What do ya reckon is the best alround center-fire varmint cal (speed, accuracy, price, barrel & throat life, fun ) out of these
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What do ya reckon is the best alround center-fire varmint cal (speed, accuracy, price, barrel & throat life, fun ) out of these
It seems to 223 is pretty popular :D
Cheap to run and a handy all rounder that can be pushed a bit maybe.
How big can an animal get before its no longer a varmint?
it's got to be 50BMG just for the fun factor of vaporising your target at almost any range
Got one Lostlegend? Up for the 20mm biz challenge ?
got 20 fully auto ones at work (i think they are 950 rounds per min) but sadly i don't own one myself.
I'm a .223 fan, myself.
prefer the 22 250, but I may be influenced by the fact that I have one.
Looks like ye old 223 is still a good alrounder aye :)
The boring came out in me and I voted 223, because, its boring and I wouldnt own one again but it does the job pretty well.
My choice is 22-243 and always will be, who gives a toss about cost, barrel life etc etc, they still print money and make barrels. I havent seen another round yet that can spread a rabbit 16 meters accross the paddock like my 22-243 did in Kurow.
I can hit a rabbit further away than 16 meters with my .223 though
That's easy - 6BR with 75gr or 87gr Vmax. You get plenty of paddock pizza & scary pinpoint accuracy
.223 + 75gr A-Max would be hard to beat as the easiest option. I want one.
I like the 223 for its ease of use, easy to reload for, to quieten down, shoot off hand, you can lose brass without worrying, lots of ammo weighs frig all, usually comes in a small light rifle. Just a good alround performer, on deer I use the 60g Partition @ 3200 FPS.
Interestingly when friends (with large calibres) and I come across a mob of goats or deer the 223 has always put down the most animals once the smoke clears.
Longest shot is hares at 510yrds.
Shot with 60g Nosler Ballistic Tips @3200fps.
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i use targex 69gr pills in my 223, they do very nicely and the thing shoots like a demon. Next will be a 6br, reckon that would win in terms of versatility while maintaining good barrel life
.22-243 for the reason below.:D
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Them some big varmints!
But yea I want one:thumbsup:
Enjoy using my .223, fun, accuracy, barrel life etc are all considerations for me. Yet to kill anything with it yet, still setting it up. Not going too well in that department.
A cartridge or two that haven't been listed......17 Hornady Hornet, 17 Ackley Hornet, 17 Fireball, 17 Remington, 20-222, 20VT, 20 Duster, 20PPC, 20 Tactical, 20BR, 22PPC, 22BR, 223AI, 222 Rem Mag, 22-250AI, 6PPC and 6BR.........these all make good varmint cartridges, while some of these will burn out a throat quicker than others..........Kiwi
I use 223 or 25-06 good when the unexpected bambi shows up
Philipo, maybe change the thread topic to Best all-round (centerfire) varmint cartridge ? Be interesting to see results for a rimfire poll.
For centrefire, my vote goes to 223 as well...
But in real-life practical terms, I would say 22LR. Dirt cheap amo used on just about every farm I know of :P
You'd be supprissed ebf I shot 6 deer with my 50 cal, The damage is less than a 338, 300wsm etc,
just a hole straight through.
Here's one me mate shot with my fifty at around 730yrds it was just a yearling shot through the shoulder, almost all the venison was used, little wastage
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nice, SSR ? hear what you are saying about deer at several hundred meters. for the average .50 projectile, that is taking the "heavy bullet less meat damage" rule kinda WAAAY out there ;)
what's the smallest thing you hit below say 200m ?
bunny + 650-750gr @ over 10K ft lb energy can't be a hell of a lot left ?
Yeah mate SSR, the first lightweight one Scott made.
I don't think I ever hit anything smaller than a goat with it.
Really the 223 is a better bunny gun i feel:thumbsup:
It wasnt me that voted the bmg as a varmint round,
you'd need a bloody accurate one, most of them are not.:faill:
i would have voted 25-06 but not up there then i guess 22-250 would be my next choice but they do need a bit more powder than a 223 so thats why i chose 223 an awesome off the shelf all round varmit rifle i just been out testing some 55gr v-max loads not pin point accurate but at 100m where 1.5 inch group traveling at 3600-3700 fps SMOKIN :o
25/06 with 75 grn vmax goin faaast would be hard to beat to 400ish woukdnt hesitate to drop a deer with it either. Used to use that load on goats it was impressive to say the least the hares didnt much like it either
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First choice - suppressed 223 with 60g NBT for calm conditions, and a heavy 7mmsaum with 162 A-Max's for when its blowing like a cheap hooker.
I use 26grs BMII with 55's (HBN coated) thru a 22" barrel and get 3260 in cooler months and 3300 in warmer ones.
Smiddy gave me a stack of 50gr Vmax and with the same powder and charge were around 3380. Velocities were over a CED2 I never re use my brass as it was perked and I doubt I will get thru it all, anytime soon.
3700 is smoking. Who needs. .22-250 Ha Ha.
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Yep 3700! someone's been smoking.
I just wanna add ....and im gunna do some more tests asap ... I was using my new super chrony
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