Thread: Questions about a new farm gun

My friend is a dairy farmer currently owns one of the crappiest 22s on the planet. Sloppy bolt, inaccurate, flimsy plastic stock, you name it, its terrible on it.

His partner wants to get him a new gun for his birthday but knows nothing about guns so has passed the duties onto me.
I thought I had a handle on things untill she said "dont know if we should stick with a .22" .

He uses it to shoot the odd cow/calf, cat but mostly hares, rabbits and possums. Its a dairy farm with alot of small hills & hedges so line of sight is never more than 100m and noise is definitely something that needs to be taken into consideration.

So my question is......what would be a good all round farm gun that would suit his needs?

I was thinking a suppressed 223 bolt gun, as he will still have the POS 22.

Your thoughts will be greatfully recieved.