What is your "Go To" varminter?

[FOTIS]

Your favorites? :mrgreen:

 

[Ridgerunner665]

243...

70 grain BlitzKings at 3,300 fps,its only got a 20" barrel...but its a handy lil rifle (Rem 700 youth), not exactly super accurate (holds about MOA though)...good for 300 yards on groundhogs and such, can do 400 most of the time though.

Coyotes...I have hit them out close to 600 yards, but its tough with those little bullets in the wind.

I played around with some 22's from time to time (22-250, 220 Swift, 222, 223)...but settled on the 243.

I've been saying I'm gonna put a regular stock on it for years now...but haven't done it yet.

 

[Guy Miner]

.204 Ruger CZ with a 12x Leupold. Berger 35 gr HP @ 3900 fps, or so. Have also used 32 & 40 gr V-Max bullets with more explosive results on rockchucks.

It's 1/2 MOA accurate. Flat shooting. No recoil. Zaps varmints just fine.

 

[JD338]

My M700 LVS 22-250.
I also liked my M700 Classic 257 Roberts for coyotes.

JD338

 

[jmad_81]

Savage model 12. .243 win.

 

[BK]

I haven't actually used it yet, but I suspect my "Captain America" R700 .204 will certainly be useful... it has Joel's 6.5-20x40 VX3 LR on it right now.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

depends if im going after squirrels or coyotes as I have a rifle for each purpose as they are totally different in my mind.

For squirrels, badgers, porcupines, jack rabbits and that type of varmint, it would have to be my ruger m77 mkII target in 223 w/40g vmax at 3800fps. I can cover 10 shots with a quarter at 100 yards so I guess its plenty accurate enough for what I"m doing with it. It shoots flat out to 300, no recoil, accurate, and pretty dang fun to watch those 40g vmaxs work there magic. I believe it would be equally suited to a pdog field in montana or wyoming as well. Its also an occasional calling rifle for coyotes, and a truck gun as well. Right now it wears an older vari x III 3.5-10, but I"m trying to sell or trade it for at least a 14x or 18-20x nikon or something of similar value. 10x just isn't enough on a 223 for me...

For coyotes its the Winchester model 70 classic sporter in 2506 with 100g NBTs at 3375fps, it really whops them even on the marginal hits Its pretty accurate as well turning in consistent 1/2" groups or less at 100 yards. It wears a vari x III 6.5-20x with the 1/8" target dot reticle and elevation turret.

Both could be used for the same thing, but I wouldn't want to waste my barrel life on my 2506 on pdogs, and I'd rather have more gun for dogs not only for the power, but range factor then the 223 offers.

 

[YoteSmoker]

I'm currently using the same rifle and bullet combo as Guy for coyotes. The 32 V-max is better suited for p dogs.

 

[BeeTee]

223 - I've had a few 150-180 round days on pdogs and ground squirrels. Excellent bullet & component choices, cheap to shoot, tolerable report and very little recoil. Barrel takes 20 rounds in a row to get warm, which translates into at least a couple thou rounds before I expect accuracy to begin to fade. It takes a really-really fine shot and extremely accurate rifle to produce a high percentage on pdogs at ranges past 300 yards in the field. 300 is almost too easy with the 223.

If there's more wind - longer ranges, more gun helps, but the targets are so very tiny way out there... Though I do like the idea of an antelope rifle that can double as a low-volume varminter.... BT

 

[BK]

I also have a Ruger V/T "transition model with the blues action and SS barrel in .220 Swift, with a Viper PST 6-24x50 on it, it might be useful as well.

 

[wildgene]

...lil' varmints, .223 built on a 700 action, Hart barrel, Jewel trigger, McMillan stock, 6X18 VX-II...

...medium varmints, .25 WSSM Browning A-Bolt Varmint Stalker, 6X18 VX-II...

...larger varmints that sometimes frequent the neighborhood, M70 .325 WSM, 4.5X14 Nikon...

 

[Woodycreek]

Rem 700 SPS-V 243AI, B&C Varmint/Tactical stock, Kepplinger set trigger, VX-III 6.5-20 EFR. It shoots 70 BTs and 105 AMaxs into tiny groups. Does more than well enough with 95 BTs to kill deer.

 

[Ridge_Runner]

a zustava (charles daley)mini mauser LH action with a hart 12 twist 26" #6 barrel, smithed by kevin Kram pillared and glassed into a walnut joel russo A3-5 with a 4x12 target loopy.

it likes 39 gr sbk's in front of benchmark
the first goup fired with that load at 150 yards

gobblers don't like it much

oh forgot, its chambered 20 tac.
RR

 

[Wincheringen]

Just a plain jane Rem 700 ADL in .204 Ruger with a Sightron SII Big Sky 3.5-10x50. I usually chase the gophers down on the 4 wheeler so shots aren't more than 200 yards anyway. I was able to tune the factory trigger down to 3 lbs with no creep or overtravel and thats all I've done to the rifle. It shoots tiny little groups with the Nosler 40 and 34 grain bullets.

 

[usmc 89]

Prarie dogs, I like the .223 with a 75-80 grain vld or amax bullet. coyote and antelope, the 22x47 with an 80 grain jlk is so far making me look like I know what I am doing. if I had to pick one caliber for varmints only it would have to be a 6BR.

 

[taylorce1]

Just a Stevens 200 rebarreled to 6x47 Rem, with Sharpshooter competition trigger, recoil lug, and tactical bolt handle, and topped with a Leupold VX-II 4-12X40 AO. Pushes a 70 grain NBT at 3066 from a 20" barrel and gives me a MPBR right at 300 yards for a 6" diameter target. That rifle kills prairie dogs to antelope without fail.

 

[Oldtrader3]

A CZ Model 527, .204 Ruger (32 grain) with Leuopld 4.5-14x40AO VXIII scope or a .257 Roberts (87 grain) Browning with 5-15x42 Zeiss Diavari.

 

[noslerfan]

A Winchester model 70 featherweight in 22-250 . Very accurate right out of the box and sure pretty to look at. For a scope a put a Redfield 4x12 on it. IMO the Oregon made Redfields are a great value for the money.

 

[sask boy]

Mine is the CZ 527 in LH. loaded with 39gr. BKs traveling just about 3500fps.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[.280 Remington]

This is a toss up, but I think the new TC Icon .243 get's the nod for most things now, I still have a Sub-MOA 22-250, and an AR built up, but the 70gr BT is sure a hammer on those puppy dogs out this way.