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View Poll Results: Best alround varmint catridge

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  • 22 Hornet

    3 1.48%

  • 204 ruger

    23 11.33%

  • 222 rem

    10 4.93%

  • 223 rem

    103 50.74%

  • 223 wssm

    3 1.48%

  • 220 swift

    4 1.97%

  • 22-250

    29 14.29%

  • 22-243

    6 2.96%

  • 243 win

    14 6.90%

  • 6.5 swede

    0 0%

  • 260 rem

    0 0%

  • 308 win

    3 1.48%

  • 44 RM

    0 0%

  • 50 cal BMG

    5 2.46%
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  1. 12-01-2012, 09:53 PM #1
    Philipo
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    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
    Last edited by Philipo; 12-01-2012 at 10:00 PM.
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  3. 13-01-2012, 12:19 AM #2
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    It seems to 223 is pretty popular

    Cheap to run and a handy all rounder that can be pushed a bit maybe.
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  4. 13-01-2012, 10:06 AM #3
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    How big can an animal get before its no longer a varmint?
    "You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down" Charlie Chaplin
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  5. 13-01-2012, 05:42 PM #4
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    it's got to be 50BMG just for the fun factor of vaporising your target at almost any range
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  6. 13-01-2012, 06:40 PM #5
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    Got one Lostlegend? Up for the 20mm biz challenge ?
    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

    308Win One chambering to rule them all.
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  7. 13-01-2012, 08:11 PM #6
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    got 20 fully auto ones at work (i think they are 950 rounds per min) but sadly i don't own one myself.
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  8. 14-01-2012, 09:25 AM #7
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    I'm a .223 fan, myself.
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  9. 14-01-2012, 10:17 AM #8
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    prefer the 22 250, but I may be influenced by the fact that I have one.
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  10. 15-01-2012, 10:00 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by sneeze View Post
    How big can an animal get before its no longer a varmint?
    Anything with fur or feathers & weighs less than a slab of cans

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    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
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  11. 15-01-2012, 10:03 PM #10
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    Looks like ye old 223 is still a good alrounder aye
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  12. 18-01-2012, 09:38 PM #11
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    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.
    If its guns, tits or tyres it's going to cost you lots of money
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  13. 18-01-2012, 09:45 PM #12
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    I can hit a rabbit further away than 16 meters with my .223 though
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  14. 19-01-2012, 03:43 PM #13
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    That's easy - 6BR with 75gr or 87gr Vmax. You get plenty of paddock pizza & scary pinpoint accuracy
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  15. 20-01-2012, 08:42 AM #14
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    .223 + 75gr A-Max would be hard to beat as the easiest option. I want one.
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  16. 26-01-2012, 10:51 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Normie View Post
    .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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