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 ?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Got one Lostlegend? Up for the 20mm biz challenge ?

I had one VC, you'd never hit a bunny with the thing
my vote 223

Originally Posted by BRADS

I had one VC, you'd never hit a bunny with the thing

haha, and even if someone could, they'd never find evidence of the kill, just pink mist drifting slowly down the valley

so own up guys, other than lostlegend, who is the other redneck 50cal varminter

Originally Posted by ebf

haha, and even if someone could, they'd never find evidence of the kill, just pink mist drifting slowly down the valley

so own up guys, other than lostlegend, who is the other redneck 50cal varminter

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

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

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