Thread: Best alround varmint cartridge

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

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.

Originally Posted by sneeze

How big can an animal get before its no longer a varmint?

Anything with fur or feathers & weighs less than a slab of cans

Originally Posted by lostlegend

it's got to be 50BMG just for the fun factor of vaporising your target at almost any range

Blahahaha I put that option in to seperate the chaff from the wheat

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.

Originally Posted by Normie

.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.