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

Sako 223 got an airing today, been awhile. Got to do a bit of work on the dialing to get familiar. Son shot these two at 171 yards. We also cleaned up a few with the 17HMR out to 150+

Originally Posted by L461

669m on a Rabbit 6x47L 75 Vmax at 3850 fps
555M on a Rabbit 20 PPC 40 Vmax at 4100 FPS
375m on a Fox 20 Vartag 32 Vmax at 3850 FPS

so who is @L461 . . . 3 posts and lives in Yass, 60, a driver and thats about all thats known

a real shooter with talent or lives with his mum
come on mate . . . tell us about yourself and your shooting etc

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

I thought an fmj would still make a rabbit explode. From the velocity etc.

A drillbit in the nose turns them into HPs. A few razor slits up the ogive to the nose also works.

Originally Posted by rossi.45

so who is @L461 . . . 3 posts and lives in Yass, 60, a driver and thats about all thats known

a real shooter with talent or lives with his mum
come on mate . . . tell us about yourself and your shooting etc

Option 1
Three intercepts from 1000 rounds

Option 2
A day so still it only happens once a decade

set out this morning to beat L461s 669 meters or 731.6 yards with a 6mm using VMaxs, my personal best had been 640 yards
took extra care to reload the most consistant ammo i could this morning


wind was blowing from between 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock at about 5mph, thanks to the farmer having a burnoff i could see the wind.


took 8 shots to get a good handle on the wind to dial off before i connected


776 yards . . . or 709 meters

having a few beers now . . . R

I've had several rifles that were built with LR varminting in mind. 6.5x47L, 6x47L, 243AI and 6XC. Currently have a 6mm Creedmoor as a competition rifle and a 20 Tactical barrel for it. Actually considering doing a 224 Valkyrie to shoot 75-80gr projectiles for a heap of barrel life, high BC projectiles and low recoil.

Best ever shot to date is 830m on a rabbit with my 6.5x47L Barnard Model 07 (long since sold). Shot a lot of rabbits with it in the 500m - 650m range with very good consistency. Best with my previous 20 Tactical was 460m but I plan to improve on this with my current setup.

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whats your 6mm bullet or bullets of choice @The Claw for pure varminting

Originally Posted by rossi.45

whats your 6mm bullet or bullets of choice @The Claw

I'm currently running the Sierra 110gr SMK in my 6mm Creedmoor, but it wouldn't be what I'd use for varminting. It's a match projectile and I'm running it as it's ballistically the best 6mm projectile that's readily available.

I used to run the 105gr amax in my 243AI and 6x47L and the 123gr amax in my 6.5x47L. I used the Seirra 95gr TMK in my 6XC and still have 2 1/2 boxes so I'd be tempted to try them again if I go with another 6mm varminter, or the 108gr ELD-M. I think if you are setting up to run the lighter 6mm projectiles then I'd be considering dropping down to a 22 cal and running the 75gr Eld-M or 77gr TMK. Both are ballistically superior to anything lighter than 95gr in the 6mm.

This is where I'm at currently, do I run the heavy 6mm's in a 6mmBR or set up a 22BR for 88gr projectiles (and give up some barrel life compared to the 6mm) or a smaller case like 223(AI) or 224 Valkyrie running the 75 or 77gr projectiles (giving up BC on the 88gr but gaining barrel life...)

Originally Posted by Tussock

Option 1
Three intercepts from 1000 rounds

Option 2
A day so still it only happens once a decade

Nicely done that is great shooting

70m with the Toz 17 .22 on a feral cat (#19) Certainly not far but I like to be as sure as I can and do it with with one shot.

latest brick of PowerPoints is dissappointing for accuracy so limiting shots to a max of 200



178 yards - headshot with .22 Winchester PowerPoints

your up to 4 posts now @L461 well done
are we going to see those exotic firearms one day ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8Uu61SGlI

This guy makes some interesting Varminting vids . . . LR .22 this time . . longest hit 186 yards

That he does, also has a good array of rifles

Originally Posted by charliehorse

That he does, also has a good array of rifles

the Tikka .243 shooting he does was how i came across him . . . if anyone comes across any good utube Varminting vids be good to share them on this thread

R.

Originally Posted by bing

70m with the Toz 17 .22 on a feral cat (#19) Certainly not far but I like to be as sure as I can and do it with with one shot.

@bing
i see you started a thread a while back on reloading for the .243 with maybe some varminting in mind . . howz that coming along ?