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

Originally Posted by rossi.45

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

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

In this video at the beginning, when he's walking down the fenceline shooting off sticks, that's exactly what it was like when I was a teenager, before the mixxie came through in 1986. Except the grass was eaten flat about 10m into the paddock! There were that many rabbits... then suddenly, in the space of a fortnight or so, they were all gone. We'd walk around with a cricket bat and whack 'em on the head to put them out of their misery, they were that sick. Horrible!

Originally Posted by rossi.45

@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 ?

I've loaded up 25 rounds of .243 with V-max 65gr and about the same number with 87gr SP's both with varying amounts of AR2208 but have yet to get a chance to set up a bench and do the careful testing thing. Think I'll get a break on or about the 6th to test the .243 and will post the results.

Originally Posted by bing

I've loaded up 25 rounds of .243 with V-max 65gr and about the same number with 87gr SP's both with varying amounts of AR2208 but have yet to get a chance to set up a bench and do the careful testing thing. Think I'll get a break on or about the 6th to test the .243 and will post the results.

look forward to seeing how you get on

Nich head shot in here at 400+ amongst others

https://youtu.be/uNrbuWngVwI

thought i would share my 2 cheap upgrades of the T3 i own for varminting




single shot adapter

is that adaptor for very long cartridge over all lengths? to assist with feeding?

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

is that adaptor for very long cartridge over all lengths? to assist with feeding?

for varminting i like an adapter, the loading is so light and easy compared to stripping a round from a magazine . . and making a rifle a singleshot is a good thing . . to me

not something you would use for a hunting rifle of course . . but for a varminter, perfect !

Hare at 314yds with my 17hmr. My furtherest shot to date with the CZ455, was pretty chuffed with that to be honest.

Originally Posted by Trist323

Hare at 314yds with my 17hmr. My furtherest shot to date with the CZ455, was pretty chuffed with that to be honest.

well done @Trist323 i take my hat off to you mate . . that is a seriously looongway with an HMR

Originally Posted by rossi.45

well done @Trist323 i take my hat off to you mate . . that is a seriously looongway with an HMR

@rossi.45 Cheers mate. i'd usually pull out 223 for a shot like that but it was back in the truck and was too far to walk back and get it. Had mixed results with cz/17gr cci. Doesn't group that awesome at 100 but my longest shots 314y and 246y were with that combo. Weird ballistics shit i obviously don't understand ha ha

Longest shot last walk was 395m with the trebly 40grn sierra blitz 23.5grn 2207. rough ground so had to shoot sitting

Originally Posted by Walker

Longest shot last walk was 395m with the trebly 40grn sierra blitz 23.5grn 2207. rough ground so had to shoot sitting

just so i can picture the shot ( 432 yards for the oldies ) @Walker did you have any support like a gate, fencepost etc or was it elbows on knees ?

whats the rifle / scope . . pic would be good

R.

Sitting elbows on knees, rifle is a older ruger m77 paddle stock with dpt can, older tasco TR 4-16 which has a mechnical range finding function.

Rossi 45 has inspired me to chuck up some photos. They are not amazing photos with panoramic views. Shot a few rabbits with my 260rem tikka t3 with the 143 eld x. Started at 365 yards shot a few, moved to 385 and finished at 485 for the last one hit it a little central. The wind was at around 6.5 mph for the close shots.

whats the scope /reticle there @Tim Dicko . . . how do you find the 260 for varminting, not to much recoil to catch the hits or see misses consistently to adjust fire ?

R.