you can have the glory of starving them to death. Satan has a special spot for "sportsmen" like you.

^Larry Root^

Larry, it's far more fun to line 3 or 4 of the babies up and exterminate as many as possible with one shot.

Aren't the pups out in Montana???? They are out down in Wy. and maybe 1/2 grown...not leaving home yet, but able to live on their own!!!!!

Tipped or HP?

Tipped for me. They really shoot well in my 700 and Montana....actually a little better than the 40 NBT.

I shot the tipped version. They shoot and performed so well I don't feel a need to even try the HP version.

Sweet. I'm going to order a gross of 55's for the 6x47.

+1 on the 40 gr tipped for ground squirrels