Thread: just Varminting - how far was your longest shot on your last walk

Originally Posted by Tussock

I started with a Savage Long Range Varminter in 22-250 but I started doing LR and realised the BC of .25 made my enormous 12lb rifle ridiculous. I sold it and got a 6.5x284 Savage F-class and I regret selling it to buy a PM2. It shot freakish groups. It was used for 100m blowfly shooting. Would have made a great varmint rifle but the Zeiss Conquest I had on it broke on the drive over to the only varmint shoot I took it on (thus the PM2).

I built a Sako 75 6.5x47L as a varmint rifle first and foremost and and awkward heavy hunting rifle second. It was a very reliable rifle even in a bit of breeze out to 400m. Best shots with that rifle were 410m rabbits but I shot a lot at around 400m. At 350-400m rabbits did not react to the suppressed shots but I could shot consistently, so I would set up this distance from faces. I never shot for records, but I shot a lot of rabbits on properties where they are normally hard to get. An expensive but very productive way to cull rabbits. I had to sell this rifle a while back.

I currently have another Sako 75 waiting to turn into either another 6.5x47L or a fast twist 22-250

Shame you had to sell that Sako 6.5 Lapua, I bet it was a fantastic all-rounder. If you were allowed only 1 rifle in the safe it would be hard to go past something like that