Thread: Show us your Varmint rifles

Originally Posted by Bill999

I like that rifle. that is very smart looking.

that barrel fitting is not to my taste tho

Roger that but after three previous suppressors it's lasted the longest and still quiet

Originally Posted by Happy

Roger that but after three previous suppressors it's lasted the longest and still quiet

What happened to the others? Make? Running a Dan Can over barrel on our Quad.

Originally Posted by TeRei

What happened to the others? Make? Running a Dan Can over barrel on our Quad.

You know that noise you hear when the projectiles drilling a new hole to get out. First came with the gun , second no name brand, There was warning as they got louder over time..
I heard the ping ping then looked at the suppresser and went well thats over ...
This is ugly as but man its quiet and accurate and just holds zero so well. After the first cold shot you just cant miss..When you start to miss a pull through then you re away again.
I dont have to walk far with it so who cares...

I've already shown my Savage before, but after a couple months of testing loads up at the range I've finally settled on some pet loads for it. The results were interesting. These are at the most accurate powder loads for each weight I've found so far.

55 grain Sierra Gamekings
Average grouping 0.8"

69 grain Sierra Gamekings
Average grouping 1.2" (this suprised me as I expected a lot better out of this weight in a 1:9).

77 grain Sierra Matchkings
Average grouping (out of 6 x 5 shot groups) 0.4"
I did 4 groups of 0.35" (excluding my pull in the image below).




Very happy chappy with these groupings (at least the 77s... the 55's are alright).

Nice one

I bought one the same recently, hope mine groups that well! So far have only got it roughly on paper, no time to do anything else yet.

Mine:

Nice one Ben. I've had weird results with mine during load development, but it seems to really like the heavy projectiles. I'm about to send it off to get threaded for a suppressor.

Good old Savages they've got a good reputation for accuracy out of the box.

Have you tried the 77smk on game? Mine will be mostly used on goats/wallabies rather than bunnies, wondering if the match stuff bill be a bit too frangible.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Have you tried the 77smk on game? Mine will be mostly used on goats/wallabies rather than bunnies, wondering if the match stuff bill be a bit too frangible.

No I haven't. I've got no idea how they'd perform. They do ahve a little hollow point at the end. Anything will kill a rabbit.
Maybe some of the other guys could answer on Sierra matchking performance? Might be best to start another thread. I'll do some penetration tests myself in the next couple of weeks and let you know.

I would imagine they will be fine. I used to use 75grain vmax in 25/06 going stupid faast and they were the ultimate goat load

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I envy you guys and your supressor's over there, it's crap we're stuck without em.

Originally Posted by Jackp.

I envy you guys and your supressor's over there, it's crap we're stuck without em.

I know mate it's stupid. Keep pressuring the government and show em it's not like hollywood where you can fire a "silenced" barret 50 cal and have it make no noise. Surely they'd be keen for it purely because it'd save them on hearing related healthcare claims in the future right? I dunno, as with many things it seems like an arbritraty political decision.

There's loosening up in the states. I think in Texas you can now hunt with supressors (you used to only be allowed to shoot). Can't remember if it was Texas. One of my US mates said they'd changed a law recently anyway because they'd been working hard on trying to get it through.

I dot think theres much hope for us, the government was waiting for a chance to ban everything gun related an when port Arthur happened they had all the ammunition they needed to ban most things (pardon the pun)

remmington 700 .223 tactical

Originally Posted by deecaig

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remmington 700 .223 tactical

Nice shot, are they good to eat ?